Category Archives: The big picture

TSA GESTAPO EMPIRE

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Michael S. Roberts

The following article, written by Paul Craig Roberts (no relation) was originally published at http://www.opednews.com/articles/TSA-GESTAPO-EMPIRE-by-paul-craig-roberts-101123-893.html It doesn’t take a bureaucrat long to create an empire. John Pistole, the FBI agent who took over the Transportation Security Administration on July 1 more »

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The surveillance/police state marches on (in Houston)

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Michael S. Roberts

I’m in the middle of my first real trip back to work, only most of my schedule has been canceled due to the blizzard. That has given me time to catch up on the latest fascist shenanigans. I happen to more »

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FlyersRights Position on TSA Security

Posted on January 22, 2011 by Michael S. Roberts

FlyersRights is a passenger advocacy group led by Kate Hanni, with whom I was pleased to participate in a panel, along with Jim Babb from WeWontFly, at the EPIC conference in DC earlier this month. As she mentions below, each more »

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Wewontfly.com’s notes from EPIC conference in DC

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Michael S. Roberts

Earlier this month it was my pleasure to take part in a panel at a conference in DC with my new friend, Jim Babb of wewontfly.com (see my earlier post on the conference here). Turns out, Jim and I share more »

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Report from EPIC’s TSA security conference

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Michael S. Roberts

On January 6, I participated in a panel at a conference hosted by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) in Washington, DC entitled, The Stripping of Freedom: A Careful Scan of TSA Security Procedures. The broad coalition of speakers included more »

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6 Jan Conference: The Stripping of Freedom

Posted on January 5, 2011 by Michael S. Roberts

The Stripping of Freedom: A Careful Scan of TSA Security Procedures I’ll be participating in one of the panels tomorrow at The Carnegie Institute for Science in Washington, DC (yes, I drove to DC from MEM). See the EPIC’s page more »

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Feds take pilot’s gun away for telling the truth

Posted on December 23, 2010 by Michael S. Roberts

Federal Flight Deck Officer’s gun confiscated because of YouTube videos: http://www.news10.net/video/default.aspx?bctid=721841881001

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Julian Assange on MSNBC: Truth vs. Tyranny

Posted on December 23, 2010 by Michael S. Roberts

Here’s a man who has made a career out of telling the truth. So, naturally, people are questioning whether he is really a journalist:

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Why the state can never lose

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Michael S. Roberts

[The following article, written by Kevin Carson, was first published at http://c4ss.org/content/5475.] Statism: An Unfalsifiable Religion George Bush and his supporters like to point to the absence of major terrorist attacks since 9-11 as a vindication:  “His policies kept us more »

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Despotism, murder, and the President of the United States

Posted on December 16, 2010 by Michael S. Roberts

[How long will ordinary citizens/state apologists defend this nationalist insanity? Can the government do no wrong, ever? Unconditional obeisance and blind faith in the state is idolatry. -ed] First in History: President Can Assassinate Americans by Nat Hentoff This article more »

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