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on balance

Gabrielle Giffords and the rightwing hate machine (on the bogus equivalence between right/left extremism) : Peter Daou:

We do not yet know whether the Arizona massacre was directly fueled by rightwing rhetoric. But we do know this: one of the most dangerous myths promulgated by the media and political establishment is that there is a comparable level of extremism among conservatives and liberals, that left and right are mirror images.

Even the most cursory perusal of rightwing radio, television, blogs and assorted punditry illustrates a profound distinction: in large measure, the right’s overarching purpose is to stoke hatred of the left, of liberalism. The right’s messaging infrastructure, meticulously constructed and refined over decades, promotes an image of liberals as traitors and America-haters, unworthy of their country and bent on destroying it. There is simply no comparable propaganda effort on the left.

The imbalance is stark: Democrats and liberals rail against the right’s ideas; the right rails against the left’s very existence.

The result is an atmosphere where bigotry thrives, where science and reason are under assault, where progress (associated with progressivism) is frowned upon. And it’s an atmosphere where violence becomes more likely. Pretending this is not the case is to enable it.

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on a more cheerful note

Twitter / Al Yankovic: I love listening to early ...:

I love listening to early Beach Boys. Those are the kind of harmonies you can only get from YEARS of parental abuse.

on California's police state

Court: No warrant needed to search cell phone - The Red Tape Chronicles - msnbc.com:

Posted: Tuesday, January 4 2011 at 05:45 pm CT by Bob Sullivan

The next time you're in California, you might not want to bring your cell phone with you. The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that police can search the cell phone of a person who's been arrested -- including text messages -- without obtaining a warrant, and use that data as evidence.

Keep in mind that this is just the state court applying the state's constitution.  State courts are not required to apply the standards of the Federal Constitution in making their decisions on such matters so it is possible, even likely, that the judge simply ignored SCOTUS precedents on such matters.  Now that this appeals process is done, the defendant can appeal to the Federal court process, where it will go through 3 more trials (local, 9th District, and SCOTUS).

This is a critical issue, in that a phone today is no longer a self-contained object.  It may have cached SMS messages tucked into it, but it also has full access to email servers that may not reside in the state and therefore are out of jurisdiction of the local and state police's investigations.  It also likely will have saved passwords for websites the owner regularly visits - even if the police can't get the paswords, they can get access to the websites they otherwise would need a separate warrant for.

Short term, consider a general password/passcode that's required to even just open your phone, as long as you're in the state.