Homeland Security Police Demand I.D., Arrest Mother on Bus
In Denver, a 50-year old mother of four, who has a son fighting in Iraq, has been arrested by federal police while riding a municipal bus across federal grounds, because she wouldn't show her i.d. when...
View ArticleHSA ID Nightmare
Get your Birth Certificate NOW! Note: No quotes or citings here, just an anecdotal story of a personal friend's experience. He said to feel free to disclose his name, but I see nothing that might add...
View ArticleAnti-Immigration Bill Passes Oklahoma House
The Oklahoma House, which was won by the Republicans for the first time in decades during the '04 election, has just passed a bill (HB 3119) mandating, among other things, that Oklahomans show proof of...
View ArticleHomeless families can't get food or services without extensive background check.
I read this article this morning, and it sort of caught me off guard. I did not realize all these safeguards were now in place. In a way it is sad and scary that some will go away without getting...
View ArticleWhat's In a Name? In Iraq, Maybe Your Life
Not long ago, George W. Bush said that:...freedom is taking root in places where liberty was unimaginable a couple of years ago. What's unimaginable is that three years and nearly 2400 U.S. casualties...
View ArticleDrugs (Need I Say More) with Poll
I have a cohd. The one with congestion in the nohd. You know, the sinuses. So, I went to the pharmacy to see if I could get some Actifed ((tm) or (r), probably). Apparently, everyone else has a cohd,...
View ArticleMan with fake ID enters DHS HQ - I couldn't make this shit up!
It's one thing to use a fake ID to sneak into a bar. OK well how about the Department of Homeland Security headquarters?
View ArticleRacist Georgia ID Law Blocked By Judge... Again
Georgia's Republicans must be incensed that they can't rig the vote with their new ID law: a Georgia superior court judge stopped the governor from enforcing their new draconian voter ID law, with or...
View ArticleOff-Peak Immigration Series~1
It's been over a year since I resigned my job enforcing US law, and I'm ready to break my silence. I've commented here and there on the whole immigration debate, but I haven't put my thoughts down in...
View ArticleFriendly fire and the problem of infantry IFF
IFF is the military acronym for Identification Friend or Foe. For many years, the military aircraft of advanced countries have had special IFF transmitters that automatically identify them as...
View ArticleDemocrats: people over party
On both MyDD and the Daily Kos, there has been a lot of teeth-gnashing and fretting over the fact that many Democratic ads haven't mentioned the party anywhere in the ad. The general feeling was that...
View ArticleHomeland Security Ignores Its Own Security Warning
A blistering report on the effectiveness and privacy concerns of using RFID technology for identification purposes (i.e. allows criminals to lift personal data from documents such as the new...
View ArticleThreatened with arrest in Bowling Green, Ohio.
I went to school in Bowling Green from 1st grade till I received my computer science degree at Bowling Green State University in 1984. Mayor Quinn was my teacher for my favorite thing I did in high...
View ArticleOn Obama and Anti-Black Racism
I wanted to let you all in on a conversation that is taking place in the comments over at Open Left about Obama and anti-Black racism. My contribution to this conversation is rather long (and a bit...
View ArticleNumber of Self-Described Democrats Soars Nationwide
Rasmussen released a telling and significant report yesterday, which concludes that the number of Democrats in the United States has "soared" to historical levels. According to the release: As the...
View ArticlePart V: The American Post-Incarceration Crisis
Welcome to America, where 2.3 million people are locked up, and each year 600,000 of those individuals will be coming home, often to communities near you. For the most part, they will leave prison...
View ArticleThere will never be any documentation that will satisfy the AZ law. Ever.
Not long after 9/11, while driving from my home in Indiana to stay with my dad in PA for an extended time before he died, I lost my wallet somewhere on Interstate 70. I was scheduled to start a new job...
View Articlebin Laden's DNA: A primer on forensic DNA identification and its use to...
Twenty-five years ago the process of identifying someone by typing their DNA was extremely difficult and time consuming. It was not done on a large scale.Fast-forward to today, where we are told that...
View Article"whatever your gender identity is, that should be on the license"
It has been a week of pretty depressing stories, including a death of a brave transwoman in Malaysia, a shooting in DC, a housekeeper being fired for being trans, and a walk-out at a funeral. So some...
View ArticleThen he asked me for I.D. (Update)
A few nights ago I was on my way to my studio with a friend for our regular Friday evening band rehearsal. As is our custom we stopped at a market near the studio and picked up some beer and a couple...
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