Florida Police Now Ready For Minefields

by Tim Lynch

From the New York Daily News:

?If you see my SWAT team roll up in this thing ? it?s over, so just give up,? said Chief R. Sean Baldwin in a release?.

The police department was able to purchase the armored vehicle through the 1997 National Defense Authorization Act, which passes excess military supplies to U.S. law enforcement.

More than $4.2 billion worth of property has been transferred to law enforcement since the program?s inception.

One wonders if these guys shout ?Yippee Ki-Ya!? as they drive down neighborhood streets.

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So mother fuckers in your mind you honestly think we will just roll over? whot the fuck do you think you clowns are, super human type heros beleive me when I say you do not want to die in that vehicle when that pos catches fire, You will cook beyond anything recognizable as a human so, really do you think its over when you roll up on that wheeled death trap? With fewer and fewer countries left to invade and bomb, the US war industry is now focusing on building a domestic military capable of waging full-scale war on regional and demographic American targets. Rather than starve to death, millions of the unemployed will have little choice but to join and start killing their fellow countrymen.

Hey, nothing personal - it's just business - and it's for your protection.

the very small micro chip from Motorola that is being test marketed in China at this time that will be used on americans in the US and all other nations at an undisclosed future date. It is a rice sized chip that will be injected into the right hand on the backside, this chip will store everything about you, where you work, how much money you have, your home address etc and will have your bank account info etc. You will scan your hand at the grocery store, Airports etc. The chip will track your every movement via satellite anywhere in the world. We are seeing the beginning of this in the new credit cards with a small chip enclosed in the plastic that does not need to be swiped through a card reader, it only needs to be flashed by a computer reader. These chips are storing far more data than the user is aware of, like banking and employment info that is sensitive to the user.

FYI: IF YOU HAD ONE OF THESE CHIPS AND TRY TO REMOVE IT CHIP, IT WILL INJECT A POISON INTO YOUR SYSTEM AND KILL YOU.

NOW IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WANT IN YOUR RIGHT HAND. I KNOW I DON'T.
This chip could get hit by something or just malfunction as all computers do and decide to inject the poison at any time, or the controllers of this chip could decide they want to have some fun and just kill of some people one day.

I ASK YOU TO DECIDE WHAT IS BEST FOR YOU.

YOU COULD ALLOW THINGS LIKE THE ABOVE....... OR YOU COULD TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND TAKE YOUR POWER BACK AS IT WAS MEANT TO BE BY THE ALL THAT IS THAT CREATED YOU.

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Get Ready to Pay More Online: Supremes Refuse to Hear Internet Tax Case

Kurt Nimmo

In another blow to the Constitution, the Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a case by Amazon and Overstock.com challenging a law that requires online retailers to collect sales tax in states where they have no physical presence. The Supreme Court refusal to hear the case will allow state governments to tax online retailers and turn online retailers into de facto tax collection agencies.

The Court had previously held that under the Commerce Clause (Article I, Section 8, Clause 3) and the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment states may not impose tax responsibility on out of state sellers that do not have a physical presence in the state.

"Some say that it is a legitimate exercise of Congress's Commerce Clause power to give state governments the authority to force out-of-state businesses to collect sales taxes," Ron Paul wrote in September. "But if that were the case, why shouldn't state governments be able to force you to pay sales taxes where you physically cross state lines to make a purchase? The Commerce Clause was intended to facilitate the free flow of goods and services across state lines, not to help states impose new burdens on out of state businesses."

Now that the Supremes have declined the Amazon case, Congress will be free to impose burdensome taxation and other regulations on the internet. Earlier this year, the Senate passed the Marketplace Fairness Act, legislation widely dubbed a national internet sales tax. The law requires 10,000 jurisdictions -- including 46 states, six territories, and over 500 Native American tribal nations -- to collect sales tax for government.

"By giving state governments the power to tax Internet retailers, the Marketplace Fairness Act further undermines our already moribund system of federalism," explains Glenn Jacobs. "One of the key components of federalism is competition between the states. The idea is that the better the state, the more attractive it will be to individuals and businesses."

Internet sales taxes are especially appealing to state governments looking to impose new taxation on citizens to address budget shortfalls. According to projections by Forrester Research, internet retailers may eventually fork out more than $3 billion annually for cash-hungry states.

"Advocating higher taxes, even on your competition, ends up hurting everyone," writes Jacobs. "But the people that are hurt the most are consumers, everyday working families. The Marketplace Fairness Act will end up forcing consumers to pay higher prices for the goods they desire. It will limit consumer choice. As with all tax programs, it will transfer resources from the productive sector of the economy to the parasitic sector, thereby inhibiting capital formation and investment. It will put shackles on one of the economy?s fastest growing sectors, Internet commerce."

