I think the fact that "Federal Civil Rights Investigators" are looking into this while completely ignoring things like this shows just how concerned they really are with civil rights....
Nothing at all. However, I can't help but wonder how what clothing or other painful reminders they're displaying that don't belong to members of the nobility, and how the cops would have reacted if a mere peasant's family had dared...
It's more than a little strange for an LA city councilman to be concerned about civil liberties, but he's totally right. This actually sounds quite a bit like one of the Bush administration's "anti-terrorist" proposals that they borrowed from the...
Obviously (as Cinematica demonstrates) bans like this have nothing to do with science--they're about bigotry, plain and simple. Unfortunately (as Prop 8 also demonstrated) there's no shortage of bigots voting in California....
I noticed a potential flaw in the methodology section of the study: Please note that for figures reported for “retail”, these did not include any “specialty”, “adult”, or “religious” bookstores... It seems to me that this would lead to underreporting...
I pretty much agree--I haven't gone near an airport in years, and when I need to travel I take the train or bus. However, although Union Station is still safe, I've read multiple reports of TSA jackboots beginning to infest...
Let's not shift blame unfairly. We can thank Mr. Abdulmutallab for trying to set off a firecracker on a plane. We can thank the real terrorists in Washington, D.C. for the latest outrage against travellers....
I don't think forcing people who value their privacy to carry change around so they can pay cash really counts as efficient and trouble-free for the ridership....
The LAPD "media officials" really ought to consider supplying more information--like, did he barricade himself inside someone else's home? Or did he kidnap someone and is holding them inside his own home? When they word it this way, it sounds...
Bicyclists report that they have been bumped off the road, screamed at by drivers and had objects thrown at them. Clearly the city government needs to implement an ordnance, since there must not be any laws against assault and battery,...
If anything more than the text of Prop 8 itself is required to demonstrate that it was passed with discriminatory intent, that's a pretty good sign that the court is a sham....
Here's where the "seven month mystery" bit comes from, in the Times article: "Seven months ago, deputies began noticing "Who Is John Scott?" stickers being placed on light poles, bus benches and even on the seats of the MTA buses...
There are several bums who live in this area and often leave bags of junk lying about. I expect that's what has motivated the cops to engage in one of their little displays of ritualized hysteria....
