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FISA Court – Not a Court – an Administrative Rubber Stamp – Bureaucrats Dressed Up as Judges

July 11, 2013 Comments Off on FISA Court – Not a Court – an Administrative Rubber Stamp – Bureaucrats Dressed Up as Judges
The government and the press continue to refer to the FISA Court as a judicial review, a third party oversight of the government’s intrusions on our privacy. This misuse of words and concepts needs correction. 3657 Share this:TweetLike this:Like Loading...
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Parallels and Prescience – on the Tenth Anniversary of 9/11 and the “War on Terror”

September 12, 2011 Comments Off on Parallels and Prescience – on the Tenth Anniversary of 9/11 and the “War on Terror”
Having successfully avoided much of the national moment for our politicians to blather on about the true meaning of 9/11, I was struck this morning by parallel between our “War on Terror” and our longest war, the “War on Drugs” (I have written earlier about this here). Some may be --->> read more -->>
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Pondering at the Food Coop

November 1, 2008 Comments Off on Pondering at the Food Coop
November 1, 2008 So, here I am having coffee and my favorite lunch, a toasted bagel with peanut butter thinking about the approaching election. Finally this will conclude what has been an overly long campaign, but one with enormous pleasures. Assuming that Obama is not just a curiosity to all --->> read more -->>