fyi

coming to a town near you- checkpoints in america. i have searched vainly for the news story that my mother saw in the earlier part of the week- so i don't have a link- but apparently, america, canada, and mexico are coordinating efforts to do random 'safe driving' stops throughout north america. perhaps it's because of the nafta highway.

"The government is turning vast swaths of our country into a "Constitution-Free Zone" in which U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is allowed to exercise extraordinary authority that would not normally be permitted under the Constitution. The government says that "the border" — where there is a longstanding view that the Constitution does not fully apply — actually stretches 100 miles inland from the nation’s "external boundary." And increasingly, we are seeing DHS vigorously utilize that authority."

oh- and this gem from the hill:

"Police departments in cities across the country are beefing up their ranks for Election Day, preparing for possible civil unrest and riots after the historic presidential contest.

Public safety officials said in interviews with The Hill that the election, which will end with either the nation’s first black president or its first female vice president, demanded a stronger police presence."