In the garage, with a shotgun, a rubber chicken, my cat, a RealDoll named Tsuki, a 6oz swordfish steak, a Captain Caveman decoder ring, a picture of the 1973 Dodgers, Zoomie's foot fetish, the occasional stripper to beat me up, 5 nicotine patches, a vial of Family Guy Anti Bacterial Soap, the occasional call from Suze, the occasional smoo, Avast AntiVirus, Mosh's Magical Marsupials, a bottle of Crisco, Spybot - Search & Destroy, the dude who pooped in the tuba, a PitBull named "Diesel", a limited edition 'Tickle Me Elmo', a Darth Vader mask, Terry Fader's turtle puppet, a bag of Ol'Roy dog food, a $5 gift certificate to "Biz-E-G's 'Lapdances and Laundry'", Lisa Lisa from the Cult Jam, the fabled "TSi CockRing Set", the new TSi "Paddle Me Palin" doll, a 250cc syringe full of empscum, a "Hello Kitty" tongue piercing kit, a pirated copy of WinRAR, a roasted turkey leg, my "Police Squad" box set, and K_o_C's non-used tube of Anal Eaze, I feel safe ...
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Location: Surrounded by morons
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Congress sure has passed some interesting bills recently. Never mind wire taps, warrantless searches and all that sissy shit. That's so 2001, we're used to that stuff by now. But as of now, King George is being handed the authority to lock up anyone who opposes him indefinitely and torture them. On a silver platter.
The Millitary Commissions Act of 2006 crosses all the lines the Patriot Act appologists promised would never be crossed. Most notably, it allows United States citizens to be held without trial as "Enemy Combatants"(tm) with no protections and no more recourse than their non-citizen counterparts. It also defines "Enemy Combatant" so broadly that political protesters could possibly fall under the definition even if they don't break any laws at all. In fact, the lawyers for the Center for Constitutional Rights have determined that under these provisions, the defense lawyers for Enemy Combatants could be held as Enemy Combatants.
You can also see in the above link that non-citizens have no more right to habeas corpus even in "normal" criminal cases. Which seems to put our recent harasment of Venezuela's foreign minister in an even worse light.
Fascism is not creeping anymore. It's not even marching steadily onward. At this point it's knocking you door in, kicking you in the junk and screaming "I am fascism you dumb fuck!" as it drags you away to the black helicopter waiting outside.
