Archive for the 'Social Engineering' Category
U.S. Repeals Propaganda Ban, Spreads Government-Made News To Americans
July 15th, 2013You’ll love this. A “source” explains that the reason for this is that diaspora communities in America are thirsting for U.S. Government propaganda, but can’t access it. *snort* Via: Foreign Policy: For decades, a so-called anti-propaganda law prevented the U.S. government’s mammoth broadcasting arm from delivering programming to American audiences. But on July 2, that […]
Secretary Of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano To Become Head Of UC System
July 12th, 2013Via: CBS: U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano will become the first female president of the University of California system, officials announced Friday. “I am pleased to announce that the Special Committee has nominated Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano to serve as the 20th president of the University of California,” UC Regent and […]
Scientists Create Artificial Human Chromosome
July 11th, 2013Via: Independent: Scientists have created genetically-engineered mice with artificial human chromosomes in every cell of their bodies, as part of a series of studies showing that it may be possible to treat genetic diseases with a radically new form of gene therapy. In one of the unpublished studies, researchers made a human artificial chromosome in […]
Insider Threat Program: Federal Workers Directed to Spy on Each Other
July 10th, 2013It doesn’t matter that the crackpot techniques don’t work. The regime knows that they don’t work. The point is to punish people at random for no reason other than for the spectacles to serve as reminders of what happens to disloyal servants of the regime. Via: McClatchy: In an initiative aimed at rooting out future […]
California: Female Inmates Pressured Into Accepting Sterilization Procedure
July 8th, 2013Via: Center for Investigative Reporting: Doctors under contract with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation sterilized nearly 150 female inmates from 2006 to 2010 without required state approvals, The Center for Investigative Reporting has found. At least 148 women received tubal ligations in violation of prison rules during those five years – and there […]
The New Warrior Cop Is Out of Control
July 8th, 2013Via: Salon: SWAT teams raiding poker games and trying to stop underage drinking? Overwhelming paramilitary force is on the rise. Book: Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America’s Police Forces by Radley Balko
And Now… Talking Train Window Advertisements
July 6th, 2013When I saw this yesterday, I was sure that it was a hoax. I guess it’s real. Via: BBC: A German firm is proposing to transmit adverts via train windows so that the sound appears to “come from inside the user’s head” when passengers lean against them. The idea would use bone conduction technology, a […]
National Intelligence Director Apologizes for Lying to Congress
July 3rd, 2013Via: U.S. News and World Report: The director of National Intelligence apologized in June to the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee for lying during a hearing, according to a letter published on the DNI website on Tuesday. Director James Clapper appeared before the committee in March, where Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., asked him specifically […]
Cameras to Monitor Emotional States of Students
July 1st, 2013Via: MIT Technology Review: Even a good teacher may not always be able to tell, at a glance, which students are quietly struggling and which need more of a challenge. Fortunately, laptops may soon come with enough emotional intelligence built in to do the job for them. A recent study from North Carolina State University […]
Student Loan Rates Set To Double On July 1
June 29th, 2013Via: NPR: The interest rate on government-backed student loans is going to jump from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent Monday. Republicans, Democrats and the Obama administration could not agree on a plan to keep it from happening. Lawmakers say a deal is still possible after the July 4 recess. But if they don’t agree on […]
