Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
The Hugo Chavez ‘Socialist Revolution’ Nets Goldman Sachs et al. About 15% a Year
January 31st, 2013Same as it ever was: Wall Street and the Bolshevik Revolution: The Remarkable True Story of the American Capitalists Who Financed the Russian Communists by Anthony C. Sutton Via: Bloomberg: Since taking office in 1999, Hugo Chavez has spread his socialist revolution in Venezuela by seizing more than 1,000 companies. For bondholders that stuck by […]
What to Do with Thousands of Tons of Radioactive Scrap Metal? Recycle It Into Consumer Goods
January 31st, 2013Via: Wall Street Journal: The Department of Energy is proposing to allow the sale of tons of scrap metal from government nuclear sites—an attempt to reduce waste that critics say could lead to radiation-tainted belt buckles, surgical implants and other consumer products. The department, in a document released last month, said the recycling proposal is […]
China’s Filthy Air Prompts Mask Rush and Sale of Fresh Air in Cans
January 30th, 2013Via: ABC: For the fourth time this year, a murky haze has descended over north China, leaving residents of Beijing choking on toxic smog. China’s air hasn’t been this bad since 1954, according to the state-run People’s Daily newspaper. In a remarkable record of dirty air, 24 out of January’s first 29 days this year […]
For 40 Years, This Russian Family Was Cut Off From All Human Contact
January 30th, 2013Via: Smithsonian: In 1978, Soviet geologists prospecting in the wilds of Siberia discovered a family of six, lost in the taiga.
U.S. Senate Approves John ‘Skull & Bones’ Kerry as Secretary of State
January 30th, 2013Via: BBC: The US Senate has approved Senator John Kerry’s nomination as secretary of state, after he was backed unanimously by the foreign relations committee. His confirmation after a 94-3 vote was met with applause on the Senate floor. President Barack Obama chose the Massachusetts Democrat to succeed Hillary Clinton, who is stepping down after […]
Military Urban Warfare Training in Florida and Texas
January 29th, 2013Miami: Some members of the U.S. military were busy in Miami Thursday night as they conducted exercises in Downtown Miami. CBS4 captured video of Black Hawk helicopters flying over the city as part of a joint military training exercise. Thursday night’s training took place near the Stephen P. Clark Center in Miami and a nearby […]
Homeland Security Researching New Public Surveillance System
January 27th, 2013Via: Business Insider: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Secret Service have requested information to support the installation of a gunshot detection system in Washington D.C. Such a system is already in place in various cities, as outlined last May by The New York Times, and it records a whole lot more than […]
Tina Turner ‘To Become Swiss, Give up U.S. Passport’
January 27th, 2013Via: AFP: US pop legend Tina Turner, who has been living in Switzerland since 1995, will soon receive Swiss citizenship and will give up her US passport, Swiss media reported Friday. “I’m very happy in Switzerland and I feel at home here. … I cannot imagine a better place to live,” Turner told German language […]
A Production of the United States Information Agency
January 27th, 2013Via: YouTube: This trippy tribute to our country’s 200th birthday was funded by a Bicentennial Project Grant and animated by Vincent Collins who made other psychedelic cartoons. This film was produced by the United States Information Agency — the government’s propaganda agency.
China: Millions of People Getting Useless Degrees Wants Office Jobs that Don’t Exist
January 27th, 2013Wait until significant numbers of these men are unable to find wives and the option of working in the factories goes away… Via: New York Times: Jobs go begging in factories while many educated young workers are unemployed or underemployed. A national survey of urban residents, released this winter by a Chinese university, showed that […]
