Tuesday, May 12, 2009 Criminalizing Citizen Activism: The Chris Pentico Case Who owns this joint? The Borah Building in downtown Boise provides temporary office space for Governor Butch Otter, who — as a state employee — doesn’t actually own the building, nor does he pay the rent. So by what supposed right does the Governor, […]
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Don’t Tase Me, Big Bro!
by Will Grigg | Jul 3, 2019 | Everything Will, Pro Libertate
Monday, May 18, 2009 Don’t Tase Me, Big Bro! With respect to the use of stun guns to administer electro-shock trauma to small children, the State and its agents apply a sliding scale of official charges and punishments. When a police officer subdues a child as young as five years of age by treating him […]
Sentence First, Trial Never
by Will Grigg | Jul 3, 2019 | Everything Will, Pro Libertate
Thursday, March 5, 2009 Sentence First, Trial Never A hoary truism teaches us that crisis reveals character, rather than shaping it. To the extent the word “character” applies to the government ruling us, that maxim certainly applies with respect to the state of permanent crisis we have experienced since 9-11.The tyrannical practices and powers exhibited […]
The “Water Cure” for Mancow Disease
by Will Grigg | Jul 3, 2019 | Everything Will, Pro Libertate
Monday, May 25, 2009 The “Water Cure” for Mancow Disease Doing “God’s work” in the Philippines: U.S. troops on a mission to suppress an independence movement inspired by American ideals apply the “water cure” — a form of torture now commonly called “waterboarding” — to a captured Filipino rebel. This method of interrogation proved too […]
Again, May God Forgive Us
by Will Grigg | Jul 3, 2019 | Everything Will, Pro Libertate
Thursday, May 28, 2009 Again, May God Forgive Us The kid was hurting very bad and they covered all the doors with sheets. Then when I heard screaming I climbed the door because on top it wasn’t covered and I saw [name withheld] who was wearing a military uniform, putting his [male appendage] into the […]
“Just A Child With A Temper”
by Will Grigg | Jul 3, 2019 | Everything Will, Pro Libertate
Saturday, May 30, 2009 “Just A Child With A Temper” Caveat lector: This post contains some subject-appropriate unsavory language.Nothing to see here — just move along: Irma Marquez, who was not abused by Yonkers Police Officer Wayne Simoes, recuperates from the non-abuse she didn’t experience at his hands. At the time this photo was taken, […]
And We, Like Sheep….
by Will Grigg | Jul 3, 2019 | Everything Will, Pro Libertate
Thursday, June 4, 2009 And We, Like Sheep…. Nothing Personal — It’s strictly business: Professional antagonists Sam Sheepdog and Ralph Wolf (not to be mistaken for his more famous cousin, Wile E. Coyote), prepare for a day of mayhem among the sheep. After leading police on a long chase near the same Slauson Cutoff made […]
Cheney’s Revenge: Coming to a Police Station Near You (UPDATED, 6/10)
by Will Grigg | Jul 3, 2019 | Everything Will, Pro Libertate
Monday, June 8, 2009 Cheney’s Revenge: Coming to a Police Station Near You (UPDATED, 6/10) Ryan S. Smith of Niagara Falls, New York, is a 21-year-old ex-con suspected of taking part in a vicious kidnapping and robbery. He is, quite likely, a fairly nasty specimen of humanity. Whether or not that’s the case, he will […]
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"[E]very person must take his life and every nation must take its history as it comes; nothing is more useless than complaining over errors that can no longer be rectified, nothing more vain than regret. Neither as judges allotting praise and blame nor as avengers...
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