by Ian | Mar 8, 2012 |
Tomorrow at Keene High School, students and teachers will be taking part in an event called “Hold your color” to show solidarity behind students who have been allegedly harassed and threatened for wearing rainbow clothing by school administrator Thomas Burke (is he related to Keene district court judge Edward Burke?). People at school will be wearing rainbow to show support. Here’s a guest blog by KHS student Renee LeBlanc with detail on what is happening:
The Mission of Keene High School is to provide each student with the tools to succeed in a diverse and interdependent world. However, one administrator finds it necessary to restrict diversity in the form of rainbow clothing.
Back in December, a senior at Keene High school was in his house office on school business. He happened to be gay, and sporting a rainbow shirt. While in the office, Mr. Thomas Burke asked to speak with him about the shirt he was wearing. It read “Can’t think straight” and a rainbow was featured under it. The shirt was not revealing, obscene, or in bad condition. Burke demanded that he not wear it again, claiming it was “bad for the school environment.” He then wrote him up for a “dress code violation” yet gave no detail on the slip. From there, Burke proceeded to threaten the student with suspension. This student and his friends were very offended by this.
A freshman girl, who is straight, was in the same house office about a month earlier. She had been absent the day before and needed an admit slip. However, while the secretary was writing, she informed the student that she had been reported for her low cut shirt. Mr. Burke then appeared and asked to speak with her. Burke asked her to pull up the shirt, (more…)
by Garret Ean | Mar 5, 2012 |
From freeconcord.org:
Eric Holder’s memory wasn’t failing him today as he spoke at Northwestern University in Chicago. They were likely running through his mind, but there were three names Holder dared not to speak. They were Samir Khan, Abdulrahman Al-Awlaki, and Anwar Al-Awlaki. They are the three US citizens who have been executed by drone missile attacks in Yemen, without so much as the order of a judge to show as a warrant for their death.
The ‘Attorney General’ (military ranking being fully apropos) gave a carefully crafted response to the legal questions the administration has been facing since the September 30 killing of Anwar Al-Awlaki. Holder essentially declared the president to be within his authority (for who is there to challenge it?) to order the killing of anyone deemed an external threat to the defense of the United States. A search of the internet reveals no video of the address. The Washington Post provides some fairly in-depth coverage. Here’s a disturbing snippet from the lawyer-in-chief.
Some have argued that the president is required to get permission from a federal court before taking action against a United States citizen who is a senior operational leader of al-Qaeda or associated forces. This is simply not accurate.
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by Highline | Mar 3, 2012 |
This blog is made pursuant to NH Rules of Professional Conduct 3.6 (c) (6) as the people of New Hampshire should be made aware of the danger to the public interest.
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I’ve heard rumblings that the hacker group Antisec has been “DOXing” public officials in the Keene area. I even heard that Judge Burke had been “DOXed” due to the groups displeasure over his interaction with Carlos Miller.
Given the recent threat against Judge Burke, I will make sure the NH Attorney General is made aware of this.
I just happen to be at the AG’s office yesterday making a formal complaint for a criminal investigation into the court orders enacted following a judge being caught on camera committing a crime. The investigator I met with was cordial, polite, and friendly. Out of respect to him, I will not repeat anything that he said to me.
I also asked that the investigator relay my request that the Attorney General’s Office should assume control of State v. Jason Talley and dismiss his charges.
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by Ian | Mar 2, 2012 |
Did you really think it was going to be over last night? What a shame no city councilors had the courage to change their vote in the face of so much public opposition to the killing machine that the Keene police want to bring to town. We tried to tell them the world was watching.
Now it appears some hacktivists have also been paying attention to what is going on in Keene and the heroic group AntiSec has targeted “mayor” Kendall Lane and the Keene city councilors who voted in favor of the BEARCAT for a good doxing.
They have started with info about Kendall Lane and Janice Manwaring. AntiSec states that the rest are coming. The dox are being posted to the AntiSec facebook page, and who knows where else they are being spread.
Do you think the council expected attention like this? Kudos to the brave hacktivists in AntiSec for taking on this issue and paying attention to the oppression going on here in Keene.
I will update this post as AntiSec continues to post more info.
Dox for Kendall Lane:
Target: Keene, N.H., Mayor Kendall Lane.
Reason: Outspoken support for Tank Armored vehicle purchase for Keene Police Department.
Term Expires: Dec. 31, 2013.
Age: 64 years old.
Address: 98 Wyman Road, Keene New Hampshire.
House Phone: 603-355-3505
House value: $201,000
Map of house: http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=wl (more…)
by Ian | Mar 1, 2012 |
Tonight, the Keene city council could have made history as the first ever political designation to reject arms manufacturer LENCO and the federal government’s pushing of the BEARCAT police attack “tank“.
They could have heard the voices of the people who were crying out against this intimidating monstrosity that will inevitably militarize the Keene police even more, and as city councilor Carl Jacobs appropriately pointed out, distance them further from the community they supposedly serve.
They could have. But they didn’t. The BEARCAT passed 9 to 4.
Despite the outpouring of opposition in the community against the BEARCAT, not a single councilor changed their vote from December, when they originally voted in favor of it. That vote was 13 to 1. Why were the numbers different? The new city councilors who took office in January were the ones to vote against it. So, the councilors who originally voted for it completely disregarded all the input they received from the community in various forms:
- In a Keene Sentinel online poll, 72% said they city council was wrong to accept the BEARCAT. (Only 12% favored the BEARCAT in the poll.)
- WKBK’s Dan Mitchell stated on-air that 90% of his callers were against the BEARCAT.
- City councilor Bettina Chadbourne related during tonight’s meeting that of the 80 phone calls she received from various members of the community, (old, young, business owners, men, women, etc) only ten calls were in favor of the BEARCAT.
- The public hearing on the BEARCAT featured dozens of speakers, the supermajority of which opposed the BEARCAT.
- A random walk down Main St. would show anyone who bothered to ask people that the supermajority of people oppose the BEARCAT.
- Most letters to the editor of the Keene Sentinel were in opposition to the BEARCAT.
- During the meeting the councilors who favored the BEARCAT got no applause from the packed room, while the councilors who spoke in opposition to the BEARCAT were blasted with applause.
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by Ian | Mar 1, 2012 |
The pro-BEARCAT minority in Keene is desperately trying to make the anti-BEARCAT sentiment in Keene appear to only be from those associated with this website. This is, of course, pure nonsense. Anyone who bothers to talk to the average Keeniac will see the truth. The truth is, the supermajority of people in Keene oppose the BEARCAT. Just take a walk down Main St. and ask them.
Here are three ladies that have nothing to do with Free Keene, all who work downtown, sporting the new “Thanks But No Tanks” t-shirts – now for sale at Corner News:
