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Monthly Archives: February 2015

How to Interact with the Police

26 Thursday Feb 2015

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From two years ago when I was at the end of my practice. This post has remained popular here and the topic current in the news.

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Don’t talk.  Do not ever talk to the police under any circumstances whatsoever, ever.  Ever.  This is the general libertarian legal advice given by good lawyers who wish to spare their clients and anyone else listening the possibility of unwittingly implicating themselves in criminal activity, whether they were actually involved or not.

I like this advice and tend to give it to clients myself.  However, as with most legal issues, this matter is not quite that simple.  Well, maybe it is, but there are reasons why you might need to address the cops.  I’ll get to those a little later.

On March 10, 2013 I will address the Libertarian Party of the greater Augusta, Georgia area.  I was asked to speak on the subject of citizen interaction with the police in general and, more specifically, interactions involving a citizen carrying a firearm.  I will do so happily.  This column is…

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Clover’s Hard Drive

25 Wednesday Feb 2015

Posted by perrinlovett in News and Notes

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America, cars, Clover, computers, driving, freedom, government, law, Netherlands, NSA

News comes of late that the U.S. federal government is implanting spyware directly into computer hard drives at the factory.  This affects almost all new computers.  “The NSA’s Office of Tailored Access Operations (TAO) has been already exposed as operating a covert interception scheme of deliveries of new computer equipment.”  Computer Hard Drives; Your Only Hope is to Destroy the Hard Drive.

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(Google images.)

I’m sure Clover agrees with this nefarious program in full.  Clover always agrees with law and order no matter how lawless the law or order.  To him there cannot be any downside to this program.  You know, if you’re not doing anything wrong you have nothing to fear, obey the law, etc.

I have no technical skills to speak of.  However, I imagine that this pre-loaded malware makes it that much easier for the ever-benevolent government to access and control things like … your new car.  You read it here first but now other news outlets are speculating that bluetooth based hacking may have facilitated the murder of journalist Michael Hastings.

“After Hastings died in a bizarre one-car crash along a straight Los Angeles street, former counterterrorism adviser Richard Clarke noted the accident was “consistent with a car cyber attack” and that it was easy to hack cars. It seems he was right, as 60 Minutes demonstrated in a chilling fashion.”  Car Hacking Report Refuels Concerns About Michael Hastings Crash.

None of this will matter to Clover.  Nothing concerning government is bad in his limited mind.  He with his speed bumps, cameras and traffic signs.  Maybe you feel the same way.  To Clover’s delight totalitarians are clamping down hard on what little driving freedom remains for Americans.  New York City has a scheme in the works to make city driving all but impossible.

The problem with Clover’s acquiescence here is that traffic command and control makes the roads less safe.  It turns out, scientifically speaking, that all those damned road signs and rules Clover loves so much really act to distract drivers rather than make them safer.  “The American system of traffic control, with its many signs and stops, and with its specific rules tailored to every bend in the road, has had the unintended consequence of causing more accidents than it prevents.”

A sizable city in the Netherlands did away with most road signage and lane markings. The result was a near automotive utopia.  “‘Right of way’ became an instinctual process between motorists. Their collective sense of responsibility and consideration created a safe environment.”

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(Clover free.  Google.)

Freedom works.  Government control makes things less safe at best and lethally dangerous at worst.  Which do you prefer?

The United States Constitution

22 Sunday Feb 2015

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This one has been viewed heavily of late. Thus, I re-blog it:

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The United State Constitution is a historical anomaly.  The Constitutions of the several States are as well.  Our English predecessors had a Constitution of sorts as did the Romans long before.  These are however, rarities.  Many nations today have “constitutions” or charters which allege the rule of law, but which in reality are no different from the dictatorships and dominions of old.

