Leave the US if you can
Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in people | No Comments »So says Wendy McElroy: It is time -- arguably, it is past time -- for you to get your family and your wealth safely outside the borders of the United States. America has become a police state that is moving quickly ...
Petty Police State UK
Saturday, May 31st, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in surveillance | No Comments »They wouldn't be suspects if they weren't guilty, right? Move along folks, show's over, nothing to see here... From The Times Online: Terror law turns thousands of council officials into spies Thousands of middle managers in local councils are being authorised to spy ...
Broad e-surveillance coming to UK
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in surveillance | No Comments »Britons can rest easy knowing that of course it will only be used to find the bad guys... for various and flexible definitions of "bad". Of course. From the Times Online: ‘Big Brother’ database for phones and e-mails [caption id="attachment_65" align="alignright" width="250" caption="INGSOC ...
Philadelphia has four fewer uniformed gangsters
Monday, May 19th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in police | No Comments »It's mall security time for 4 of these monkeys, at least. From Reuters: Four Philadelphia police fired over filmed beating PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Four Philadelphia police officers were fired and four others demoted or suspended after a video showed them beating three suspects ...
Coming soon to a police state near you: MAIN CORE
Sunday, May 18th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in surveillance | No Comments »From Cryptogon: The U.S. Government has, almost certainly, established a database and tracking system for something like eight million Americans who have been designated as threats to national security. The system is called MAIN CORE and it is being run under ...
Stateless: “It’s great being free”
Friday, May 2nd, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in people | 2 Comments »I land around 1pm at Birmingham International Airport. Between the plane's doors and the portal, everything is serene. A placid line of fellow passengers trudging up the jetway, into the terminal, though the camera-lined corridors and past the garish signs proclaiming ...
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