Archive for the 'Resistance' Category
Verizon Refuses to Itemize $4.19 Charge on Customer’s Bill, Tells Her to Get a Lawyer and a Subpoena
July 18th, 2011Representing herself, she took Verizon to court and won. Via: philly.com: Bernice Keebler had a simple complaint: Verizon billed her $4.19 for six “local calls” but wouldn’t tell her where she’d called – not unless she got a lawyer and a subpoena. To Keebler, that stretched the bounds of fair dealing beyond the breaking point. […]
Charges Dropped Against Oak Park Woman Over Veggie Garden; City May Now Prosecute Her for Absurd Pet Issue
July 15th, 2011Via: The Detroit News: Charges against the woman who planted a vegetable garden in her front yard have been dropped, her attorney said Thursday. But other charges against Julie Bass have been resurrected for not having licenses for her two dogs — even though she took care of that issue, lawyer Solomon Radner said. “This […]
Woman Faces 93 Days in Jail for Planting Vegetables in Her Front Yard
July 8th, 2011Via: Oak Park Hates Veggies: our attorney spoke to the prosecutor today. (for the record, my crush on him is totally finished after today.) his position: they are going to take this all the way. officially, this means i am facing 93 days in jail if they win. no joke. Short Version: The Agitator
Britain: Council to Force Family Living On Their Own Land and Growing Their Own Food to Live in State Housing and Become Dole Recipients
June 30th, 2011Madness. Via: This is Devon: A COUPLE living an “off-grid” lifestyle say they face prison unless they move from their own land in Willand and return to an existence in the benefits trap. Stig and Dinah Mason bought Muxbeare Orchard after a sudden windfall allowed them to quit their impoverished lives on a Hertfordshire council […]
Supreme Court: Individuals May Challenge Federal Law for Violating States’ Rights
June 20th, 2011Hmm. I didn’t think that such an apparently desirable decision would come about this late in the game. Am I missing something? This seems too good to be true. Via: Jurist: The US Supreme Court Thursday ruled in Bond v. United States that a private individual can challenge whether a federal criminal law passed to […]
Lawsuit Alleges Whole Foods Sold Frozen Vegetables from China Grown in a Polluted Region by Prisoners and Certified as Organic
June 17th, 2011Ahh, imagine my shock. Rant mode: On. We buy some organic foods in bulk from wholesale distributors here in New Zealand. Increasingly, if we want to buy these ‘certified organic’ bulk foods, the country of origin is China. We refuse to buy any food from China, regardless of which organic certification it has. We’ve indicated […]
CopBlock: Manchester PD
June 13th, 2011Via: Cop Block:
Farmageddon
June 9th, 2011Via: Farmageddon: Farmageddon Trailer from Kristin Canty on Vimeo. Research Credit: R
Florida: Deputies and Movers Show Up at Bank to Seize Property for Homeowner
June 4th, 2011Via: WINK News: The couple took their case to court and after a year and a half nightmare the foreclosure was dropped. A Collier County judge said Bank of America has to pay the couple’s $2,534 legal fees for the error. After more than five months the bank still hadn’t paid up. So, the homeowners’ […]
Canada: Brigette DePape Protests Harper Government on Senate Floor
June 4th, 2011I’m no fan of sign waving, but this was pretty good. Brigette DePape’s protest was different from the run-of-the-mill pink tutu and bozo wig nonsense that has no chance of ever causing the corporate state to change course. Seeing her in her official uniform, standing there in defiance in front of the Queen’s goon squad, […]
