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Gilbert Police to Hand Out $210.00 Tickets to Students Caught Jaywalking

08-20-2009 • AZ Central

Gilbert school children and parents be warned: Police have their citation books in hand and are ready to crack down on jaywalkers.

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Biometric technology opens new security frontiers

08-20-2009 • Arizona Republic

Iris scanners and facial-recognition cameras aren't just for spies anymore. It could become the dominant way for Americans to identify themselves if Congress moves ahead with efforts to create a biometric employee-verification system to ensure that only U.S. citizens and legal immigrants get jobs.

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FBI Whistleblower Sibel Edmonds Subpoenaed, Set to 'Break' Gag Order Unless DoJ Intercedes

08-06-2009 • BradBlog.com

Former agency translator called to testify in Ohio election case this Saturday on Turkish infiltration of U.S. government...

Unless the Dept. of Justice re-invokes their twice-invoked "state secrets privilege" claim in order to once again gag former FBI translator-turned-whistleblower Sibel Edmonds, her attorneys have notified the department by hand-delivered, sworn letter of declaration [PDF] this week, that she intends to give a deposition, open to the media [Updated: see bottom of article for details], in response to a subpoena this Saturday in Washington D.C..

Edmonds has confirmed her intentions to answer any questions asked of her during the sworn proceedings, fully and publicly, during conversations with The BRAD BLOG this week. She notes that her agreement with her former employer, the FBI --- who fired her illegally after she filed whistleblower allegations about corruption and foreign infiltration in the linguistics department --- include

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FEMA Announces Creation Of Children's Working Group

08-06-2009 • FEMA

The Children's Working Group will be composed of FEMA employees across multiple directorates and offices to ensure coordination and action, and will report directly to the Office of the Administrator.  The working group will be chaired by Tracy Wareing, counselor to Secretary Napolitano for FEMA.

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“Be all that you can be…”

08-05-2009 • Lew Rockwell blog

…as a United States Army Internment/Resettlement Specialist.

The United States Army is now running a classified ad on its website for qualified people interested in becoming Internment/Resettlement (I/R) Specialists.

Two excerpts from the ad:

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Census Bureau: Fines & Harassment For Refusal to Answer Intrusive Questions

08-05-2009 • InfoWars.com

 The survey, which is sent to 3 million random homes each year, is in addition to the census but demands far more invasive information from citizens, such as how many times they have been married, if they have a toilet that flushes, and how much is left outstanding on their mortgage. According to one North Texas resident, “The questionnaire also wants answers about where she works, how much money she makes, and what time she leaves for work each day – the hour and minute! “I thought it was intrusive. I don’t have a high regard for the federal government collecting this information anyway,” the woman told CBS 11 News. “You don’t know what they’re going to do with it.”

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H.R. 264: Save America Comprehensive Immigration Act of 2009

08-04-2009 • GovTrack.us

[IRS in Immigration? Also, relates to HR 645] Redefines the term "law enforcement officer" under provisions of the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) and the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) to include: (1) federal employees not otherwise covered by such term whose duties include the investigation or apprehension of suspected or convicted individuals and who are authorized to carry a firearm; and (2) Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees whose duties are primarily the collection of delinquent taxes and the securing of delinquent returns.

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Refusing vaccination labels you a “criminal”, so says WHO

07/30/2009 • Farm Wars

The World Health Organization determined in 2005 it has the authority to dissolve sovereign governments and take control should there be a “pandemic”. This applies to any country signed onto WHO….which of course we are. The WHO just raised this non-existent pandemic to level 4. From the WHO 2005 declaration: (excerpted) “ Under special pandemic plans enacted around the world including the USA, in 2005, national governments are to be dissolved in the event of a pandemic emergency and replaced by special crisis committees, which take charge of the health and security infrastructure of a country, and which are answerable to the WHO and EU in Europe and to the WHO and UN in North America. If the Model Emergency Health Powers Act is implemented on the instructions of WHI, it will be a criminal offence for Americans to refuse the vaccine. Police are allowed to use deadly force against “criminal” suspects.

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The National ID Bracelet

08-03-2009 • Jim Kirwan

 "A piece of legislation entitled the National Emergency Centers Establishment Act (HR 645) was introduced in the US Congress. The bill calls for the establishment of six national emergency centers in major regions in the US to be located on existing military installations, which could be used to quarantine people in the case of a public health emergency or forced vaccination program.

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Obama’s Secret Police

08-02-2009 • Justin Raimondo for LewRockwell.com

Well, we can relax, because the bad old days of the Bush administration, when government agencies routinely spied on the antiwar movement and other dissidents, are over – right?

Wrong – very wrong.

The indispensable Amy Goodman has the scoop: The Seattle Port Militarization Resistance (SPMR) group in Washington state thought their listserv coordinator, who went by the name "John Jacob," was one of them: a dedicated antiwar activist and self-described anarchist. They trusted him, they put him in a key position, they befriended him – and then they found out that he was a government informant.

