Author: Joe from MassPrivateI

Tenth Amendment Center – by Kelli Sladik

During the last eight years, the Obama administration failed to live up to its promise reverse the Bush era’s mass surveillance of American citizens. In fact, it was expanded and justified. If you were silent, the sweeping power controlled by the president may not be on your radar for the right reasons. While there is a deep fear resonating, at least half looked the other way when “their guy” held the powers of the presidency.

So let’s put aside the distractions roaring through the media, and let’s walk down memory lane.   Continue reading “Following the Fourth Amendment Would Help Make America Great Again”

Natural News – by Vicki Batts

Food and water were once considered to be basic rights, belonging to the individual. Sadly, this is no longer the case. The rights to food and water have been sold off to the highest bidder, commercialized and turned into an indutry. Some might call it the bane of our health and wellness, others just call it Big Food. Big Food only sells us their food-like products at prices that make profits.   Continue reading “10 corporations have a monopoly on almost everything you buy at the supermarket”

Ars Technica – by CYRUS FARIVAR

OAKLAND, Calif.—Most pieces of software don’t have the power to get someone arrested—but Tyler Technologies’ Odyssey Case Manager does. This is the case management software that runs on the computers of hundreds and perhaps even thousands of court clerks and judges in county courthouses across the US. (Federal courts use an entirely different system.)

Typically, when a judge makes a ruling—for example, issuing or rescinding a warrant—those words said by a judge in court are entered into Odyssey. That information is then relied upon by law enforcement officers to coordinate arrests and releases and to issue court summons. (Most other courts, even if they don’t use Odyssey, use a similar software system from another vendor.)   Continue reading “Lawyers: New court software is so awful it’s getting people wrongly arrested”

College Fix – by Peter Van Voorhis

In the quest to study microaggressions, one scholar has harnessed technology to chronicle such verbal insults and unintentional slights, creating an app that allows students to not only detail the exact nature of the utterance, but its location on campus and what part of their identity was disparaged, too.

Enter MicroReport, which documented students’ claims of perceived microaggressions at UC Santa Cruz during the 2015-16 school year as part of a lengthy study into the effects of experiencing microaggressions.   Continue reading “‘Virtual safe space’: Smartphone app records campus microaggressions”

MassPrivateI

I’ve written numerous articles about how police use ‘junk science‘ to arrest people. ‘The war on terror’, and the ‘war on drugs’ also use junk science to justify illegal spying. Unfortunately, ‘hate crimes’ are no different. Alleged ‘hate crimes’ are being used as an excuse to let police spy on us in shocking new ways.

A Boston Police Department (BPD) proposal titled, “Acquiring Technology and Services of Social Media Threats” reveals, a disturbing social media surveillance network.   Continue reading “Police make “value judgments” about hate crimes and use it as an excuse to spy on everyone”

Lancing City Post – by Todd Heywood

Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero’s proposal aimed at regulating homegrown marijuana raises legal concerns and may even be unconstitutional, critics say.

The ordinance the mayor has called for would require the city-owned Lansing Board of Water & Light to monitor customers’ monthly electrical usage and report those using more than 5,000 kilowatts a month to enforcement agencies.   Continue reading “City wants mandatory home inspections for high energy users”

Lowering the Bar – by Kevin Underhill

That’s Adam Nobody, a Canadian who was beaten by police in 2010 during the G20 protests in Toronto. One of the officers who beat him was convicted of assault, and Nobody complained to the Ontario Civilian Police Commission about the others. A hearing officer found those officers not guilty of misconduct, something Nobody wanted to appeal, but the officers claimed he filed too late. On Nov. 21, a judge held that Nobody has the right to appeal.

It won’t surprise you to learn that “Nobody” is not Nobody’s real name, or at least not the name Nobody was born with. According to the Globe and Mail in 2010, “Mr. Nobody … said he changed his name from Adam Trombetta about two years ago because it made for better puns. He suggested the headline for his story should be ‘Nobody hurt at Queen’s Park.’” The Globe and Mail didn’t take him up on that idea, but far be it from me to turn down the opportunity. So here we are.   Continue reading “Court: Nobody Has the Right to Appeal”

Mississippi Today – by Kate Royals

Faced with a public records request from Mississippi Today for the state’s contract with EdBuild, a legislative committee voted Tuesday to adopt a new policy mandating that all contracts it approves be confidential.

