P.I.D. Radio 7/31/11: From Future Congress to Super Congress

Derek — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 23:41:09 +0000

AS WE record this on the afternoon of July 31, 2011, the U.S. Congress is wrangling over details of a compromise to raise the federal debt ceiling. Several news sources report that part of the deal includes the creation of a new twelve-member panel, six Democrats and six Republicans representing both houses of Congress, that would have the power to create fast-track legislation — bills that could be voted on by the full houses of Congress, but could not be filibustered or amended.

Well, why not. If the president can order hits on American citizens without oversight of any kind then anything is constitutional.

Also: our report on the Future Congress; the chance that President Obama is impeached if he invokes the 14th Amendment to raise the debt ceiling; Nancy Pelosi on the level; memes from the Oslo shooting; the re-launch of Watcher Magazine; and more transhuman memes from TV and film.

Vote in our online poll: Is the budget crisis a ruse to impeach President Obama or to create a “Super Congress” that bypasses the legislative process? Is it both, or neither? Cast your ballot here.

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P.I.D. Radio 5/15/11: Goodbye, Fourth Amendment

Derek — Sun, 15 May 2011 20:52:45 +0000

THE SUPREME Court of Indiana ruled last week that “a right to resist an unlawful police entry into a home is against public policy and is incompatible with modern Fourth Amendment jurisprudence.” In other words, if police break in your door without a warrant, either let them in or go to jail for resisting and try to prove yourself innocent later.

This ruling overturns common law dating back nearly 800 years, to the English Magna Carta of 1215. It effectively strikes down the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. And with the development of new high-tech surveillance tools, we’re coming very close to the total surveillance state described in 1984, Eagle Eye, and Enemy of the State.

Elsewhere: head of IMF arrested on sex assault charge; Himmler’s crystal skull found; leopard sharks dying off California of hemorrhagic disease; and Russian cult believes Vladimir Putin is reincarnation of St. Paul.

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P.I.D. Radio 7/31/11: From Future Congress to Super Congress

P.I.D. Radio 5/15/11: Goodbye, Fourth Amendment