Tag Archives: Censorship

“TSA naked body scanners safe” says professor who didn’t actually test machines

From the LA Times: The author of the Marquette study, assistant professor of biomedical engineering Taly Gilat Schmidt, did not test the actual machines. Instead, she based her conclusions on scanner radiation data released publicly by the TSA. She ran … Continue reading

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Cops arrest and assault duly elected GOP Chairman during Louisiana Caucus

Before the video starts Alex Helwig was lawfully voted GOP Chairman but the existing chairman wasn’t liking that and tried to overrule the vote of the majority of delegates present. I hate to be negative but I feel that everyone … Continue reading

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Want to upload a pic/vid during a protest? Don’t bother trying if you’re riding BART in SF

The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) operators preemptively shut down wireless service at 4 Downtown San Francisco stations on August 11th 2011 in response to a ‘planned protest’ being held in response to the killing of Charles Blair and Oscar … Continue reading

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Update: LA Times still disabling comments on protest related posts

Maybe I’m the only one noticing this (and maybe I should find a different source for my local news) but it seems like any articles on LATimes.com that is at all controversial gets the comments disabled. Here’s a few examples … Continue reading

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"Resisting Arrest" Doesn't Count If An Officer Has No Reason To Arrest You

I’m really sick of all the people who are saying the police are justified in assaulting, tasing, pepper spraying, and even shooting someone who is “resisting arrest” in a situation where the police officer had no legal reason to arrest … Continue reading

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US Senate:We need to be able to monitor and filter the internet, to 'protect the children'

Want to know when Congress is really fucking you?? When they say they’re doing it to ‘protect children’ from the dangers of this scary world we live in. Yeah, the same people who protected Mark Foley when they knew what … Continue reading

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