Naomi Klein: Police State 2.0, from China with Love

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Friday August 08, 2008 · 8:48 AM PDT

2008/08/08 · 08:48

Naomi Klein, duly lauded for The Shock Doctrine, has an article in Rolling Stone about China, the Olympics, and the new police state. It's fairly long, so I'm going to excerpt a paragraph or two and strongly encourage you to read the whole thing.

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Now that I've read Klein's article, the surveillance techniques she sees being implemented in China:

151 votes Vote Now!

Now that I've read Klein's article, the surveillance techniques she sees being implemented in China:

Won't happen here. We'd never stand for it.

0 votes

Could happen here; we need to be vigilant.

9 votes

Will definitely happen here unless we take steps to prevent it.

13 votes

Are already happening here and will only increase unless we take action.

125 votes

Surveillance, surschmeillance - who cares?

1 vote

I can't hear you, I'm too busy watching my Dorm Grrrlz Spycam

3 votes

Pie

0 votes

Want to hold Steny accountable? Here's your chance.

Leslie in CA

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Wednesday June 18, 2008 · 8:18 AM PDT

2008/06/18 · 08:18

Sorry this is short, but I wanted to get the word out. I did a search on this, but didn't see any diaries. Let me know if I'm duplicating someone.

If you're furious at Steny Hoyer, Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats who seem determined to pass the Protect AT&T Act, the Blue America PAC is providing a way to hold them accountable.

They've set up a special ActBlue page for just that purpose. As they say (emphasis mine):

Leslie in CA

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Wednesday December 27, 2006 · 9:20 AM PST

2006/12/27 · 09:20

I left this as a comment in C&J, and was encouraged to diary it as, if nothing else, a bit of Plame-related trivia - not, mind you, that this story is at all trivial to those directly involved. [See update at bottom]

In Monterey, California, attorney Paul Sanford has died in what police have ruled a suicide.

In what police describe as a "probable" suicide leap, a prominent Monterey Bay Area attorney fell at least nine floors to his death at the Embassy Suites Hotel Monterey Bay in Seaside the morning before Christmas.

Further details and the Plame connection below the fold.

Leslie in CA

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Monday June 12, 2006 · 12:45 PM PDT

2006/06/12 · 12:45

Why would Senator Russ Feingold refuse to take a position supporting Net Neutrality?

(This is short, because I couldn't find any diaries on this, and I wanted to get it out there. If I've missed one, please let me know.)

I like Russ Feingold a lot, and I respect the stands he's taken on a lot of important issues - which makes his wimpiness on Net Neutrality all the more disappointing. This ought to be a no-brainer for him, but he's refusing to take a stand. Details below. Read More

Screwing the Troops: No Lawyers for Veterans

Leslie in CA

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Sunday January 22, 2006 · 12:09 PM PST

2006/01/22 · 12:09

I've been aware for a long time that our nation does a piss-poor job of taking care of its veterans. My dad was a 20-year veteran of the Navy who served in WWII and Korea, and who had all sorts of difficulties trying to get his disability benefits. I'll spare you the details, but suffice it to say the government didn't do right by him in a number of ways. I'm sure many of you can tell similar stories. And of course we're all aware of the numerous ways the Bush administration and the Pentagon have failed to do right by the troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, both while they're on active duty and after they return.

But I read an op-ed today in the Washington Post that opened my eyes to an ongoing injustice being done to our troops that I had never been aware of. And it's one that is likely to be a serious, and wholly unnecessary, impediment to returning troops getting the veterans' benefits they deserve.

The good news is there's something we can do about it. Follow me below the fold for details. Read More

California Absentee Deadline Approaching!

Leslie in CA

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Wednesday October 06, 2004 · 5:31 PM PDT

2004/10/06 · 17:31

Hey, California Kosians:

Did you know that you can now become a Permanent Absentee Voter for any reason? You can send your vote in by mail, avoid any nasty Diebold machines, and also be free to work at your polling place on election day--or skip the election-day hassle, if working the polls isn't an option.

Applications for absentee ballots are being accepted now; the deadline to submit your application is October 26. And if you have any friends who aren't registered (or, heaven forfend, you aren't yourself), the deadline to register to vote is October 18.

Information on California's absentee voting process can be found here.

There's still time to register voters! Check with your local Democratic headquarters to see if any precinct-walking is going on in your neighborhood, and do what you can.

New Site: Is Bush Wired?

Leslie in CA

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Wednesday October 06, 2004 · 2:57 PM PDT

2004/10/06 · 14:57

A friend sent me an email which contained the inaugural, and thus far only, post from a new site, Is Bush Wired?.

As its name would suggest, its aim is to focus media attention on the question of whether Bush uses an earpiece and covert prompting to get through his public appearances, and they cite quite a bit of suggestive, if not conclusive, evidence to say that he does.

More below the fold . . . Read More

California Action Alert! Call Arnold about Paper Ballots

Leslie in CA

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Wednesday September 15, 2004 · 1:57 PM PDT

2004/09/15 · 13:57

I just got an email from MoveOn. SB 1438, requiring verifiable paper ballots, is on Schwarzenegger's desk, for his signature or veto before September 30.

We need to get as many calls in as possible to let him know that this is important, and we are watching him. So California Kosians, read on . . . Read More

Cheney Goes Off-Message Again

Leslie in CA

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Tuesday August 31, 2004 · 4:39 PM PDT

2004/08/31 · 16:39

My search function currently doesn't, so apologies if this has already been posted; I went back several pages in the diaries and didn't find it.

For the second time in a week, Dick Cheney has made a public statement that wasn't in line with the administration's policies, official or otherwise. This time, it's Kerry's war record: Read More

Science Friday: Just Jawin' (with poll)

Leslie in CA

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Friday August 27, 2004 · 9:48 AM PDT

2004/08/27 · 09:48

The things we can do these days:

A German man has been able to eat his first proper meal in nine years after surgeons rebuilt his face using a pioneering jaw-bone graft.

The 56-year-old man - who tucked into bread and sausages - had only been able to eat soft food and soup since part of his jaw-bone was removed due to cancer.

University of Kiel researchers "grew" a replacement jaw-bone in a muscle in the patient's back and grafted it in place.

According to the story, this is the first time the procedure has been done on a human. So how'd they do it? Read More

LA-5: Judge Orders Ballot Reopened

Leslie in CA

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Monday August 23, 2004 · 12:21 PM PDT

2004/08/23 · 12:21

Sweet.

According to this, Judge Allen Edwards has ruled that the ballot for the LA-5 Congressional election be reopened because of Rodney Alexander's last-minute switch from Democrat to Republican.

At least one craven attempt to subvert the democratic process has been nipped in its rotten little bud. But it gets even better: Read More

California e-Voting Alert: Express your Displeasure!

Leslie in CA

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Friday August 13, 2004 · 12:29 PM PDT

2004/08/13 · 12:29

Thanks to RandyMI, who posted it in the Open Thread, I know about this article in Wired News.

If you read it, you know that Sequoia Voting Systems tried to demonstrate its "infallible" e-voting system to California state Senate staffers, only to have it malfunction by failing to count some of the votes cast. The company insists that such a thing would "never happen" in a real election. Right.

Even worse is the news, in that same article, that the state Senate allowed a bill requiring a paper trail for all e-voting machines to die without coming to a vote. If you're a California voter, read on: Read More

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Science Friday: Just Jawin' (with poll)

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California e-Voting Alert: Express your Displeasure!