News to Know – TSA, bird pecks out eyeball, atheist wears colander

RELIGION:

• Freedom From Religion Foundation sues Governor Perry in the name of freedom of religion - http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/07/13/religious-freedom-group-sues-gov-perry-over-planned-all-day-prayer-event/
• Austrian mocker wins right* to wear colander in license photo - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/13/niko-alm-pastafarian-colander_n_897700.html#s308414&title=Pastafarian_Niko_Alm
  

*Note, this article says he won a right. Rights are by definition things that cannot be won; they can only be recognized. Imprecise speech of this sort is misleading and demonstrates our intellectual feebleness.

GOVERNMENT ENCROACHMENT:

• Woman facing 93 days of jail for vegetable garden - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/08/julie-bass-jail-vegetable-garden_n_893436.html
• Woman jailed for causing refusing to let TSA search her daughter* - http://www.tennessean.com/article/20110713/NEWS01/307130115/Police-charge-mother-Nashville-airport-altercation
  

*Note: I have no way of knowing whether the woman was in the right or not. But one thing is certainly clear, the TSA consistently goes beyond reason in the name of safety. If it's a choice between liberty and safety, may safety be hanged. Liberty is never safe, and it is particularly threatening to big government.

Speaking of the TSA, check out this drama:

• TSA forces 95-year-old-woman to remove diaper - http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-tsa-removes-diaper-from-elderly-cancer-stricken-woman,0,657842.story
• TSA denies having required a 95-year-old-woman to remove diaper - http://articles.cnn.com/2011-06-27/travel/florida.tsa.incident_1_tsa-officer-diaper-luggage?_s=PM:TRAVEL
• TSA defends removing adult's diaper for pat-down - http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/06/27/national/main20074643.shtml

NOT VERY IMPORTANT NEWS:

• Black man named 'Casey Anthony' harassed - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/13/casey-anthony-pennsylvania_n_897147.html
• British man's eyeball pecked out by seabird - http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/07/12/british-mans-eyeball-pecked-out-by-seabird/?intcmp=obnetwork