Aerial photograph of Garching town. Garching is situated 15 kilometres north of Munich. The motorway A9 from Munich to Berlin passes the western side of Garching. Many research facilities of the Munich universities and private companies reside in Garching. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: NSA chart as of 2001 Français : Organigramme de la NSA en 2001 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The CD case of Pax Imperia Eminent Domain (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
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the Federal Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC), as a secret court
with secret cases, evidence, and rulings even congress is kept partially in the dark
about, kind of defeats the purpose of a court. The FISC-NSA complex
essentially amounts to federal internal arbitration. And we know how
fairly that works out in the public sector.
If you suspect the NSA has violated your constitutional rights (they
likely have), you can try to sue them in a public court but thanks to
their secrecy you have no evidence of that unless the defense shows it
to you, which it won’t because it will ‘damage national security.’
Since 2007 the federal government has introduced three bills to revamp
the land acquisition law, but has failed to get them passed by the
parliament.
Demand for land by private companies has increased alongside economic
growth. Due to poor land records and small holdings, companies find it
difficult and costly to buy land directly from the owners. In contrast,
it is relatively easy to get the government to use its powers of eminent
domain. The LAA is ambiguous on what constitutes a "public purpose."
The nexus of corrupt politicians and private companies have exploited
this ambiguity in the law.
On several occasions, "public
purpose" has been cited to acquire agricultural land for activities that
cannot meet any reasonable public-interest criteria. State governments
have frequently used the "emergency clause" to avoid the mandated public
hearing on the desirability of compulsory acquisition.
In
numerous instances, land acquired ostensibly for governmental use was
covertly transferred to private hands. This has fueled the perception
that private interests, rather than public need, have come to dictate
the official decision-making.
What has made things even worse is
that the compensation provided to the landowners has invariably been far
less than the market value of their property.
The descendants of the accused landlords are standing up to challenge
the bad reputations of their forebears, by interviewing former tenants,
witnesses and victims of the campaign, trying hard to rehabilitate their
predecessors th...
Endless quest for enslaved children
I have read about this sort of
child slave labour. This is inhuman. Children are to be brought up and
given an opportunity to better themselves so that in return they can
make a contribution to Society.
I hope the Chinese Authorities can round up these criminals and make a
good example of them by putting into hard labour. Let them taste their
own medicine.
Very true. it is inhuman and
wrong. But it has been going on in China for a very long time and the
authorities seem either unable or unwilling to stop it. Could it all go
back to corruption and the people who exploit those children have ties
with some of the authorities? Don't you think it is strange that we
hear so much of this kind of thing going on in China, India and lots of
third-world countries, but not in any advanced countries?
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What
many companies do not realize is that the era of consumer passivity may
be coming to an end and the risks of backlash from fees have increased
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