2-22-13 Links

Posted: February 22nd, 2013 | Author: John | Filed under: links | Tags: links | 7 Comments »

February 19, 1942: A Black Stain on American History FDR signing executive order 9066, which authorized the “indefinite detention” of nearly 150,000 people on American soil.

Ohio Court Upholds Police Entry Into Home Over Failure To Signal Turn The Ohio Court of Appeals on Friday upheld the police use of a battering ram on the home of a suspect who failed to properly signal a turn.

Many Suburban Cops Allowed To Work “Half Drunk” Many suburban departments actually have clauses in their union contracts which prevent any kind of discipline for officers with substantial amounts of alcohol in their systems.

Money Is A Form Of Social Control And Most Americans Are Debt Slaves Have you ever found yourself wondering why you can never seem to get ahead financially no matter how hard you work?

Gun Control Was – Historically – About Repressing Blacks For years – for two centuries, in fact – gun control was a largely Right-wing, reactionary campaign issue, not a Left-wing one.

When Prostitution Wasn’t a Crime: The Fascinating History of Sex Work in America Laws against selling sex are fairly new – just about 100 years old.

Israel’s changing image But Palestinian children are targets: nearly 400 were killed by Israel just four years ago in 3 weeks in Gaza.

Four Largest Banks Are Now Almost As Big As US GDP: Accounting Hides Risks This is what happens when one allows the Banks to write their own reform rules.

Peter Schiff: America to Become The United States of Britain You live by the printing press, you die by the printing press.

Reader Asks Me to Prove “Inflation Benefits the Wealthy” (At the Expense of Everyone Else) The answer is those with assets and those with first access to money: the banks and the already wealthy.

The Nanny State vs. Junk Food To generate an epidemic of obesity, the nanny state re-defined obesity.

Yes Folks, Housing is Looking UP, For the One Percent Ownership Society First, I showed that except for the rich, the only significant wealth held by the average American is the family home.

Drugs and freedom But only a minority become addicts; and only a minority of addicts 1986, 235 deaths resulted from use of all illegal drugs.

Balkanization of Afghanistan beckons Afghanistan will either Balkanize itself into distinct warlord-led enclaves or enter into civil war without the advantage of Western air support.

Government is a bully Video du jour.

Stray Simba found a home just in time for the holidays There’s hope for humans after all du jour.

Burundi: a demonstration in support of RFI journalist Hassan Ruvakuki violently dispersed I decided that I don’t want to be ignorant of Africa anymore du jour.

St. Charles County deputy saves woman who drove into Mississippi Heroic cop du jour.

Former Mt. Pleasant police officer pleads guilty to aggravated sexual assault of child Sociopathic pedophile cop du jour.

Israeli settlers torch Palestinian cars The real terrorists du jour.

Goldcrest — Dennis Gurner

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