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Ideology Matters, But What Is It?

Sartre
Batr
Tue, 24 Jul 2001 00:00 UTC
Whoever today speaks of human existence in terms of power, efficiency, and "historical tasks" is an actual or potential assassin.

Albert Camus

We have all been taught the 'so called' difference between the Right and the Left. Refining these distinctions produces even more confusion because the premise in the equation is false. The correct context to view Ideology is within the relationship of the Individual with Government. In today's world a Fascist and a Communist have virtually identical objectives. They both seek dominance of Government over the Individual.

When good intentioned Republicans adopt the fundamental inaccuracy of the preeminence of the State over the Individual, they become as much of an enemy of the citizen as the most committed Socialist. Soft peddling or a diminished policy for personal Liberty, still bolsters the forces of tyranny. Painting a conservative face and sweet talking to the heartland, only makes it more sinister when the results are a betrayal of the basic relationship.
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Wine n Glass

Rethinking the breathalyser in France as fines are delayed


The Connexion
Tue, 09 Oct 2012 21:25 UTC
ethylotest
Drivers have been given an extra four months' grace over the imposition of €11 fines for not carrying breath tests - and the law may even be scrapped.

A shortage of tests across the country has prompted the interior ministry to delay the start of the fines until March 1 and Interior Minister Manuel Valls said he wanted to use this interval to evaluate the usefulness of the law.

Alcohol is implicated in one in three fatal road accidents and is involved in the deaths of three people each day.

The law says that all road-users - even tourists - must carry an éthylotest [breathalyser] to help them check that they are fit to drive. Only cyclomoteurs - two-wheelers of under 50cc - are exempt.

Introduced by then interior minister Claude Guéant, it came into force on July 1 but its full effects were delayed until November 1 to allow manufacturers to supply enough kits.

However, only two manufacturers make kits to the Norme Française demanded and French company Contralco and South African Red Line have not been able to supply enough products.
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Red Flag

Speaking out against government is now considered a mental disorder

Susanne Posel
Gibiru Uncensored News
Fri, 24 Aug 2012 00:00 UTC
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Yesterday, Circuit Court Judge Allan Sharrett, dismissed the unlawful detainment and FBI case against US veteran Brandon Raub.

The FBI petitioned the court to have Raub involuntarily detained and forced to have psychiatric evaluations after a previous hearing wherein the Special Justice Walter Douglas Stokes granted the governmental request citing entries on Raub's private Facebook page was "terrorist in nature".

Stokes originally sentenced Raub to 30 days commitment to a psychiatric ward at the Veterans Hospital in Salem, North Carolina.

Sharrett dismissed Stokes' ruling citing that the original petition was "devoid of any factual allegations that it could not be reasonably expected to give rise to a case or controversy."
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Robot

Psychological disorders of political partisanship

Sartre
theintelhub.com
Mon, 15 Oct 2012 00:00 UTC
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Before one can understand the nature of partisan or party politics, a correct comprehension of The Choice of Ideology is essential.

"Contemporary Political Ideologies is a text book that has been around for a long time.

Many of the usual suspects are covered:

Capitalism, Socialism, Democracy, Conservatism, Liberalism, Nationalism, Marxism, Fascism, Anarchism, Libertarianism, Feminism and Environmentalism.

Since written, additional offshoots have come to include: Neoconservatism, the Paleo versions of Conservatism and Libertarianism and what we will call "Inherit Populism".

These broad based viewpoints have distinctions, sometimes subtle, often dramatic. The reason why partisan politics is a blood sport is that it is waged to achieve a false party line.

Comment: For more information on the cognitive differences between liberals and conservatives read:
"Out of sight, out of mind" mentality and cognitive bias of the authoritarian personality: Liberals and conservatives perceive the world in different ways
US: Brain Structure Differs in Liberals, Conservatives: Study
Your Brain on Politics: The Cognitive Neuroscience of Liberals and Conservatives

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Sheriff

Hysteria! Kid suspended, interrogated by cop for Kombucha tea drink in lunch box

Heather Callaghan
Activist Post
Sun, 14 Oct 2012 00:00 UTC
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Ignorance, terror, and fear abound in the Public Fool System...

