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Doomsday clock ticking on Internet freedom

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“Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither.” – Benjamin Franklin

They’re coming for it and show no signs of letting up. Once they get their foot in the door and before you know it, you’ll be worried and thinking twice about what you’re posting on your blog or Facebook or Twitter account. And if it appears on the Internet, the government will somehow try to tax it.  Readers, if you haven’t been, you’d better get interested in this now, because we are moving closer to pivoting off the relative freedom of speech of Internet into absolute government control. And if you let the Washington ruling elite control it, who knows what the result will be? One thing for sure, it “will be for our own good,” but it won’t be good for us. Are you a terrorist? No? Then why is Big Sis spying on you?

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Religious Freedom and the Obama Administration | THE PLAIN TRUTH

Supreme Court Justice To Egypt: South Africa’s Constitution Better Model Than U. S.

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In a shocking moment when one realizes Justice Ginsburg is one of nine members of the third branch of our government who's sole responsibility is to rule on the constitutionality of laws, Ginsburg shows a disdain for our Constitution by bemoaning its age and actually suggests the Egyptians should look to the constitutions of South Africa or Canada instead of using the US Constitution as a model for their own.

Rand Paul Detained By TSA Over Pat-Down Standoff

Senator misses flight to Washington after refusing to be groped by federal agents

Steve Watson
Infowars

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul was briefly detained this morning after a standoff incident with TSA officers In Nashville.

In a telephone interview with AP, Rand Paul confirmed that an “anomaly” on his knee was picked up by a full body scanner. Paul said he asked for another scan, but the TSA insisted he submit to a pat down by airport security.

After refusing the pat-down on the grounds that it was an infringement on his rights and “private property”, Paul said he was then “detained” in a small cubicle and consequently missed a flight to Washington for a Senate session. Paul was also due to speak at the March for Life later today in DC.

Paul also said that the incident highlights how the TSA should not be “spending so much time with people who wouldn’t attack us.”

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Shocking moment a 66-year-old-dementia sufferer is kicked to the ground and beaten by police officer who tried to delete video

This is the shocking moment a police officer launches a vicious assault on a 66-year-old-dementia sufferer.

Officer Derek Middendorf then tried to cover his tracks by deleting the recording from his dashcam.

But it has been recovered by technicians in Florida, in the US, and now the attorney for victim Albert Flowers told Florida Today that his client was prepared to sue the city of Melbourne.

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Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2089868/Dementia-sufferer-66-beaten-police-officer-Melbourne-Florida.html#ixzz1kCXQp9zb

Judge Napolitano Shreds Columbia, MO SWAT Raid

Editor's Note: The Plain Truth is not in favor of legalizing pot or other drugs. We are in favor of The Bill of Rights!

Police raid man's home, violate his civil liberties in Columbia, MO. Under the cover of darkness, a team of militarized SWAT agents enter a family home and immediately engage in gunfire — killing one of two family dogs (wounding the other), and likely inflicting lifelong trauma to the familys seven-year-old son. The end result of SWAT teams action? Police seized a small amount of marijuana (a few grams), and associated paraphernalia (a grinder). The man in the video ultimately pled guilty to misdemeanor drug charges and paid a $300 fine.

 

Shocking: The FDA Says You Have No Right To Freedom Of Food

You thought you had the right to choose what you eat? The FDA says you don't. They claim that there is no fundamental right to choose your food or freedom to contract for it. Responding to a Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund lawsuit, the FDA clearly states that you do not have the right to freedom of choice in your diet.

Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund (FTCLDF) Lawsuit Against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

The FTCLDF is a 501(c)(4) organization, which means that it exists to promote the social welfare of its members and community. They define their reason for being in one sentence:

Sustainable farming and direct farm-to-consumer transactions further the common good and general welfare of all Americans.

Their Mission Statement says, in whole:

The Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund is a 501 (c) (4) non-profit organization made up of farmers and consumers joining together and pooling resources to:

• Protect the constitutional right of the nation’s family farms to provide processed and unprocessed farm foods directly to consumers through any legal means.
• Protect the constitutional right of consumers to obtain unprocessed and processed farm foods directly from family farms.
• Protect the nation’s family farms from harassment by federal, state, and local government interference with food production and on-farm food processing.

On behalf of its members and for all family farms in the US, the FTCLDF filed a lawsuit against the FDA, claiming "that the federal regulations (21 CFR 1240.61 and 21 CFR 131.110) banning raw milk for human consumption in interstate commerce are unconstitutional and outside of FDA's statutory authority as applied to FTCLDF's members and the named individual plaintiffs in the suit."

