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		<title>SOPA tweets of the day (updated)</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2012/01/16/sopa-tweets-of-the-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:55:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In terms of lobbying money contributed to the SOPA/PIPA battle, the copyright owners have spent far more on lobbying than the tech industry.  News Corporation believes in strong copyright protection at all costs, but doesn&#8217;t feel that personal voice-mails are &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2012/01/16/sopa-tweets-of-the-day/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Secret laws, secret memos</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/10/10/secret-laws-secret-memos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 10:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=15155</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Laws in the United States should not be secret. Laws should be subject to judicial review. Operational details of military actions need not be disclosed but the law and rules governing the military, the Department of Justice or any other &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/10/10/secret-laws-secret-memos/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>America assassinates its own citizens</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/10/01/america-assassinates-its-own-citizens/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 11:12:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=14932</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The United States says it has killed American-born Anwar al-Awlaki and another man, Samir Kahn, in Yemen. Both were American citizens. These killings were not on any battlefield. In a face-to-face battle, the government clearly does not have to check &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/10/01/america-assassinates-its-own-citizens/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Only an expert</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/09/23/only-an-expert/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 21:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=14862</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Laurie Anderson explains the (non-)solution to our problems: only an expert can do it. This is one song that addresses Oprah, Iraq, torture, and Wall Street financial crimes, while being kick-ass msuically.  The version below is live, but the version &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/09/23/only-an-expert/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Chronicle of an assult on the Constitution</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/09/01/chronicle-of-an-assult-on-the-constitution/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 13:54:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=14472</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems that whenever Americans feel insecure the first actions are to jettison long held Constitutional protections that were created only by revolution and bloodshed. The latest such action, of course, was what happened after the 9/11 attacks, 10 years &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/09/01/chronicle-of-an-assult-on-the-constitution/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Safety&#8217;s threat to liberty</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/07/10/safetys-threat-to-liberty/</link>
		<comments>http://freer.com/bits/2011/07/10/safetys-threat-to-liberty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2011 21:21:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=13704</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Read this. It provides a nice summary of the six times that Americans gutted their Constitution wrongfully. The first five largely have been corrected. The sixth time remains an open question. Excerpt: The Patriot Act, amending those privacy statutes, passed &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/07/10/safetys-threat-to-liberty/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Making unemployment worse</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/07/10/making-unemployment-worse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jul 2011 11:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=13686</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[ There is plenty of evidence, in fact, that the spending cuts already imposed by Republican intransigence are responsible for a great deal of joblessness. Although the private sector added 57,000 jobs in June, that tiny progress was reduced by the &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/07/10/making-unemployment-worse/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Another new (Obama) war</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/07/03/another-new-obama-war/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2011 20:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=13589</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am certain that the Obama administration does not view this action as &#8220;hostilities&#8221; triggering the War Power Act, but we are now bombing in Somalia.]]></description>
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		<title>New info on pornoscanners</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/07/01/new-info-on-pornoscanners/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:36:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=13575</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) has filed a law suit challenging the safety of the x-ray pornoscanners at airport security checkpoints. They have also file numerous Freedom of Information Act requests seeking DHS and TSA documents relating thereto. Now &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/07/01/new-info-on-pornoscanners/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The in-audacity of hope</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/06/26/the-in-audacity-of-hope/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2011 11:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Obama, speaking at the LGBT Gala in New York last week, again refused to endorse same-sex marriage. Such refusal came as New York, lead by Andrew M. Cuomo, was legalizing same sex marriage in the state. Why Obama cannot &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/06/26/the-in-audacity-of-hope/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Obama administration case collapses</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/06/12/obama-administration-case-collapses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2011 12:01:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=13431</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration has filed (and appears to be planning to file) more cases against government whistle blowers than the George W. Bush administration. It is part of the Obama administration&#8217;s consistent attack on civil liberties and hardened governmental secrecy. &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/06/12/obama-administration-case-collapses/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The secret &#8220;Patriot&#8221; act (updated)</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/05/26/the-secret-patriot-act/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 12:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) says that the Patriot Act that we all think we know about is bad. But even worse is the secret Patriot Act. Congress is set to reauthorize three controversial provisions of the surveillance law as early &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/05/26/the-secret-patriot-act/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Inside Job (updated)</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/05/22/inside-job/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 13:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=13209</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I just watched the film &#8220;Inside Job&#8221; (link to trailer) that dissects the causes of the &#8220;great recession&#8221; we are still suffering from. It is the most cogent and understandable explanation of a very complex set of issues I have &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/05/22/inside-job/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Your tax dollars at work</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/05/21/your-tax-dollars-at-work-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 May 2011 15:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://freer.com/bits/?p=13207</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Jane Mayer, writing the current issue of The New Yorker, tells an amazing story about a former NSA employee who is charged under the Espionage Act for blowing the whistle on waste, fraud and abuse inside the NSA. The article &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/05/21/your-tax-dollars-at-work-3/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Foreclosure suffering continues&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/05/10/foreclosure-suffering-continues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 23:05:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Watch all these clips about the suffering that is still plaguing Americans and largely caused by mortgage lenders.  It makes so sad and so angry as well. Besides the terrible suffering for the homeowners involved, this type of behavior continues &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/05/10/foreclosure-suffering-continues/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Politcal quote of the day 2</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/05/04/politcal-quote-of-the-day-2-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 15:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For civil libertarians, the legacy of bin Laden is most troubling because it shows how the greatest injuries from terror are often self-inflicted. Bin Laden’s twisted notion of success was not the bringing down of two buildings in New York &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/05/04/politcal-quote-of-the-day-2-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Miss USA and the TSA</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/04/28/miss-usa-and-the-tsa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:32:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One again our protectors at the TSA will go to any length to insure than heinous criminals, like former Miss USA winners, are not allow to pass onto a plane without a vigorous and thorough groping. Way to go people. &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/04/28/miss-usa-and-the-tsa/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Who cares what S&amp;P says?</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/04/19/who-cares-what-sp-says/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 10:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[S&#38;P yesterday announced a negative outlook for the United States&#8217; credit rating. So what? This is the same organization that was unable to notice that billions of dollars in collateralized mortgage securities were not AAA securities. Or, as Clive Crook &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/04/19/who-cares-what-sp-says/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Look who got bail-out money</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/04/13/look-who-got-bail-out-money/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Matt Taibbi is back and has reviewed some of the recipients of Fed bail-out funding, now that Congress has ordered a release of the information. I am sure you will be surprised to note the many of the recipients were &#8230; <a href="http://freer.com/bits/2011/04/13/look-who-got-bail-out-money/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Obama to seek reelection</title>
		<link>http://freer.com/bits/2011/04/04/obama-to-seek-reelection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 10:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brant</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No surprise here, but this is the official announcement.]]></description>
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