Archive for the 'Police State' Category
Barf Light Weapon
August 6th, 2007Via: Fox News: It looks like a big flashlight — but it’s really a nonlethal weapon designed to make you sick. Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc., of Torrance, Calif., has been granted a contract by the Department of Homeland Security to develop what it calls the “LED Incapacitator,” according to a DHS online newsletter. The handheld […]
Australian Counter Terror Officers Wrote Incriminating Information in Suspects Diary
July 23rd, 2007Banana Republic, Aussie style. Via: The Australian: A NEW bungle has emerged in the investigation of Mohamed Haneef as Australian Federal Police chief Mick Keelty yesterday dimissed reports that the Indian doctor was suspected of being involved in a plot to attack the Gold Coast’s tallest building. The Australian can reveal that investigating AFP officers […]
Gore Vidal Installs Solar Power System, City of Los Angeles Makes Up an Excuse and then Starts Ripping Out Wire
July 9th, 2007I had initially passed on this story, but four of you submitted it. First of all, being from Orange County and going to college in Los Angeles, I witnessed the madness first hand. In my opinion, anyone who is able to leave Los Angeles or Orange County, but doesn’t, is insane. I’ve written the place […]
Military and Police Technology Sharing
July 8th, 2007Via: Salt Lake City Weekly: At the recent National Sheriff’s Association convention in the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, the triad of military technology, corporate manufacturing and law enforcement symbolized in RoboCop’s Ed-209 was more than just fiction. Besides six days of seminars on everything from in-custody deaths to character building, the […]
Cop Dressed as ‘Uncle Sam’ Tickets Hundreds of Speeding Central Floridian Drivers
July 2nd, 2007Uncle $cam. Via: local6.com: Hundreds of Central Florida motorists were ticketed Monday by a costumed Uncle Sam officer in a weeklong operation targeting speeding holiday drivers. About 20 sheriff’s deputies on motorcycles pulled over speeding motorists after they were detected by Uncle Sam’s laser speed-detection gun. During the four-hour traffic operation, 275 citations were issued, […]
New York City: Public Photography May Require Permit and $1 Million Insurance Policy
June 30th, 2007HAHA! Would you like a Statue of Liberty (Made in China) with that? Via: New York Times: Some tourists, amateur photographers, even would-be filmmakers hoping to make it big on YouTube could soon be forced to obtain a city permit and $1 million in liability insurance before taking pictures or filming on city property, including […]
Doctors Back Microchipping Plan
June 28th, 2007Tell me another one. Via: Yahoo / AFP: Doctors could soon be storing essential medical information under the skin of their patients, the American Medical Association says. Devices the size of a grain of rice that are implanted with a needle could give emergency room doctors quick access to the records of chronically ill patients, […]
Delaware County Cops “Stop and Frisk”
June 24th, 2007Just how far gone is this thing… Via: abcnews: One police department in Delaware County is now implementing a controversial police procedure called Stop and Frisk. … Dr. Sherman said we only have to look to the nearest airport to see how effective “stop and frisk” can be. “We’re all getting stopped and frisked every […]
Arizona Wants to Expand DNA Database to Include Those Arrested, not Just Convicted
June 22nd, 2007Via: Arizona Republic: State lawmakers voted Tuesday to expand the state’s DNA database dramatically by requiring all people arrested for certain crimes to provide DNA samples for state records whether they are convicted or not. Conservative and liberal lawmakers alike raised alarms that the measure would violate the civil liberties of people never convicted of […]
U.S. Terrorist Screening Center Visits Cryptogon; Reveals Activity Due to Stupidity
June 19th, 2007The U.S. Terrorist Screening Center user (host: techtrack.gov, ip: 67.108.115.178) conducted the following Google search: “national security analysis center” The user clicked on this Google cache page of a Cryptogon story about the National Security Analysis Center, but I saw it in the log anyway (explained below). In fact, I saw two visits simultaneously. The […]
