THE FREEDOM BEAT

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1910063034231238173Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:00:20 +0000THE FREEDOM BEATFrom the Progressive Review, a report on civil liberties, justice and the creeping coup.http://prorev.com/free.htmnoreply@blogger.com (TPR)Blogger691125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1910063034231238173.post-8559682931677569478Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:49:00 +00002009-12-02T13:50:09.987-05:00OBAMA ADMINISTRATION DECLARES PETA A TERRORIST THREATTree Hugger - PETA is one of the most controversial activist groups operating today. The group's contentious media campaigns, undercover operations, infamous advertising, and high profile demonstrations have made them perhaps the most infamous--and most polarizing--nonprofit organization there is. But are they terrorists? According to the US Department of Agriculture, they are now. . .The USDA http://prorev.com/2009/12/obama-administration-declares-peta.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TPR)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1910063034231238173.post-2493276795175233832Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:30:00 +00002009-11-21T17:49:33.363-05:00STUDENTS MAY BE DENIED GRADUATION BECAUSE OF WEIGHTInside High Ed - More than two dozen seniors at Lincoln University, in Oxford, Pa., are in danger of not being able to graduate this spring -- not because they're under disciplinary probation or haven't fulfilled the requirements of their majors, but because they were obese as freshmen.All had body mass index scores above 30 -- the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' threshold for http://prorev.com/2009/11/students-may-be-denied-graduation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TPR)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1910063034231238173.post-1625521759527498702Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:33:00 +00002009-11-19T14:34:25.223-05:00NEWSPAPER SAYS CARTOONS AREN'T MEANT TO OFFEND   <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; http://prorev.com/2009/09/sex-offender-laws-are-hurting-our.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TPR)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1910063034231238173.post-3533583065959054493Sun, 20 Sep 2009 19:45:00 +00002009-09-20T15:45:48.371-04:00EUROPE FUNDS ORWELLIAN SPY PROGRAM THAT WOULD MONITOR 'ABNORMAL BEHAVIOR' ON WEBTelegraph, UK - A five-year research program, called Project Indect, aims to develop computer programs which act as "agents" to monitor and process information from web sites, discussion forums, file servers, peer-to-peer networks and even individual computers. Its main objectives include the "automatic detection of threats and abnormal behavior or violence".Shami Chakrabarti, the director of http://prorev.com/2009/09/europe-funds-orwellian-spy-program-that.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TPR)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1910063034231238173.post-3064020641431312819Sat, 19 Sep 2009 00:09:00 +00002009-09-18T20:10:09.034-04:00SOTOMAYOR CHALLENGES MYTH THAT CORPORATIONS ARE PERSONSWall Street Journal - In her maiden Supreme Court appearance last week, Justice Sonia Sotomayor made a provocative comment that probed the foundations of corporate law. During arguments in a campaign-finance case, the court's majority conservatives seemed persuaded that corporations have broad First Amendment rights and that recent precedents upholding limits on corporate political spending http://prorev.com/2009/09/sotomayor-challenges-myth-that.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TPR)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1910063034231238173.post-3556558454312452159Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:46:00 +00002009-09-16T20:46:52.522-04:00MORE THAN 12 MILLION AMERICANS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED FOR POT POSSESSIONSan Francisco Weekly - According to the just-released Uniform Crime Reports, U.S. law enforcement made 847,863 arrests on marijuana charges, 89 percent of which were for simple possession, not sale or manufacture. More Americans were arrested for marijuana possession than for all violent crimes combined. During 2008, one American was arrested for marijuana every 37 seconds.Marijuana arrests http://prorev.com/2009/09/more-than-12-million-americans-have.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TPR)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1910063034231238173.post-3619597111452787069Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:45:00 +00002009-09-16T19:46:35.248-04:00WATCHLIST: MEDINA, WASHINGTON MONITORS EVERY VEHICLE THAT ENTERS TOWNSeattle Times - Cameras installed at Medina intersections monitor every vehicle coming into the city. The cameras capture all license-plate numbers, in a crime-prevention measure that one council member says "outweighs concern over privacy.". . . City signs have a unique way of greeting people. In Issaquah, for instance, motorists are told they're entering "a special place where people care." Forhttp://prorev.com/2009/09/watchlist-medina-washington-monitors.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TPR)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1910063034231238173.post-8694264651972541289Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:54:00 +00002009-09-15T23:54:15.814-04:00OBAMA BACKS RENEWAL OF UNCONSTITUTIONAL PATRIOT ACT PROVISIONSWired - The Obama administration has told Congress it supports renewing three provisions of the Patriot Act due to expire at year's end, measures making it easier for the government to spy within the United States. . . These are the three provisions due to expire:- A secret court, known as the FISA court, may grant "roving wiretaps" without the government identifying the target. Generally, the http://prorev.com/2009/09/obama-backs-renewal-of-unconstitutional.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TPR)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1910063034231238173.post-1377770062929704641Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:14:00 +00002009-09-08T12:17:20.725-04:00PROZAC PRESS IGNORES FLU QUARANTINE LAWS IN WAITINGOnce again, the prozac press is attempting to squash an issue by concentrating on an aspect easy to dismiss while ignoring underlying problems. In this case, while indeed no quarantine orders have been issued, a number of states have quarantine orders prepared and ready to go. These have been formulated without legislative or media discussion and could prove extremely controversial if ever put http://prorev.com/2009/09/prozac-press-ignores-flu-quarantine.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TPR)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1910063034231238173.post-8771223709158019021Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:50:00 +00002009-09-06T11:51:01.500-04:00OBAMA DOESN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW IF YOU'RE ON THE TERRORIST WATCH LISTWashington Post - The Obama administration wants to maintain the secrecy of terrorist watch-list information it routinely shares with federal, state and local agencies, a move that rights groups say would make it difficult for people who have been improperly included on such lists to challenge the government. Intelligence officials in the administration are pressing for legislation that would http://prorev.com/2009/09/obama-doesnt-want-you-to-know-if-youre.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TPR)0