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Abe Scrap



Joined: 01 May 2011

PostPosted: Tue May 24, 2011 8:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The assclowns are timing this vote for when Rand Paul is out of town. He must have pulled some maneuver to stop it.

Hill leaders agree on Patriot Act

By DAVID ESPO, AP Special Correspondent David Espo, Ap Special Correspondent � Thu May 19, 3:07 pm ET


WASHINGTON � Officials in both parties say top congressional leaders have agreed to a four-year extension of the Patriot Act, including terror-fighting practices that have been controversial in the past.

Congress must act by May 27 or the current law will lapse.

Officials say Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker John Boehner intend to seek passage of their agreement by then.

The officials spoke on condition of anonymity, saying they did not want to preempt a formal announcement.

The measure would extend authority for roving wiretaps on multiple electronic devices and permit court-approved access to business records considered relevant to terrorist investigations.

It also continues authority for secret intelligence surveillance of non-American, "lone wolf" suspects not linked to terrorist groups.
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Abe Scrap



Joined: 01 May 2011

PostPosted: Fri May 27, 2011 7:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Abe Scrap wrote:
The assclowns are timing this vote for when Rand Paul is out of town. He must have pulled some maneuver to stop it.

Hill leaders agree on Patriot Act

Only eight nays. This is horrible. This is definitely a two-party (I use the term "two" here loosely) police state.

See how your senator voted on this important procedural motion:

Vote Summary

Question: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 1038 )

Vote Number: 75 Vote Date: May 23, 2011, 05:01 PM
Required For Majority: 3/5

Vote Result: Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to

Measure Number: S. 1038 (PATRIOT Sunsets Extension Act of 2011 )
Measure Title: A bill to extend the expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 until June 1, 2015, and for other purposes.

Vote Counts: YEAs 74
NAYs 8
Not Voting 18


Grouped by Home State

    Alabama: Sessions (R-AL), Yea Shelby (R-AL), Not Voting
    Alaska: Begich (D-AK), Nay Murkowski (R-AK), Nay
    Arizona: Kyl (R-AZ), Yea McCain (R-AZ), Yea
    Arkansas: Boozman (R-AR), Yea Pryor (D-AR), Not Voting
    California: Boxer (D-CA), Yea Feinstein (D-CA), Yea
    Colorado: Bennet (D-CO), Not Voting Udall (D-CO), Yea
    Connecticut: Blumenthal (D-CT), Yea Lieberman (ID-CT), Yea
    Delaware: Carper (D-DE), Yea Coons (D-DE), Yea
    Florida: Nelson (D-FL), Yea Rubio (R-FL), Not Voting
    Georgia: Chambliss (R-GA), Yea Isakson (R-GA), Yea
    Hawaii: Akaka (D-HI), Yea Inouye (D-HI), Yea
    Idaho: Crapo (R-ID), Yea Risch (R-ID), Not Voting
    Illinois: Durbin (D-IL), Not Voting Kirk (R-IL), Yea
    Indiana: Coats (R-IN), Yea Lugar (R-IN), Yea
    Iowa: Grassley (R-IA), Yea Harkin (D-IA), Yea
    Kansas: Moran (R-KS), Yea Roberts (R-KS), Yea
    Kentucky: McConnell (R-KY), Yea Paul (R-KY), Nay
    Louisiana: Landrieu (D-LA), Yea Vitter (R-LA), Not Voting
    Maine: Collins (R-ME), Yea Snowe (R-ME), Yea
    Maryland: Cardin (D-MD), Yea Mikulski (D-MD), Yea
    Massachusetts: Brown (R-MA), Not Voting Kerry (D-MA), Yea
    Michigan: Levin (D-MI), Yea Stabenow (D-MI), Yea
    Minnesota: Franken (D-MN), Yea Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea
    Mississippi: Cochran (R-MS), Not Voting Wicker (R-MS), Yea
    Missouri: Blunt (R-MO), Not Voting McCaskill (D-MO), Not Voting
    Montana: Baucus (D-MT), Nay Tester (D-MT), Nay
    Nebraska: Johanns (R-NE), Yea Nelson (D-NE), Yea
    Nevada: Heller (R-NV), Nay Reid (D-NV), Yea
    New Hampshire: Ayotte (R-NH), Yea Shaheen (D-NH), Yea
    New Jersey: Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea Menendez (D-NJ), Yea
    New Mexico: Bingaman (D-NM), Yea Udall (D-NM), Yea
    New York: Gillibrand (D-NY), Yea Schumer (D-NY), Yea
    North Carolina: Burr (R-NC), Yea Hagan (D-NC), Yea
    North Dakota: Conrad (D-ND), Yea Hoeven (R-ND), Yea
    Ohio: Brown (D-OH), Not Voting Portman (R-OH), Yea
    Oklahoma: Coburn (R-OK), Yea Inhofe (R-OK), Not Voting
    Oregon: Merkley (D-OR), Nay Wyden (D-OR), Yea
    Pennsylvania: Casey (D-PA), Yea Toomey (R-PA), Yea
    Rhode Island: Reed (D-RI), Yea Whitehouse (D-RI), Not Voting
    South Carolina: DeMint (R-SC), Yea Graham (R-SC), Not Voting
    South Dakota: Johnson (D-SD), Yea Thune (R-SD), Yea
    Tennessee: Alexander (R-TN), Not Voting Corker (R-TN), Not Voting
    Texas: Cornyn (R-TX), Yea Hutchison (R-TX), Yea
    Utah: Hatch (R-UT), Yea Lee (R-UT), Not Voting
    Vermont: Leahy (D-VT), Yea Sanders (I-VT), Nay
    Virginia: Warner (D-VA), Yea Webb (D-VA), Yea
    Washington: Cantwell (D-WA), Yea Murray (D-WA), Yea
    West Virginia: Manchin (D-WV), Yea Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea
    Wisconsin: Johnson (R-WI), Yea Kohl (D-WI), Yea
    Wyoming: Barrasso (R-WY), Yea Enzi (R-WY), Yea
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Kuros



