By Mark | January 17, 2012
As it’s late, and as I’m exhausted, there’s not going to be a lot in the way of thoughtful analysis, but I wanted to let you all know that one of our favorite people, Chris Hedges, has filed suit against the Obama administration on the grounds that the recently signed National Defense Authorization Act is […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Corporate Crime | Also tagged Bruce I. Afran, Carl J. Mayer, Chris Hedges, corporate fascism, corporate state, corporate takeover of politics, due process, fear, fear tactics, indefinite military detention, Leon Panetta, NDAA, Obama, Occupy, Occupy Wall Street, Robert Mueller, terrorism |
By Mark | January 8, 2012
The following letter appeared in the New York Times this weekend. It’s author, a man named Lakhdar Boumediene, was held in U.S. military custody for seven years without an opportunity to defend himself in court, or for that matter, even being told why he’d been kidnapped from his workplace by armed men and shipped off […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Uncategorized | Also tagged Algeria, Belkacem Bensayah, Bill of Rights, Bosnia, Boumediene v. Bush, due process, GITMO, GTMO, Guantánamo Bay, hunger strikes, Lakhdar Boumediene, NDAA, Red Crescent Society, Richard J. Leon, Sarajevo, Supreme Court, wrongly accused |
By Mark | January 1, 2012
A Reddit user who goes by the name of DrowningSink has compiled a list of potentially vulnerable politicians up for reelection in 2012, along with their voting records on controversial legislation, such as the recently passed National Defense Authorization Act, which, as we’ve discussed here repeatedly, gives the government the right to imprison American citizens […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2012, Bill of Rights, common ground, Cook Partisan Voting Index, corporatocracy, Dan Benishek, Dave Camp, DrowningSink, due process, Gary Peters, Mike Rogers, NDAA, Obama, Patriot Act, PROTECT IP Act, PVI, reelection, SOPA, Stop Online Piracy Act, Thaddeus McCotter, Tim Walberg |
By Mark | December 31, 2011
It’s one thing when lefty reactionaries like me run around, warning people about pending legislation that will, if signed into law, end due process as we know it in the United States. It’s another thing altogether, however, when it’s a four-star general doing the frantic hand waving. And it’s exponentially more serious when you have […]
By Mark | December 15, 2011
Every once in a while, I get the urge to stop blogging. I sat and stared at the screen last night for a few hours, and just couldn’t seem to muster the energy or enthusiasm for it. I feel like blaming the baby, as he’s been keeping us up for the past two weeks, but […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Mark's Life, OCD, Uncategorized | Also tagged Arlo, charter schools, Christmas, Christmas gifts, Clementine, collective bargaining, comics, defunding public schools, due process, home birth, indefinite military detention, Linette, Mark, Mark Maynard's heart, NDAA, public education, public employee unions, temporary depression, things that make Mark happy, threats to stop blogging, union busting |