Traditionally, most people have lived under one regime or another which ruled by the whims of men and the force they could exert.  Ayn Rand discussed this phenomenon, labelling it “Attila and the Witch Doctor.”  For the New Intellectual (1961).  Attila is representative of the ruling big man, a brute whose law” extends from the barrel of a gun or the tip of a spear.  The Witch Doctor is the “holy” man who finds some “divine” reason to justify Attila’s power and also placated the people to avert their suspicion…

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Operation Roadblocking Thunder

18 Wednesday Feb 2015

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More Clover approved roadside nonsense. I’d decided to re-post this following this morning’s article and it happens to the 2nd anniversary of this classic. The subject-matter is still on-going, sadly…

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Ryan, a friend of mine, asked me for an article about “Operation Thunder” the other day.  I misunderstood and thought he meant “Operation Rolling Thunder.”  I was going to be slow in getting to that as it is a dated issue. 

Rolling Thunder was a U.S. bombing campaign against the North Vietnamese from 1965 to 1968.  It was part of one of our undeclared wars to stop communism.  I’m sure the bombs killed plenty of people but the sorties and the war was a failure in the end.  The communists won or at least we left them alone once close to 60,000 American men died.  Like most wars, this one was pointless.  The Vietnamese never tried to attack the U.S. and, forty years on, we now trade with and generally have good relations with Vietnam.

I learned today what the new “Operation Thunder” (“OT”) is.  It’s a bombing campaign a little closer…

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Confessions of a Clover

18 Wednesday Feb 2015

Posted by perrinlovett in Legal/Political Columns, News and Notes

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ATF, cars, clovers, corruption, Courts, crime, Eric Peters, freedom, Georgia, government, Interstate, law, U.S. Attorney

If you read articles by automotive guru Eric Peters – and you should – then you know of the ever-present dangers of the clover.  A clover is a pitiful, poorly skilled driver who insists that other drivers accommodate his inadequacies and worse, demands the government punish competent motorists who wish to be left alone.

Yesterday I read a letter to the editor of a large Southern newspaper from a clover who is concerned other drivers are crossing an Interstate bridge faster than the clover deems necessary.  Monitor Border Speeders, Augusta (GA) Chronicle, February 16, 2015.

This nit-wit thinks the government should not only be the “sword of God” but also God’s speed bump.  Yes, the man wants speed bumps placed on an Interstate highway. Why? Because the traffic crossing the river from South Carolina and into Georgia “is running 70 mph, then all of a sudden it is down to 65 mph. If you travel interstates you know the speed limits are hard to cut back on short notice.”  I know this stretch of pavement and the speed limit drops a full two miles before the river.  And, it’s only a five-mile per hour decrease.

Of course clover wants more signs, cameras and an increased police presence to make him feel safe and comfortable.  As is, clover is “scared to cross…”   I would suggest that, if he is so scared, he stay off the road.  His incompetence deleted from the equation would make travel easier and safer for everyone else.

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(Driving Mrs. Clover.  Google.)

Clover doesn’t care.  He wants the 70,000 plus vehicles crossing the subject bridge every day to slow down to his speed, cross his speed bumps (very slowly) and be subjected to his police scrutiny.  “Surely there is someone in our government smart enough to figure that out,” clover laments.  He must know as much about government as he does driving.

He ends his letter with a plea for drivers to be responsible.  This is the only sensible thought he communicates.  Virtually all other drivers are responsible; most who suffer accidents on the road are usually victims of attempts to navigate around some clover idiot.

Clover, how smart is government?  Several weeks ago I reported on the illegal activities of clover’s government agents.  Today the news is even worse.  Previously there were 200 or so federal cases possibly tainted by corruption; now it up to 340.  See: Sandy Hodson, Over 300 people identified whose prosecutions might be tainted, Augusta (GA) Chronicle, February 18, 2015.

U.S. Attorney Ed Tarver has submitted to the Federal Court for the Southern District of Georgia a list of 344 cases affected by the shenanigans of a U.S. prosecutor and an agent from the BATF.  These cases centered around one or more weapons stings coordinated by the ATF, itself a known drug cartel weapons supplier.

This is the same government clover would have harass you on the roads.  They same government that steals your money through taxation and inflation.  The same government that will censor what you see on the web.  The same government that sends your sons off to die overseas “fighting the terrorists” while, at the same time, using your tax money to import as many terrorists into our country as possible.

None of this sounds smart to me.  Clover will likely never get it.  Will you?

