| Steve McAlexander on Wed, 31 Oct 2001 17:21:01 +0100 (CET) |
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> > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ==================> F R E E D O M N E W S <================== > > Freedom news headlines: > o German police arrest 'terrorist' for possession of book > o Terror law touches world financial markets > o Complaints increase over secret arrests > o Detainees allege abuse behind bars > o U.S. troops coordinate airstrikes > o U.S. plans full invasion if special forces fail > o GOP airport security bill gains support > o First Amendment training for police, apologies from city officials > o U.S. cracks down on medical marijuana > o Justices to decide if ADA protects hepatitis patient > o Bribery the norm in Mexico > o GOA charges congressman with exploiting terror fears > o Under attack, Sikhs defend their religious liberties > o Judge orders release of police surveillance policies > o Swissair rescue plan in jeopardy > o Radio warns Afghans over food parcels > o Court threatens to remove children because of 'wrong' pet > o Libertarian mag gears up for wartime > > Freedom commentary: > o Is the no-fly zone worth dying for? > o Our new national chief therapist > o Cartoon: Homeland defense > o Craving comity ... and losing at hardball > o Missing the forest for the trees > o Schools can take diversity too far > o The valor of the columnists > o Seeds of discord > > Freedom movement news: > o Essay collection: Criminalizing science > o FIRE and the aftermath of September 11 > > > -------------------- Citizens Of America ---------------------- > THEY'RE KILLING US! Anti-gun groups and politicians are > disarming us, leaving us helpless against rapists, robbers and > murderers. Why do many Americans accept this insanity? They're > bombarded with anti-gun propaganda. Citizens Of America is the > antidote. COA produces and runs aggressive national pro-gun > radio and print ads. See: http://www.citizensofamerica.org/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > German police arrest 'terrorist' for possession of book > ---------- > Independent News > Following what seems to be becoming a worldwide trend, German > police detained a British journalist at the Munich airport > -- for choosing the wrong reading material. In this case it was > a book by Karl Marx. (10/30/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/524464035.html > > > Terror law touches world financial markets > ---------- > WorldNetDaily > The police powers bill signed into law by President Bush reaches > past U.S. borders to impose stricter international controls on > banking and intrusive scrutiny in the financial sector. Experts > fear that this will drive terrorists to use informal networks, > leaving innocent people subject to the new rules. (10/31/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/391512262.html > > > Complaints increase over secret arrests > ---------- > BBC > Civil liberties advocates met with FBI Director Robert Mueller > to demand information on people held without charges; he > refused to provide any. "The secret detention of more than 800 > people over the past few weeks is frighteningly close to the > practice of 'disappearing' people in Latin America," said Kate > Martin of the Center for National Security Studies. (10/31/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/349839598.html > > > Detainees allege abuse behind bars > ---------- > Alabama Live/AP > Some of the Middle Eastern men jailed in the wake of the > terrorist attacks complain that they have been held in solitary > confinement, stripped, blindfolded, roughed up and deprived of > sleep. (10/31/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/351779737.html > > > U.S. troops coordinate airstrikes > ---------- > Washington Post > For the first time, the Pentagon acknowledged that U.S. troops > are on the ground in Afghanistan to coordinate intensified > airstrikes. Officials suggest that additional military assets > may be moved to Central Asia in the coming weeks. (10/31/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/370920907.html > > > U.S. plans full invasion if special forces fail > ---------- > London Daily Telegraph > According to reports, the Pentagon is considering mounting > a ground invasion of Afghanistan if the current bombing and > special forces campaign fails to work. Such an invasion would > probably take place in the spring. (10/31/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/385771906.html > > > GOP airport security bill gains support > ---------- > Washington Post > A Republican-backed bill to tighten airport security has gained > ground against its Democratic rival. Both measures would put > armed marshals on flights and require strengthened cockpit doors, > but the Democratic bill would also nationalize baggage and > passenger screening. (10/31/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/377781486.html > > > First Amendment training for police, apologies from city officials > ---------- > Court TV/AP > Rapper Dr. Dre has settled a censorship lawsuit against the > cities of Detroit and Auburn Hills, Michigan, which threatened > to arrest him if he aired a sexually explicit video at a > concert. The settlements include written apologies from city > officials, and First Amendment training for police officers. > (10/31/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/373911257.html > > > U.S. cracks down on medical marijuana > ---------- > Arizona Republic/New York Times > With the Supreme Court's ruling against medical marijuana > in hand, the Bush administration has begun its first major > crackdown on the distribution of cannabis for medicinal > purposes. So far, this has consisted of a series of raids > and arrests, as well as the destruction of marijuana supplies. > (10/31/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/388572060.html > > > Justices to decide if ADA protects hepatitis patient > ---------- > Dallas Morning News/AP > The Supreme Court will hear the case of a man who was denied > an oil refinery job because of a life-threatening disease. The > court will decide if the controversial Americans with > Disabilities Act requires Chevron Corp. to hire the man despite > a chronic case of hepatitis C. (10/31/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/355310026.html > > > Bribery the norm in Mexico > ---------- > Washington Post > Bribery has become a way of life in Mexico. A survey by an > anti-corruption group finds that residents of Mexico City must > pay bribes for almost a quarter of the government services they > receive. (10/31/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/380081641.html > > > GOA charges congressman with exploiting terror fears > ---------- > CNS > Gun Owners of America has taken Rep. Rod Blagojevich to task for > attempting to link .50 caliber rifles to terrorism. "[T]here were > no guns used in the September 11 attacks," the organization's > communications director says. (10/31/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/367200721.html > > > Under attack, Sikhs defend their religious liberties > ---------- > Christian Science Monitor > Often mistaken for Muslims, Sikhs have been the target of much > bigotry since the September 11 terrorist attacks. Now they're > organizing to exercise their freedom as Americans without > interference. (10/31/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/363690572.html > > > Judge orders release of police surveillance policies > ---------- > Boston Globe/AP > Police in Providence, Rhode Island, were ordered by a state > judge to turn over to the American Civil Liberties Union > policies governing use of surveillance cameras. The police had > previously refused to disclose their policies regarding > surveillance. (10/31/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/357750228.html > > > Swissair rescue plan in jeopardy > ---------- > BBC > The Swiss government has threatened to pull out of the rescue > plan for bankrupt carrier Swissair within 24 hours, unless > other contributors find more money to keep the airline flying. > Banks and local authorities must find a solution to salvage > vital Swissair's support companies, including its maintenance > firm, said Swiss national treasurer Peter Siegenthaler. (10/30/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/978375341.html > > > Radio warns Afghans over food parcels > ---------- > BBC > In an embarrassing bit of news for the U.S. military, it's been > revealed that American cluster bombs are apparently the same > color as parachuted food packages, making the two hard > to distinguish from one another. (10/30/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/685814161.html > > > Court threatens to remove children because of 'wrong' pet > ---------- > Excite News > Kerry-Ann Koop is battling Canadian authorities to keep custody > both of her children and her pet python. There is no record of > the snake harming anyone -- it has been taken to a public school > regularly as a living exhibit. The state's contention is that > possession of the snake constitutes child endangerment. (10/29/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/659201927.html > > > Libertarian mag gears up for wartime > ---------- > Village Voice > "In times of crisis, the government traditionally gives itself > MORE power, and these days no one is monitoring the surge of > federal power more closely than Reason, the monthly magazine > for libertarians." (10/30/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/668262641.html > > > For more News Reports see: > http://www.free-market.net/directorybycategory/news/ > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ============> F R E E D O M C O M M E N T A R Y <============ > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Is the no-fly zone worth dying for? > ---------- > The Future of Freedom Foundation > by Jacob G. Hornberger > "President Bush has said that the attacks on the World Trade > Center and the Pentagon were motivated by hatred of freedom, > democracy, and Western values. However, so far the results of > the investigation into the attacks do not support Bush's > thesis." (10/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/60909637.html > > > Our new national chief therapist > ---------- > The Future of Freedom Foundation > by James Bovard > "'I would hope that we are judged by the lives that are touched > and the hope that we give America,' declared Asa Hutchinson, > Bush's new Drug Enforcement Agency chief during a press > conference on his first day in his new job. ... Hutchinson is > barreling forward with page after page from Bill Clinton's > rhetorical playbook." (10/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/45788964.html > > > Cartoon: Homeland defense > ---------- > Orange County Register > by Mike Shelton > (10/31/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/395132444.html > > > Craving comity ... and losing at hardball > ---------- > The Cato Institute > by Roger Pilon > The Senate Republicans are again showing that they are not ready > to play hardball against the more crafty Democrats. This time it > pertains to the President's judicial nominations. (10/30/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/842129371.html > > > Missing the forest for the trees > ---------- > Mercatus Center > by Jonathan Klick > The agreement between Bayer and the federal government, which > forces Bayer to sell Cipro at below market prices, "was neither > efficient nor equitable, and the effects of the uncertainty it > injects regarding patent protection will be felt for some time > to come." (10/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/837369018.html > > > Schools can take diversity too far > ---------- > Boston Globe > by Andrew J. Levay > Levay, of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, > says: "It is both condescending and wrong to assume that > students need the beneficent hand of college and university > administrators to navigate through the development of their > identities and interactions with fellow students." (10/29/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/713254067.html > > > The valor of the columnists > ---------- > LewRockwell.com > by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. > Rockwell suggests that the hawks among pundits are selling > themselves short by exercising what is left of their restraint > in fanning the flames of war. (10/30/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/676903386.html > > > Seeds of discord > ---------- > Reason > by Jacob Sullum > New DEA rules criminalize virtually all products that contain > hemp -- and nobody's really sure what's exempted. (10/30/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/672663065.html > > > For more Commentary, Opinion, and Book Reviews see: > http://www.free-market.net/directorybycategory/commentary/ > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > =========> F R E E D O M M O V E M E N T N E W S <========= > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Essay collection: Criminalizing science > ---------- > Reason > Leading thinkers and commentators respond to a left-right > alliance to outlaw "therapeutic cloning" and stigmatize > genetic research. > http://www.free-market.net/rd/674393203.html > > > FIRE and the aftermath of September 11 > ---------- > FIRE > The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education documents > its efforts to protect free speech on campuses in the midst > of the hysteria following the terrorist attacks. (10/29/01) > http://www.free-market.net/rd/714724158.html > > > For more Online Resource Directories see: > http://www.free-market.net/directorybycategory/homepages/ > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > ============/ End of Today's Freedom News Update \=============== > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Please forward and copy this message. Freedom News Daily is edited > by J.D. Tuccille. 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