Evie Hudak, Colorado State Senator, resigns to preempt recall effort
Thu Nov 28 13:58:41 CST 2013 by TriggerFinger. Comments [Tweet]
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Just two years before the presidential election, the Census Bureau had caught an employee fabricating data that went into the unemployment report, which is one of the most closely watched measures of the economy.
The Census employee caught faking the results is Julius Buckmon, according to confidential Census documents obtained by The Post. Buckmon told me in an interview this past weekend that he was told to make up information by higher-ups at Census.
"It was a phone conversation -- I forget the exact words -- but it was,'Go ahead and fabricate it' to make it what it was,"Â Buckmon told me.
Wed Nov 20 08:44:45 CST 2013 by TriggerFinger. Comments [Tweet]
We now know that federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies are using automated license-plate scanners, mounted on everything from telephone poles to police cars, to build a huge database of where people are driving. This might seem like a small intrusion compared with the electronic spying carried out by the NSA. But not all threats to privacy involve the tracking of emails and other communications.
Wed Nov 20 08:42:54 CST 2013 by TriggerFinger. Comments [Tweet]
Fri Nov 15 12:18:39 CST 2013 by TriggerFinger. Comments [Tweet]
"Is there a clear line on Stand Your Ground?," asked Oklahoma Representative Mike Shelton, (D) Oklahoma City, who is now calling for a legislative study into the law. Rep. Shelton is a registered gun owner who has been opposed to "Stand Your Ground" and "Make My Day" laws.
Fri Nov 15 12:01:51 CST 2013 by TriggerFinger. Comments [Tweet]
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Rep. Pete Olson (R-TX) has introduced an Articles of Impeachment resolution against Attorney General Eric Holder for his role in Operation Fast and Furious and other scandals of President Barack Obamas administration.
Seven congressman have signed onto the resolution thus far in addition to Olson. They are Reps. Larry Bucshon (R-IN), Blake Farenthold (R-TX), Phil Roe (R-TN), Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA), Roger Williams (R-TX), Ted Yoho (R-FL), and Randy Weber (R-TX).
Fri Nov 15 11:55:30 CST 2013 by TriggerFinger. Comments [Tweet]
Tue Nov 12 12:17:01 CST 2013 by TriggerFinger. Comments [Tweet]
Perhaps the most interesting part of the transparency report are the last two sentences: Apple has never received an order under Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act. We would expect to challenge such an order if served on us.
Apples statement is an implementation of the so-called warrant canary. Canaries are used to signal that, as of the date published, there have been no law enforcement requests of a particular type received. In Apple's case, the canary is limited to a signal that no secret Section 215 orders have been served on the company. If the canary is removed in the next transparency report, it is safe for users to assume that a Section 215 data request and the accompanying gag order has been issued. We appreciate Apples implementation in particular, including its six-month delay, because if its use is ever challenged in court, the ample time will allow a judge to coolly and calmly review the constitutionality of any government attempt to compel Apple to lie. We fear that if the first challenge to a warrant canary comes before a court in a more rushed context, a rushed judge could make bad law.
Tue Nov 12 08:03:15 CST 2013 by TriggerFinger. Comments [Tweet]
Last week, Swampscott Selectman Barry Greenfield proposed the idea of mandatory home inspections for the towns 600 licensed gun owners. He mentioned the Newtown massacre. He mentioned childrens safety.
Massachusetts law requires gun owners to store their firearms safely. Greenfield is frustrated with the inability of local cops to push their way into local homes and have a look around without all that probable cause and search warrant nonsense.
Tue Nov 12 07:15:14 CST 2013 by TriggerFinger. Comments [Tweet]
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Mon Nov 11 10:58:44 CST 2013 by TriggerFinger. Comments [Tweet]
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday said the Justice Department has not decided whether to file federal civil rights charges against George Zimmerman in the 2012 killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
Thu Nov 07 10:07:40 CST 2013 by TriggerFinger. Comments [Tweet]
I firmly believe that all U.S. citizens have the right to bear arms, but . . .
Thu Nov 07 01:10:44 CST 2013 by TriggerFinger. Comments [Tweet]
A Florida sheriff was acquitted on Thursday of charges that he committed misconduct and falsified public records when he freed a jailed man who carried a loaded gun without a permit. Suspended Liberty County Sheriff Nick Finch, 51, had testified that he released Floyd Parrish from jail because he had a constitutional duty to uphold the Second Amendment right to bear arms.
Tue Nov 05 14:07:33 CST 2013 by TriggerFinger. Comments [Tweet]
DeLeo is pushing legislation as part of the states new welfare reform bill that would prohibit Bay State recipients from using their EBT cards and the cash assistance they carry for international wire transfers.
Tue Nov 05 12:25:00 CST 2013 by TriggerFinger. Comments [Tweet]
So: if that is Chief Santiago, the police chief of a city of about 125,000 people, thinks that his department should "find you" and investigate you if you support the legalization of marijuana or oppose the ruinous, amoral War on Drugs. Notice the collection of cop tropes in the second response: (1) the thug's dance of first threatening to "find you" and then halfway backing off from it, (2) the "why worry if you have nothing to hide" routine, (3) the suggestion that advocating against the War on Drugs creates reasonable suspicion to investigate you bearing in mind that "reasonable suspicion" is a legal term referring to the quantum of proof that supports cops, for instance, stopping and frisking you, and (4) the statement that the cops are always open to hearing from citizens after threatening to come find a citizen for criticizing them.
Mon Nov 04 13:06:33 CST 2013 by TriggerFinger. Comments [Tweet]
Under the Internal Revenue Code, it is a felony for IRS officials to release taxpayer return information outside of the agency. For example, the Treasury Department will not release the results of investigations into unauthorized disclosures, even if they are requested by the party whose tax returns were allegedly leaked.
Mon Nov 04 12:09:53 CST 2013 by TriggerFinger. Comments [Tweet]
And then I close the book. Cutting to the present is a rude awakening, like snapping out of a dream. It's hard to remember those days of optimism -- they seem a distant memory, a sad reminder of opportunities gone by. Change indeed happened, in the years since I cast my first ballot. It was simply nothing I could have imagined.
Mon Nov 04 11:51:42 CST 2013 by TriggerFinger. Comments [Tweet]