Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
Putin Puts Troops on Full Alert in Snap Western Russia Drills
March 16th, 2015Via: Bloomberg: Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered troops placed on full combat readiness in snap drills in western Russia, as Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu warned the country was facing new threats to its security. Some 38,000 troops, 41 warships, 15 submarines and 110 aircraft are involved in the exercises, Shoigu said on Monday, according to […]
France to Keep 10,000 Troops on Streets
March 16th, 2015Via: Russia Today: As the threat of attacks by Islamist extremists remains high in France, President Francois Hollande has decided to continue the deployment of 10,000 troops on the streets across the country. “The threat of terrorist attack against our country remains high. The head of state has decided to maintain the level of the […]
New Smoking Gun Further Ties NSA to Omnipotent “Equation Group” Hackers
March 11th, 2015Via: Ars Technica: Researchers from Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab have uncovered more evidence tying the US National Security Agency to a nearly omnipotent group of hackers who operated undetected for at least 14 years. The Kaspersky researchers once again stopped short of saying the hacking collective they dubbed Equation Group was the handiwork of the NSA, […]
The CIA Helped Develop Planes that Scrape Cell Phone Data
March 10th, 2015Via: The Verge: The US may be using cellphone-sniffing planes to find suspects across the world, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal. In November, the Journal revealed the US Marshal’s secret program to locate specific fugitive through airplane equipped to mimic cell towers. Flying over an urban area, the planes can […]
The CIA Campaign to Steal Apple’s Secrets
March 10th, 2015Via: First Look: RESEARCHERS WORKING with the Central Intelligence Agency have conducted a multi-year, sustained effort to break the security of Apple’s iPhones and iPads, according to top-secret documents obtained by The Intercept. The security researchers presented their latest tactics and achievements at a secret annual gathering, called the “Jamboree,” where attendees discussed strategies for […]
Altered Genes, Twisted Truth: How the Venture to Genetically Engineer Our Food Has Subverted Science, Corrupted Government, and Systematically Deceived the Public by Steven M. Druker
March 9th, 2015Via: Amazon: This book uncovers the biggest scientific fraud of our age. It tells the fascinating and frequently astounding story of how the massive enterprise to restructure the genetic core of the world’s food supply came into being, how it advanced by consistently violating the protocols of science, and how for more than three decades, […]
China Takes Under the Dome Anti-Pollution Film Offline
March 9th, 2015Here’s a version with English subtitles. Via: BBC: The authorities in China have a removed from websites a popular documentary which highlights the country’s severe pollution problem. Under the Dome explains the social and health costs of pollution, and was watched by more than 100 million people online, sparking debates. It was removed just two […]
Newly Released Snowden Documents Related to New Zealand
March 4th, 2015We know more of the operational names and technical details than in past years, but Hager let the world know this was happening back in 1996: Secret Power. Via: New Zealand Herald: New Zealand is “selling out” its close relations with the Pacific nations to be close with the United States, author Nicky Hager has […]
.Mil’s Next Massive Boondoggle: Long Range Strike Bomber
March 4th, 2015Via: Washington Post: With so little known about it, there is growing concern about the system’s cost. And given the Pentagon’s vast history of cost overruns on major weapons systems, experts worry that even though a contract has yet to be awarded, it is already facing the same troubling problems that have plagued other programs. […]
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Clause Everyone Should Oppose
February 28th, 2015Via: Washington Post: The United States is in the final stages of negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a massive free-trade agreement with Mexico, Canada, Japan, Singapore and seven other countries. Who will benefit from the TPP? American workers? Consumers? Small businesses? Taxpayers? Or the biggest multinational corporations in the world? One strong hint is buried […]
