US Customs Wants to Check Your Hard Drive

A number of accounts of US Customs officials requesting access to passengers laptops prior to traveling to the United States have surfaced recently. Officials have asked for access to Word files, Internet history, and email. According to this BoingBoing post, one woman, a British citizen, had her laptop confiscated prior to boarding a flight to the United States and never got it back? WTF?

How is this justified? Is this any different than if someones journal or planner were confiscated or read. It doesn't make any sense. Isn't it just profiling?

"Oh, this person looks shady lets see what web pages they visit!"

This is some serious 1984 shit and it pisses me off.

Aqua Teen Hunger Force: The One Year Anniversary

One year ago today Aqau Teen Hunger Force attacked Boston with a number of light bright-esque LEDs. What was actually a guerrilla marketing technique turned into a city wide freak out that said alot about the culture of fear. Anyway, some artist have gotten together and posted a number of LEDs around Boston today. Check out the other images right here.

New School to Teach Homeland Security

This is disturbing. A new school, that is, HIGH SCHOOL, in Maryland is opening with the purpose of teaching homeland security. This is not for those who wish to know how to fight against the injustices created by ratcheting up homeland security. This is a school to teach teenagers how to use the ratchet. The original article reporting the story is from Mother Jones.

The schools close proximity to Washington DC and the firms set to need homeland security experts mean this school will be essentially a funnel from childhood to the government or periphery contractors and subcontractors.

Not much good comes from this.