SCOTUS: Failure to Reveal Identity Can Be a Crime. by TChris Privacy — freedom from unwarranted governmental intrusion into our lives — is one of the most important values underlying the U.S. Constitution. That value took a big hit today as the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that an individual… [TalkLeft: The Politics of Crime]

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well… in the context of a criminal investigation is one thing, but this is a real slippery slope toward fascism.

Happy Solstice!. Why does the midsummer solstice always creep up on me every year? You'd think I'd have got used to it by now, but no, every 21st June I think 'Oh my! That came around quick!' And every year I think 'Oh, so now we start the long descent into winter. Damn. I'd only just got used to it being summer.'

Course, it would help if summer was actually summery, but this is England and that may be just too much to ask. [Chocolate and Vodka]

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of course, here it is cloudy and raining lightly.