Gestapo Like Registration In Saipan
It’s not very often that someone has to report a gestapo like registration program run by the Federal Government. I am waiting for the jack booted thugs to arrive and force people to register while giving up their rights under important federal laws. The CNMI government gets a bad rap for some of its activities, but this one is all federal government.
Basically, the Federal Ombudsman’s Office in Saipan has decided to undertake an alien registration program. The official notice makes it very clear that all aliens must report and register, no matter what status they have under the law. They are expected to line up in the government office to submit their proper papers. They are warned that there must be no delay and that people who don’t register on time will not be allowed to. It sounds kind of draconian and there is nothing in the notice to say that we are dealing with a voluntary registration.
Just read it for yourself…..
Now take a look at the form….
Did you see something there? Well maybe you did. First off it looks really amateurish for a federal government form. Unfortunately, the biggest problems with the form are the things that are not there. There is no OMB number. This means that the OMB didn’t review the form to ensure that the form was a legally required request. There is no privacy act notice and paperwork reduction act notice. There is no statement that the form is completely voluntary. In other words, the form itself is in violation of federal law. Yippee.
I wonder when someone will speak up and stop this gestapo like registration program? When will someone help ensure that the law is followed?
Chinese Foreign Ministry: Internet Should Fear China
Well, it looks like Youtube is blocked in China once again. It seems like it’s been blocked on and off for years. This time it’s been blocked, banned or whatever because of a video that shows Tibetans being beaten and shoved around. In fact, it shows one protester who later died of the wounds inflicted by Chinese gangsters on him. Yes, gangsters is about all I can call the Chinese government at this stage.
China did respond somewhat to questions about whether they had banned Youtube or not, but the response was actually quite frightening.
The government did not directly address whether YouTube had been blocked. When asked about the matter at a news conference, a Foreign Ministry spokesman, Qin Gang, said: “Many people have a false impression that the Chinese government fears the Internet. In fact, it is just the opposite.“
Ouch, that is quite scary. The opposite of the Chinese government fearing the internet is the internet fearing the Chinese government. At least we now have on record the Foreign Ministry spokesman as declaring that the internet should fear the Chinese government.
What evil dastardly plans does the Chinese government have for the internet?
Chocolate Price Collusion
Allegations are flying that Nestle, Hershey and Mars in Canada have been colluding together to fix the prices on chocolate. At least that’s what the allegations say. So why is this in the Funny News category? Because of where they met to exchange pricing information.
It turns out representatives of the three companies would meet at coffee shops and restaurants where they would exchange the pricing information needed to fix the wholesale prices of chocolate. The idea is to keep the price of chocolate high. I can just see it now…. meeting in the coffee shop:
“Dude have you got the goods?”
“Yes, I got the good stuff right here.”
“Ok dude, but don’t let anyone see you give me the envelope.”
With so many free and anonymous emails, why not just send an email? Why all the cloak and dagger just to fix the prices of chocolate. It sounds chocolate trade is like the drug trade.
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