civil liberties

Here’s the full presser:

THP TERMINATES LIEUTENANT RONNIE SHIRLEY FOLLOWING PROBE

DUE PROCESS LETTER OF TERMINATION SERVED

It is official. The snooper trooper has been terminated:

The conventional wisdom seems to be that Palin’s pick was affirmative action in action, a transparent ploy to play for Clinton’s voters. I don’t think it’s so simple.

Here’s a grab-bag of items and thoughts I’ve not had time to post during the past week, which, according to tradition is supposed to be one of the slowest of the year. Not so for me.

Sharon Cobb reports that the city of Denver has been preparing in peculiar ways for the onslaught of protesters the Democratic Convention will likely bring to town:

Glenn Greenwald, along with Jane Hamsher of firedoglake and a variety of other pro-democracy bloggers and activists, is helping establish a new organization dedicated to targeting vulnerable Democratic candidates who work against progressive interests and civil liberties.

Ralph Nader thinks things have gone so sour that ideologically dissimilar enemies of the permanent regime may be ready to work together:

Hate is a powerful thing. Loathing is a powerful thing.