Impending Fascist Doom?

Where is the U.S. headed? And when are the masses gonna wake up and smell the stench of impending fascist doom? We need someone the likes of Ron Paul and/or Dennis Kucinich in 2008 STAT.

Homeland Security gives secret clearance to NYC fire chiefs to report back "potential" terrorists

Senate Bill 1959 to Criminalize Thoughts, Blogs, Books and Free Speech Across America

"...the more laws are passed, the larger government grows, and the less individual liberty you have."

Reagan Official Warns America Could Be A Police State Within 1 Year

Zeitgeist Movie (This starts about 10 minutes in)

Freedom to Facism

Oh...and have a lovely weekend!

The Politics of PPC Dancing

According to this study from The Rimm-Kaufman Group, voters are searching for presidential candidates online, but less than half of the candidates are actually taking advantage of PPC to get their message out.

Some highlights:

• Less than half of 2008 presidential contenders are using paid search advertising.
• More Republicans are using paid search advertising than Democrats.

Oh, and a little 80s mojo to play in the back ground while poring over the PDF :)

Re-Flex: The Politics of Dancing

Creative Protesting

I love that, despite Gen. Musharraf's suspension of free speech and TV broadcasts etc., that Pakistanis are using email, Facebook and text messaging to organize "flash" protests.

Clever use of new technology :

In Pakistan, protests against Musharraf spread

"A fairly leaderless corps of students, business professionals, middle-class housewives and others has been organizing a growing number of small-scale protests, using cell phones, text messages, YouTube and blogs to trade information and video in the absence of television news.
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Middle-class urbanites - gathered via e-mail lists, school alumni associations and even the social Web site Facebook - are holding "flash protests" to build the anti-Musharraf mood. Coordinated by cell phone, such groups suddenly assemble at a public place, pull out placards and shout slogans calling for his ouster. They disperse before police can arrive."

How to Buy Items Confiscated at Airports

Since 9/11, the TSA has collected tons of items at airport security checkpoints. What happens to all that stuff? Here's how to buy TSA contraband.

Leftover Loot