Madeline Louise

iuhasatardis:

Few people have heard of ACTA, or the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, but the provisions in the agreement are just as pernicious as anything we saw in SOPA. Worse, the agreement spans virtually all of the countries in the developed world, including all of the EU, the United States,…

(Source: forbes.com)

fluorescentbird:

From the linked article - 

“First, Congress considered the National Defense Authorization Act, sections of which gave the President the authority to use the military to arrest and indefinitely detain Americans without trial or charge. The language was revised because of strong condemnation from the American people. But now a new bill has emerged that poses yet another threat to the American citizenry.

Congress is considering H. R. 3166 also known as the Enemy Expatriation Act, sponsored by Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and Charles Dent (R-PA). This bill would give the US government the power to strip Americans of their citizenship without being convicted of being “hostile” against the United States. In other words, you can be stripped of your nationality for “engaging in, or purposefully and materially supporting, hostilities against the United States.” Legally, the term “hostilities” means any conflict subject to the laws of war but considering the fact that the War on Terror is a little ambiguous and encompassing, any action could be labeled as supporting terrorism. Since the Occupy movement began, conservatives have been trying to paint the protesters as terrorists.”

Read more here.

Guys, this is scary stuff. And this bill is real; you can find it on Govtrack (a site that tracks progress of bills) here. Reblog the shit out of this or anything else you see having to do with this bill, please; people need to know about it, and I bet you the mainstream media won’t cover it. The problem with it is the wording is so vague that “hostilities” could mean anything. Even if you approve of the people in office now, and think that they wouldn’t misuse power like they could with this bill, who knows who could be elected next? I personally would be terrified if one of the Republican candidates won, since all of them except Jon Huntsman are on the absolute fringe. They are dangerous people. I would not feel safe, and even now, I don’t. I don’t think you would either. 

angeliccacophony:

The last link I provided “mysteriously” disappeared. I think it’s time we stop fucking about.

This bill would give the US government the power to strip Americans of their citizenship without being convicted of being “hostile” against the United States. In other words, you can be stripped of your nationality for “engaging in, or purposefully and materially supporting, hostilities against the United States.” Legally, the term “hostilities” means any conflict subject to the laws of war but considering the fact that the War on Terror is a little ambiguous and encompassing, any action could be labeled as supporting terrorism. Since the Occupy movement began, conservatives have been trying to paint the protesters as terrorists.