Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
Federal Court Invalidates 11-Year-Old FBI Gag Order on National Security Letter Recipient Nicholas Merrill
September 15th, 2015Via Calyx Institute: A federal district court has ordered the FBI to lift an eleven-year- old gag order imposed on Nicholas Merrill forbidding him from speaking about a National Security Letter (“NSL”) that the FBI served on him in 2004. The ruling marks the first time that an NSL gag order has been lifted in […]
China: Head Transplant Team Selected for 2017 Operation
September 14th, 2015Body from executed prisoner? Via: Independent: The likely date and location for the first-ever human head transplant have been set, after the controversial Italian doctor that will lead the surgery said that he has selected his team of surgeons. Radical Italian surgeon Sergio Canavero has drawn fascination and criticism after he announced plans to cut […]
29% of Americans Could Imagine a Situation in Which They Would Support Military Coup in U.S.
September 13th, 2015Too late. It already happened back in November 1963. Via: YouGov: 29% of Americans could imagine a situation in which they would support the military seizing control of the federal government, while 41% could not imagine such a situation. Republicans (43%) are more than twice as likely as Democrats (20%) to say that they could […]
Britain: “An Oh-So-Civilised Mafia State”
September 11th, 2015Via: Guardian: To an extent unknown since before the first world war, economic relations in this country are becoming set in stone. It is not just that the very rich no longer fall while the very poor no longer rise. It’s that the system itself is protected from risk. Through bailouts, quantitative easing and delays […]
China Dumps a Record $94 Billion In US Treasurys In One Month
September 7th, 2015Via: ZeroHedge: On Monday we got the official data from China and sure enough, we find out that the PBoC liquidated around $94 billion in reserves during the month of August and as Goldman argues (see below), the “real” figure might have been closer to $115 billion. Whatever the case, it’s a staggering burn rate […]
The Surging Ranks of America’s Ultrapoor
September 2nd, 2015Via: CBS: By one dismal measure, America is joining the likes of Third World countries. The number of U.S. residents who are struggling to survive on just $2 a day has more than doubled since 1996, placing 1.5 million households and 3 million children in this desperate economic situation. That’s according to “$2.00 a Day: […]
Maryland Man Fined $50 for Picking Berries in Park
August 30th, 2015Via: Reason: To me, nothing screams summer like picking and eating fresh berries. I know I’m not alone. Greg Visscher, head of the Montgomery County (Maryland) Young Republicans Club, has been picking berries with his family for years. So it was with some degree of surprise that Visscher found himself confronted last month by a […]
Pentagon Teams Up with Apple, Boeing to Develop Wearable Tech
August 28th, 2015Via: Reuters: U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter awarded $75 million on Friday to help a consortium of high-tech firms and researchers develop electronic systems packed with sensors flexible enough to be worn by soldiers or molded onto the skin of a plane. Carter said funding for the Obama administration’s newest manufacturing institute would go to […]
We Are the Government: Tactics for Taking Down the Police State
August 27th, 2015They don’t like jury nullification. Using your First Amendment right to free speech in front of a court house could result in indictments. Jury Nullification Advocate Faces Indictment Denver DA Charges Man with Jury Tampering for Handing Out Jury Nullification Flyers Via: Rutherford Institute: Where nullification can be particularly powerful, however, is in the hands […]
China Sells U.S. Treasuries to Support Yuan
August 27th, 2015Via: Bloomberg: China has cut its holdings of U.S. Treasuries this month to raise dollars needed to support the yuan in the wake of a shock devaluation two weeks ago, according to people familiar with the matter. Channels for such transactions include China selling directly, as well as through agents in Belgium and Switzerland, said […]
