You see this:
Source for those who can’t see the embed.
This is also a not-bad reminder that TPTB aren’t even remotely as powerful as they’d like us to believe they are. Silk Road and The Pirate Bay still live, and Kim Dotcom has never really stopped laughing at the you-know-whos. Freedom always finds a way.
Sign of the times: http://rt.com/usa/california-man-13-prison-banks-237/#.UcslpBWdb-0.twitter
The key sentence: “A judge has barred his attorney from mentioning freedom of speech during trial.”
All over a chalk drawing.
Good one Claire. I may have to give that a try some day. However I wonder how they get by the drug-sniffing dogs when packages are delivered?
Perhaps because drug-sniffing dogs aren’t either omnipresent or infallible?
Silk Road has been operating for quite a long time doing the same sort of business …
Isn’t this the same outfit that caused the girl in your snitch book to go bad?
KenK — Not that I know of. I believe she may have bought from Silk Road (can’t recall). But it was her own naive, spoiled-brat behavior and local cops who “made” her go bad.
Regarding the anti-freedom of speech chalk suit mentioned above. Can anyone please tell me how it can cost $6000 to rinse off some chalk with a fricking hose?
Jim B. — I think one of the commentors on the linked article had it right: they must have swabbed the sidewalk with $100 bills. Gads, what an awful case — and what a bigoted judge!
BTW, out of curiousity, I just non-googled the young woman in question. She’s still all over the web, blogging, tweeting, and otherwise posting material that — just as before — pretends to be libertarian while reeking of narcissism.
Unfortunately the judge isn’t the only one to be ‘bigoted’. I’m really not surprised about him not allowing a First Amendment defense. Other courts have already discounted the Bill of Rights, so this case is not the first to have that as precedent. Just one more brick to get the people fed up with the court’s disregardments of our rights.
Mixed feelings about this one Jim. The punk who spray painted his political views on the wall of a building i own parent’s and lawyer tried, initially, to use a freedom of speech defense. But my property isn’t a blank canvas for his views. What about MY right to keep MY wall the way I want it?
http://annarbor.com/news/crime/graffiti-tagger-saes-admits-responsibility-to-28-vandalism-charges/
The video has been removed, but… link