It gets even better

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Governor of Wisconsin Scott Walker at Belknap County Republican LINCOLN DAY FIRST-IN-THE-NATION PRESIDENTIAL SUNSET DINNER CRUISE, Weirs Beach, New Hampshire May 2015 by Michael Vadon

God, Scott Walker is really scum:

A Wisconsin abortion bill supported by Gov. Scott Walker (R) would allow a father who disagrees with the abortion to sue the physician for “emotional and psychological distress,” the Huffington Post reported on Wednesday.

The bill, which bans abortions 20 weeks after fertilization or in the 22nd week of pregnancy, would reportedly allow the father of the unborn child to sue, regardless of whether he has a relationship with the woman having the abortion.

If the physician gives or tries to give an abortion after the 20-week mark, the father would be able to sue for damages, which include “personal injury and emotional and psychological distress,” according to HuffPo. The site reported that the right would be provided to the father so long as the pregnancy was not the result of rape or incest.

The bill would also allow the mother to sue the doctor, according to the Huffington Post.

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Nope, no damned global warming here

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This photo provided by the Wyoming Highway Patrol shows a portion of a bridge over railroad tracks on the north side of the small eastern Wyoming town of Lusk that was collapsed by flash flood waters early Thursday. June 4, 2015. Up to 6 inches of rain fell in the area overnight Wednesday and early Thursday, forcing some residents to leave their homes and causing damage to area highways. (Wyoming Highway Patrol via AP)
This photo provided by the Wyoming Highway Patrol shows a portion of a bridge over railroad tracks on the north side of the small eastern Wyoming town of Lusk that was collapsed by flash flood waters early Thursday. June 4, 2015. Up to 6 inches of rain fell in the area overnight Wednesday and early Thursday, forcing some residents to leave their homes and causing damage to area highways. (Wyoming Highway Patrol via AP)

Seems like a lot of those “freak storms” going around lately:

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A freak thunderstorm dumped up to 6 inches of rain and inundated a tiny Wyoming town, collapsing a bridge, damaging homes and businesses, and sending about a dozen people to higher ground.

Another brief thunderstorm dumped more rain on the flooded area Thursday afternoon before Gov. Matt Mead was scheduled to arrive to tour the damage.

In Lusk, population 1,500, floodwaters rushed down Main Street, swamping four blocks and shutting down the town’s water supply, said Niobrara County Emergency Management Coordinator James Santistevan.

There were no reports of anyone being hurt, he said.

Some anti-abortion types are really domestic terrorists

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Drexel law professor David S. Cohen was on radio with me to discuss his book Living in the Crosshairs that studies abortion providers and those who harass them. Cohen interviewed nearly 90 people in 35 states and concluded that those who attack centers like Planned Parenthood should be considered domestic terrorists. Alan and Cohen discussed why… Continue reading “Some anti-abortion types are really domestic terrorists” →

New info from Snowden leak

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This is always the problem. You give a prosecutor a tool, and he’ll stay up nights, figuring out new ways to rationalize using it:

WASHINGTON — Without public notice or debate, the Obama administration has expanded the National Security Agency’s warrantless surveillance of Americans’ international Internet traffic to search for evidence of malicious computer hacking, according to classified N.S.A. documents.

In mid-2012, Justice Department lawyers wrote two secret memos permitting the spy agency to begin hunting on Internet cables, without a warrant and on American soil, for data linked to computer intrusions originating abroad — including traffic that flows to suspicious Internet addresses or contains malware, the documents show.

The Justice Department allowed the agency to monitor only addresses and “cybersignatures” — patterns associated with computer intrusions — that it could tie to foreign governments. But the documents also note that the N.S.A. sought to target hackers even when it could not establish any links to foreign powers.

The disclosures, based on documents provided by Edward J. Snowden, the former N.S.A. contractor, and shared with The New York Times and ProPublica, come at a time of unprecedented cyberattacks on American financial institutions, businesses and government agencies, but also of greater scrutiny of secret legal justifications for broader government surveillance.