Archive for the 'Police State' Category
Soviet Republic of California: Teaching Credential Required to Home School Children
March 7th, 2008UPDATE: Schwarzenegger to Help Protect Homeschoolers from “Outrageous” Ruling? Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger denounced a state appeals court ruling that severely restricts homeschooling and promised Friday to change the law if necessary to guarantee that parents are able to educate their children at home. “Every California child deserves a quality education, and parents should have the […]
What I Learned in Jail Last Night
March 7th, 2008I think the point is to get as many people onto the electronic plantation as possible. Will the girl have trouble entering another country now? You know, now that she has been arrested for drinking a beer wrapped in a paper bag? Via: Gawker: As I was led through the subway station in handcuffs Tuesday […]
National Dragnet Is a Click Away
March 6th, 2008Ministry of Pre-Crime and Magic 8 Ball Affairs. Via: Washington Post: The expanding police systems illustrate the prominent roles that private companies play in homeland security and counterterrorism efforts. They also underscore how the use of new data — and data surveillance — technology to fight crime and terrorism is evolving faster than the public’s […]
Run from the Cure: Concentrated, Full THC Hemp Oil Reportedly Cures Cancer and Other Diseases
March 6th, 2008Run from the Cure is an astonishing little documentary. I have no first hand experience with this, nor do I know anyone who has tried it. The documentary, however, is very compelling and fits in with familiar alternative health themes on Cryptogon. Check it out for yourself and make up your own mind! My favorite […]
Record-High Ratio of Americans in Prison
February 29th, 2008They hate us for our freedom. Via: AP: For the first time in U.S. history, more than one of every 100 adults is in jail or prison, according to a new report documenting America’s rank as the world’s No. 1 incarcerator. It urges states to curtail corrections spending by placing fewer low-risk offenders behind bars. […]
Britain: Arrested, Caged and DNA Tested — for Using MP3 Player
February 15th, 2008This is the result of Stazi programming that people in Britain are subjected to day and night. Darren Nixon is lucky to be alive. Via: Metro: A commuter was arrested at gunpoint and had his DNA and fingerprints taken simply for listening to his MP3 player while waiting for a bus. Darren Nixon was surrounded […]
Florida: Sheriff’s Deputy Dumps Quadriplegic Man from Wheelchair Onto Floor
February 13th, 2008Via: Tampabays10: The Hillsborough Co. Sheriff’s Office held a press conference at 10:30am regarding the deputy who can be seen on video dumping a man in a wheelchair onto the ground. They’ve announced that Deputy Charlette Jones has been relieved of her duties without pay pending the outcome of an investigation. She has not officially […]
Boston Police to Go Door to Door in Poor Neighborhoods, Asking to Search Homes for Illegal Guns
February 11th, 2008Oh sure. Via: Boston Globe: As Boston police prepare to go into some of the city’s most dangerous neighborhoods, knock on doors of private houses, and ask if they can search for illegal guns without a warrant, officials are trying to pitch the idea of the plan as friendly cooperation to residents who still see […]
The FBI and InfraGard
February 9th, 2008Via: Progressive: Today, more than 23,000 representatives of private industry are working quietly with the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. The members of this rapidly growing group, called InfraGard, receive secret warnings of terrorist threats before the public does—and, at least on one occasion, before elected officials. In return, they provide information to […]
New York: Heavily Armed Police to Patrol Subways
February 3rd, 2008Via: New York Times: In the first counterterrorism strategy of its kind in the nation, roving teams of New York City police officers armed with automatic rifles and accompanied by bomb-sniffing dogs will patrol the city’s subway system daily, beginning next month, officials said on Friday. Under a tactical plan called Operation Torch, the officers […]
