Category Archives: security theater

busted?

Posted on Tuesday, 2006 February 07 by Anton

Today an anonymous user made controversial changes to Wikipedia’s article on the Second Amendment and five related pages. The IP address used, 141.156.208.66, belongs to bradymail.org, i.e. Handgun Control Inc. the Brady Campaign to Monopolize Gun Violence. Who’d have thunk … Continue reading →

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small tragedies

Posted on Sunday, 2005 December 11 by Anton

One of the sickening things about this war is watching people who used to call themselves libertarians go out of their way to sweep state abuses under a rug of narrow legalism. The latest example to get my attention is … Continue reading →

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pseudosecurity watch

Posted on Monday, 2005 December 05 by Anton

papersplease.org has info on Deborah Davis (busted for refusing to show her papers when a city bus crossed Fed turf), Dudley Hiibel (busted under Nevada law for failing to comply with an arbitrary demand for his papers) and John Gilmore … Continue reading →

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any old papers please

Posted on Tuesday, 2005 November 29 by Anton

Today’s assignment was in a building where I hadn’t worked before, so I didn’t know about the fascist gatekeeper. Luckily my Costco card has a picture of me. I oughta make a laminated card with my picture and a name … Continue reading →

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Obsidian Wings: Requiem

Posted on Saturday, 2005 November 19 by Anton

The good news: the pseudo-judicial process at Gitmo isn’t absolutely rigged to find everyone guilty of terrorism. The bad news: innocence isn’t enough to get you out of the hole. (Cited by Gary Farber.)

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The Uses of Disaster

Posted on Tuesday, 2005 September 20 by Anton

Interesting essay in Harpers (cited by the muted horn). The Scottish-born mathematician Eric Temple Bell, who witnessed the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, saw “no running around the streets, or shrieking, or anything of that sort” but instead people … Continue reading →

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intentions sometimes count

Posted on Sunday, 2005 September 18 by Anton

Jacob Sullum observes: As I read the relevant Supreme Court decisions, if the [New York] police said they would randomly search bags [on the subway] for drugs, unlicensed guns or other contraband, mentioning in passing they would, of course, arrest … Continue reading →

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