Michigan News
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New ID Scanners at Borders Raise Privacy Alarm |
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The federal government has already deployed new detection machines that can scan citizens without their knowledge from as far as 50 feet away and "read" their personal documents such as passports or driver's licenses.
The Homeland Security Department touts the high-tech devices as increasing security at border crossings, but privacy advocates are raising all sorts of red flags.
Critics say the new machines, which read one's personal information right through a wallet or purse, do so without consent or a warrant and may set a worrisome precedent.
The devices, called Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
machines, allow officials to read remotely any passports, pass cards,
and driver's licenses that contain special chips with personal
information. Click here to read more.
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"LANSING -- Michigan's transportation system will continue to decline without billions in new investment and the fees required to pay for it, a report released today says.
In the short term, the state faces a loss of $1 billion in federal highway funding because it is unable to generate sufficient matching money.
The result, says the Transportation Funding Task
Force: Likely reductions in annual road improvement spending from $3.2
billion this year to $1.9 billion annually in the future...." Click here for more.
A state investigator concluded she suffered on-the-job racial and sexual bias.
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a suit filed Oct. 10 in Federal District Court in Detroit, Sgt. Arthur
Green III, another black supervisor in the division claims he was a
victim of "numerous forms of race discrimination."............click here for more.
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Man in KKK regalia carrying gun walks
Midland sidewalks to protest Obama win
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MDEQ - Our tax dollars hard at work for us?
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The shooting of a cow moose has outraged
many residents in the Upper Peninsula.
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Granholm named possible supreme court candidate
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Legislators take ride into 'forest' conflict
Click here for the full story on the Pigeon River.
"Riders say they're being locked out of the Pigeon River Country"
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* Michigan Legislators Issue Recommendation
* Politicians urge lift of baiting ban
* DNR urged to lift deer bait ban
* Deer Farm Industry in Michigan Issues Statement on the Recent Chronic Wasting Disease Case Identified on a Kent County Deer Farm
CASPERSON OFFERS TO SUSPEND CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN! (August 6, 2008)
* 3 GOP candidates square off for seat in Congress
"......State Rep. Tom Casperson of Escanaba is on the ballot along with Linda Goldthorpe, an attorney from McMillan who volunteered for Paul's presidential campaign earlier this year, and Don Hooper, a self-proclaimed ''renegade'' from Iron River who's making a fourth run for Stupak's seat......"
* Three vie in GOP primary for U.S. House
".....For too many, the American story has turned from timeless to tired,” Casperson said in response to a questionnaire. “Americans are tired: Of too much government and too few politicians that put sensible solutions over partisan politics; of too much tax and too little fiscal restraint; of too many threats to our national security and too little security for our children; and of too many regulations and too few jobs....."
* Casperson: DNR facing uphill battle
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* Funny How PowerPoint Technology Comes Back to Bite You, Says Michigan Chamber of Commerce to Byrum & Fisk Firm
* A plot to rule state Democrats' secret strategy aims to trick voters into one-party advantage in Michigan
* You can read the details on a set of 34 Power Point slides by clicking here.
"Documents revealed Thursday make the case for how a $4.9-million campaign, funded partly with in-kind contributions from the Michigan Democratic Party, could accomplish in one bold gesture what for decades has eluded state Democrats: total control of the three branches of state government. "
* Democrats' strategy for state control revealed Government reform drive cast in new light
* Complaint: Reform Michigan group failed to report money spent on plan
** Click here for more articles on this subject.
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* Citizen loses much defending himself against MDNR misconduct!
(Last updated on 8-08)
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* FBI investigates theme park financier (July 9, 2008)
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* DNR biologist: Swan reduction could have been handled better
* DNR admits swan kill not handled ideally
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