The FDA responded by claiming a number of things, including the absurd idea that the FTCLDF has no standing to file the case! That is, they're claiming that the organization that represents the people who have been harmed by the FDA's actions does not actually represent them. They claim that no harm has been shown, in spite of the fact that the FDA's actions have prevented farmers from producing and selling raw milk and their customers have lost the ability to obtain it.

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Congress CANNOT Write Any Law It Wants THE PLAIN TRUTH

Pastors charged after telling 'gays' about sin

Now facing bench trial in court run by lesbian

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By Bob Unruh
© 2011 WND

 

 

Two veteran street preachers in Houston are facing a bench trial for spreading the biblical message about homosexuality – and other sins – on one of their favorite corners for preaching in Houston.

That the message was direct is obvious, from a photo of the situation that developed for David Stokes of BulldogMinistries.com and Dave Allen of HornofSamuelBook.com:

Street preachers with shofar, sign that prompted tickets

 

Their sign warns those who are "Drunks, homosexuals, abortionist, adulterers, liars, fornicators, thieves, atheists, witches, idolators" that "Hell awaits you."

What should America really be like? Find out in the instructions, "The Constitution of the United States"

Their hearing will be in Houston Municipal Court, which is run by Barbara E. Hartle, who, according to the Dallas Voice, is listed by the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund as "one of only a few out members of the Texas judiciary."

She was appointed to the position by Houston Mayor Annise Parker, identified by the Los Angeles Times as "the first lesbian to head a major American city."

Read more: Pastors charged after telling 'gays' about sin http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=373377#ixzz1fNT0Fwrm

FEDERAL TERROR TACTICS : Rand Paul : Judge Napolitano

All schools – even parents at home – may be forced to teach gov't agenda

By Bob Unruh
© 2011 WND

Rand Paul

An organization that monitors the U.S. government's influence on education, and specifically on parents who choose to school their own children, is warning of a pending move in Washington that would result in "de facto national education standards."

The measure could not only require parents who homeschool their children to teach certain government agenda issues but also effectively remove much of the decision-making authority of local school boards and districts, warns the Home School Legal Defense Association.

The organization focuses on issues affecting homeschool students and their parents in the United States and overseas but also keeps an eye on the larger picture of education policy.

The concern is about Democrat-driven plans in the U.S. Senate to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, a massive federal program last reauthorized in 2001 as the No Child Left Behind Act.

"HSLDA's federal relations staff have read this 868-page bill, and we believe that while it does not directly impact homeschool freedom, the bill will 1) increase the federal role in education at the expense of state, local and parental control, and 2) will greatly increase the pressure on states to align their curriculum and standards, resulting in de facto national education standards," said the report compiled by Melanie P. Palazzo, the organization's congressional action program director, and William A. Estrada of the organization's federal relations office.

Read more: Warning: Obama Ed aims at U.S. takeover http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=363153#ixzz1cbbHRyfb

Righthaven ordered to pay nearly $120,000 in attorney fees, court costs

Newspaper copyright infringement lawsuit filer Righthaven LLC of Las Vegas was hit Wednesday with an order to pay $119,488 in attorney's fees and costs in its failed lawsuit against former federal prosecutor Thomas DiBiase.  More>>>>>>>

Whatever Happened To The Constitution -THE PLAIN TRUTH

Farm to Consumer Defense Fund

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A year-long undercover sting investigation of an Amish farmer that included federal officials entering private consumers' residences. A California food co-op raided by officials with guns drawn and at the ready. A Georgia man forced to destroy over 100 gallons of high-quality farm fresh milk. 
What do all of these have in common? ....more

 

Where Raw Milk is Legal (and it should be everywhere!)

Judge: Americans do not have right to choose food - INCREDIBLE UPDATE!

Remember this judge who said Americans don't have the right to drink milk, or have a right to choose their food? (story below)  GUESS what! He's going to work for MONSANTO!

‘No Food Rights’ Judge quits to work for Monsanto law firm

Had enough yet America?

 

Original story:

By Bob Unruh
© 2011 WND

 

A Wisconsin judge has decided – in a fight over families' access to milk from cows they own – that Americans "do not have a fundamental right to consume the milk from their own cow."

The ruling comes from Circuit Court Judge Patrick J. Fiedler in a court battle involving a number of families who owned their own cows, but boarded them on a single farm.

The judge said the arrangement is a "dairy farm" and, therefore, is subject to the rules and regulations of the state of Wisconsin.

"It's always a surprise when a judge says you don't have the fundamental right to consume the foods of your choice," said Pete Kennedy, president of the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund, which worked on the case on behalf of the farmers and the owners of the milk-producing cows.

