1 in 20 East Germans were informants. "The Lives of Others" is a sad and unsettling movie about what results when Soviet statism is executed with German efficiency: The Stasi. Funny how much of East German communist assets like this museum were homesteaded, and now the "kindler, gentler" western state wants to seize it all over again. Never again!

The legislation says that companies such as broadband providers, search engines or software firms that the US Government selects "shall immediately comply with any emergency measure or action developed" by the Department of Homeland Security. Anyone failing to comply would be fined.

"The federal government would have “absolute power” to shut down the Internet under the terms of a new US Senate bill being pushed by Joe Lieberman, legislation which would hand the US President a figurative “kill switch” to seize control of the world wide web in response to a Homeland Security directive." --- Not sure how this is possible since the World Wide Web is.... you know... world wide. O_o

A man with cancer was told that he could not book an appointment with the UK's NHS because the bureaucrats' system said he was deceased, and he would have to get it all sorted out before he can receive the care he needs.

The Geneseo Village Board has passed a law that makes it illegal to smoke in public parks or in the village parking lot.

The law was approved just last week at a village board meeting. Smokers will not be allowed to light up at all four of the village parks, that includes Highland Park, which village officials say is almost always busy with people and sports.

Smoking will also be banned in the Downtown Municipal Parking lot, even if you're smoking in your car.

The fines won't be cheap, they go all the way up to $250.

Will County Sheriff Paul Kaupas' department mentally broke down Kevin Fox, the father of Riley Fox, to the point that he falsely confessed to the murder of his own daughter. Now the Sheriff wants to use stolen money to hire a firm in order to find out what needs to change.

Arthur Furano voted early — five days before Election Day. And he voted often, flipping the lever six times for his favorite candidate. Furano cast multiple votes on the instructions of a federal judge and the U.S. Department of Justice as part of a new election system crafted to help boost Hispanic representation.

Probably one of the most laughable attacks on Ron Paul in recent memory is by a (failed) fund manager, a Bizarro-World Ron Paul: Ron Insana (yes, that's his real name) who says that Ron Paul doesn't "even have a basic understanding of fundamental economics, let alone more complex issues and better ways to hedge against inflation than buying gold." Really? Give me bloody break. Their track records speak for themselves. Look at his firm today (failed), and look at Gold since his firm started (more than doubled.)

A Canadian who was deported to Syria by the US government for a hellish, 10.5 month torture ordeal will not get justice in the USA.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is classifying milk as oil because it contains a percentage of animal fat, which is a non-petroleum oil.
The Hesperia farmer and others would be required to develop and implement spill prevention plans for milk storage tanks. The rules are set to take effect in November, though that date might be pushed back.