Archive for the 'Social Engineering' Category
People Who Live Without TV
September 5th, 2008Is it really only one to two percent of Americans who don’t watch TV? Maybe they ought to be on the terrorist watch list. Citizens shouldn’t be turning off their telescreens! WARNING: Nonsense Left/Right political labels ahead. Via: Yahoo News: For many Americans the thought of life without TV is akin to forgoing food, shelter […]
UK: THE GREEN STASI
September 2nd, 2008Via: Telegraph: Advertisements looking for people to sign up for the unpaid “environmental volunteer” jobs have been posted across the country in recent months. Critics said the scheme is encouraging a Big Brother society where friends and neighbours will be encouraged to “snoop” on one another. The recruitment drive follows news that the Home Office […]
ID Bracelets for People Who Need Assistance Leaving Storm Areas
September 1st, 2008This is such a great a system, used by the helpful soldiers. Old Auntie Mildred won’t get lost. Maybe it will be ok for the whole family (someday). That’s the intended lesson, anyway. Via: Star Telegram: Along the Texas Gulf Coast, mandatory evacuation started in waves this morning. Communities closest to the coast put orders […]
‘Unregistered’ New Orleans Residents Eligible for Evacutation
September 1st, 2008Via: nola.com: City officials announced Friday morning that all New Orleans residents will have access to mass transit services to assist with an evacuation regardless of whether they have registered with the city’s 311 information hotline. Research Credit: ottilie
Culture of Surveillance May Contribute to Delusional Condition
August 30th, 2008There’s now a psychiatric designation for people who are aware of systems like the NarusInsight Intercept Suite and Siemens’ Intelligence Platform. Via: IHT: Psychosis in the 21st century looks something like this: You think your every move is being filmed for a reality television show starring you, and that everyone in your life is an […]
The Numerati
August 30th, 2008After staring down the bottomless abyss of formal schooling, this is what the best and brightest can expect when working for IBM: Full time, automated surveillance by a Magic 8 Ball system that will match “commoditized” workers to tasks and monitor their progress on a minute by minute basis. Via: Business Week: By building mathematical […]
Satire: 6-Year-Old Stares Down Bottomless Abyss of Formal Schooling
August 24th, 2008It might be The Onion, but it’s not funny. Via: The Onion: Local first-grader Connor Bolduc, 6, experienced the first inkling of a coming lifetime of existential dread Monday upon recognizing his cruel destiny to participate in compulsory education for the better part of the next two decades, sources reported. “I don’t want to go […]
UK: “Failsafe” Face Scanners Could Replace Passport Officers at Airports
August 20th, 2008In Other News: Security researcher clones chips on two British passports; implants digital images of Osama bin Laden and a suicide bomber. Three thousand blank British passports have been stolen. Via: This Is London: Facial recognition machines are to be installed at airports to replace passport officers under border control plans announced today. The machines […]
New York: Windmills On City Bridges and Skyscrapers; Turbines On Rivers’ Shores; Solar Panels On Buildings
August 20th, 2008I guess the fascists didn’t get the memo from the energy collapse bloggers that the lights are supposed to go out. That’s ok because Operation Sentinel and Operation Torch will just be cleaner and greener! Now, where can we buy our organic hemp Big Green Apple T-shirts? Via: CBS: Mayor Bloomberg is proposing a “green” […]
Vaccine Nation
August 19th, 2008For most people, vaccinating themselves and their children seems like a good idea. Vaccines are safe, effective and are supposed to protect us against dangerous infectious diseases — Right? Wrong! What you don’t know can harm you or kill you! In this groundbreaking film, you will: * See the truth about the dangers of vaccines […]