The judge's original ruling came in a consolidation of two cases that presented similar situations: Cows being maintained and milked on farms for the benefit of non-resident owners. He refused to grant a summary judgment declaring such arrangements legitimate, deciding instead to favor the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection, which opposed them.
Read more: Judge: Americans have no right to choose food http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=352249#ixzz1a12t7eLZ

Man ordered to surrender guns – just for blogging! --UPDATED Again!

Forward by Bob Barney: The assault on the Bill of rights has been the most frightening aspect of Big Brother government against the American population. From the Patroit Act to the refusal to protect one's right to privacy, our government has been more like Fascist Germany or Communist Russia, then the nation envisioned by the founding Fathers. If we as Americans do not get MAD- we are done for. Your rights are melting away, and your children will soon be slaves to the state! WAKE UP! It is almost too late!

'My life's in danger now. I can't defend myself, I can't defend you'

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Posted: September 29, 2011
9:44 pm Eastern

By Joe Kovacs
© 2011 WND

 

An Arizona man has filed a federal lawsuit against some of the state's top judges, claiming they're taking away his freedom of speech and right to own firearms, all because someone didn't like what he wrote on his blog.

"You can't suspend someone's constitutional rights [for blogging]," said Mike Palmer, who is bringing forth the legal action. "Everybody in America blogs or Twitters, so it's a First and Second Amendment issue."

The scenario started when Palmer, a 55-year-old Christian missionary from Phoenix, was online discussing "spiritual death" often referred to in the Bible.

"I certainly want my gun rights," he added. "There is no law in Arizona which allows the courts to suspend any constitutional right, but in this instance, my Second Amendment right. And, of course, my life's in danger now. I can't defend myself, I can't defend you. I can't defend my fellow man."
Read more: Man ordered to surrender guns – just for blogging! http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=349713#ixzz1ZR4423Nc

UPDATE!

POLICE STATE, USA
WND Exclusive
Federal judge won't restore 2nd Amendment rights
Says state court that ordered blogger to be unarmed must decide case
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Updated again!

POLICE STATE, USA
WND Exclusive
Court order to disarm blogger challenged 
State judge took 2nd Amendment rights away over discussion about wages of sin
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Property Rights? Think again-United States v. 434 Main Street, Tewksbury, Mass. (The Motel Caswell)

Forward By Bob Bob Barney: I have already experienced an out of control local government that tried to steal my property away from me several years ago, under the guise of a fire marshall! These Gestapo type thugs, wearing guns came down on our business like a bunch of terrorist and tried every attempt they could do to take my property from me, close me down, with no intention of any compensation! Could it be because the expansion of ODU (Old Dominion University) be the cause? Well, if you ask the dozens of fellow merchants in my area who has also been harassed, they will agree that ODU and confiscation of property are the sole motivation of this attack.

United States v. 434 Main Street, Tewksbury, Mass. (The Motel Caswell)
Federal & Local Law Enforcement Agencies Try to Take Family Motel from Innocent Owners

Imagine you own a million-dollar piece of property free and clear, but then the federal government and local law enforcement agents announce that they are going to take it from you, not compensate you one dime, and then use the money they get from selling your land to pad their budgets—all this even though you have never so much as been accused of a crime, let alone convicted of one.

That is the nightmare Russ Caswell and his family is now facing in Tewksbury, Mass., where they stand to lose the family-operated motel they have owned for two generations.

Seeking to circumvent state law and cash in on the profits, the Tewksbury Police Department is working with the U.S. Department of Justice to take and sell the Caswells property because a tiny fraction of people who have stayed at the Motel Caswell during the past 20 years have been arrested for crimes.  Keep in mind, the Caswells themselves have worked closely with law enforcement officials to prevent and report crime on their property.  And the arrests the government complains of represent less than .05 percent of the 125,000 rooms the Caswells have rented over that period of time.

Despite all this, the Caswells stand to lose literally everything they have worked for because of this effort by federal and local law enforcement officials not to pursue justice, but rather to police for profit.

How widespread is the problem of civil forfeiture abuse nationwide?  In 1986, the year after the U.S. Department of Justice’s Asset Forfeiture Fund was created—the fund that holds the forfeiture proceeds from properties forfeited under federal law and available to be paid out to law enforcement agencies—took in just $93.7 million.  Today it holds more than $1.6 billion.

The Institute for Justice, a national public interest law firm that fights civil forfeiture abuse nationwide, is now representing the Caswells in defense of their property and their constitutional rights.

SOURCE: The Institute for JUSTICE

Is this back-door Shariah? Complaint cites New York

The New York Port Authority has been asked to investigate what state and federal anti-discrimination laws might be violated by imposing anti-Jewish Islamic restrictions on passengers boarding flights to Jeddah from the publicly owned JFK Airport.

The request has been brought by a Washington attorney who first raised questions about Delta Air Lines and its new agreement to include Saudi Arabian Airlines in its Sky Team Alliance of airlines.