The House Management Committee, which approves contracts entered into by the House of Representatives, used a voice vote to pass the policy, which states “All contracts entered into by the House Management Committee shall be confidential and shall not be released to any person or entity, except as specifically directed by the House Management Committee only when the committee deems necessary for the execution of the contract.”   Continue reading “Mississippi Legislature: All our contracts are secret”

Tenth Amendment Center – by Michael Maharrey

AUSTIN, Texas (Nov. 29, 2016) – A “Constitutional Carry” bill filed for the 2017 legislative session would make it legal for Texans to carry a concealed firearm without a license, and foster an environment hostile to federal gun control.

Rep. Jonathan Strickland (R-Bedford) filed House Bill 375 (HB375) on Nov. 16. If passed into law, it would end Texas’ conceal carry licensing requirements and remove the need for government permission to carry a concealed firearm in the state. The new law reads in part:   Continue reading “Permission not Required: “Constitutional Carry” Bill Introduced in Texas”

Nextgov – by Mohana Ravindranath

The Homeland Security Department wants to install more cameras for facial recognition in airports.

Customs and Border Protection is looking for sources to provide “mounted facial recognition cameras” to be deployed in an “airport environment,” according to a solicitation posted earlier this month.

Those would be procured through a “small business track” on DHS’ indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract vehicle, FirstSource II.   Continue reading “DHS Wants New Facial Recognition Cameras in Airports”

Liberty Blitzkrieg – by Michael Krieger

An article published in The New York Times this past Sunday perfectly demonstrates how out of control and unconstitutional America’s foreign policy has become. It highlights the latest war being perpetrated by the Obama administration, which is expanding with very little scrutiny from the press or the government branch supposedly in charge of waging war, the U.S. Congress.

The latest growing battlefield is in Somalia, and it threatens to spiral out of control just like so many other undeclared war zones before it. From the NY Times:   Continue reading “Obama Creates New Al-Qaeda Out of Thin Air to Justify His Somalia War”

MassPrivateI

Three private companies, Armatix Smart System, iGun Technology and Kodiak Intelligun have already developed “smart gun” technology using RFID sensors and biometric sensors.

So why would the feds, spend two decades and millions of dollars trying to develop “smart guns”?

The answer is both predictable and disturbing.   Continue reading “Cops and citizens will be forced to buy ‘smart guns’”

Activist Post by Tony Cartalucci

CNN, among many other establishment media platforms, has long promoted the US-European funded “Syrian Civil Defence” also known as the “White Helmets.”

Yet on November 25, they published an article titled, “Syria’s White Helmets apologize for Mannequin Challenge video,” in which they admit:   Continue reading “Fake News Alert: CNN Finally Admits White Helmets Staged Fake Video”

The Intercept – by Alex Emmons

ONE OF THE MANY alarming facts that came to light with the release of the executive summary of the Senate Torture Report in 2014 was that the Justice Department’s Bureau of Prisons had sent a “delegation of several officers” to Afghanistan to conduct an assessment an infamous CIA detention site and concluded the CIA “did not mistreat the detainees.”

Senate investigators found that the bureau officers visited a detention site code-named Cobalt north of Kabul in November 2002. That site — also known as the Salt Pit — has become infamous for the brutal torture inflicted on detainees there, including rectal exams conducted with “excessive force.” According to Senate investigators, the CIA’s own employees described the facility as “a dungeon,” where detainees “cowered” as interrogators opened the door and “looked like a dog that had been kenneled.”   Continue reading “Newly Released Documents Confirm Bureau of Prisons Visit to CIA Torture Site in Afghanistan”

The Telegraph – by Adam Boult

Two men from Richmond, Virginia, experienced a bizarre series of events recently when visiting a store to buy some groceries.

Local news broadcaster WRIC spoke to Ricky Berry, who entered the CVS store earlier this week with his friend Philip Blackwell and asked an employee if there was any sliced cheese available.   Continue reading “Shop workers ‘called police and went into hiding’ after customer asked for sliced cheese”