[Gorilla44]

Oh look, another phony scandal. God help us.

[Don W]

In other words, they can manufacture suspicion, chain of evidence and investigator’s reports from whole cloth to railroad whomever they wish.

Welcome to 1930’s USSR.

[MeganC]

I suppose I shouldn’t mention the fifty kilograms of cocaine I’m trafficking this week.

[Timber Rattler]

A former federal agent in the northeastern United States who received such tips from SOD described the process. "You'd be told only, 'Be at a certain truck stop at a certain time and look for a certain vehicle.' And so we'd alert the state police to find an excuse to stop that vehicle, and then have a drug dog search it," the agent said.

[dead]

I'm halfway through a great non-fiction book called "In the Garden of Beasts" about an American ambassador and his family living in Germany in 1933.

They're witnesses as the German government gradually grows more and more lawless, with the approval of a majority of its citizens. They don't even bother pretending to tell the truth about their activities because the population is either intimidated into silence or champions the lawlessness and intimidation as beneficial to the society.

The parallels in the book to today's America are eerie. The level of violence is not really comparable, but the tactics and the consent of the majority are.

[Hotlanta Mike]

Obamaland...

[Jack Hammer]

Yes, Big Brother IS watching you.