Archive for the 'Social Engineering' Category
Ireland Makes Blasphemy Illegal
July 10th, 2009Father McGreer buys an ice cold beer And a short for Father Loyola Father Joe’s got the clap again He’s drinking Coca-Cola —The Pogues, Rain Street Sane Response 1: I’ll Blaspheme Who I Want, You God Fearing Cunt Ahern Sane Resonse 2: Blasphemy Law is Silly, Dangerous and Unjust Via: Paliban Daily: Irish atheists are […]
Japan: Smile Scans for Workers
July 8th, 2009Maybe one of these smile scanners should be placed at the entrance of Aokigahara Forest: Aokigahara Forest is known for two things in Japan: breathtaking views of Mount Fuji and suicides. Also called the Sea of Trees, this destination for the desperate is a place where the suicidal disappear, often never to be found in […]
And Now… Pope Proposes New Financial World Order Guided by Ethics
July 7th, 2009Via: AP: Pope Benedict XVI called Tuesday for a new world financial order guided by ethics, dignity and the search for the common good in the third encyclical of his pontificate. In “Charity in Truth,” Benedict denounced the profit-at-all-cost mentality of the globalized economy and lamented that greed had brought about the worst economic downturn […]
Government Energy Audit Required to Sell Your Home?
July 2nd, 2009Via: WWLP 22 News: The American Clean Energy and Security Act is aimed at reducing the nation’s energy consumption. The ambitious piece of legislation passed in the House on Friday. It addresses a variety of issues from carbon emissions to planting trees. The energy bill also proposes a change in how homes are sold. Originally, […]
Digital Media Are Overwhelming Our Consciousness and Eclipsing Our Capacity for Reflection
July 1st, 2009Via: OnTheCommons: One of the more pernicious enclosures of the commons is the enclosure of time and consciousness. It’s pernicious because it is so subtle and rarely discerned. When commercial values such as productivity and efficiency become so pervasive and internalized, they crowd out other ways of being. Our very sense of humanity — full-bodied, […]
Goldman Sachs: The Great American Bubble Machine
July 1st, 2009I know what you’ll be thinking as you read this: That my last job in the U.S. (Wall Street Chop Shop and “We Americans Were Very Clever”) was with Goldman Sachs. Good guess, but no. The firm that I worked for is dead now. Via: Rolling Stone: THE GREAT AMERICAN BUBBLE MACHINE From tech stocks […]
UK: Government Backs Down from Requiring ID Cards; Will be Voluntary at First
July 1st, 2009While this may seem like good news, it’s just a flick of the switch to make it compulsory. We’ll see how voluntary it is after a Sufficiently Horrific Provocation. Via: Reuters: Britain said on Tuesday it was dropping plans to bring in compulsory biometric identity cards for airport workers and that the multi-billion pound scheme […]
Bush Regime Creature Now Shilling for Financial Firms
June 29th, 2009With the Obama regime crawling with Wall Street Shills, this should make for a successful partnership in crime. Via: Mother Jones: The strategic communications specialist advising a financial industry effort to enhance Wall Street’s image has plenty of experience in spinning the American public: In the Bush White House, he was one of the aides […]
The Union of Soviet Indian Republics Is Rolling Out a National ID Card
June 28th, 2009Tens of millions of people who who can’t read or write (see: literacy in India) will need an identity card to get their government food handouts. Yes, it has come to this. Via: New York Times: Policy makers see a national ID card as critical to improving the delivery of social services, subsidies and other […]
“Three Generations of Imbeciles Are Enough”: The U.S. Eugenics Legacy
June 25th, 2009Via: USA Today: Paul Lombardo hadn’t planned on a three-decade detour when he stopped at a greasy-spoon restaurant for breakfast in February 1980. Lombardo, then a graduate student at the University of Virginia, picked up a newspaper to read as he ate his bacon and eggs. And the rest is history, literally and figuratively. For […]
