DHS Wants Your Social Security Data

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Friday April 21, 2006 · 4:13 AM PDT

2006/04/21 · 04:13

From here:

The Homeland Security Department is seeking authority from Congress to mine databases containing Social Security numbers in order to identify illegal immigrants and the employers who knowingly hire them, according to senior department officials.

You have to read this entire article before you finally get a handle on what's being proposed here. Read More

My Exclusive Interview with Osama bin Laden

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Thursday April 20, 2006 · 3:36 AM PDT

2006/04/20 · 03:36

I have a number of contacts throughout the world and through them we have managed to conduct the interview of the century. That's right, a telephone one-on-one with Osama bin Laden himself!

Mr. Bin Laden did not identify his current location. Podcast not available yet but the transcript is below.

Exclusive! From my blog Flogging the Simian (FTS). Read More

Back Door Draft: Coming For Grandpa!

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Wednesday April 19, 2006 · 12:00 AM PDT

2006/04/19 · 00:00

I'd seen some active duty members writing about this before and now I've now found the "smoking gun" proof.

Quite simply put, the Pentagon is preparing to mobilize as many retired veterans as possible, including those who are disabled and over age 60. This is the absolutely closest thing to a draft you can get without it becoming a press-gang operation, Viet Nam style. Read More

The World Is Burning: Nepal

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Tuesday April 18, 2006 · 2:39 AM PDT

2006/04/18 · 02:39

I live in Romania so it's hard for me to judge sometimes, but looking at CNN it seems like Nepal is finally finding its way into the coverage of the traditional media in America.

As such, I thought it would be a good idea to take an in-depth look at the history of Nepal and understand how the country got to where it is today. Read More

Printing Dollars Overseas??

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Monday April 17, 2006 · 2:33 AM PDT

2006/04/17 · 02:33

Forgive my rudeness, but what in the hell is this?

In the event of a bird flu outbreak, U.S. money could be produced overseas and Americans checked in drive-through medical exams for signs of infection, according to government plans being finalized.

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Saturday April 15, 2006 · 11:59 PM PDT

2006/04/15 · 23:59

While I certainly understand the constant focus on Iraq (and to a lesser extent, Afghanistan), many other parts of the world are burning.

Does anyone care? I do. And I hope you do too. Read More

Wake Up! The World is Burning

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Saturday April 15, 2006 · 2:24 AM PDT

2006/04/15 · 02:24

While I certainly understand the constant focus on Iraq (and to a lesser extent, Afghanistan), many other parts of the world are burning.

Does anyone care? I do. And I hope you do too. Read More

Al-Qaeda and the Internet

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Friday April 14, 2006 · 6:30 AM PDT

2006/04/14 · 06:30

There's been something that's been nudging me at the back of my skull for a long time, saying something's very wrong here. Read More

O'Reilly Attacks War on Paganism

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Thursday April 13, 2006 · 3:48 AM PDT

2006/04/13 · 03:48

If my head wasn't exploding, the irony of this would be funny.

Yesterday Bill O'Reilly had a guest named Jon Meacham, deploring the "War on Easter", saying amongst other things:

"What do you think Benjamin Franklin and George Washington and Thomas Jefferson and James Madison would have thought about the ACLU, all right, Pledge of Allegiance, no God, Christmas icons out of the public arena? What do you think those guys would have thought about that?"

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Tuesday April 11, 2006 · 11:57 PM PDT

2006/04/11 · 23:57

I myself am an immigrant, an American who has moved to Romania, and I know what it's like to queue in line for official papers, be far from my home and culture, to speak a minority language and be overwhelmed sometimes by a feeling of alienation.

However what I want to write about is not my story, but the story of the many documented and undocumented people I've known in the United States. Read More

Bush to Pardon Jonathan Pollard?

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Tuesday April 11, 2006 · 6:49 AM PDT

2006/04/11 · 06:49

This might be huge. Read More

A Letter of Marque

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Friday April 07, 2006 · 9:37 AM PDT

2006/04/07 · 09:37

If you look at that "quaint" document, the Constitution of the United States of America, in Article One, you will see the powers of the Congress enumerated.

In particular, Section 8. And if you look at Clause 11, it states that Congress "shall have the power"

To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water;

It was this blog which got me to wondering what exactly a Letter of Marque and Reprisal was. Read More

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DHS Wants Your Social Security Data

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Back Door Draft: Coming For Grandpa!

The World Is Burning: Nepal

Printing Dollars Overseas??

The World Is Burning: Africa

Wake Up! The World is Burning

Al-Qaeda and the Internet

O'Reilly Attacks War on Paganism

The Immigrants' Tale

Bush to Pardon Jonathan Pollard?

A Letter of Marque