Saudi Arabia bars Jews and passengers with Israeli passports and Israeli stamps in their passports from boarding flights to the desert kingdom.

"In this respect, the impact of any discriminatory conduct would take place at JFK airport, and not just inside of Saudi Arabia," wrote attorney Jeffrey A. Lovitky in a recent letter to the agency.

Read more: Is this back-door Shariah? Complaint cites New York http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=339585#ixzz1WzJ5ltnv

12 Member ‘Super Congress’ Gets Super Powers in New Debt Deal – The Road to Tyranny

TruthisTreason.net – Kevin Hayden

Source: Huffington Post

In order to shore up GOP support for a deal to raise the debt ceiling, Senate Democrats are exploring ways of giving the proposed “super Congress” even greater super powers, according to multiple news reports and congressional aides with knowledge of the plan.

Under the new proposal, if the new legislative body, made up of six Democrats and six Republicans from both chambers, doesn’t come up with a bill that cuts at least $1.5 trillion by Thanksgiving, entitlement programs will automatically be slashed.

Under the reported framework, legislation the new congressional committee writes would be fast-tracked through Congress and could not be filibustered or amended.

The parties have been negotiating the particulars of cuts that would be enacted if budget-cutting legislation coming out of the super Congress could not get passed, deciding roughly how much in cuts would come from different parts of the federal budget, including defense spending and entitlement programs like Medicare.

Super Congress? Congress May Attempt To Create New Legislative Body, As Rumors Of “Super Congress” Begin

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Alex Thomas
The Intel Hub

With a startling headline that should send shock waves throughout America, The Huffington Post is reporting that two influential Senators have put forth a plan that would essentially create a new legislative body, a new Super Congress.

"This 'Super Congress,' composed of members of both chambers and both parties, isn’t mentioned anywhere in the Constitution, but would be granted extraordinary new powers,” wrote Ryan Grim.

The plan, reportedly put forth by Mitch McConnell and Majority Leader Harry Reid, would create a new government body with six members from each party and would be used to pass unpopular debt ceiling legislation.

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Polygamist, Under Scrutiny in Utah, Plans Suit to Challenge Law

Kody Brown is a proud polygamist, and a relatively famous one. Now Mr. Brown, his four wives and 16 children and stepchildren are going to court to keep from being punished for it. The lawsuit is not demanding that states recognize polygamous marriage. Instead, the lawsuit builds on a 2003 United States Supreme Court decision, Lawrence v. Texas, which struck down state sodomy laws as unconstitutional intrusions on the “intimate conduct” of consenting adults. It will ask the federal courts to tell states that they cannot punish polygamists for their own “intimate conduct” so long as they are not breaking other laws, like those regarding child abuse, incest or seeking multiple marriage licenses.    Read More>>

Police: Internet providers must keep user logs

Declan McCullagh
CNET

Law enforcement representatives are planning to endorse a proposed federal law that would require Internet service providers to store logs about their customers for 18 months, CNET has learned.

The National Sheriffs' Association will say it "strongly supports" mandatory data retention during Tuesday's U.S. House of Representatives hearing on the topic.

Michael Brown, sheriff in Bedford County, Va., and a board member and executive committee member of the National Sheriffs' Association, is planning to argue that a new law is necessary because Internet providers do not store customer records long enough.

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The Philosophy of Liberty: Plunder

Protect Your Computer and Phone from Illegal Police Searches

EFF Releases 'Know Your Digital Rights' Guide to Your Constitutional Liberties

EFF

San Francisco - Your computer, your phone, and your other digital devices hold vast amounts of personal information about you and your family. Can police officers enter your home to search your laptop? Do you have to give law enforcement officials your encryption keys or passwords? If you are pulled over when driving, can the officer search your cell phone? The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has answers to these questions in our new "Know Your Digital Rights" guide, including easy-to-understand tips on interacting with police officers and other law enforcement officials.

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GM Milk and the Rise of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

Antibiotic resistance through natural selection

Updated excerpt from Codex Alimentarius -- The End of Health Freedom 

Brandon Turbeville

Activist Post

In May 2011, I wrote an article entitled, rBGH Milk Production: Animal Cruelty, Genetically Modified Hormones and E. Coli. In this article I detailed the process of manufacturing the genetically modified growth hormone used in dairy cows under the guise of increased milk production. I also discussed the horrid conditions the animals are forced to live under as a result of this money making scheme. 

But there is yet one more concern regarding the addition of rBGH to dairy cows that harkens back to the issue of mastitis. Besides the immense discomfort caused to the animals, mastitis requires treatment with antibiotics which has been linked to the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria capable of infecting humans. 

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