It’s Been a Weird Day in a Good Way: Two Court Rulings Represent Hope for Privacy

by Eileen | 7:06 pm, March 15, 2013

In one day, two major court decisions have put Executive overreach on the defensive and given civil liberty advocates momentum. In California, a federal judge held that National Security Letters, with their built-in gag orders, are unconstitutional. (Decision, here.) Meanwhile, federal courts also reinstated an ACLU lawsuit challenging the CIA’s ‘Glomar’ response of targeted drone [...]

Security Theater Sets a Dangerous New Norm in Air Travel

by Eileen | 10:59 pm, March 8, 2013

Recently, is a rare, nay, unprecedented, display of good sense, the TSA announced that, as of April 25, 2013, small knives will again be allowed in carry-on baggage. To date, 9,300 people have signed a petition, sponsored by airline workers unions, to overturn that.  In part, the petition language reads: Our nation’s aviation system is [...]

TSA Monkeys Will Go Back to Paying for Their Porn

by Eileen | 10:30 pm, January 18, 2013

…and, presumably, watching it on their own time.  I don’t know for certain; it’s anyone’s guess what goes on the those break rooms.  At any rate, our blue-gloved faux-security force is now able to devote more of its time to robbing passengers, having lost their x-ray scanners. The line from on high is that Rapiscan, [...]

Policy from a Politically Manipulative Fantasyland: the TSA’s Latest Bid for All Your Data

by Eileen | 5:06 am, January 12, 2013

The TSA is trying to resurrect a terrible program that been deservedly thwarted since its post-9/11 conception.  It was CAPPS, then CAPPS II, then Secure Flight.  Under all those guises, the goal was the aggregate any and all commercially available datasets into a behemoth database and then generate unique ‘aviation risk profiles’ for any airline [...]

Seeing Stars: Contemptible Privilege

by Randall Smith | 6:00 am, June 21, 2012

The House Oversight Committee holds US Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt as does much of America. President Obama tried to shield Holder by exerting Executive Privilege over the requested Fast and Furious documents. Then-Senator Barack Obama spo…

Seeing Stars: Piddle, Twiddle and Resolve

by Randall Smith | 6:00 am, May 9, 2012

The big news is Colorado is the fate of a civil union bill in the House. It passed out of the Appropriations Committee with amendments and made it to the House floor … and that’s where it’s still sitting. The House quit for the night at about 10pm wi…

Seeing Stars: Be On the Lookout for Contraband Cookies

by Randall Smith | 6:00 am, May 8, 2012

There are only a couple of days left in the Colorado legislative session. Then we can all go back to ignoring our state legislators and ramp up for the Presidential race. Hey, at least Colorado schools are still allowed to hold bake sales.

On to the …

Seeing Stars: Colorado to Become a Third Parent?

by Randall Smith | 6:00 am, March 19, 2012

SB 12-130 has been drawing attention lately. On the surface it combines agencies. Going deeper? At the very least, it appears to be a funnel for Federal funds (with Federal requirements and control). At worst, it looks like an attempt to completely tak…

Seeing Stars: 150 to 1

by Randall Smith | 6:00 am, March 15, 2012

Leftist groups dominated political spending in Colorado by outspending Right-wing groups by 150 times. Not surprisingly, unions led the way in that spending. It’s something to keep in mind the next time you hear some crazed Progressive complain about c…

Seeing Stars: Water, Taxes and Woman Hating Liberals

by Randall Smith | 7:00 am, March 9, 2012

All that and more in today’s Seeing Stars!

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The House passed Rep. Scott Tipton’s bill that would allow small scale hydropower projects on existing canals and pipelines. Hydropower is the most consistent renewable power source yet to often …

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