Journalist Test Drives The Pain Ray Gun
The Silent Guardian is essentially (even though the creators prefer you not refer to it as such) a ray gun, emitting a focused beam of radiation similar to your microwave tuned to a specific frequency to stimulate human nerve endings.From Slashdot | Journalist Test Drives The Pain Ray Gun
Ray gun? When the police started using stun guns, it was supposed to lower the number of shootings. Regardless of if that's true; it lead to a lot of people being stunned or tazered. A ray gun will eventually be in the hands of the police. And I imagine that this will be used to zap crowds of protesters.
Senate rejects habeas legislation.
In a 56-43 vote, the majority of the Senate today voted for legislation that would have restored habeas corpus rights to military detainees and given them “the right to protest their detention in federal court.” But the roll call fell four votes short of the 60 needed to cut off debate.From Think Progress » Breaking: Senate rejects habeas legislation.
It was just over a year ago that the GOP was referring to Democratic filibuster threats as anti-democratic obstructionism. And now they seem to view it as a sacrament.
“The position urged by the Administration, that we must choose between Constitutional rights and fighting terrorism effectively, is simply wrong. Our strength as a nation, and our status as a world leader, is based in part on the fact that Americans do not choose between national security and liberty; we demand both,” said Sen. Biden.Found on TPM Best quote on the subject.
Webb Amendment Filibustered
You know that plan to make sure that the troops have as much time at home as they have in Iraq? Well... Senate Republicans have successfully filibustered the amendment to ease troop rotation schedules. Great job supporting the troops.
Paul Krugman's Blog
I was born in 1953. Like the rest of my generation, I took the America I grew up in for granted – in fact, like many in my generation I railed against the very real injustices of our society, marched against the bombing of Cambodia, went door to door for liberal candidates. It’s only in retrospect that the political and economic environment of my youth stands revealed as a paradise lost, an exceptional episode in our nation’s history.From Introducing This Blog - Paul Krugman - Op-Ed Columnist - New York Times Blog
Paul Krugman has a blog. And the whole Times Select non-sense is over.