The Sword of Government

14 Saturday Feb 2015

Posted by perrinlovett in Legal/Political Columns

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America, Augusta Chronicle, corruption, Courts, death, Gandolf, Georgia, God, government, Hitler, injustice, jury, justice, law, Lord of the Rings, murder, Paul, Romans 13, Satan, South Carolina, Stalin

This morning I read a letter to the editor of the Augusta (GA) Chronicle wherein the author proposed streamlining the dead penalty process.  The author had, I think, a mild semblance of good intentions behind his missive.  He certainly picked a sympathetic test case.  However, his proposal is extraordinarily dangerous.  And, unfortunately, his thinking is all too common in modern America.

His letter recounted the guilty plea entered by a South Carolina defendant accused of murdering a police officer.  As I have written elsewhere most criminal cases end in plea “bargains.” By entering his plea the defendant avoided the possibility of the death penalty.  This is a common practice.

The author argued the defendant deserved to die for his actions.  Perhaps he does.  I am not opposed to the death penalty per se.  Under the right circumstances it is a fitting punishment.  But, as I have written before, an American courtroom is one of the last places on earth one may find appropriate circumstances.

The author notes, correctly, that in South Carolina and Georgia (all civilized jurisdictions) a jury’s decision in a death penalty case must be unanimous – all of the jurors must agree the crime of murder was committed by the accused.  After reaching that conclusion they must separately and unanimously decide if death is the appropriate punishment.

Our letter writer calls on “both state legislatures of Georgia and South Carolina to change the law that requires a unanimous decision by a jury for the defendant to receive the death penalty.”  He proclaims: “When heinous crimes are committed, it should only take a simple majority of jurors for the person to receive the death penalty.”

His most disturbing and telling comment is: “The government should be the sword of God, and the guilty party should be hanged in public in front of the courthouse.”  The government should be the sword of God…  I submit he really believes the government should be … God.  This sentiment is as common as it is alarming.

First, as a legal matter, there is a sober reason why jury verdicts should be unanimous. In a criminal case, especially a death penalty case, the burden of proving the underlying facts and elements of the crime rests solely on the state.  The state must prove these elements beyond all reasonable doubt.  This means a reasonably prudent man (twelve of them) must have no logical reason to question the defendant’s guilt.

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(Google.)

I’m working an article about the origins and logic behind the jury system.  In short, it is a last check against a tyrannical prosecution.  Should a corrupt government bring a baseless (or sloppy) case against an accused individual, the jury stands between that individual and injustice – or so it was intended.  Having multiple jurors eliminates the possibility of individual juror prejudice co-opting justice.  In critical murder cases the unanimity rule adds a final layer of protection.  If only one juror maintains doubt, the whole jury is “hung.”

This protection is in place for all of us.  The Chronicle letter was followed (online) by several reader comments.  All but one wholeheartedly agreed with the author.  The lone holdout noted a Ohio case where three men were convicted or murder and sentenced to death.  After 39 years in prison they were exonerated in a crime they never committed.  This too is an all to common occurrence in America.  Hang them and let God sort them out?

If I read the author’s thought correctly, then I suppose he would really like to dispense with the jury and trial altogether.  In his mind an accusation should lead to immediate execution …  for God’s glory, no doubt.

I also suspect he subscribes to the simplistic reading of Romans 13 – that government is a righteous extension of God’s will.  Paul qualified this passage in terms of just law and order.  Should that government derive its authority and actions from Natural Law this assumption would be correct.  I do not know of any government, ever, which has so existed.  By their logic, blanket 13’ers would have to sanction any and all government actions as the will of God – including those of Stalin and Hitler.

The “sword of God?”  Government is just a sword – pure brute force – imposing the will of the ruling (Godly or not) on its subjects.  As I said above, I think the writer would supplant the Almighty with earthly governance.  This blasphemy is in vogue across the political spectrum.

CNN news anchor and Fordham Law School educated Chris Cuomo recently espoused the view that laws and rights come from earthly government and not God.  ‘Our Laws Do Not Come From God’.

Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings goes further – he says people “come to government to feed their souls.”  Rep. Cummings: People ‘Come to Government To Feed Their Souls’.

The views and quotes show plainly that the new American religion is statism (a pitiful, second-rate brand of Satanism).

As to the suggestion the South Carolina defendant deserved to die, I recall several lines from The Lord of the Rings.  While discussing Gollum’s crimes, Frodo asserted that Gollum deserved to die.  Tentatively agreeing, Gandalf answered masterfully: “Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement.”  As true in South Carolina or Georgia as in Middle Earth.

 

 

1984, The Musical

11 Wednesday Feb 2015

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1984, blogging, FEC, First Amendment, freedom, government, internet, Obama, Orwell, regulation

Last month I did a short story about the coming Imperial domination of the internet. The web, it seems, is the last great, unmolested frontier for the total state.  Previously I did not comprehend what Washington wanted though I guessed whatever it is, it will be bad.  It is.

In his quest to bring George Orwell’s totalitarian fiction to life President Obummer wants to silence …er… regulate the internet, specifically those sites dedicated to non-state sanctioned news and the blogosphere.  FEC move to regulate Internet campaigns, blogs, Drudge, Washington Examiner.

“[A]nybody who writes a political blog, runs a politically active news site or even chat room could be regulated.”  –  FEC Chairman Lee E. Goodman.  That means me, I suppose; this blog delves into the political cesspool at times…

A long time ago I remember reading that one of the Amendments to the Constitution guaranteed freedom of speech and of the press.  Can’t seem to place the exact quote – not that it matters anymore.

Well, I let the public comment period for the proposed regs pass without a comment. Here’s my comment: “Take your regulation, set it on fire, and shove it!”

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(Google.)

 

Tracking and Hacking: The DARPA Dan Follow-Up

11 Wednesday Feb 2015

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cars, computers, crime, DARPA, Ed Markey, Michael Hastngs, murder, news, technology

The other evening I wrote a short piece about a CBS story on Sunday night’s edition of 60 Minutes.  It briefly recounted the efforts of one Dan Kaufman and DARPA to make sense of a variety of modern, convenience-based technology.  My take centered on the vulnerability of modern automobiles to remote computer hacking.

On Monday U.S. Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts released a report on the subject: Tracking and Hacking.

New technologies in cars have enabled valuable
features that have the potential to improve driver
safety and vehicle performance. Along with these
benefits, vehicles are becoming more connected
through electronic systems like navigation, infotainment,
and safety monitoring tools.

The proliferation of these technologies raises
concerns about the ability of hackers to gain access
and control to the essential functions and features
of those cars and for others to utilize information on
drivers’ habits for commercial purposes without the
drivers’ knowledge or consent.

             – Markey Report, Executive Summary.

On 60 Minutes, DARPA Dan and an associate demonstrated the ease with which a hacker can access a car’s computer and literally take complete control from the driver. Sen. Markey found that nearly 100% of new cars are vulnerable to such attacks. Further, in addition to being without any meaningful protection from hacking, most automakers cannot even tell if or when a hacking incident occurred.

While these manufactures use their various systems to collect driver information, only two have the ability to detect hacking.  None seems to have the ability to defeat it.

I read an article in the Wall Street Journal (I think) last year about the exponential increase in car-based infotainment systems.  The Journal pointed out that by throwing in ever “convenience” except a kitchen sink – navigation, bluetooth, Pandora, Facebook, etc., automakers are confusing the motoring public.  They also leave the public open to information intercept or worse.

Most car-to-world communications are open and unsecured.  Anyone with the right equipment and know-how can access, record, or use said communication for whatever purpose.

CBS pointed out that, to date, there have been no proven cases of electronic hijacking of an automobile.  The emphasis should have been placed on proven cases.  When I ran my article a reader noted that suspicion abounds that the death of Rolling Stone editor Michael Hastings could have been caused by remote hacking of his Mercedes.  Hastings died just after exposing ex-POW Bowe Bergdahl’s “anti-American” sentiments.  If this theory is correct, it would make sense.

