yay!! puppy rescue!!! woot woot!
I want a penguin bodyguard
pew pew. those are laser sounds. mlk was a jedi.
and I know I usually only post funny things... but I feel that some things should not be kept quiet. like this for example:
While it's known that the US has used indefinite detention of suspects in its "war on terror", Congress has voted to make the same treatment legal for US citizens apprehended within the US.
The House of Representatives passed the 2012 National Defence Authorisation Act (or NDAA) on Wednesday and Senate approved it (86 to 13) on Thursday. But the Senate had already passed one version of the bill on December 1, with 93 votes in favour of and seven against - a remarkable margin.
The NDAA, which includes the 2012 $662bn military budget and more. But civil liberties advocates are concerned over a section in the legislation that deals with the detention of civilians by the military.
Tea Party Sen. Rand Paul - one of seven who voted against the bill - questions the bill's constitutionality [C-Span]
Provisions in the bill codify an approach that allows for endless detention of US citizens and non-citizens picked up anywhere in the world. They also gives the US military the option to detain US citizens suspected of participating or aiding in terrorist activities without a trial, indefinitely.
A person can be detained "under the law of war without trial until the end of the hostilities", the bill states. The hostility in question here is the "war on terror", and at the moment, it seems to have no end.
Attempts were made by several senators to strip the bill of that provision, but those attempts failed. Indeed, most of those who fought to have the provision removed from the bill - such as California's Senator Diane Feinstein and Colorado's Senator Mark Udall (both Democrats) ultimately ended up voting in favour of the bill.
Al Jazeera tried to contact nearly 30 senators from both sides of the vote (including co-sponsors senators John McCain and Carl Levin) but none seemed to be willing to talk or to answer questions about why they either voted against the provisions or, alternately, why they feel they are necessary and why the US justice system is inadequate to deal with terrorist suspects.
serious shit
You have no rights, america.
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BOTH THE FIFTH AND FOURTEENTH AMENDMENTS PROHIBIT GOVERNMENTAL ACTIONS WHICH WOULD DEPRIVE "*ANY PERSON OF LIFE, LIBERTY OR PROPERTY WITHOUT DUE PROCESS OF LAW!*"!!! BUT DUE PROCESS HAS SEVERAL QUITE DISTINCT MEANINGS!!! DUE PROCESS RESTRICTS THE WAYS IN WHICH LEGISLATURES MAY LIMIT INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM!!! THIS SUBSTANTIVE DUE PROCESS MAY PROTECT CERTAIN FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS OR VOID ARBITRARY LIMITATIONS OF INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM OF ACTIONS!!! PAR OF THE SUBSTANTIVE IMPART OF THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSE OF THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT IS THE INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN GUARANTEES IN THE BILL OF RIGHTS!!!
THE DUE PROCESS CLAUSES ALSO HAVE A PROCEDURAL ASPECT IN THAT THEY GUARANTEE THAT EACH PERSON SHALL BE ACCORDED A CERTAIN "*PROCESS!*" IF THEY ARE DEPRIVED OF LIFE, LIBERTY, OR PROPERTY!!! wHEN THE POWER OF THE GOVERNMENT IS TO BE USED AGAINST AN INDIVIDUAL, THERE IS A RIGHT TO A FAIR PROCEDURE TO DETERMINE THE BASIS FOR, AND LEGALITY OF, SUCH ACTION!!! BUT THERE IS NO GENERAL REQUIREMENT THAT THE GOVERNMENT INSTITUTE A PROCEDURE PIOR TO TAKING ACTS WHICH ARE UNFAVORABLE TO SOME INDIVIDUALS!!! IT IS ONLY WHEN SOMEONE'S "*LIFE, LIBERTY OR PROPERTY!*" IS TO BE IMPAIRED THAT THE GOVERNMENT OWES HER/HIM SOME TYPE OF PROCESS FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF HER/HIS INTERESTS!!! BUT, TODAY THESE CONCEPTS ARE BEING DEFINED SO AS TO EXCLUDE A VARIETY OF PERSONAL INTERESTS FROM THEIR SCOPE AND PROTECTION EVEN THOUGH EARLIER CASES HAD RECOGNIZED THE PHRASE AS VIRTUALLY "*ALL-ENCOMPASSING!*"!!!
THE DRACONIAN LAW; THE NATIONAL DEFENCE AUTHORISATION ACT IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH OUR DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT AND INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY!!! MY PREMISE FOR THIS POSITION IS THAT ANY LIFE, LIBERTY, OR PROPERTY LIMITED BY THE NATIONAL AUTHORISATION ACT IS TAKEN WITHOUT DUE PROCESS, BECAUSE THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION NEVER GRANTED THE GOVERNMENT THE ABILITY TO PASS SUCH A DRACONIAN LAW, AND THIS LAW IS PASSED BY AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS!!!
"*THE ONLY REALLY SELF-GOVERNING PEOPLE IS THAT PEOPEL WHICH DISCUSSES AND INTERROGATES ITS ADMINISTRATION...!*" BY PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON!!!
A GOVERNMENT THAT DOES NOT RESPECT YOUR LIBERTY WILL NOT RESPECT YOUR LIFE, YOUR FAMILY, YOUR RELIGION, OR YOUR MORALITY!!! BEFORE A GOVERNMENT CAN BEGIN MARCHING PEOPLE OFF TO CONCENTRATION CAMPS, IT HAS TO DESTROY THE FOUNDATIONAL ELEMENTS OF LIBERTY IN THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF ITS CITIZENS!!! THE PATRIOT ACT, THE MILITARY COMMISSIONS ACT, THE NATIONAL DEFENCE AUTHORISATION ACT, THE ENEMY EXPATRIATION ACT, AND WHAT IS NEXT IN STORE FOR THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES; THE DISINTEGRATION OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION; AND PROTECTION AGAINST UNCONSTITUTIONAL DRACONIAN LAWS!!!
NAMASTE!!!!!