Archive for July, 2009
UK’s (Voluntary for Now) National ID Card Unveiled
July 30th, 2009Via: BBC: Home Secretary Alan Johnson has unveiled the final design of the controversial national identity card. The card will be offered to members of the public in the Greater Manchester area from the end of this year. Ministers plan to launch the £30 biometric ID card nationwide in 2011 or 2012 – but it […]
India to Control Population Growth by Giving People Television (Not The Onion)
July 30th, 2009Via: Times Online: India intends to harness the passion-killing properties of late-night television to help to control a potentially catastrophic population explosion. Ghulam Nabi Azad, the Health and Family Welfare Minister, has called for the country to redouble its efforts to bring electricity to all of its huge rural population. The introduction of the electric […]
Obama’s Emergency Escape Plan Leaked Online
July 30th, 2009Via: News AU: SENSITIVE documents including plans for the emergency evacuation of US President Barack Obama and motorcade routes have been leaked on a file-sharing network, authorities say. Chairman of the US House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Edolphus Towns said the documents had been discovered with file-sharing program LimeWire. Other sensitive documents found with […]
CIA “Ghost Plane” Flight Plans Will Be Made Public
July 29th, 2009Via: Guardian: Confidential documents showing the flight plans of a CIA “ghost plane” allegedly used to transfer a British resident to secret interrogation sites around the world are to be made public. The move comes after a Sussex-based company accused of involvement in extraordinary rendition dropped its opposition to a case against it being heard […]
Martial Law and the Militarization of Public Health: The Worldwide H1N1 Flu Vaccination Program
July 29th, 2009Via: Global Research: If Martial Law were to be adopted in the context of a Public Health Emergency, what we would be dealing with is the “forced vaccination” of targeted population groups as well as the possible establishment of facilities for the internment of people who have been quarantined. In this regard, it is worth […]
New Jersey Political Consultant Facing Bribe Charge Is Found Dead
July 29th, 2009Via: New York Times: A veteran New Jersey political consultant who was among dozens arrested in a huge corruption sweep last week was found dead in his Jersey City apartment on Tuesday, the same day that one of three mayors charged in the case resigned. The circumstances surrounding the death of the consultant, Jack M. […]
Data Detailing New York Stock Exchange Network Exposed on Unsecured Server
July 29th, 2009Via: Wired: Sensitive information about the technical infrastructure of the New York Stock Exchange’s computer network was left unsecured on a public server for possibly more than a year, Threat Level has learned. The data, which was removed after Threat Level disclosed the situation to the NYSE, included several directories of files containing logs; server […]
Apple’s iPhone of Mass Destruction Nonsense
July 29th, 2009If it’s not a locked down vending machine, 100% controlled by Apple, it’s a weapon of mass destruction. HAHAHA I’m very glad to have an excuse to post this Onion piece to go along with this: Apple Claims New iPhone Only Visible To Most Loyal Of Customers. Via: Threat Level: The nation’s cellphone networks could […]
Yahoo Gives In to Microsoft, Gives Up on Search
July 29th, 2009Via: Business Week: Ever since Microsoft (MSFT) made its $45 billion bid for Yahoo (YHOO) in early 2008, it was clear the software giant was serious about taking on arch-rival Google (GOOG) in the lucrative Internet search business. And now, after more than a year of more limited talks after Yahoo denied that bid, it […]
U.S. Military Spy Was in Washington Antiwar Groups, Ran Their Email List
July 29th, 2009The sign wavers continue to be shocked, s h o c k e d, by routine counterintelligence operations. Via: Democracy Now: Newly declassified documents reveal that an active member of Students for a Democratic Society and Port Militarization Resistance in Washington state was actually an informant for the US military. The man everyone knew as […]
