“Sovereign” renunciant headed for disaster
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in people | 7 Comments »I knew my tracking of news stories for keywords like "renounce OR renunciation OR renunciant AND citizenship" would strike gold one day... From the Stanwood/Camano News, Camano Island, Washington: Troubles brew for island coffee stand 16 September 2008 They say “no man is an ...
The transfer of moral corruption
Thursday, August 21st, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in philosophy | 4 Comments »If my prison guards hit me with truncheons, I must obey them. If I accept that I obey them because they hit me with truncheons, I feel terribly humiliated and helpless, but retain an accurate assessment of the situation. On ...
What is “fraternité” really all about?
Sunday, July 27th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in crime, mind control | No Comments »From The Times Online: French face prosecution for 'insulting' civil servants The offence — which carries a maximum sentence of six months in prison and a €7,500 fine — dates from Napoleonic times and is designed to protect “the dignity ... of ...
Criminalizing the defense of property
Sunday, July 13th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in crime, police | No Comments »Ah, merry old England, where a man's home iswas his castle... From the Daily Mail: Yobs threw rocks at his house for years. But the father who fought back is arrested For more than two years, Sydney Davis's house has been under siege ...
Guantánamo: Beyond the law
Monday, June 16th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in prison, torture, war | No Comments »A little something for the "they hate us for our freedom" file. But never you mind, these are just "a few bad apples" and "isolated incidents". There's no pattern here whatsoever. And no, of course these "enhanced interrogation techniques" will ...
Put up prices: go to prison
Monday, June 9th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in economics | 1 Comment »That Robert Fico and his government are utterly ignorant of how markets work should come as a surprise to nobody. But then, they do say that ignorance is bliss... Me, I'm off to go jack up the rates I charge to ...
“They cuffed him and started hitting him.”
Friday, June 6th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in police | 1 Comment »If there is a real investigation of this, what do you think will be the outcome for these fine uniformed thugs? Prison? Mall security? Or nothing at all? From WABC-TV, New York: Mistaken identity police brutality? [...] Minter's video captures police in plain clothes milling around and ...
Ahoy! America’s secret prisons at sea
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in prison, torture, war | No Comments »From The Guardian: US accused of holding terror suspects on prison ships The United States is operating "floating prisons" to house those arrested in its war on terror, according to human rights lawyers, who claim there has been an attempt to conceal ...
The penalty is always death
Monday, June 2nd, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in mind control, police | 20 Comments »Stumble! One of the great triumphs of civilization touted by liberal-minded thinkers around the world these days is the abolition of the death penalty in most of the planet's "more-civilized" countries, with some notable exceptions. Without question, it is an ...
27,000 in secret American prisons overseas
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in prison | No Comments »From Democracy Now!: CLIVE STAFFORD SMITH: Well you know, one thing that my charity, Reprieve, out of London, we’ve been trying to do is track down the real ghost prisoners in this process. And if you look at Guantanamo Bay, 270, ...
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