Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
U.S. Taxpayers Likely to Lose Billions of Dollars on GM Bailout
December 20th, 2012Via: Detroit News: The Obama administration said Wednesday it will sell 200 million shares — or 40 percent of its remaining stake in General Motors Co. — back to the automaker and announced plans to completely exit the Detroit automaker by March 2014. The Detroit automaker said it will purchase 200 million shares of GM […]
Guns and Magazines: Panic Buying
December 20th, 20124K for an AR-15??? Really? Via: Bloomberg: With President Barack Obama endorsing sweeping gun restrictions in the wake of the school shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, prices for handgun magazines are surging on EBay (EBAY) and semi-automatic rifles are sold out at many Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) locations. … On EBay Inc.’s auction website, shoppers have […]
CIA Tortured and Sodomized German Citizen
December 16th, 2012Via: Guardian: CIA agents tortured a German citizen, sodomising, shackling, and beating him, as Macedonian state police looked on, the European court of human rights said in a historic judgment released on Thursday. In a unanimous ruling, it also found Macedonia guilty of torturing, abusing, and secretly imprisoning Khaled el-Masri, a German of Lebanese origin […]
At Least 50 Shots Fired at Southern California Mall; Nobody Injured
December 16th, 2012Via: Orange County Register: Sadness for far away victims turned to up-close terror Saturday evening as shots rang out at Fashion Island, sending holiday shoppers scrambling for their lives. One person is in police custody after “at least 50 shots were fired” near the eastern Macy’s store entrance at the crowded outdoor mall, said Kathy […]
NOT CONFIRMED: John Kerry to Be Nominated to Be Secretary of State
December 16th, 2012Via: ABC News: Sources tell ABC News that President Obama has decided that he will nominate Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., to be secretary of state. For a variety of reasons including the finalization of the process, other pending Cabinet decisions, and — more immediately — the national reaction to the tragic shooting at Sandy Hook […]
Courtroom at Camp Justice a ‘Censorship Chamber’
December 13th, 2012Via: Miami Herald: The chief of the Guantánamo war court has approved the use of a time delay on public viewing of the Sept. 11 death-penalty trial as well as a censor in his court to make sure nobody divulges details of a now defunct CIA interrogation program, citing national security interests. The American Civil […]
Tiny Bhutan to Move to 100% Organic Farming Methods; Most Farmers Already Farm Organically
December 13th, 2012Via: NPR: The tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan drew international attention a few years back for saying gross national happiness should trump gross domestic product when measuring a nation’s progress. If you’re going to prioritize happiness, the Bhutanese thinking goes, you’d better include the environment and spiritual and mental well-being in your calculations. (Not everyone […]
National Counterterrorism Center to Examine Government Files of U.S. Citizens for Possible Criminal Behavior
December 13th, 2012Via: Wall Street Journal: Top U.S. intelligence officials gathered in the White House Situation Room in March to debate a controversial proposal. Counterterrorism officials wanted to create a government dragnet, sweeping up millions of records about U.S. citizens—even people suspected of no crime. Not everyone was on board. “This is a sea change in the […]
The Real Toy Story
December 12th, 2012Via: Business Insider: German photographer Michael Wolf has taken a phenomenal series of photos he calls “The Real Toy Story” that shows what workers’ lives are like as they make all those toys. Wolf’s photographs come from visits to five toy factories around mainland China. He has given us permission to share them with you […]
More Fed Pumping
December 12th, 2012Who needs the Chinese to buy this stuff? Not the Fed. Via: Bloomberg: The Federal Reserve will amplify record accommodation tomorrow by announcing $45 billion in monthly Treasury buying that will push its balance sheet almost to $4 trillion, according to a Bloomberg survey of economists. Forty-eight of 49 economists predict the Federal Open Market […]
