police state

Laser eyes, license scans and hacking fridges + this day in history w/Tom Waits' lawsuits and our song of the day by TWRP on your Morning Monarchy for May 8, 2018.

Crazy senators, funding freezes and selling ammo + this day in history w/H. H. Holmes hanged and our song of the day by Iceage on your Morning Monarchy for May 7, 2018.

Violent surges, historical offenses and Malthusian movies + this day in history w/the Garland, Texas attack and our song of the day by Beach House on your Morning Monarchy for May 3, 2018.

Big Brother does not watch us, by his choice. We watch him, by ours. There is no need for wardens or gates or Ministries of Truth. When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious public conversation becomes a form of baby-talk, when, in short, a people become an audience and their public business a vaudeville act, then a nation finds itself at risk; a culture-death is a clear possibility. — Professor Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Discourse in the Age of Show Business

Golden State Killer caught, dragon energy bought and sex schemes sought + this day in history w/Rhee resigns and our song of the day by Illuminati Hotties on your Morning Monarchy for April 26, 2018.

(ANTIMEDIA) — “By demonizing the police,” right-wing commentator Tomi Lahren screeched this week while scolding celebrities for raising awareness about police violence, “you’re putting the communities you claim to care about at risk because it’s our officers who protect those communities and all communities.” As it turns out, cops are putting communities at risks all by themselves. Here are ten instances just […]

(ANTIMEDIA) — A twenty-four-year-old medical marijuana patient in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, spent ten days behind bars after a blood test showed THC in his system despite his legal use of the plant. CBS Pittsburgh reports that Sampson Bailey was in court on unrelated charges from last year related to credit card fraud when an unnamed judge speculated that he was […]

Saudiwood sequels, Jewish Nobels and American funding + this day in history w/the ill-fated launch of Soyuz 1 and our song of the day by Belly on your Morning Monarchy for April 23, 2018.

(ANTIMEDIA) — Last week, the Supreme Court dealt another blow to police accountability in the United States. In a 7-2 ruling in Kisela v. Hughes, a majority of Supreme Court justices decided that police officer Andrew Kisela of the University of Arizona Police Department could not be sued for shooting Amy Hughes, who was holding a knife at the time of the shooting but was not […]

(ANTIMEDIA) A police officer in Alpharetta, Georgia, claims he was fired for not issuing enough traffic tickets to motorists in the area. Officer Daniel Capps was on the force for nine years and was ultimately terminated because he declined to issue a traffic ticket to a driver after he bumped into another car. According to a department memo […]