Seriously. There is essentially no other way to interpret this data from Pew Research, which emphasizes the number of people who haven’t yet realized that their photos are somewhere on the web. Much more revealing than the photo statistic is the one about “Home Address.” If you have ever had a phone line or a [...]
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Alternate Title: 65% of Internet Users Have Never Searched For Their Own Name
Posted in education, internet, media, privacy, public domain, technology, tagged pew research on March 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
And No One Is Surprised
Posted in constitution, criminal law, dissent, ethics, free speech, hypocrisy, internet, politics, privacy, technology on February 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After all, this sort of thing is exactly why the GOP seated Roberts and Alito. Got to keep the rabble in their place, don’t you know- can’t have just anyone standing up for their rights.
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court rejected a challenge Tuesday to the Bush administration’s domestic spying program. . . . The American [...]
Your Republican Party, Supporting Global Terrorism Since 2001
Posted in criminal law, education, free speech, internet, politics, privacy, tagged FISA, Senate, Wiretaps on January 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Via Glenn Greenwald:
… Republicans just basically assured that the PAA — which they spent the last seven months shrilly insisting was crucial if we are going to be Saved from The Terrorists — will expire on Friday without any new bill in place. Since the House is going out of session after tomorrow, there is [...]
Sounds Like He Meant It
Posted in constitution, dissent, economics, education, ethics, free speech, hypocrisy, media, politics, privacy, tax, tagged abortion, Huckabee, religion, wingnut on January 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Via Think Progress:
Huckabee said his comments were in reference to his support for a “human life amendment” and a “traditional marriage amendment.” He added, “I’m not suggesting that we re-write the Constitution to reflect tithing or Sunday school attendance.
He wants to subvert our system of government to force his narrow-minded religious bigotry into every bedroom [...]
A Year-End Top Ten List
Posted in constitution, criminal law, dissent, education, ethics, free speech, hypocrisy, impeachment, politics, privacy on December 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Courtesy of Dahlia Lithwick at Slate:
4. Nine U.S. attorneys were fired by nobody, but for good reason.
Of course, the great legal story of 2007 was the unprecedented firing of nine U.S. attorneys who either declined to prosecute Democrats or were too successful in prosecuting Republicans. After months of congressional hearings, subpoenas, and investigations, [...]
Ohio Secretary of State Calls For Ban On E-Voting Machines
Posted in black box voting, constitution, economics, education, ethics, politics, privacy, technology, tagged Bob Ney, Diebold on December 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
And it’s about 8 years too late. The state should sue the vendors and ex-Congressman Bob Ney (he’s in jail, so it should be easy to find him) for getting them into this mess.
“Ohio’s electronic voting systems have ‘critical security failures’ which could impact the integrity of elections in the Buckeye State,” says Ohio Secretary [...]
SCOTUSblog Boumediene Roundup
Posted in constitution, ethics, internet, media, politics, privacy, tagged Boumediene, detainee, guantanamo, habeas, MCA, Odah, torture on December 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The intrepid folks over at SCOTUSblog have posted a series of reports about the Boumediene oral arguments today. You can see background here, a debate with Marty Lederman here, post-mortem by all the majors here, and links to the audio recording of the actual arguments here.
And this is a direct link to the MP3 [...]
