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Thrilling adaptation of Cory Doctorow's Little Brother
Theater
January 17, 2012
This week Custom Made Theatreopens their new show, an adaptation of Cory Doctorow's best-selling Young Adult novel Little Brother, at the Gough...
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San Franciso commissions tackle SFPD spy scandal
domestic spying
May 19, 2011
By Thomas K. PendergastAt San Francisco City Hall last night a meeting of both the SF Police Commission and the SF Human Rights Commission focused...
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What's a vote worth?
Voting
October 31, 2010
It’s that season again, when the tax cattle come out to elect their new masters, and stuff his suggestion box. I try to stay out of it,...
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Now is Obama's chance to finally close Guantanamo Bay
Politics
October 31, 2009
One of the very first things President Obama did when taking office was sign an executive order promising to close the Guantanamo Bay prison camp...
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Obama urges extension of Patriot Act
Politics
September 18, 2009
One of the most unfortunate aspects of George W. Bush's expansion of executive power, curtailing of civil liberties, and warrantless wiretapping...
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Orwell's Britain and America's future
Politics
July 9, 2009
Since watching Daniel Hannan’s fiery speech attacking British Prime Minister Gordon Brown last March, I’ve started to pay more...
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Obama's 'transparency' myth
Politics
June 28, 2009
Obama, who promised Americans a more open and “transparent” government than the previous eight years of lawlessness, has continuously...
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Jailed and forgotten California student sues DEA for 20 million dollars
Crime and Punishment
May 3, 2012
Daniel Chong, a UC San Diego engineering student who was arrested and jailed by the Drug Enforcement Agency last month, but overlooked in jail for...
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NYPD frisks, searches and violates civil liberties daily
NYPD
February 16, 2012
A troubling new trend has taken hold in New York City; frisking, searching and scanning takes place on a daily basis by the New York Police...
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Senator Rand Paul detained after refusing TSA pat-down at Nashville Airport
Transportation Security Administration
January 25, 2012
Senator Randal Howard "Rand" Paul was detained by TSA screeners after refusing a full body pat-down when an alarm sounded in a body...
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