An older story, but one that’s a great example of how things are going down the toilet.
They handcuff me, hands behind my back, and take my rucksack out of my sight. They explain that this is for my safety, and that they are acting under the authority of the Terrorism Act. [...]
It seems like being a reporter in Vladimir Putin’s Russia is not such a good idea.
A Russian reporter who died after falling out of a window was investigating sales of weapons by Russia to Syria and Iran, his newspaper Kommersant said Tuesday.
Ivan Safronov had told his newspaper that he had “received information” about the sale [...]
For those of you who read Spanish, there’s a good opinion article published by a member of PAC evaluating the current Movimiento Libertario (almost as aptly named as Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker Trilogy).
El señor Raúl Costales predijo la extinción del Movimiento Libertario como movimiento ideológico si quebraban con sus principios fundamentales al [...]
… or worse - it might be your kid who ends up paying. For example:
Earlier this month, a German teen-ager was forcibly taken from her parents and imprisoned in a psychiatric ward. Her crime? She is being home-schooled.
On Feb. 1, 15 German police officers forced their way into the home of the Busekros family in [...]
Linux and the Open Source movement have often been likened to communism. Now a LWN.net article takes the time to evaluate contributions to the Linux 2.6.20 kernel, and finds that at least 68% of the code (and possibly up to 92.3%, if we assume the Unkowns are just anonymous employers) was contributed by people [...]
Finally, a temporary law that doesn’t go on forever.
The Canadian parliament has voted against renewing two controversial anti-terror measures that had been adopted after the 11 September attacks.
The measures allowed suspects to be detained without charge for three days and could compel witnesses to testify.
The minority Conservative government accused the opposition Liberals of being soft [...]