His real name: John Towery (here’s his myspace page, and here is a photo). He claimed to be a civilian employee at Washington state’s

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SURVIVING A TRAFFIC STOP

07-31-2009 • Marc J. Victor

Being pulled over by a police officer can be a stressful experience. Although life is full of such experiences, unlike many other stressful experiences, a traffic stop has the potential to end in a loss of money, liberty or even life. No two traffic stops are entirely identical. Therefore, the advisable course of conduct will vary depending on thesituation. However, there are some general rules which can be helpful in many situations.The best piece of advice one can offer is to avoid being pulled over in the first place. A traffic stop offers nothing to be gained. The best case scenario for the driver is to leave as if the stop never occurred losing only some time.   On the other hand, the downside can be disastrous. Vehicle equipment violations such as expired tags or an unlit taillight equate to a neon sign on your car inviting a police officer to pull you over. Remember, a police officer can legally justify a traffic stop based on an equipment violation even if

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Justin Raimondo: Obama’s Secret Police Spy on Antiwar Movement

07-31-2009 • Antiwar.com

 Fusing the civilian and the military, the local cop on the beat and the national security bureaucracy, the new apparatus of surveillance and repression is the virtual embodiment of government "work."

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Former Kansas State Trooper: Plan for Vaccine Bracelets at Roadblocks

07-31-2009 • Greg Evensen

Have you been made aware of the massive roadblock plans to stop all travelers for a vaccine bracelet (stainless steel band with a micro-chip on board) that will force you to take the shot?  

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Illinois Army National Guard Puts Military War Machines on the Streets

07-31-2009 • infowars

In Springfield, Illinois, the commoners will get acclimated in the coming week to the idea of the military on the streets. “A Springfield-based military police company will be training with a new armored vehicle in the area this week,” the Associated Press reports. “The Illinois Army National Guard says training with the new Armored Security Vehicles will start Thursday and run through Sunday.”  

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Napolitano Says Americans Have a Responsibility to Spy On Each Other

07-29-2009 • American Free Press

“We need a culture of collective responsibility, a culture where every individual understands his or her role,” Janet Napolitano, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, said in a speech in New York.A top US domestic security chief called Wednesday on ordinary citizens to join law enforcement bodies in fighting an increasingly elusive — and homegrown — terrorist threat.  

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Cop Who Choked EMT On Way To Hospital Suspended For Just Five Days

07-25-2009 • Infowars

An Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper who pulled over and choked a paramedic on his way to delivering a patient to hospital has suspended for just five days and ordered to attend an “anger assessment.”  

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Non-profit to discuss hate groups in Arizona (Southern Poverty Law Center)

07-25-2009 • AzCentral.com

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon is bringing a representative from the Southern Poverty Law Center to help raise awareness about the presence of the state's hate groups, the Nativist movement and White-supremacist organizations.

The Montgomery, Ala.-based non-profit organization identifies, monitors and investigates hate activity across the United States.

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Bush Weighed Using Military in U.S. Arrests

07-24-2009 • NY Times

Top Bush administration officials in 2002 debated testing the Constitution by sending American troops into the suburbs of Buffalo to arrest a group of men suspected of plotting with Al Qaeda, according to former administration officials.

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Republic Broadcasting Network Owner Arrested

07-24-2009 • Republic Broadcasting Network

JOHN STADTMILLER ARRESTED John Stadtmiller was arrested for Expired/Suspended drivers license which he had taken care of over a month ago. Just 30 minutes after his show today, July 23, 2009, He stopped to see what police were doing to another driver as they were taking property out of the car, this is when they noticed John, about 150 feet away, and decided to question him.John is being held by Williamson County Jail which can be contacted at this number:

512 943 5202

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Pete and Jason of MotorHomeDiaries.com detained at Canadian Border

07-23-2009 • Ernest Hancock via Brock Lorber

Brock is listening to FreeTalkLive now as the story is unfolding. Pete, Jason and MARV (the name of their motor home) have been stopped from entering Canada due to their political beliefs :)

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Cops tasered 3 kids, threatened one with sodomy - Call these Fascist Now Flood Their Phone Lines

07-21-2009 • Raw Story

A shelter for adolescents in southern Illinois is suing the local sheriff’s office for what it describes as an unprovoked attack by two police officers on four children, three of whom were tasered, and one of whom was threatened with sodomy by a sheriff’s deputy.

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Can you speak Bureaucrat? Take the fun test! Also Savannah's new Bar Ordnances.

07-10-2009 • www.LCLReport.com

Can you speak Bureaucrat? Take the fun test! Also we examine Savannah new Bar Ordnances and go to the public meeting about the new laws being proposed.

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Town on SF Bay wants to photograph every car

07-19-2009 • AP

 TIBURON, Calif. - Visitors should be prepared to have their pictures taken as they enter and leave this picturesque town of million-dollar views and homes along the San Francisco Bay.

Officials want to photograph every car and use the license plate information to solve crimes in the town of 9,000.

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PASS ID or REAL-ID? Tweedle-dum or Tweedle-dee?

07-19-2009 • Papers Please

The Senate Homeland Secuirty Committee hearing this Wednesday on “Reevaluating the REAL ID Act” was a sham, in which the only”opponents” or “critics” of the current REAL-ID law allowed to testify were those who prefer the PASS-ID bill to substitute an alternate national ID card mandate.  Critics of any national ID need not apply to be heard as part of this debate between Tweedle-dee and Tweedle-dum.