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RFID where will it go next

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Let’s see now: President dropping in the polls; impeachment talk over illegal wiretaps gaining traction; majority of Americans now supporting withdrawal from Iraq; Abramoff scandal reaching into the White House; big push starting for war with Iran; the Bush gang reduced to defending their crime, deception and despotism with their last, threadbare card, the “terrorist threat”…..

Why, yes, I think it’s about time for a guest shot from Osama!

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If the Democrats were a real opposition party or if they had at least one other principle that they fervently believed in besides the government seizure and redistribution of my money, they would filibuster this court-packing move by King George. But, as expected, they simply whimper and roll over. What we really have is a bipolar one-party system.

With the fate of the U.S. Constitution in the balance, it’s hard to believe there’s no senator prepared to filibuster Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, whose theories on the “unitary executive” could spell the end of the American democratic Republic. …. Under this government envisioned by Alito and Bush, Americans would no longer have freedoms based on the Constitution and the law, but on Bush’s tolerance and charity. Americans would, in essence, become Bush’s subjects dependent on his good graces, rather than citizens possessing inalienable rights. He would be a modern-day king. In the face of such an unprecedented power grab, Americans might expect senators from both parties to filibuster Alito and resist Bush’s consolidation of power. But Republicans seem more interested in proving their loyalty to Bush, and Democrats so far are signaling only a token fight for fear of suffering political reprisals. …. A disciplined filibuster focused on protecting the Constitution and the Bill of Rights would have a chance of attracting traditional conservatives as well as moderates and liberals in a cause larger than any political grouping. Indeed, the filibuster could be the start of a grand coalition built around what many Americans hold as dear as life itself, the principles of a democratic Republic where no man is above the law, where no man is king.

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A former US spy turned leading privacy activist has slammed the UK’s ID card plans, saying they will weaken national security and lead to abuses of government power. Bill Scannell is a former agent at the National Security Agency (NSA) and now a huge privacy advocate, currently heading up a campaign against the introduction of a national driving licence across the US. The US Real ID legislation was railroaded through Congress on the back of a budget bill, with virtually no debate or consultation, and all states must now have a standard driving licence by 2008. But already costs have spiraled way above the original $100m estimated by the government. … Speaking as a former government agent, Scannell also warned of the potential abuse of a national identity register by those in power. He said: ‘When you know what the tools of the state really are you are wary of unrestricted power. Governments abuse their power. That’s a fact.

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What does it mean when an Establishment mouthpiece like the Christian Science Monitor runs an article like this?

Republicans’ capture of both Congress and the White House was, understandably, a demoralizing blow to the left. But the latter can take solace that “Republican” is no longer synonymous with spending restraint, free markets, and other ideals of the political right.

While the left did not get its way on tax cuts, this may be only a temporary defeat: Freewheeling spending has made future tax cuts politically a lot harder.

During the first five years of President Bush’s presidency, nondefense discretionary spending (i.e., spending decided on an annual basis) rose 27.9 percent, far more than the 1.9 percent growth during President Clinton’s first five years, according to the libertarian Reason Foundation. And according to Citizens Against Government Waste, the number of congressional “pork barrel” projects under Republican leadership during fiscal 2005 was 13,997, more than 10 times that of 1994.

Certain trends have been favoring the left for the past several decades. In the early 1960s, transfer payments (entitlements and welfare) constituted less than a third of the federal government’s budget. Now they constitute almost 60 percent of the budget, or about $1.4 trillion per year. Measured according to this, the US government’s main function now is redistribution: taking money from one segment of the population and giving it to another segment. In a few decades, transfer payments are expected to make up more than 75 percent of federal government spending.

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It’s like I’ve always said, redistributionist systems never voluntarily reform themselves; reform always comes as a nasty wake-up call. One point the article brought out was that

We are on track to become more like the welfare states of Europe and Canada, where entitlement spending leaves limited funds available for bold foreign policy initiatives.

They make it sound so benign, like we’ll just drift off to socialist entitlement la-la land and end up like those limp-wristed weenies in Europe. But if this trend continues, at some point the Dollar will cease to be the world’s reserve currency– and deservedly so. These types of currency displacement events are usually accompanied by tumultuous “the emperor is naked” moments that trigger a crisis of confidence, the eventual killer of all fiat currencies.

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Frostrees

The Hills Over Yonder

Altar

Warm Spot

You can see all the stellar pics from this hike here.

And go grab the popcorn and sit back for a streaming Quicktime movie from the ridge. Woot-woot!

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Without doubt, major problems are brewing in our country. America’s finances are eroding badly, the government is dismantling our constitutional freedoms, and our foreign policy is becoming increasingly delusional.

So, given this situation, what can any of us do? Can any of this be changed? How does one live a moral life in the midst of the chaos? How do we raise our children, run our businesses, and prepare for the future?

Good questions, all.

And for many of them, there are no easy answers.

Nevertheless, after some introspection, I offer the following suggestions:

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The commander-in-chief has been under intense pressure in recent weeks, accused of trampling on civil liberties in pursuit of terror suspects.

His defence has been that America is a nation at war.

So Bin Laden’s latest threats to launch new attacks on the US will only serve to underline this argument.

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Uh huh. Are you seeing the pattern yet? King George gets caught with his hand in the snoop jar, the story starts to get legs so, for damage control, they pull out the Bin Laden puppet to frighten and confuse the sheeple. Classic marketing ploy by the Imperial White House. And we are nation of highly conditioned consumers. Who’s not buying it?

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See this article from Wired News.

Posted this as a followup to this post.

