SODOM & GOMORRAH: New court documents suggest the FBI is engaging in a massive public surveillance program. Jeff Harp, a former FBI agent and security analyst for KPIX 5, said, "They put microphones under rocks, they put microphones in trees, they plant microphones in equipment. I mean, there's microphones that are planted in places that people don't think … [Read more...]
Children Might Sue Over Facebook Photos
SODOM & GOMORRAH: Photographs posted to social media of your own children could land you in legal hot water when they're older. French authorities warn that certain privacy laws could reasonably extend to children. France, which has been passing increasingly stricter privacy laws, now says that parents who post photos of their kids that are considered "too … [Read more...]
Extortion Used to Impoverish George Zimmerman
SODOM & GOMORRAH: Like the Troy Davis case before, the media and the prosecution have turned the case against George Zimmerman into somthing more than just how and why Trayvon Martin died. Zimmerman was taken back into custody after a discrepency arose about how much money he actually had. Zimmerman claimed to be a man of little means, say prosecutors, and they filed a … [Read more...]
Useless Immigration Hotline Set Up by Feds
SODOM & GOMORRAH: The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) fought the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and won, supposedly. The ACLU claimed that police forces were wrongfully detaining citizens who get caught up in deportation dragnets. The feds have now set up a hotline that people can call, but this won't help for three reasons. First, an arrested … [Read more...]
Supermajorities and Democracy
SODOM & GOMORRAH: The supermajority is a concept that defies all logic. The supermajority is the practice of requiring more than 51% to enact a law, statute, or rule. In modern government, the supermajority requirement is generally reserved for very important decisions: constitutional changes, overturning an executive veto, etc. On face value, it seems to make sense – it … [Read more...]