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Alex breaks down upcoming attacks on the liberties of Americans through a bill introduced by John McCain and Joe Lieberman.

The major news media was replete with reports over the weekend that the coffee company, Starbucks, “has no problem with customers packing heat while placing their orders.”

“The coffee giant says it won’t take issue with gun owners who take advantage of ‘open carry’ laws and bring firearms into their restaurant.” (Source: NBC News)

 

On March 1, Ryan Singel, writing for Wired, accused the government of plotting to destroy the open and freedom-loving internet. Readers of Infowars and Prison Planet have known this for some time, but it is nice to know a quasi-establishment publication is now telling the truth and warning its readers about the threat to liberty posed by the government.

The Prime Minister speaks on the Sunrise channel regarding mandatory Internet filtering.

A student in the US city of Philadelphia is suing his local school district for spying on him using his school-issued laptop. Radio Host Alex Jones told RT said that software is available for all kinds of abuse.

Since the attacks of September 11th, 2001 people have grown aware of radical Islam and rallied behind elaborate political propaganda but there is another extremism that is growing in America that threatens the fabric of justice and a free society. “Lone Wolf” attacks are now entering the public spectacle as attention is shifted to Kamikaze Pilot Joe Stack.

The outburst by eleven UC students against Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren has generated a firestorm of condemnation of their actions, including from UCI Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, whose credentials as a defender of free speech rights are unassailable.

Quoting Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Dean Chemerinsky argued that “there was no right to falsely shout ‘fire’ in a crowded theater.” Moreover, he rightly pointed out that government, including public universities, have the right to regulate speech on campus, particularly because freedom of speech would be “rendered meaningless if speakers can be shouted down by those who disagree… There is simply no 1st Amendment right to go into an auditorium and prevent a speaker from being heard, no matter who the speaker is or how strongly one disagrees with his or her message.”

Students Spied On With School Issued Laptops Federal lawsuit brought against district for covertly monitoring students and families in their homes Steve Watson infowars.net Thursday, Feb 18th, 2010 A school district in Philadelphia faces a class action lawsuit after it allegedly issued laptop computers to 1800 students across two high schools and then used concealed cameras within the machines to spy on students and their parents without their knowledge or consent. Lower Merion School District in the suburbs of Philadelphia faces charges of invasion of privacy, theft of private information, and unlawful interception for providing computers with webcams that were remotely and covertly turned on by administrators. The suit was brought on behalf of all the students and their parents after it was revealed that the computers had been used to monitor students both at school and at home. The case, Blake J. Robbins v. Lower Merion School District (PDF), was filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Tuesday, February 16, 2010. According to the filing, the actions of the school district were exposed when one of the schools vice principals disciplined Mr Robbins son for improper behavior in his home, and used a photo taken from the computer camera as evidence. http infowars.net

In 2006, Google announced that they would use in-built microphones to listen in on user’s background noise, be it television, music or radio – and then direct advertising at them based on their preferences.

“The idea is to use the existing PC microphone to listen to whatever is heard in the background, be it music, your phone going off or the TV turned down. The PC then identifies it, using fingerprinting, and then shows you relevant content, whether that’s adverts or search results, or a chat room on the subject,” reported the Register.

The United States pledge of allegiance promises liberty and justice for all. Is the United States breaking this promise? A United States judge dropped charges against the military that caused three Guantanamo Bay inmates to die. Now the families of two of those detainees are saying this is against the law.