Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
The New Cop on the Beat May Be a Bot
April 18th, 2014Via: Time: A Silicon Valley company called Knightscope is currently testing a prototype robot designed to detect and monitor criminal activity, much the way a police officer or a security guard would. The Knightscope K5 is a five-foot-tall autonomous robot (one presumes that its resemblance to a Dalek is merely coincidental) that roams around your […]
Reid: Bundy Supporters Are “Domestic Terrorists”
April 18th, 2014Via: CBS: Supporters of Bunkerville rancher Cliven Bundy have been called domestic terrorists by Senator Harry Reid. He made the comments during an appearance at a Review-Journal event, and repeated them, saying “what happened there was domestic terrorism’ The government says Bundy owes more than a million dollars in grazing fees and fines stemming from […]
Heroin a Growing Threat Across USA, Police Say
April 17th, 2014In other news, Afghanistan Opium Harvest at Record High: Afghan opium cultivation has reached a record level, with more than 200,000 hectares planted with the poppy for the first time, the United Nations says. The UNODC report said the harvest was 36% up on last year, and if fully realised would outstrip global demand. Most […]
America’s Coup Machine: Destroying Democracy Since 1953
April 16th, 2014Via: AlterNet: Soon after the 2004 U.S. coup to depose President Jean-Bertrand Aristide of Haiti, I heard Aristide’s lawyer Ira Kurzban speaking in Miami. He began his talk with a riddle: “Why has there never been a coup in Washington D.C.?” The answer: “Because there is no U.S. Embassy in Washington D.C.” This introduction was […]
FBI Plans to Have 52 Million Photos in its NGI Face Recognition Database by Next Year
April 16th, 2014Via: EFF: New documents released by the FBI show that the Bureau is well on its way toward its goal of a fully operational face recognition database by this summer. EFF received these records in response to our Freedom of Information Act lawsuit for information on Next Generation Identification (NGI)—the FBI’s massive biometric database that […]
Young Children Experiencing Developmental Problems Related to Use of Mobile Devices
April 15th, 2014Via: Telegraph: Rising numbers of infants lack the motor skills needed to play with building blocks because of an “addiction” to tablet computers and smartphones, according to teachers. Many children aged just three or four can “swipe a screen” but have little or no dexterity in their fingers after spending hours glued to iPads, it […]
Greystone Denies Its Mercenaries Are Deployed in Ukraine
April 13th, 2014The Russian and U.S. regimes both lie so much that it’s very difficult to know what’s happening here. Via: ABC News: The Russian government today claimed there are more than 100 American “mercenaries” from a defense contracting company disguised as Ukrainian troops in the embattled former Soviet nation, a claim the American firm and top […]
‘The Astounding Conspiracy Theories of Wall Street Genius Mark Gorton’
April 12th, 2014Via: Gawker: This week, we were forwarded documents that Gorton was sending out to employees at Tower Research. These documents—embedded at the bottom of this post—are essays by Mark Gorton, laying out his theories on the secret high-level murderous criminal “Cabal” that is responsible for, among other things, the JFK and RFK assassinations, the presidential […]
Bloomberg Sources Claim NSA Exploited Heartbleed Bug for Intelligence for Years
April 12th, 2014Via: Bloomberg: The U.S. National Security Agency knew for at least two years about a flaw in the way that many websites send sensitive information, now dubbed the Heartbleed bug, and regularly used it to gather critical intelligence, two people familiar with the matter said. … Putting the Heartbleed bug in its arsenal, the NSA […]
SEC Trial Lawyer: Agency’s Penalties Have Become, “At Most a Tollbooth on the Bankster Turnpike”
April 11th, 2014Via: Bloomberg: A trial attorney from the Securities and Exchange Commission said his bosses were too “tentative and fearful” to bring many Wall Street leaders to heel after the 2008 credit crisis, echoing the regulator’s outside critics. James Kidney, who joined the SEC in 1986 and retired this month, offered the critique in a speech […]
