Annals of Authoritarianism

A new feature here at the Cluemeter. Alas, I expect I'll have plenty of fodder for it.

• EXCLUSIVE: As the UN opens its General Assembly session, it is already thinking up new global taxes | Fox News  
• SayUncle » On ATF issuing new serial numbers: Seems that they can do that at the sole discretion of bureaucrats.  (At issue is a collectible revolver up for auction.  No serial number. ATF issued one.)
• SayUncle » Hope and change: Warrantless wiretaps quadrupled under Obama (Also at Instapundit.}
• SayUncle » Isn’t that how we operate anyway?: Former Copyright Boss: New Technology Should Be Presumed Illegal Until Congress Says Otherwise 
• SayUncle » Laws and little people. Various links.  
• SayUncle » Banning laser pointers (And laser sights.)  
• Instapundit » Blog Archive » REVENGE, OBAMA STYLE:  Casino magnate and Romney-backer Sheldon Adelson’s wife has an op-ed in the Daily Caller today in which she goes on the offense against the Obama Administration (whose DOJ is investigating her husband for bribery and money laundering)
• Instapundit » Blog Archive » AT THE SMOKING GUN: Feds Arrest Producer Of Controversial Anti-Islam Film On Probation Violation… "Investigators have not yet provided details about how Nakoula allegedly violated probation, but it seems clear that his involvement in the “Innocence of Muslim” production is central to the government’s claim."
• Instapundit » Blog Archive » GUY SENT TO JAIL FOR LINKING TO COPYRIGHTED CONTENT. In Britain. 
• Instapundit » Blog Archive » LAWS ARE FOR THE LITTLE PEOPLE: Inspector General: 88 Federal Agencies Have Not Paid Employment Taxes or Filed Returns.
• Instapundit » Blog Archive » VANDALISM GETS RESULTS: NYC Prohibits Controversial Subway Ads in Wake of Islamist’s Vandalism.
• Instapundit » Blog Archive » LET’S TALK ABOUT YOUR DIET:  . . . but only if you have a license as a dietician.