Craigslist Dropping ‘Erotic Services’ Ads
Posted in Business, Consumer, Craigslist, Legal, Services, Websites on May 13th, 2009
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Two reports in the Wall Street Journal tell the tale of how automobile ownership is hitting the skids in the U.S. in an eerie parallel to home ownership - people are walking away from what they promised to pay for and lenders are taking steps to assure they are repaid.
In Signs of Stress, Fraud on [...]
Secret Bush Memos Made Public By Obama
Posted in Barack Obama, Big Brother, George W Bush, Government, Law Enforcement, Legal, Military, Politics, Presidential on Mar 3rd, 2009
The Justice Department on Monday released a long-secret legal document from 2001 in which the Bush administration claimed the military could search and seize terror suspects in the United States without warrants.
The legal memo was written about a month after the Sept. 11 terror attacks. It says constitutional protections against unlawful search and seizure would [...]
NYPD Stopped, Frisked Record Number In ‘08
Posted in Big Brother, Government, Law Enforcement, Legal on Feb 11th, 2009
Newly released figures show New York City police stopped, questioned and frisked a record-high 531,159 people last year.
The New York Civil Liberties Union released the NYPD data Wednesday. The number was more than 13 percent higher than in 2007.
An earlier study by a separate group projected the 2008 figure would be slightly higher than the [...]