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Monthly Archives: February 2011
Now You Can Register as a Pirate Voter!
You can now register as a Pirate when you fill out your voter registration form. When choosing a party, simply enter Pirate in the space for Political Designation. You can pick up a voter registration form at your city elections … Continue reading
Posted in Censorship, Freedom of Speech, Organizing, Privacy, Secrecy, Transparency
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Senate approves USA PATRIOT Act 90 day extension
The US Senate approved a 90 day extension to the expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act, including: The government’s power under USA PATRIOT Act Section 215 to obtain secret court orders for Internet, phone and business records of people … Continue reading
Posted in Privacy, Secrecy
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Brain Candy
No one ever established that the press was meant to do anything more than inform the public of what any given publisher wants the public to know. Freedom of the press only guarantees us protection from government suppression of facts, … Continue reading
Thanks for opposing extending the PATRIOT Act, now to the Senate!
Thanks to those pirates who contacted our Representatives, especially Keating, Lynch and Tsongas, to urge them to vote against extending various anti-privacy provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act. The House of Representatives held another vote yesterday, and the entire Massachusetts … Continue reading
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Keating, Lynch and Tsongas vote to extend Patriot Act
Yesterday, the US House of Representatives had a fast-tracked vote on whether to renew several troubling provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act. The law has increased the government’s ability to spy on us without increasing oversight to make sure the … Continue reading
Posted in Privacy, Transparency
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