Day January 30, 2007

Former members of the Black Panthers and the Black Liberation Party have been arrested on charges related to a 1971 murder of a police officer. Police say they have new evidence including a fingerprint recovered from a lighter in 2003…

Apple subpoenaed bloggers over reports that had been posted about a new Apple product claiming they weren’t entitled to First Amendment protections. (Say what? And why wouldn’t they be entitled such protections.) Happily, the court sided with the journalists and…

Several members of Earth Liberation Front face lengthy prison terms, possibly life, for their role in several environmentally motivated firebombings and destruction of buildings. The goverment says they are “terrorist” thus the possibly extremely harsh sentences. Ordinary arson just gets…

John McCain was completely for the war when not opposing it. He says the extreme Religious Right are abhorrent except when for when he praises them. Repeat as needed on most any issue. website (with videos) blog

Ed Brown of New Hampshire was convicted of federal tax evasion. He’s barricaded himself in his home saying he’s ready for an ‘armed standoff.’ Supporters, generally of the homegrown prickly libertarian type that New Hamphire readily produces, are rallying around…