Such an expose could conceivably anger certain people.  Those people might want to silence the offending journalist.  With the right technology they could.  Unfortunately, according to Markey, a murder like this would be nearly impossible to detect let alone prove.

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(Death by hacking? Google.)

Having the technological prowess of a sea slug, I profess no concise opinion nor answers to these matters. I welcome the input of the more informed.  Whatcha think?

Drivin’ N Spyin’

08 Sunday Feb 2015

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60 Minutes, cars, CBS, computers, DARPA, Drivin' N' Cryin', Ed Markey, hacking, Ray Bradbury, spying, technology

By this title I mean no disrespect to that most excellent Southern rock band, Drivin’ N Cryin’.  I also did not mean to watch 60 Minutes tonight but I did – at least one segment.

Drivin’ had a great song, Lost in the Shuffle, which, among other things, recounted the theft of a Mercedes.  (Perrin is going somewhere with this …. hang on.)

The segment I watched on 60 Minutes was about DARPA Dan, the man with the plan to protect the cyber land…  Here’s the CBS link.  Among many other interesting topics reporter Lesley Stahl covered the increasing risk that a new car (any new car) can be easily and remotely hacked by way of its on-board computers.  Once a hacker gains control he can do ANYTHING with the car, including crash it.  And, they didn’t just talk about it – they did it on camera.

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(CBS News.)

“Kathleen Fisher, a DARPA veteran, says a modern car is really a computer on wheels. You’ve seen the ads of your GPS or smartphone linked to the dashboard. But this way your car could be hacked and taken over remotely.”

“Using a laptop, the hacker dialed the car’s emergency communication system and transmitted a series of tones that flooded it with data. As the car’s computer tried sorting it out, the hacker inserted an attack that reprogrammed the software, gaining total remote control.”

Scary stuff.  Tomorrow Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts (D, naturally) will release a report (CBS calls it scathing) about the dangers inside your dashboard.  I’m not one to cheer anything the government does but Ed may be on to something.

The new “infotainment” technology modern cars are equipped with has troubled me for a while.  I’ve heard rumors that several universities, the Pentagon and the European Auto Agency have come to similar conclusions.

I will dissect the Markey Report and add my thoughts here.

Two more things:

First, the whole CBS segment was permeated with the aura (and smell) of big, technocratic government.  You know.  Something alarms them so they come up with a solution.  The solution is worse than the problem.  They want you to praise them for the new problem/solution.  Same old song.

Second, DARPA!  Gregg and Darpa?  No.  DARPA means Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.  They do some cool stuff.  And, some scary stuff.  They have literally brought Ray Bradbury’s Mechanical Hound to life – Google or Youtube “DARPA Big Dog.”  Watch a few of the videos.  NOT TONIGHT!  You might not be able to sleep.  Oh, and until I have gone over the Markey Report, keep an eye on your car…

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(Not your Grandpa’s Fido.  Google.)

Interposition, Nullification, and Secession

08 Sunday Feb 2015

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Here’s another gem from a few years ago. At the end of my short list of novel legal solutions to the manifest problems of government I noted I would try to come up with “more actionable” ideas. I didn’t – beyond further novelties like the Right of Revolution. Anyway, enjoy this one again.

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Last year I started this humble blog with a short column on the unGodly ObamaCare decision from the Supreme Court, https://perrinlovett.wordpress.com/2012/06/28/the-shared-responsibility-tax-obamacare-a-hit-with-the-supremes-4/.  ObamaCare is not about healthcare for anyone.  It is merely an Insurance Company welfare scheme with taxes that no-one knew were taxes (not even Obama) and bankruptcy-inducing mandates. 

At the end of that early missive I promised to cover possible solutions to the mounting problem of federal tyranny.  Specifically, I named interposition, nullification, and secession as possibilities.  Let’s talk about those now, briefly.

Well, first let’s see how the Republicans did with reversing the law as they boasted they would.  I recall some GOPer saying they would overturn the nightmarish law before the Supremes even got to rule on it.  Didn’t happen.  After the ruling they said they would eliminate the massive tax act before their chosen man, Mittens Romney, the founder of the ObamaCare School of Medicine, won the election.  None of…

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