It was recently uncovered that Denver Police Department’s intelligence database was being used to track members of Amnesty International and other similar groups, on the grounds that they were “criminal extremists”. None of the people being tracked had any criminal convictions or arrests on their records. The tracking began before 9/11.
Denver police blamed a secretary [...]
It has been alleged that I’m unthinkingly rude and negative about the rich, famous and successful. To disprove that assertion, here’s the first of a series of articles.
Five Admirable CEOs
Aaron Feuerstein, CEO of Malden Mills.
In 1995, a fire burned the Malden Mills factory to the ground. Everyone thought they were out of work, but no. [...]
Quote of the week:
“If you don’t violate someone’s human rights some of the time, you probably aren’t doing your job.”
—A nameless US official, explaining why it’s OK that the US has turned to torture as a method of extracting information from prisoners.
I just sent money to Amnesty International.
Renewed my membership of Amnesty International. What with over a thousand non-judicial “disappearances” in the USA in the last couple of months, I think they’re going to be very busy over the next year. Who knows—I could even end up needing their help myself. All it would take would be for someone [...]