A librarian responds to a parental challenge
Posted by Lippard at 7/31/2008 03:05:00 PM 0 comments
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Labels: Christopher Hitchens, civil liberties, politics, torture
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Posted by Lippard at 6/15/2008 10:49:00 AM 2 comments
Labels: civil liberties, crime, drug laws, economics, politics
authorises police raids without warrant, the use of anonymous witnesses and secret evidence. Judges are obliged to collaborate with the intelligence services. Anyone caught investigating sensitive matters faces jail. The law contains no provision for any kind of oversight. It blurs the distinction between external threats and internal political dissent. It requires all citizens, foreigners and organisations to act in support of the intelligence system whenever required--or face jail terms of up to six years.Though my employer operates in Venezuela, I think that's one South American country I'd rather not visit at the moment... I hope November's elections reduce Chavez's power and he steps down from power in 2013 as he's previously said that he would.
Posted by Lippard at 6/08/2008 02:01:00 PM 7 comments
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Posted by Lippard at 6/08/2008 08:21:00 AM 3 comments
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Megale obtained records of all cellphone traffic from the transmission tower nearest the spot where Abu Omar was abducted, for a 2 1/2 -hour period around the time he disappeared. There were 2,000 calls.(Via Talking Points Memo.)Then, using a computer program, Megale was able to narrow down the pool by tracing the phones that had called each other, in other words, an indication of a group of people working together. Seventeen phone numbers, which showed intensifying use around the time of the abduction, were pinpointed. By following all other calls made from those phones, the investigators ultimately identified 60 numbers, including that of a CIA officer working undercover at the U.S. Embassy in Rome.
In his testimony, Megale revealed that one telephone number he recognized was that of Robert Seldon Lady, then-CIA station chief in Milan. Lady and Megale had worked together in counter-terrorism investigations. It was a number, Megale said somberly, that he and his team knew.
Posted by Lippard at 5/31/2008 10:09:00 PM 0 comments
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Posted by Lippard at 5/22/2008 09:52:00 AM 1 comments
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The sexual confusion that same-sex marriage will create among young people is not fully measurable. Suffice it to say that, contrary to the sexual know-nothings who believe that sexual orientation is fixed from birth and permanent, the fact is that sexual orientation is more of a continuum that ranges from exclusive heterosexuality to exclusive homosexuality. Much of humanity - especially females - can enjoy homosexual sex. It is up to society to channel polymorphous human sexuality into an exclusively heterosexual direction - until now, accomplished through marriage.It sounds like he thinks that female heterosexuality is so tenuous that it must be enforced by the power of law. Does he also think this is a justification for denying civil liberties and rights to women?
Posted by Lippard at 5/22/2008 07:52:00 AM 1 comments
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Posted by Lippard at 5/15/2008 06:30:00 AM 0 comments
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Posted by Lippard at 5/01/2008 02:02:00 PM 3 comments
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I believe that the Holy Bible is the inerrant Word of The Living God. I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and the only One by which I can obtain salvation and have an ongoing relationship with God. I believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, his virgin birth, his sinless life, his miracles, the atoning work of his shed blood, his resurrection and ascension, his intercession and his coming return to power and glory. I believe that those who follow Jesus are family and there should be unity among all who claim his name. I agree that these statements are true in my life.So much for the "Judeo" in "Judeo-Christian." Jews, Muslims, and liberal Christians don't qualify--this is an explicitly sectarian organization, endorsed by government in blatant contradiction of the First Amendment.
Posted by Lippard at 5/01/2008 06:29:00 AM 0 comments
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Posted by Lippard at 4/23/2008 06:14:00 AM 0 comments
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