Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
China to Plant Internet Police in Top Online Firms
August 5th, 2015Via: PC World: China’s control over the Internet is set to expand. In a bid to better police local websites, the country’s security forces are establishing offices at the biggest online firms in the country. The country’s Ministry of Public Security announced the new measures on Tuesday, at a time when authorities have been increasingly […]
Saudi Arabia May Go Broke Before the U.S. Oil Industry Buckles
August 5th, 2015No more Fed-Exing the Lamborghinis to London for oil changes? Via: Telegraph: If the oil futures market is correct, Saudi Arabia will start running into trouble within two years. It will be in existential crisis by the end of the decade. The contract price of US crude oil for delivery in December 2020 is currently […]
About 60 Donations Represent 1/3 of All ’16 Campaign Cash
August 2nd, 2015Via: AP: An Associated Press analysis of fundraising reports filed with federal regulators through Friday found that nearly 60 donations of a million dollars or more accounted for about a third of the more than $380 million brought in so far for the 2016 presidential election. Donors who gave at least $100,000 account for about […]
Britain: Chairman of the Lords Privileges and Conduct Committee Filmed Snorting Cocaine with Prostitutes
July 26th, 2015My guess is that any of these scum can get popped with honey pots at any time. More interesting than the fact that this stuff is happening is why does it ultimately becomes public? Via: BBC: Lord Sewel is facing a police inquiry after quitting as House of Lords deputy speaker over a video allegedly […]
The Military Built Another Multimillion-Dollar Building in Afghanistan That No One Used
July 20th, 2015Via: ProPublica: Unlike many buildings commissioned by the U.S. in Afghanistan, the new military warehouse facility in Kandahar was well built, an inspector general investigation concluded. There was, however, one glaring problem: no one was around to use the gleaming, $14.7 million complex. The four warehouses and an administration building were empty, because the intended […]
Blood & Fog: The Military’s Germ Warfare Tests in San Francisco
July 10th, 2015Via: Discover: The Nuremberg Code was drafted in 1947 following the appalling revelations of human experimentation committed in Nazi concentration camps. The overarching goal of the Code was to establish a set of rules for the ethical conduct of research using human subjects, guaranteeing that the rights and welfare of such participants would be protected. […]
Jade Helm: No Media Allowed
July 9th, 2015Via: Washington Post: Jade Helm 15, the controversial Special Operations exercise that spawned a wave of conspiracy theories about a government takeover, will open next week without any media allowed to observe it, a military spokesman said. Embedded reporters won’t be permitted at any point during the exercise, in which military officials say that secretive […]
Heroin Overdose Deaths in the U.S. Nearly Quadrupled Between 2002 and 2013
July 8th, 2015One more for your herniating Mission Accomplished file folder. Via: Reuters: Heroin overdose deaths in the United States nearly quadrupled between 2002 and 2013, fueled by lower costs as well as increased abuse of prescription opiate painkillers, U.S. health officials said on Tuesday. The report found that heroin use increased by 63 percent from 2002 […]
Survey Says: 35 Percent of Americans Would Expatriate
July 1st, 2015Via: CNBC: As the Fourth of July weekend looms and Americans prep their grills and ready their fireworks, some citizens are packing their bags. A recent online poll of more than 2,000 adults by TransferWise, a peer-to-peer money transfer service based in the United Kingdom, revealed that 35 percent of American-born residents and emigrants would […]
California Governor Jerry Brown Signs Mandatory Vaccine Law
July 1st, 2015Via: Time: California Governor Jerry Brown signed a mandatory school vaccination bill into law Tuesday, abolishing the “personal belief” exemption that many parents use as a loophole to avoid vaccinating their children. Now, under California law, which is among the strictest in the country, children would not be able to enroll in public school unless […]
