Civil Liberties
The ACLU defends YOUR rights too
This is also one that puzzles me. I think it is primarily that some people dislike some of the causes that the ACLU has taken up (e.g. against ridiculous religious wackos trying to instill their brand …
Washington Defense of Marriage Alliance
This is so rich. A group is trying an argument from absurdity tactic to show how ridiculous the claim that Washington State’s Andersen v. King County decision is that declared a …
Nist Blasts Paperless Electronic Voting
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently published a paper condemning paperless electronic voting machines as insecurable. I’ll have to read the paper in-depth to see …
Dmca Still Stands But Now With Some Exemptions
It’s still a shitty law though. Something else I will happily ignore to avoid my fair use rights being infringed. Again, how could I watch DVDs (legally rented/owned) on my Linux box without …
Verizon settles class Action suit about deceptive practices regarding crippled phones
This is great news. They did the same with other phones, including the e815 that I have. Fortunately, there are ways around this to re-enable the crippled features, but they are out of reach to most …
Ballot Design Not Dre Issues At Play In Fl Undervote Anomalies
It is hard to believe that such a blatant undervote error could be attributable solely to the DRE itself not properly recording them. But user interface designs can certainly be abused maliciously, or …
Bank Of America Jails A Customer Causes Backlash Gt 50 Million
The This is Broken blog is a pretty cool idea too. There are so many processes, instructions, websites, etc. that just don’t work quite right. They get posted to this blog! This Is Broken - Bank …
More Constitution Shredding By Bush Administration
Boing Boing: Bush legalizes martial law – what Constitution?
Congressman Oops Results In Legal And Civil Liberties Violation Of Student
Something tells me that the government has too much power… Boing Boing: Congressman on Boarding Pass Generator guy: Uh… oops? Last Friday, Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA) called for the arrest …
Educate Yourself And Help Defend The Constitution
Atheist Ethicist: Defending the Constitution take some time, come up with a couple of sharp arguments, and spread those arguments among the people. We can complain about how well or how poorly …