Joined: 27 Apr 2004

PostPosted: Fri May 27, 2011 4:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Arizona Cops Shoot Former Marine In Botched Pot Raid

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The Pima County Sheriff's Department initially claimed (PDF) Guerena fired his weapon at the SWAT team. They now acknowledge that not only did he not fire, the safety on his gun was still activated when he was killed. Guerena had no prior criminal record, and the police found nothing illegal in his home. After ushering out his wife and son, the police refused to allow paramedics to access Guerena for more than hour, leaving the young father to bleed to death, alone, in his own home.
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soupsandwich



Joined: 20 May 2011

PostPosted: Tue May 31, 2011 9:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
Abe Scrap wrote:
The assclowns are timing this vote for when Rand Paul is out of town. He must have pulled some maneuver to stop it.

Hill leaders agree on Patriot Act

Only eight nays. This is horrible. This is definitely a two-party (I use the term "two" here loosely) police state.

See how your senator voted on this important procedural motion:

Vote Summary

Question: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to Consider S. 1038 )

Vote Number: 75 Vote Date: May 23, 2011, 05:01 PM
Required For Majority: 3/5

Vote Result: Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to

Measure Number: S. 1038 (PATRIOT Sunsets Extension Act of 2011 )
Measure Title: A bill to extend the expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 until June 1, 2015, and for other purposes.