Having worked in a school system, there is an inordinate pressure to see terrorism and drugs behind every tray and box, at least in some districts, and a civic duty to act like a surrogate cop, confiscate and report such acts of terror to the proper authorities. This is so unfortunate because school staff can be some of the kindest, most giving people you've ever met; but the pressure and fear comes from on high.

We see kids' lunches called non-nutritious and replaced with pink-slime nuggets or a child arrested for a plastic knife. Something similar happened this week in Newport, California when the lunch brigade noticed a boy's glass bottle (safely inside a foam sleeve) and confiscated his healthy Kombucha beverage which is comparable to apple cider.
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'Anonymous' names online harasser who drove teen Amanda Todd to suicide

Michael Allen
Opposing Views
Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:00 UTC
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The hacktivist group 'Anonymous' has named a man that it claims posted topless pictures of 15-year-old Amanda Todd online, which led to harassment of the teen and ultimately drove her to suicide on October 10.

Todd uploaded a video (below) to YouTube that detailed being bullied online, just weeks before her suicide, reports the Daily Mail.

Now, friends of Todd's are threatening the man on Facebook and warning him to "sleep with one eye open."

In a video (below) posted to YouTube, an Anonymous member, wearing a Guy Fawkes mask, lists personal information about the alleged harasser, including his date of birth and address.

The Anonymous member says: "[He] is an abomination to our society and will be punished."
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Pumpkin 2

Halloween decoration of Obama scarecrow sparks outrage in Indiana


YouTube
Sun, 14 Oct 2012 00:00 UTC
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Sheriff

Police Brutality: Bizarre twist in banker's suit against LAPD


CBS News
Mon, 15 Oct 2012 06:16 UTC

There is a new twist in an increasingly bizarre case involving an encounter between a prominent investment banker and the LAPD.

Brian Mulligan, a Deutsche Bank executive with ties to the television and movie industries, says he was the victim of an unprovoked attack by LAPD officers in May. He claims to have sustained a broken shoulder blade, 15 nasal fractures and facial lacerations from the beating.

The arrest report says that Mulligan admitted to using marijuana and ingesting bath salts four days before the encounter. Mulligan's lawyer said the allegations were made up by the LAPD to excuse what he called an "unmerciful beating." The charges against Mulligan have been dropped, but he pursued a lawsuit against the LAPD. The LAPD has launched a force investigation into Mulligan's charges and their defense may now hinge on the evidence found in an audiotape obtained by CBS This Morning.
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Cow Skull

As the rich get richer: Poverty rises sharply in Illinois

Marcus Day
World Socialist Website
Tue, 16 Oct 2012 16:41 UTC
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New data released by the Census Bureau reveals that greater numbers of Illinois workers and unemployed are falling into poverty.

According to the American Community Survey, the number of people living below the federal poverty threshold in Illinois grew by approximately 150,000 between 2010 and 2011, increasing the poverty rate from 13.8 percent to 15 percent. Nearly 2 million people now live below the federal poverty line in the state. Seven hundred thousand more people live in poverty in Illinois than in 2000, when the rate stood at 10.7 percent; this marks an increase of more than 40 percent in little over a decade.
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Grey Alien

UFO Hacker Gary McKinnon Wins! Will not face extradition to U.S. on hacking charges

Christopher Hope, and Martin Beckford
The Telegraph
Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:45 UTC
Gary McKinnon
© (Katie Collins / PA)Gary McKinnon was accused in 2002 of using his home computer to hack into 97 American military and Nasa computers
Gary McKinnon, the computer hacker who has been facing extradition to the US for the past decade, has been given a dramatic reprieve by the Home Secretary.

The Home Secretary told MPs that medical reports warning the computer hacker would kill himself if sent to the US were sufficient grounds to keep him in the UK.

She also announced plans to change extradition rules to allow courts to block extradition attempts if it is in the interests of justice.

The move is a victory for Mr McKinnon's campaign team, including Janis Sharp, Mr McKinnon's mother and his MP David Burrowes, who had threatened to quit the Government over the affair.

The Daily Telegraph has also led a campaign urging a rethink after a succession of British businessmen were extradited to America to face charges.

Mrs May told MPs that she had decided that extraditing Mr McKinnon to America would have breached his human rights.

Comment: Victory at last! For more information see: What did Gary Mckinnon really find?

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