By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog ST. PETERSBURG — After a failed state task force and dwindling public support, South Florida Democrats are proposing their own changes to the controversial “Stand Your Ground” law, introducing a bill placing narrow constraints on how people justify shootings against would-be attackers and home invaders. REPEAL YOUR GROUND: Stafford […]
Lawmaker slams red-light cameras as ‘scam on the poor people’
By Yael Ossowski | Florida Watchdog ST. PETERSBURG – Red-light cameras are nothing more than a money-making scheme aimed at the poor, state Sen. Daphne Campbell says. The cameras have nothing to do with actual safety at intersections, the Miami Democrat said. FREEZE: Campbell is challenging red-light cameras because she says they are illegal and […]
Harassed Miami photographer filing lawsuit against government
By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog MIAMI — When private security guards working for the Metrorail system in Miami stopped photographer Carlos Miller last Sunday night for taking pictures, they had no idea they’d be brewing a storm. HEY CITIZEN: Miller was forcibly detained by private Metrorail security guards for filming on the public transit system. After Miller was forcibly tackled […]
Meet the Florida congressman who wants your guns
By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog ST. PETERSBURG — One of Florida’s progressive heavyweights is out to collect the guns of Americans. But for a fair price, of course. GET ‘EM: Deutch is determined to start a national program to buyback the firearms of Americans. That’s the aim of U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch, a Democrat from Florida’s […]
Rethinking Nationalism on The Stateless Man
It was a pleasure to speak with my good friend Fergus Hodgson on his radio show The Stateless Man, broadcast on the Overseas Radio Network on 21. January, 2013. We spoke about my article published on his website, tiled “The Fading Concept of Nationalism.” We also brushed on indoctrination of the young, patriotic myths, the […]
The Fading Concept of Nationalism — The Stateless Man
Younger Generations Are Moving Beyond the Myths of National Obligations By Yaël Ossowski | The Stateless Man After suffering through years of government education and socialization, a fair amount of sympathy for nationalism is predictable. From early on, teachers pass on patriotic myths to elementary school children in songs glorifying war and fairy tales presented […]
Liberté en exil : Vivre chez eux dans leur pays !
LIEN DIRECT AU MP3 Cet épisode de « Liberté en exil » a eu lieu le 18. janvier 2013 au Sunshine State Studio sur le No Agenda Stream. Pour cette emission j’ai recu James Mcdonald, un futur avocat et et fondateur du groupe Anglos et Allos pour le français et l’indépendance. On a parlé de la souveraineté, […]
Nation’s top drug enforcer — and abuser — out to ban even more
By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog TALLAHASSEE — Florida is undergoing a drug epidemic and it needs more funding and laws to help starve the beast of use and abuse. DOSED: Florida bans more drugs than the entire federal government. That was the message Wednesday at the House Criminal Justice Subcommittee, which upheld the emergency substance ban oncertain […]
Amateur hour starts again in Tallahassee
By Yaël Ossowski | Florida Watchdog TALLAHASSEE — The state’s capital city is bustling this week, as another semester begins and piles of paperwork are handed out on the first day. LAW TIME: State legislators are in Tallahassee to prep the agenda for the upcoming session. After spending time with family and members of the […]
Drones soon banned in Florida?
TALLAHASSEE — Unmanned surveillance drones may be preparing to lift off across the nation, but Florida may be spared from such a fate after all. At least that’s the assessment of state Sen. Joe Negron, R-Port St. Lucie, who successfully brought forth a billto limit the authority of law enforcement agencies to use drones in the Sunshine State. BAN […]