Pin ItemailprintA federal appeals court has upheld an injunction against a voter-approved ban on Islamic law in Oklahoma, saying it violates the Constitution by discriminating on the basis of religion. A three-member panel of the Denver-based U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that the rights of plaintiff Muneer Awad, a Muslim man living [...]
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Shit just got real. Reddit is planning a 12-hour blackout – from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. EST on January 18 – to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA). During that time, Reddit will replace its usual user-generated content with resources for fighting the bills, as well as [...]
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The hacktivist group known only as Anonymous has moved its “Day of Action” (A.K.A. Operation Blackout), a day where citizens are being called upon to protest the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), to February 3, 2012. The group had previously scheduled its Day of Action for January 3, but has now moved it back one [...]
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A senior at Durango High School has had her yearbook photo banned because administrators told her that the picture the school’s dress code. The controversial photo (below) shows 18-year-old Sydney Spies wearing a black shawl and a yellow skirt – along with plenty of skin. Spies, however, says she was just trying to exercise her [...]
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We’re one step closer to losing our freedoms and rights as Americans. Tonight, the U.S. Senate approved the $662 billion National Defense Authorization Act bill, sending it on to the White House for President Barack Obama‘s signature. Just yesterday, the White House lifted a veto threat against the bill after lawmakers made substantial changes in [...]
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My fellow Americans, this could be the end. After hundreds of years of freedom, the Bill of Rights may soon be no more. The White House has backed down from its promise of vetoing the National Defense Authorization Act and it now looks all but certain that the most frightening bill in the history of [...]
If you only read one thing today, let it be this article. Something scary is brewing. It’s not a conspiracy theory. It’s not a paranoid rumor. It’s actually happening. The Senate voted yesterday to keep a controversial measure as part of the National Defense Authorization Act which would allow the military to detain terrorism suspects [...]
News outlets in Washington D.C. have been closely following the story of Bryan Thompson, a 14-year-old autistic student at Colonial Forge High School who was suspended for running onto the field during a school football game – wearing a banana costume. Thompson was interviewed by WRC reporter Pat Collins. Thompson wore the infamous banana suit, [...]
Wow, this girl is really pissed off. Check out this actual voicemail from a movie-goer at Texas’ Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. It seems the girl was using her cell phone, which is forbidden at the Alamo Drafthouse. So, she got kicked out, and she is not happy about it one bit…lol. In her defense, she says [...]
Proving that we are getting one step closer to the movie “Minority Report”, the TSA‘s crack behavior detection officers are now on the lookout for “anyone who displays arrogance or expresses contempt for the screening process.” Why? Because scientific anti-terror detection techniques have now apparently revealed that complaining about poor treatment from airport security indicates [...]
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Here’s something that will get your Spidey-senses tingling. The Michigan State Police have a new, high-tech forensics device that officers are using to download information from the cell phones of motorists that have been pulled over for traffic violations. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Michigan has gotten involved, demanding that state officials stop [...]
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Donny Tobolski, a high school student in California, has been suspended for calling his teacher a “fat ass” on Facebook. Sure, you might initially be inclined to agree with that decision, but the ACLU begs to differ. They claim that Tobolski’s right to free speech has been violated and that the school’s action breaks federal [...]
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