Category Archives: First Amendment

Elizabeth Smart wants her name removed from anti-porn bill

If you want to have a porn block on your device, that’s fine. If you want to force me to do that to my devices, we have a problem. https://apnews.com/3a14193b035142a9b92759705b166808

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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

From http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/ PREAMBLE Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world, Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights … Continue reading

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Using Metadata to find Paul Revere – Kieran Healy

If you think that merely collecting metadata and not actual convos is not a big deal, check out this “social networke analysis” someone in the late 1700’s might have done to point up the revolutionary tendencies and connections of one … Continue reading

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Are Christian Fundamentalists Teaching Genocide in Our Schools? | | AlterNet

Are Christian Fundamentalists Teaching Genocide in Our Schools? | | AlterNet. This is a pretty sore point with me. I used to believe all this garbage. But it’s time to put a stop to these clubs…somehow. I don’t know how … Continue reading

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Occupy Journalists Stopped, Searched, Handcuffed & Interrogated at Gunpoint | The Dissenter

Occupy Journalists Stopped, Searched, Handcuffed & Interrogated at Gunpoint | The Dissenter. This is harassment! It is worse than that, really. It is a police state. If I was anywhere near Chicago right now, I would be there to protest … Continue reading

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Another Case of Scared Christian Rightwingers

This time, it’s a Christian shop teacher in Guthrie Center all hot n’ bothered about a Wiccan student building an altar in shop class. “It scares me. I’m a Christian,” [shop teacher Dale Halferty] said. “This witchcraft stuff – it’s … Continue reading

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