Obama administration says okay to UN attack on free speech
Incredibly, the U.S. actually voted for this denial of the right to free speech:
[...] Around the world, free speech is being sacrificed on the altar of religion. Whether defined as hate speech, discrimination or simple blasphemy, governments are declaring unlimited free speech as the enemy of freedom of religion. This growing movement has reached the [...]
Democrats to Curtail Free Speech
Byron York blows the whistle on Democratic legislation, about to be enacted by Congress, which purports to partially repeal the First Amendment:
The [hate] crime bill — which would broaden the protected classes for hate crimes to include sexual orientation and “gender identity,” which the bill defines as a victim’s “actual or perceived gender-related characteristics” — [...]
Are You Being Searched?
Perennial ghost blogger DRJ on Patterico’s Pontifications (my second favorite blog) raised a fascinating issue yesterday. Quoth she:
The FBI is using facial recognition software to scan driver’s licenses in an effort to locate fugitives[.]
In a nuttery, the Fibbies take mug shots of wanted suspects, run them through facial-recognition software (FRS), and compare them to [...]
