There has been considerable confusion over the past few hours as to whether the Senate -- which passed the National Defense Authorization Act (FY
2012) -- included a last-minute "waiver" to protect American citizens from some of the bill's more outrageous and fascist elements, including the
right of the US government to detain citizens -- even those on American soil, and not charged with a crime -- indefinitely in military prison. This
means that peaceful protesters could be rounded up, dishonestly labeled as potential terrorists or "suspicious," and imprisoned for life without a
trial or attorney. This means that federal military personnel would be patrolling our streets, literally signaling the end of our free republic.
Piece by piece the Constitution is being withdrawn, if you combine this with everything else since 9/11 there's really not a whole lot left to call a
Constitution.
A lot of people ask me what kind of music I like. I love "soul music". My "soul music" isn’t a style, genre or niche. It’s music that is genuine. It’s
a painful lyric, a dirty bassline, it’s a harrowing vocal, it’s feedback, it’s an anthem, it’s a love song, it’s anarchy. I’ve got my personal
favourites but in the end it doesn’t matter who or where it comes from... so long as it’s good and it's real.
- Paul Morris, music director at 97.7 HTZ-FM
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