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  • DrWu said:Dear Zilla, The basis for legal action to end American Apartheid was the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act in 1964 and 1965 respectively. I am unclear how you think we could have dismantled a state run system of discrimina…
  • DrWu said: This guy could give a damn about protecting kids, seniors and other marginalized groups. He is an ideologue of the worst sort. And you think this about him why? Because he belongs to a different political party than you? Do a…
  • sakedelic said:Which policies that he advocates are racist? His position on private property rights vis a vis civil rights. And why?Because despite the perceived inequity to property rights, the Civil Rights Act has been a necessary tool aga…
  • Bon Vivant said:z_illa said:The_Hook_Up said:He is a crazy racist nutbag... Fuck him. I was hoping for more name calling before I left work early. If you're a Paul supporter you should be used to disappointments. Good thing I chec…
  • The_Hook_Up said:He is a crazy racist nutbag... Fuck him. I was hoping for more name calling before I left work early.
  • sakedelic said: There's a tremendous upside to advocating racist policies Which policies that he advocates are racist? And why? How do you feel about the war on drugs? How do you feel about the war on terrorism? How do you feel about …
  • sakedelic said: If you would like to see crazy racist dogshit that he absolutely did write himself and has no way of disavowing, read The Ron Paul Political Report: Special Issue on Race Terrorism: http://www.mrdestructo.com/2011/12/ron-paul-…
  • This was a pretty good article on the topic (a little mild for my tastes...) http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/12/grappling-with-ron-pauls-racist-newsletters/250206/
  • You don't find Barack Obama continuing the war on drugs infinitely more damaging to race relations than some [fucked up] words printed in a newsletter? I have a feeling I'm going to lose some time here.
  • Horseleech said: I'm not sure why you're repeating this when it's already been shown to be false. Because you (and most likely judges all over the country) and I disagree that this has been settled. I believe adding drones into the equatio…
  • LaserWolf said:Rockadelic said: Will you agree that if there is a warrant, like there was in the case which you initially posted about, that the police should be able to use any means necessary to legally enact that warrant. And that a…
  • "[t]he test of legitimacy is not whether the individual chooses to conceal assertedly private' activity," but instead "whether the government's intrusion infringes upon the personal and societal values protected by the Fourth Amendment." That…
  • After a quick reading of the 5-4 Ciraolo decision (on wiki) the dissenting opinion is absolutely on point with my views. It's not about where the police are, it's about the expectation of privacy. Justice Powell wrote for the minority. Also …
  • sabadabada said: Trespassing is predominantly a civil tort, you are confusing it with a Fourth Amendment violation - illegal search. I don't know where this tresspassing and "unreasonable height" comes from. There is no expectation of priva…
  • Rockadelic said:So much for that argument..... http://www.latimes.com/la-na-drone-arrest-20111211,0,7496233,full.story Armed with a search warrant, Nelson County Sheriff Kelly Janke went looking for six missing cows on the Brossart fam…
  • Horseleech said: If you owned a private plane there is no law whatsoever to prevent you from flying over this guy's ranch and photographing it. Not to mention that Google Earth has already done it and posted it to the internet for all to see. …
  • Rockadelic said:z_illa said:Bon Vivant said:z_illa said: I personally object to the use of drones anywhere ever. That's a bit of an extreme position to take, IMO. I'll take that chance in a world where sending in a robot to handle a civ…
  • Bon Vivant said:z_illa said: I personally object to the use of drones anywhere ever. That's a bit of an extreme position to take, IMO. I'll take that chance in a world where sending in a robot to handle a civil dispute over a few cows w…
  • Rockadelic said:z_illa said:You heard about the North Dakota police using a drone to arrest 3 suspected cow thieves over the weekend right? Do you object to ... the use of a drone to fly over and see if they were armed vs. using a man…
  • RAJ said:Scary and real... Can we dream up a post-SOPA Soul Strut? Is it back to the Crates List? cough cough
  • You heard about the North Dakota police using a drone to arrest 3 suspected cow thieves over the weekend right? Agreed re: Balko
  • Jonny_Paycheck said: Back in our days, the corporate overlords were hopelessly out of it and patronizing. Now, they're getting it a little more right. I don't know how you kept a straight face saying this. I understand your argument, b…
  • Rockadelic said:z_illa said:The far bigger problem as I see it, if some kid uploads his song on youtube, are the Batmons and Rockadelic's of the world competent enough to hear it? . That would probably depend on whether the kid had been…
  • The far bigger problem as I see it, if some kid uploads his song on youtube, are the Batmons and Rockadelics of the world competent enough to hear it? Less of a problem of supply than demand.
  • batmon said:bassie said:Okem said: batmon said: I thought 9-11 was gonna create some angry kids music. Its now 2012.......... It did create a lot of angry kids, just that most of them don't live on this continent. link to t…
  • Rockadelic said:z_illa said:Teaching kids to be angry Gather 'round kids. Here's the devil himself. Old man apathy.
  • james said:staxwax said:Fight The Power My copy of this is on Def Jam/Columbia/Sony. I bought this used. From a salvation army. Teaching kids to be angry and express their anger has been hard the last few years. It'll get better.
  • You all remember those blogs seized around thanksgiving 2010? Looks like one of them is innocent.
  • Rockadelic said:z_illa said: You along with Rock will not admit that crimes were committed in the mortgage industry. . Dude....I've said many times in this thread and others that if any banker, politician or anyone else committed a crime(s…
  • Rockadelic said: Your concerns are neither new nor unique. dude.