NYTimes Realizes That The FBI Keeps Celebrating Breaking Up Its Own Terrorist Plots | Techdirt

NYTimes Realizes That The FBI Keeps Celebrating Breaking Up Its Own Terrorist Plots | Techdirt: "Over the last few years, we've noticed that nearly every victory the FBI celebrates against terrorism is actually about stopping its own terrorist plots that it feeds to hapless individuals, often nudging them and pushing them down the road to "become" terrorists, despite commonly displaying little to no aptitude for actual terrorism."

"In one case, the judge -- even as she was sentencing the guy to decades in prison -- admitted that the guy wouldn't be a "terrorist" if it weren't for the FBI:"

Obama Worse than Bush on Civil Liberties - Romney No Different From Obama | Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign CommitteeRon Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign Committee

Obama Worse than Bush on Civil Liberties - Romney No Different From Obama | Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign CommitteeRon Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign Committee: "When Obama signed NDAA he said ”My administration will not authorize the indefinite military detention without trial of American citizens.”

This pretty much cemented the conservative consensus on NDAA–no president, and especially Obama, should be able to throw American citizens in jail indefinitely without trial or due process.

Mitt Romney disagrees. Not only would he sign NDAA without hesitation, his position is essentially no different from Obama’s.

Said Romney: “There are a lot of things that I think this president does wrong. Lots of them. But I don’t think he’s going to abuse this power. I know that if I were president I wouldn’t abuse this power.”"

Tenn. police arrest man for paying with real $50 | Fox News

Tenn. police arrest man for paying with real $50 | Fox News: "But a police evidence technician told the arresting officer that some old bills don't react to the markers. So police gave the money to two banks to check, and they said it was real but just very old."

Be careful with old money. :-/

US May Day protests planned, may disrupt commutes | Fox News

US May Day protests planned, may disrupt commutes | Fox News: "bridge district ferry workers say they'll strike Tuesday to shut down morning ferry service.

In New York, organizers have called for protesters to block one or more bridges or tunnels connecting Manhattan to New Jersey and other parts of the city."

That doesn't sound like a good way to get friends and supporters. :-/

MOMENT OF CLARITY: Wiscosin Gets Jobbed

MOMENT OF CLARITY: Wiscosin Gets Jobbed: "The fact is that none of our elected officials who promise to create jobs in the private sector have any say in the matter; politicians can only put up or tear down barriers to job creation. 

If you want to judge Governor Walker, or any other politician for that matter, on job creation, then list the barriers he has erected to private sector job creation down one column, and list the barriers he has removed down a second column."

"According to BLS – not me - the number of persons employed in Wisconsin in March of 2011 was 2,838,145. And according the BLS – not me - the number of persons employed in Wisconsin in March of 2012 was 2,856,643. My calculator says that is an INCREASE of 18,498."

Debate rages over severity of child-porn sentences | Fox News

Debate rages over severity of child-porn sentences | Fox News: " offenders who possess and distribute child pornography can go to prison for longer than those who actually rape or sexually abuse a child. In a 2010 survey of federal judges by the Sentencing Commission, about 70 percent said the proposed ranges of sentences for possession and receipt of child pornography were too high. Demonstrating their displeasure, federal judges issued child porn sentences below the guidelines 45 percent of the time in 2010, more than double the rate for all other crimes."

PROMISES, PROMISES: Romney pledges raise questions | Fox News

PROMISES, PROMISES: Romney pledges raise questions | Fox News: "Citing "the absurdity of Romney's plan," Preble wrote recently that the candidate "hasn't said what other spending he will cut, or what taxes he would increase.""

"Romney has shown little willingness to cut popular programs so far. He joined President Barack Obama, and bucked some House Republicans, by backing an extension of low college loan rates for middle-income students, a $6 billion government cost."

Insanity: CISPA Just Got Way Worse, And Then Passed On Rushed Vote | Techdirt

Insanity: CISPA Just Got Way Worse, And Then Passed On Rushed Vote | Techdirt: "The government would be able to search information it collects under CISPA for the purposes of investigating American citizens with complete immunity from all privacy protections as long as they can claim someone committed a "cybersecurity crime". Basically it says the 4th Amendment does not apply online, at all. Moreover, the government could do whatever it wants with the data as long as it can claim that someone was in danger of bodily harm, or that children were somehow threatened—again, notwithstanding absolutely any other law that would normally limit the government's power."

House GOP set to curb college student loan costs | Fox News

House GOP set to curb college student loan costs | Fox News: "The House planned to vote Friday on the bill, which would keep interest rates at 3.4 percent for subsidized Stafford loans, instead of rising as scheduled to 6.8 percent on July 1. The GOP-written package would cover its $5.9 billion cost by plucking money from a preventive health fund established in President Barack Obama's 2010 health care overhaul law"

Op-Ed: Campus commandos, or safer students?

Op-Ed: Campus commandos, or safer students?: "armed students have already prevented at least one shooting. When Peter Odighizuwa, a mentally unstable student at the Appalachian School of Law in Virginia, opened fire on Jan. 16, 2002, he killed two faculty members and a student and wounded three other students.

Hearing the shots, two students who were licensed to carry a concealed weapon (except on campus) ran to the vehicles, procured their firearms, and subdued the shooter without further violence."