bittergrapes:

keroscenic:

This bill, passed late last night in a 93-7 vote, declares the entire USA to be a ”battleground” upon which U.S. military forces can operate with impunity, overriding Posse Comitatus and granting the military the unchecked power to arrest, detain, interrogate and even assassinate U.S. citizens with impunity.

Even WIRED magazine was outraged at this bill, reporting:

Senate Wants the Military to Lock You Up Without Trial
…the detention mandate to use indefinite military detention in terrorism cases isn’t limited to foreigners. It’s confusing, because two different sections of the bill seem to contradict each other, but in the judgment of the University of Texas’ Robert Chesney — a nonpartisan authority on military detention — “U.S. citizens are included in the grant of detention authority.” Source

The passage of this law is nothing less than an outright declaration of WAR against the American People by the military-connected power elite. If this is signed into law, it will shred the remaining tenants of the Bill of Rights and unleash upon America a total military dictatorship, complete with secret arrests, secret prisons, unlawful interrogations, indefinite detainment without ever being charged with a crime, the torture of Americans and even the ”legitimate assassination” of U.S. citizens on right here on American soil!

If you have not yet woken up to the reality of the police state we’ve been warning you about, I hope you realize we are fast running out of time. Once this becomes law, you have no rights whatsoever in America — no due process, no First Amendment speech rights, no right to remain silent, nothing.

oh my god.

Your government is the real terrorist.

(Source: glassjew, via tunr)

also: Anarchism in Ukraine

Both links deal with a territory in Ukraine in between 1918-1921.

Unless you want the crooks to wreck the internet, follow the link and use the tool to contact your crooks…uh…representatives and demand they not pass this madness.

I would even suggest changing the language from the “would hope you consider opposing” to “expect that you will fulfill your duty as a representative and oppose”. I edited mine for maximum effect. ;)

Thin Lizzy - Freedom Song (by snortsson)

“Doesn’t matter what you do to me.”

cognitivedissonance:

This video is positively horrifying. Right now, police are doing this to peacefully assembled people exercising their First Amendment rights in the United States of America. 

inothernews:

Let’s see if he / they answer(s).

Where’s the justice department in reference to all the cities that have seen gross violations of civil liberties since the #ows movement started having general assemblies. This is basic rights 101, people.

awesome-everyday:

This outrageous overreaction by the Oakland Police Department at Occupy Oakland today reminded me that history repeats itself.

Occupy Oakland, your strife is not in vain. We will all work together in solidarity and change this system!

(via pedaltothecrustmetal)

lavidamadridista:

loveincolororg:

I SENT THIS EXACT ARGUMENT TO MY FREAKING REPRESENTATIVE AND HE SAID THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO CONNECTION BETWEEN LOVING V. VIRGINIA AND GAY MARRIAGE.

WHO THE FUCK VOTED SUCH AN IGNORANT FUCK INTO FUCKING PUBLIC OFFICE?

Obviously, he’s not a lawyer. Or he’s a liar. Probably both. ;)

I immediately looked up this case and what did I find:

Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967),^[1] was a landmark civil rights case in which the United States Supreme Court, in an unanimous decision, declared Virginia’s anti-miscegenation statute, the “Racial Integrity Act of 1924”, unconstitutional, thereby overturning Pace v. Alabama (1883) and ending all race-based legal restrictions on marriage in the United States. -wiki

I don’t see too much of a stretch here. Makes me wonder who managed to dig up this relic. That’s the mother of all comebacks right there. Homophobic straight people need to give it up. You’re way past losing and way into looking like a bigot. :)

(Source: Flickr / ljellis, via officiousseeingeyebitch-)

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Why are peaceful assemblies being disrupted and broken up? And more importantly, are the authorities treating these people as “terrorists”?

newsweek:

Videographer Eric Brown took his camera to Wall Street Saturday night to film the #occupywallstreet General Assembly. The result is this video, which features two hours of footage presented in slow motion clips “that celebrate and document the faces and feelings of September 17.” In his words:

I was curious to see how this event would play out, so I shot from 8pm to 10pm on September 17 at the General Assembly in Zuccotti Park. I was touched by the sense of community, and impressed by the level of cooperation and discipline among the occupiers. 

The police presence was large, but they seemed to be under orders not to escalate conflict. Both sides were respectful and non-confrontational. 

This is a group of passionate, concerned, and intelligent people. Their behavior in the park suggested a great appreciation of democracy, and a desire to cut through the clogged media and political channels to communicate a message they feel is incredibly important. 

This video contains nearly five minutes of raw slow-motion clips that celebrate and document the faces and feelings of September 17. 

I wanted to get this out within 24 hours of the shoot. Anyone who knows me will understand what a monumental power of will it took for me to leave this largely unedited. :)

[via Eric Brown’s Twitter]

Chabot town hall camera ban (by ThinkProgressVideo)

So the corporate media is allowed to film but the people aren’t?

Also see:

Police confiscate camera from citizens at Ohio town hall 

“Police said the cameras were taken “to protect the constituents.””

[additional video] Congressman censors town hall meetings - police seize cameras