Archive for the 'Social Engineering' Category
Tim Robbins’ “Controversial” NAB Speech
April 16th, 2008It reminded me of his speech in The Player. Also, the NAB organizers telling a room full of journalists to turn off their recording equipment was probably the best way to ensure that the message made a decent sized plop in the memepool. There’s a lot of news this morning, I don’t want to get […]
Moron U
April 10th, 2008Via: Chronicle of Higher Education: I teach a seminar called “Secrecy: Forbidden Knowledge.” I recently asked my class of 16 freshmen and sophomores, many of whom had graduated in the top 10 percent of their high-school classes and had dazzling SAT scores, how many had heard the word “rendition.” Not one hand went up. This […]
UK Police: Designate Children as Pre Criminals Based on DNA
March 17th, 2008Via: Guardian: Primary school children should be eligible for the DNA database if they exhibit behaviour indicating they may become criminals in later life, according to Britain’s most senior police forensics expert. Gary Pugh, director of forensic sciences at Scotland Yard and the new DNA spokesman for the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo), said […]
UK: Pupils to Take Allegiance Oath
March 11th, 2008Set the crack pipe down, Gordon. You’re embarrassing yourself. Via: BBC: School-leavers should be encouraged to swear an oath of allegiance to Queen and country, says a report commissioned by Gordon Brown on British citizenship. Report author, ex-attorney general Lord Goldsmith, says it would give teenagers a sense of belonging. Council tax and student fee […]
Britain: Domestic Air Travelers to Be Photographed and Fingerprinted
March 9th, 2008Via: Telegraph: Millions of British airline passengers face mandatory fingerprinting before being allowed to board flights when Heathrow’s Terminal 5 opens later this month. For the first time at any airport, the biometric checks will apply to all domestic passengers leaving the terminal, which will handle all British Airways flights to and from Heathrow. The […]
MTV Holocaust Commercials
March 8th, 2008House. Pub Think MTV Holocaust house Metro. Pub Think MTV Holocaust metro
Tony Blair to Lecture at Yale on “Faith and Globalization”
March 8th, 2008I wonder how Skull and Bones (aka The Brotherhood of Death) fits in with Tony Blair’s faith? Via: AFP: Former British prime minister Tony Blair is to take up a post teaching at Yale, one of the top educational institutions in the United States, the university said Friday. Blair, who stepped down as prime minister […]
Soviet Republic of California: Teaching Credential Required to Home School Children
March 7th, 2008UPDATE: Schwarzenegger to Help Protect Homeschoolers from “Outrageous” Ruling? Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger denounced a state appeals court ruling that severely restricts homeschooling and promised Friday to change the law if necessary to guarantee that parents are able to educate their children at home. “Every California child deserves a quality education, and parents should have the […]
Google Reveals Plans for Health Database
February 29th, 2008Oh sure. A convenient new service for the undead hordes, while the mind boggles at what it will actually be used for. Must Read: Pookie’s Comment Via: Financial Times: Google on Thursday laid out plans for one of its most anticipated new services, a digital health records system meant to give users more control over […]
The Dumbing of America
February 18th, 2008The zombie hordes are outside my window, ho hum, maybe I’ll write a piece for the Washington Post. Via: Washington Post: “The mind of this country, taught to aim at low objects, eats upon itself.” Ralph Waldo Emerson offered that observation in 1837, but his words echo with painful prescience in today’s very different United […]
