anamnesis

GLENN GREENWALD: ... Let’s just quickly describe in the most dispassionate terms, as few of euphemisms, as possible, where we are and what has happened over the last eight years. We have a law in place that says it is a felony offense punishable by five years in prison or a $10,000 fine to eavesdrop on American citizens without warrants. We have laws in place that say that it is a felony punishable by decades in prison to subject detainees in our custody to treatment that violates the Geneva Conventions or that is inhumane or coercive. We know that the president and his top aides have violated these laws. The facts are indisputable that they’ve done so. And yet as a country, as a political class, we’re deciding basically in unison that the president and our highest political officials are free to break the most serious laws that we have, that our citizens have enacted, with complete impunity, without consequences, without being held accountable under the law. And when you juxtapose t...

"It's too late to work within the system, but too early to start shooting the bastards" - Claire Wolfe I wonder. Especially reading stuff like what happened to Tracy Ingle . In Little Rock, Arkansas. No knock raid. Shoot the guy 5 times. No drugs found. Put him in jail. Charge him with assault. Tell the media to mind their own business. Well, that tiny sliver of media that's actually looking at relevant things, anyway. What a dichotomy from the post below. And stuff like this , you can only see outside of the country. But we don't censure news in this country. Do we?

Here's a hilarious skirmish unfolding between a big honcho lawyer and a resourceful, internet savvy entrepreneur. June 26, 2007: Just an update on this, it came to a rather unexpected end.

Some extracts from Disorder in the Court from actual cases. ATTORNEY: Are you sexually active? WITNESS: No, I just lie there. ________________________________ ATTORNEY: What is your date of birth? WITNESS: July 18th. ATTORNEY: What year? WITNESS: Every year. ______________________________________ ATTORNEY: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all? WITNESS: Yes. ATTORNEY: And in what ways does it affect your memory? WITNESS: I forget. ATTORNEY: You forget? Can you give us an example of something you forgot? _____________________________________ ATTORNEY: How old is your son, the one living with you? WITNESS: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can't remember which. ATTORNEY: How long has he lived with you? WITNESS: Forty-five years. _____________________________________ ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning? WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar ...

You may not know about this, in fact, most judges and attorneys wish you didn't. Just knowing that this option exists can get you kicked off of many juries. As a juror, you have the right not only to judge the case but to judge the law itself. If you have doubts about the legitimacy of a law, regardless of whether the defendant is guilty or not, the jury can throw out the case. Even if it is a "established" law, it can still be judged as stupid by the people. Only don't let the people know they have this power , seems to be the judiciary consensus. --- "In 2006 there were an estimated 9.3 million people in prison worldwide at any one time. Half of them were held in just 3 territories: the United States 24%, China 17% and the Russian Federation 9%. Worldwide 0.15% of the population are in prison, that is one person in every 670. The highest percentages of population that are imprisoned are in the United States, at 0.75%, and the Russian Federation, at 0.60%. ...