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Bin Laden Returns- by Justin Raimondo

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infowarsnews : Message: Latest Bin Laden Tape: Another of the NeoCons’ “Greatest Hits”

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The DoJ said in a filing this week that the court should compel Google to comply with the subpoena, in part because some of Google’s competitors had already co-operated with the request, and because the government was not seeking any information that would reveal the identity of the website’s users.

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This is a bombshell that should’ve made the front page of everything. Not only does this article bring out the fact that the Imperial White House is seeking to enforce a law that was struck down by the Supreme Weenies… hello? Is this thing on? WTF?

Then it reveals that Google’s “competitors”, read: Yahoo, MSN, and probably others, have already complied. May the pot-bellied, buck-toothed, cross-eyed Buddha grin down upon Google for having the kahunas to tell Big Brother to piss off.

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Mmm.

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Study Reveals Dogs Can Smell Cancer in Patients’ Breath

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Study Implausible ‘Oil Weapon’ Constrains US Policy in the Middle East

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In an extraordinarily pessimistic new assessment published in Monday’s Independent, Lovelock suggests efforts to counter global warming cannot succeed, and that, in effect, it is already too late.

Lovelock now believes Earth and human society face nearly complete disaster, and sooner than nearly anybody realizes.

He writes, “Before this century is over, billions of us will die, and the few breeding pairs of people that survive will be in the Arctic, where the climate remains tolerable.

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How much you wanna bet this guy’s a bitter old coot who has no love in his life except his dour predictions? Folks, normal, healthy, happy people with rich, full lives filled with the warmth of family and a good buzz every now and then, do not mope around oozing gloom and doom like some limp-wristed, bed-wetting, Malthusian weenie.

Oh, don’t get me wrong: I’m sure we’re in a global warming cycle. But I contend that the climate is changing due to increased solar activity, a long cycle that goes back hundreds of thousands of years. Given this, there’s nothing me or anyone else can do about it, even if we all stopped driving today.

And here’s a news flash: none of us are getting out of here alive. That’s right, Slick, we’re all terminal cases. So what the hell do I care if I die in a car crash or from a solar flare? The end is the same. For all of us.

The best thing to do is live your life well. Live each and every day in such a way that when you encounter your terminal circumstances and your life is flashing before your eyes, you have no regrets and you’re ready to go. And since you never know when that terminal moment will arrive, you should always be prepared to check out. Now what kind of life does that criteria suggest you live?

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… according to these dudes.

But I ain’t giving up my morning, afternoon, or evening coffee. Besides, I bet those dudes are a bunch of panty-waist pooftas trying to turn all us burley, coffee-drinking he-men into effete little juice-drinkers, like them.

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An elderly man in Florida had owned a large farm for several years. He had a large pond in the back, fixed up nice; picnic tables, horseshoe courts, and some orange and grapefruit trees. The pond was properly shaped and fixed up for swimming when it was built.

One evening the old farmer decided to go down to the pond, as he hadn’t been there for a while, and look it over. He grabbed a five gallon bucket to bring back some fruit. As he neared the pond, he heard voices shouting and laughing with glee. As he came closer he saw it was a bunch of young women skinny-dipping in his pond.

He made the women aware of his presence and they all went to the deep end. One of the women shouted to him, “We’re not coming out until you leave!”

The old man frowned, “I didn’t come down here to watch you ladies swim naked or make you get out of the pond naked.” Holding the bucket up he said, “I’m here to feed the alligator.”

Moral: Old men can still think fast.

(Thanks to Pegi for the forwarding this to me.)

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Gardner’s show has been dubbed the smartest show on radio by Samurai Appliance Repair Man, the brains and gluteus maximus behind Fixitnow.com, the wildly successful do-it-yourself appliance repair website with a huge cult following.

“Gardner’s show is the smartest show on radio,” the Samurai told network reporters, while opening another can of Old Milwaukee, “Ol’ Gardner is right there in the trenches every day educating the sheeple about liberty and fighting the battle against this nanny state we live in, this gubmint-on-acid, this ‘damn, dirty ape’ police state.

“In an endless ocean of pro big-gubmint propaganda advocating either socialism or fascism (both of which are collectivist economic systems), Gardner’s show is on the vanguard of an emerging renaissance of radio and Internet shows carrying the message of liberty to the masses.

“People are so steeped in a collectivist paradigm that they are unable to see that many of the tenants they blindly accept are anathema to individual liberty. Things like a national income tax, a broken government education monopoly that we’re forced to pay for, foreign wars of aggression, and government regulation of what we may or may not put in our own bodies vis-a-vis recreational or medicinal drugs are all examples of anti-liberty government programs.”

The Samurai hopes that by supporting pro-liberty broadcasts, such as the Gardner Goldsmith Experience, more people will come to view all government, but especially the Feral Gubmint, as an intestinal parasite which must be excreted out by the cleansing laxative of Truth.

Against the Grain with Gardner Goldsmith can be heard Monday through Friday, 12 to 3 p.m., Eastern Time, on WNTK, 99.7 FM. You can also listen via their web stream (need Real-Player). Gardner’s website is LibertyConspiracy.com.

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Dear Fellow Followers of God;

There comes a time in every person’s life when god calls upon them to ritualistically remove their own liver. For me, that time is at hand. And I, Zenzoidman, am not a blasphemer. Nor am I disillusioned about the consequences of fulfilling god’s edict. I know that at best I will be left bileless, most likely dead. Let this be my last testament. Let it be known that while my body lies here in Applebee’s bathroom full of riblettes and those little cheese thingies, but empty of a liver; the rest of me is in a better place and surrounded by the spirit of the lord.

Rejoice: Do not mourn or question.

Kudos to the lord,

Zenzoidman

P.S. All those gay pornos aren’t mine. They’re a friend’s. And I was superimposed.

[Suicide Note Generator]

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