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From Hitler to Pinochet and beyond, history shows there are certain steps that any would-be dictator must take to destroy constitutional freedoms. And, argues Naomi Wolf, George Bush and his administration seem to be taking them all
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By David Swanson
 
Subpoena is a beautiful word.  Sub means Under, as in “The subservient subject submitted along with his subordinates to the rule of law.”  Poena means Penalty, as in “There’s an opening at the penal colony.”  Subpoena means a nation under laws, not unitary executives.  Three and […]

The law changes how French regulation of violent content on the internet operates, making it illegal for anyone except professional journalists to film and broadcast violent events in France.

How many hippies does it take to put out a forest fire? All of them, which in this case means the 300 to 400 who are nearby when a blaze ignites – probably from an errant campfire – and threatens to scorch a remote, tinder-dry campsite that is their temporary home. It takes hippies in a quarter-mile long bucket brigade dipping water in pots, pans, coolers, empty milk jugs, five-gallon buckets, plastic carboys and anything else that will move water from lake to tree line, where the flames are halfway up 50-foot slash pines and spreading fast in a gusty wind. ~click the article title for more~