December 2001 - cypherpunks-legacy

What's Our National Identity?
by Duncan Frissell 06 Dec '01

06 Dec '01

http://sierratimes.com/archive/files/dec/06/eddf120601.htm What's Our National Identity? By Duncan Frissell 12.06.01 Oracle's Larry Ellison and Harvard's Allen Dershowitz have been all over the media recently pitching a National ID Card. One poll indicates 70% public support for the notion. Most critics of a National Identity Card mention Hitler, police stops, and personal privacy to argue against the proposal. Those are good reasons to oppose a National ID Card, but they miss the idea's worst features. Proponents of a National ID Card have a responsibility to tell us exactly what the system will do to day-to-day life in America. They are unlikely to do so because most thoughtful Americans would be alarmed at the prospect. A National ID card is *not* really about identity. It is about authorization. ... When you present your National ID to complete a transaction, you will actually be asking the Federal Government for its permission. It converts most significant transactions that you make from private ones to public ones. It creates a government license for all jobs, all travel, all medical care, and many purchases. This is a profoundly troubling departure from American traditions. ... DCF ---- "War is Heck!"

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RE: Delta airlines doesn't allow sick person to carry their meds
by Trei, Peter 06 Dec '01

06 Dec '01

I've not indulged, but I've heard of this program (my data is several years old). The Feds do have a farm (in kentucky? west virginia?) where a small amount of pot is grown under high security for licensed researchers. IIRC, the marijuana is graded, washed, mixed with tobacco(!?) as a filler, and rolled on standard cigarette machines. The article I read noted that some felt that the differences from a 'real' hand-rolled joint put research done using these standardized doobies into doubt. If Mr. Rosenfeld had put his legal joints into checked luggage, there's a chance that a DEA dog would have narced him out. Though he presumably would not have gotten into trouble, it could be an enormous hassle. What I find curious is that the joints came to Delta's attention at all. Maybe the packaging makes it clear what they are. Anyway, Delta deserves whatever it gets over this. Peter Trei > ---------- > Greg Newby[SMTP:gbnewby@ils.unc.edu] wrote: > > > Has anyone here smoked any federally grown grass? > How does it compare to stuff you can buy on the > street? > > The idea of getting approval from all states he > flew over (below) is clearly absurd. But insisting > on carrying smoking materials when smoking is prohibited > is also absurd -- it doesn't say if he was keeping > it on his person or trying to put it in checked > baggage, but it seems unlikely he would have had > any problem if it was checked. > > -- Greg > > On Thu, Dec 06, 2001 at 08:21:22AM -0800, Khoder bin Hakkin wrote: > > > > Delta for Kicking Him off Flight Because He Was Carrying the Drug > > The Associated Press > > Published: Dec 6, 2001 > > FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A man who legally uses marijuana for > > medicinal purposes is suing Delta Air Lines for kicking him off a plane > > because he was carrying the drug. > > > > Irvin Rosenfeld, a stockbroker from Boca Raton, filed suit Wednesday in > > federal court, claiming the airline violated federal protections for > > people with disabilities. > > > > Rosenfeld, 48, suffers from a rare and painful bone disease and finds > > relief in smoking marijuana, which is prescribed by a doctor and grown > > for the government. Every day, he smokes up to 12 marijuana cigarettes > > to fight tumors. > > ...

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06 Dec '01

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Reichstag 2001: who's vaccinated against anthrax? hmmm..
by Khoder bin Hakkin 06 Dec '01

06 Dec '01

>>The FBI has asked laboratories around the country for records of workers vaccinated against anthrax, as investigators pursue a growing suspicion that whoever mailed the anthrax-laden letters in New Jersey must have taken extraordinary steps to avoid dying in the process.<< http://www.ctnow.com/news/yahoo/hc-anthrax1206.artdec06.story Gosh, there's about 150,000 vaccinated, indoctrinated people with CBW training, too. They're called soldiers. The Feds are totally, desparately, impotent, when they start chasing scientists. Hey, maybe they can start on dem sneaky ole *chinese* scientists that they find so appetizing in a Dreyfus kinda way. >>But he cautioned that a combination of skill, antibiotics and luck could have saved the mailer from contracting the disease without having had a vaccination.<< --- Got Horse Blood Agar?

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Re: Honest business opportunity reporting 1868
by Sunder 06 Dec '01

06 Dec '01

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Ashcroft afraid of terrorists "corrupting education"
by Khoder bin Hakkin 06 Dec '01

06 Dec '01

``They are a chilling daily chronicle of the hatred of Americans by fanatics, who seek to .. corrupt education.." http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20011206/pl/ashcroft_senate_12.html Has the entire Cabinet gotten into JFK's cache of IV amphetamine? Is the military trying out BZ on Seventh Day Adventists in staff?

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by get some 06 Dec '01

06 Dec '01

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F.B.I. officials said foreigners normally did not have privacy rights
by Khoder bin Hakkin 06 Dec '01

06 Dec '01

F.B.I. officials said foreigners normally did not have privacy rights unless they have achieved permanent resident status. http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nyt/20011206/ts/justice_dept_bars_use_of_gun_c…

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legislation in antartica?
by ENTER YOUR USERNAME HERE 06 Dec '01

06 Dec '01

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by ceo＠newsletter.photopoint.com 06 Dec '01

06 Dec '01

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