Vote Counts: YEAs 74
NAYs 8
Not Voting 18


Grouped by Home State

Alabama: Sessions (R-AL), Yea Shelby (R-AL), Not Voting
Alaska: Begich (D-AK), Nay Murkowski (R-AK), Nay
Arizona: Kyl (R-AZ), Yea McCain (R-AZ), Yea
Arkansas: Boozman (R-AR), Yea Pryor (D-AR), Not Voting
California: Boxer (D-CA), Yea Feinstein (D-CA), Yea
Colorado: Bennet (D-CO), Not Voting Udall (D-CO), Yea
Connecticut: Blumenthal (D-CT), Yea Lieberman (ID-CT), Yea
Delaware: Carper (D-DE), Yea Coons (D-DE), Yea
Florida: Nelson (D-FL), Yea Rubio (R-FL), Not Voting
Georgia: Chambliss (R-GA), Yea Isakson (R-GA), Yea
Hawaii: Akaka (D-HI), Yea Inouye (D-HI), Yea
Idaho: Crapo (R-ID), Yea Risch (R-ID), Not Voting
Illinois: Durbin (D-IL), Not Voting Kirk (R-IL), Yea
Indiana: Coats (R-IN), Yea Lugar (R-IN), Yea
Iowa: Grassley (R-IA), Yea Harkin (D-IA), Yea
Kansas: Moran (R-KS), Yea Roberts (R-KS), Yea
Kentucky: McConnell (R-KY), Yea Paul (R-KY), Nay
Louisiana: Landrieu (D-LA), Yea Vitter (R-LA), Not Voting
Maine: Collins (R-ME), Yea Snowe (R-ME), Yea
Maryland: Cardin (D-MD), Yea Mikulski (D-MD), Yea
Massachusetts: Brown (R-MA), Not Voting Kerry (D-MA), Yea
Michigan: Levin (D-MI), Yea Stabenow (D-MI), Yea
Minnesota: Franken (D-MN), Yea Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea
Mississippi: Cochran (R-MS), Not Voting Wicker (R-MS), Yea
Missouri: Blunt (R-MO), Not Voting McCaskill (D-MO), Not Voting
Montana: Baucus (D-MT), Nay Tester (D-MT), Nay
Nebraska: Johanns (R-NE), Yea Nelson (D-NE), Yea
Nevada: Heller (R-NV), Nay Reid (D-NV), Yea
New Hampshire: Ayotte (R-NH), Yea Shaheen (D-NH), Yea
New Jersey: Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea Menendez (D-NJ), Yea
New Mexico: Bingaman (D-NM), Yea Udall (D-NM), Yea
New York: Gillibrand (D-NY), Yea Schumer (D-NY), Yea
North Carolina: Burr (R-NC), Yea Hagan (D-NC), Yea
North Dakota: Conrad (D-ND), Yea Hoeven (R-ND), Yea
Ohio: Brown (D-OH), Not Voting Portman (R-OH), Yea
Oklahoma: Coburn (R-OK), Yea Inhofe (R-OK), Not Voting
Oregon: Merkley (D-OR), Nay Wyden (D-OR), Yea
Pennsylvania: Casey (D-PA), Yea Toomey (R-PA), Yea
Rhode Island: Reed (D-RI), Yea Whitehouse (D-RI), Not Voting
South Carolina: DeMint (R-SC), Yea Graham (R-SC), Not Voting
South Dakota: Johnson (D-SD), Yea Thune (R-SD), Yea
Tennessee: Alexander (R-TN), Not Voting Corker (R-TN), Not Voting
Texas: Cornyn (R-TX), Yea Hutchison (R-TX), Yea
Utah: Hatch (R-UT), Yea Lee (R-UT), Not Voting
Vermont: Leahy (D-VT), Yea Sanders (I-VT), Nay
Virginia: Warner (D-VA), Yea Webb (D-VA), Yea
Washington: Cantwell (D-WA), Yea Murray (D-WA), Yea
West Virginia: Manchin (D-WV), Yea Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea
Wisconsin: Johnson (R-WI), Yea Kohl (D-WI), Yea
Wyoming: Barrasso (R-WY), Yea Enzi (R-WY), Yea




...seems some have been duped by their elected officials.

Two sides of the same coin, guys.


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Dan Gerous



Joined: 27 May 2011

PostPosted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 4:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Kuros wrote:
Arizona Cops Shoot Former Marine In Botched Pot Raid

That's disgusting and unforgivable and a great example for this thread.

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This really belongs on this thread:

You gotta see it to believe it!

BREAKING: Terrorists Attack Jefferson Memorial with Deadly Dance Moves
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jodemas2



Joined: 06 Dec 2006

PostPosted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 6:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Police gun down man in parked car, threaten to shoot witnesses for filming it

(NaturalNews) When Narces Benoit decided to use his cell phone to film Miami Beach police officers gunning down a man sitting in a parked car early Monday morning, he had no idea the same cops would eventually target him as well. According to video evidence and witness testimony, officers pointed a gun at Narces and his girlfriend, threw them to the ground, destroyed his camera and what they thought was the footage he captured, and handcuffed and arrested the couple, all because Narces happened to capture indicting video evidence of the officers' heinous actions.

The Miami Herald reports that Narces and his girlfriend were driving on Collins Avenue in South Beach, Fla., when they happened upon the shocking tail-end of a police chase involving Raymond Herisse, the suspect in question who had allegedly fled police following a scuffle. When Herisse's car later came to a stop, officers surrounded the vehicle and unloaded more than 100 rounds at the car, effectively murdering Herisse and injuring four innocent bystanders.

The Miami Beach Police Department (MBPD) has tried to justify their shooting spree by claiming that Herisse attempted to run over officers with his car, but Narces' video footage, which was salvaged when he discreetly removed his cell phone's memory card and put it in his mouth before officers destroyed it, shows otherwise. In the video, it is clearly evident that Narces' vehicle had been stopped both prior to and during the time when the gang of officers murdered him in cold blood.

View the video footage for yourself here.

Perhaps even more disturbing than the actual shooting, though, is the way the police aggressively threatened and intimidated those who witnessed the situation, including Narces and his girlfriend. After allegedly putting guns to their heads and throwing them to the ground, Narces says one officer grabbed his cell phone and said "You want to be [expletive] Paparazzi?" upon which he proceeded to smash the phone and stick it back into Narces' pocket...
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Privateer



Joined: 31 Aug 2005
Location: Easy Street.

PostPosted: Mon Jun 13, 2011 5:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Apropos of the police state theme:

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/294-159/6239-police-state-much
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