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Poll Finds Texans Ready to Legalize Marijuana

by Phillip Smith

Voters in Texas are among the latest to hop on board the marijuana legalization bandwagon, according to a poll released this week. The Public Policy Polling survey had support for marijuana legalization at 58%, support for medical marijuana at 58%, and support for decriminalizing small-time possession at 61%.

The poll was commissioned by the Marijuana Policy Project. The survey of 860 randomly selected Texas voters was conducted September 27-29 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.3%.

"Marijuana prohibition has been just as big a failure as alcohol prohibition," said MPP executive director Rob Kampia, a part-time Austin resident. "Most Texans agree that marijuana sales should be conducted by legitimate businesses instead of drug cartels in the underground market."

The poll's legalization question -- "Would you support or oppose changing Texas law to regulate and tax marijuana similarly to alcohol, where stores would be licensed to sell marijuana to adults 21 and older?" -- was the only question that allowed respondents to qualify their support as "strongly support" or "somewhat support." Some 41% strongly supported legalization, with another 17% somewhat supporting it.

Unusually, support for legalization was stronger among women (59%) than among men (56%). Also going against the grain, support was stronger among blacks (61%) and Latinos (60%) than Anglos (56%). In most polls across the country, men and whites are more likely to support legalization than women, blacks, or Latinos.

By political affiliation, legalization won strong majority support among Democrats (70%) and independents (57%), while even nearly half of Republicans (48%) also favored it. Legalization also won majority support across all age groups, with even those 65 and older coming in at 52%.

The poll also found that 61% of state voters support removing criminal penalties for possession of up to one ounce of marijuana and replacing them with a civil offense punishable by a fine of up to $100 with no possibility of jail time. Only 30% said they were opposed to that. Under current Texas law, it is a criminal offense for a person to possess a small amount of marijuana, and he or she can be sentenced to up to a year in jail and fined up to $2,000.

"Law enforcement officials' time would be better spent addressing violent crimes instead of adults simply possessing marijuana," Kampia said. "No adult should face potentially life-altering criminal penalties for using a product that is significantly less harmful than alcohol."

Most Texas voters (58%) support changing state law to allow seriously and terminally ill patients to use medical marijuana if their doctors recommend it. Just 31% said they are opposed.

"There is ample research demonstrating the medical benefits of marijuana in the treatment of several debilitating conditions," Kampia said. "People suffering from cancer and multiple sclerosis should not face the threat of arrest for using medical marijuana if their doctors believe it will help ease their suffering."

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Polls Find Maryland, Florida Ready for Marijuana Reform

by Phillip Smith

Polls from two more states this week show an increasing acceptance of the need to reform marijuana laws. In a Florida poll, Sunshine State voters said they were ready to back medical marijuana, while in a Maryland poll, Old Line State voters said they were ready to decriminalize and/or legalize the weed.

Voters in the two states are joining a growing cavalcade of marijuana reform supporters in state polls, some of them in places where the support seemed unlikely. Just in the month of September, different polls showed majority support for marijuana legalization in Louisiana, majority support for decriminalization and a near majority (47%) for legalization in Michigan, majority support for decriminalization and medical marijuana in Oklahoma, and majority support for legalization in California.

In Florida, where the Right to Medical Marijuana Initiative signature-gathering campaign is underway, a Public Policy Polling survey found support for a medical marijuana ballot measure at 62%, with only 26% opposed and 12% undecided.

That poll found strong support for medical marijuana among Democrats (68%) and independents (74%). And while there wasn't majority support among Republicans, more Republicans supported medical marijuana (46%) than opposed it (41%).

In Maryland, a Public Policy Polling survey found nearly three-quarters (72%) support for medical marijuana, more than two-thirds (68%) for decriminalization, and a slight majority (53%) for legalization. (The legalization question asked: "Would you support or oppose changing Maryland law to make marijuana legal for adults 21 and over, and regulating and taxing marijuana similarly to alcohol?")

The poll was commissioned by the Marijuana Policy Project and the ACLU of Maryland, both of which have been working with the state legislature in Annapolis to loosen pot penalties. This year, the legislature approved a medical marijuana program, but rejected efforts to decriminalize or legalize marijuana.

"Most Maryland voters recognize that marijuana prohibition has failed and believe it is time to adopt a more sensible approach," said Rachelle Yeung, legislative analyst for MPP. "By regulating marijuana like alcohol we can take marijuana sales out of the underground market and put them behind the counters of legitimate, tax-paying businesses. Marijuana is objectively less harmful than alcohol, and it is time to treat it that way."

"Our current marijuana prohibition policies are grossly ineffective," said Sara Love, public policy director for the ACLU of Maryland. "It's time to take a commonsense approach to public safety and criminal justice. We should not be wasting resources arresting people simply for possessing marijuana. Enforcement of these misguided marijuana laws is having a disproportionate and detrimental impact on communities of color. A majority of voters agree it is time for a change."

Elected officials are supposed to lead, but when it comes to marijuana law reform, it is becoming increasingly clear that the public is going to have to lead the elected officials by their noses.

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