“Satoshi Nakamoto” (a pseudonymous person or group of people) commences the first electronic payment using Bitcoin.  Bitcoin is an electronically encoded fiat currency that is not controlled by a government, central bank, or even a processing center.

       [added 4/17/2022] Thanks to Freedom’s Phoenix for this entry.

       President Stephen Soldz, of Psychologists for Social Responsibility, writes an open letter to Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense (foreign military aggression), concerning the six-month pre-trial punishment of United states Army Private First Class Bradley Manning (patriot-whistleblower).  Manning had been held in solitary confinement for 23 hours a day, forbidden to exercise in his cell.  He was not allowed to sleep during the day, and subjected to regular sleep disruption at night.  Nor had Manning been given a pillow or sheets for sleeping.

       [added 4/17/2022] Thanks to Freedom’s Phoenix for this entry.

       While the United states Armed Forces (private mercenaries) are stationed at 737 bases, in 130 nations around the world, defending “all freedom-loving people everywhere in the world,” the supreme court, of the republic of california hands down people v. Diaz: statute enforcement officers may search the cell phones of those they arrest without having first obtained a search warrant.

       [added 4/17/2022]