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Welcome to Seattle; woodcarving capital of the "Lower 48" states.
This is the dashcam footage of the shooting of Native Canadian woodcarver, John Williams. The shooting is not captured in the video, but it is clear that John Williams was carving and concentrating on a piece of wood when he passed in front of the police car. He wasn't threatening anyone, or acting unusually; Why did the officer stop to harass him?
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Ron Paul defending Wikileaks in Congress.
Is Open Diplomacy Possible?, by Peter Singer.
"... If governments did not mislead their citizens so often, there would be less need for secrecy, and if leaders knew that they could not rely on keeping the public in the dark about what they are doing, they would have a powerful incentive to behave better."
(Update: linkand quote added; Dec. 27/10.)
"Freedom is something that dies unless it's used."
— Hunter S. Thompson
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