Teen faces WMD charge for plastic toy

Posted by Synfinatic on February 7, 2008 at 4:24 pm in Over Reaction.

So the boy in this story is hardly innocent, but if the story is accurate it just goes to prove how much authorities continue to over react to jokes and well, kids being kids.

Teen faces WMD charge after plastic egg explodes.

Tags: airsoft, kids, plastic egg, WMD

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US Gov’t admits torturing detainees

Posted by Synfinatic on February 6, 2008 at 12:56 am in Politics, Rant.

So between the US national intelligence chief Mike McConnell admitting waterboarding would be torture and less then one month later, CIA director Michael Hayden admitting that the CIA waterboarded three detainees; I guess we can now all agree that the United States has tortured people.

Tags: CIA, terrorisim, torture, waterboarding

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Bush Prevents Privacy Board Oversight

Posted by Synfinatic on February 4, 2008 at 9:20 pm in The Law.

Once again, President Bush shows his disdain for the American public and Congress by effectively stopping a congressionally approved board from overseeing the WoT and limiting its effects on the privacy and civil-liberties granted by the Constitution.

Tags: appointments, bush, civil liberties, Privacy

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Up Against Big Brother

Posted by Synfinatic on at 2:06 pm in Cool, The Law.

I found this an interesting article in California Lawyer Magazine on the history and current activities of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. It’s not the longest or most detailed research article, but I think it’s an excellent primer on the goals and methods of the EFF.

Tags: big brother, eff, history, lawyers

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The TSA really cares! (ha ha ha)

Posted by Synfinatic on February 2, 2008 at 10:49 am in TSA/DHS.

This is my tax dollars at work- the TSA creating a blog to put a friendlier face to the incompetence people experience on a daily basis in airports around the country. Unfortunately, the “friendlier face” just reeks of government bureaucracy and provides little insight or hope for travelers frustrated with air travel.

Tags: blog, censorship, tsa

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