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Also the US Department of Justice stepped up today and issued a strongly worded 11-page…

Also the US Department of Justice stepped up today and issued a strongly worded 11-page page letter defending the right of people to record the actions of police offers. Police are important to maintaining a civil society, however, protecting the public safety does NOT put any cop above the law. They are required to observe the constitutional rights of the people and if a bystander sees a police officer violating the law they have the right to record that and blow the whistle on that officer.

Now if we can just get police to recognize the right to photograph public places and buildings and start locking up rent-a-cops for harassing anyone with a camera we'll be getting somewhere.

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Justice Dept. Defends Public's Constitutional 'Right to Record' Cops | Threat Level | Wired.com
As police departments around the country are increasingly caught up in tussles with members of the public who record their activities, the U.S. Justice Department has come out with a strong statement …

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Is this finally the start of rolling back the police state that has been established…

Is this finally the start of rolling back the police state that has been established since 9/11? We can only hope that this stands up under appeal.

It doesn't matter how scared we might be, there is no reason to detain people indefinitely without charge or a trial.

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Federal court enjoins NDAA
An Obama-appointed judge rules its indefinite detention provisions likely violate the 1st and 5th Amendments

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In principal I agree with the idea of appointing Supreme Court justices for life….

In principal I agree with the idea of appointing Supreme Court justices for life. Not having to repeatedly deal with running for re-election should allow justices to step back and examine laws on their merit and the constitution rather than political expediency.

The flip-side of allowing justices to serve for life needs to be complete transparency. While lifetime appointments have allowed many great justices to serve this country well, some of the appointments in the past few decades have been decidedly political (yes we're looking at you justices Scalia, Roberts, Thomas and Alito).

The only way to really judge the intellectual honesty of our justices is to be able see the papers they produce in the course of deliberations. While they will of course argue that they should be able to keep their deliberations private, this is a bogus argument. The court is there to serve the interests of the American people and protect our constitutional rights.

The Citizens United case was one of the greatest legal travesties of the last half century and while Chief Justice Roberts might not like it, we deserve to see what went on behind the scenes. The court only deserves the reverence it earns. They are not royalty. It's time for Justice Souter to publish his thoughts on the case and for other justices to come forward with the truth of what goes on. Perhaps in the harsh light of day, we will end up with a better court.

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Citizens United: Justice David Souter’s dissent in the Supreme Court’s momentous campaign finance case.
The New Yorker’s Jeffrey Toobin this week revealed  juicy bits from the Supreme Court’s deliberations as it considered Citizens United, the thunderous case in which the court allowed corporations and …

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If I were running Sprint or AT&T right now, I'd stop all sales of iPhones… 4

If I were running Sprint or AT&T right now, I'd stop all sales of iPhones right now until Apple backs off on this ridiculous injunction.

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Sprint finally acknowledges EVO 4G LTE delay on its community forums | Android Central
EVO 4G LTE Sprint's community forums this morning have acknowledged that the EVO 4G LTE has been delayed, stuck in customs. It hasn't gone out and said that it won't be available for Friday morning's…

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I refuse to use any frictionless sharing stuff

If I want to share, and I share plenty, I will do so actively. Sometimes some friction is a good thing.

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http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/upgrade-your-life/embarrassing-socialcam-shares-prevent-them-185909023.html#more-809. Please Share- as an act of mercy for your oversharing FB friends!

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Why (and How) to Turn Off Facebook’s SocialCam
Friends — I beg of you — TURN OFF SHARING for the SocialCam app on Facebook. SocialCam is a feed of user-generated videos.  Just by clicking on a SocialCam link in Facebook and accepting their app, ev…

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The Uni-Cub is an evolution of the +Honda U3-X concept that I got to try out when…

The Uni-Cub is an evolution of the +Honda U3-X concept that I got to try out when I visited Japan in 2009
http://www.autoblog.com/2009/10/22/tokyo-2009-autoblog-samples-quirky-honda-u3-x-and-other-assist/

It was actually a very cool concept with some neat technology, but I'm not sure how useful it actually is.

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Meet the Honda Uni-Cub. Interesting gizmo, but I miss the days when a Honda Cub was a lithe, amusing 50cc motorbike.

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(Almost) Better Than Walking: Honda's New Uni-Cub Mobility Machine – Rumor Central
Honda's new experimental vehicle is a personal mobility device named the Uni-Cub, a two-wheeled, electric-powered pod.

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Back in 2007 and 2008, most major automakers were planning or seriously considering…

Back in 2007 and 2008, most major automakers were planning or seriously considering diesel-powered vehicles for the US market. Among those where Korean brands +Hyundai Worldwide and +Kia Motors. I spoke to John Juriga who was then director of powertrain engineering at the Hyundai America Technical Center at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show.
http://web.archive.org/web/20080122050602/http://dieselforecast.com/ArticleDetails.php?articleID=428
Kia had a large display featuring a 3.0-liter turbodiesel V6 that was intended for the Boreggo SUV and possibly also for the Hyundai Genesis.

However in the spring of 2008 as fuel prices spiked and diesel in particular went well beyond even premium gasoline, most of those plans were shelved except for the big German automakers, +Volkswagen USA, +BMW USA and +Mercedes-Benz USA Since then with at least a modicum of recovery in the industry and need to improve efficiency, many of these plans are being revived. +Chevrolet is introducing a diesel Cruze next year and +cadillac is apparently considering reviving the diesel V6 it had developed for the CTS. With the Boreggo long gone, Kia is even rumored to be looking at a four cylinder diesel for the Optima midsize sedan to compete with VW's successful Jetta and Passat. Who else will jump into the diesel car game?
#diesel.

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Kia considering Optima diesel for U.S.?
Rumors about global-market diesel engines hopping over one pond or another to the United States are a dime a dozen, but a recent question posed by Kia Motor America's public relations department on Fa…

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Today five years after they first showed off a concept for small crossover called… 6

Today five years after they first showed off a concept for small crossover called the Trax, Chevrolet finally announced that it would be built and debut in September at the Paris Motor Show.

The design has evolved quite a bit from the original copper-colored concept http://green.autoblog.com/2007/03/28/ny-auto-show-preview-chevrolet-trax-mini-car-concept/ on the left so that it now looks more like a miniature Equinox. http://media.gm.com/media/us/en/gm/news.detail.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2012/May/0514_trax

It apparently won't be offered in the US. What do you think?

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Yes please, 330d! 1

Yes please, 330d!

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2013 BMW 3-series Sports Wagon Revealed
We like the BMW 3-series, and we like station wagons. So here’s good news: BMW has released the first round of info on the new 3er Sports Wagon, or Touring as it is called in the Old World. It will be offered in the U.S. once again, and we expect to see a 328i with the 2.0-liter four making 240 hp, a 300-hp 335i with the 3.0-liter turbo six, and a 330d with a 3.0-liter straight-six turbo-diesel and around 250 hp. (more…)

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