Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
U.S. Military Does Deal with Microsoft for Windows 8 and Other Software
January 5th, 2013Since Windows 8 is a bigger turd than Vista, it must be nice for Microsoft to be able to dump it on the U.S. taxpayer via Uncle $cam. Via: U.S. Department of Defense: The Defense Department has leveraged the buying power of more than two million information technology users to award a three-year, $617 million […]
Cass ‘Cognitive Infiltration’ Sunstein on Gun Control
January 4th, 2013Via: Big Think: While he left his post as the head of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs this past summer, Sunstein remains one of the most influential legal scholars of his generation. His ideas — which apply behavioral economics to public policy — are highly nuanced, and often make both libertarians […]
Write Gambling Software, Go to Prison
January 3rd, 2013Via: Wired: In a criminal case sure to make programmers nervous, a software maker who licenses a program used by online casinos and bookmakers overseas is being charged with promoting gambling in New York because authorities say his software was used by others for illegal betting in that state. New York authorities say that about […]
Military Must Prep Now for ‘Mutant’ Future
January 3rd, 2013Via: Wired: The U.S. military is already using, or fast developing, a wide range of technologies meant to give troops what California Polytechnic State University researcher Patrick Lin calls “mutant powers.” Greater strength and endurance. Superior cognition. Better teamwork. Fearlessness. But the risk, ethics and policy issues arising out of these so-called “military human enhancements” […]
China Is Turning Its ISPs Into Internet Police
December 31st, 2012Via: ExtremeTech: Scary new legislation that was recently approved will effectively turn China’s ISPs into the internet police. Now, ISPs will be forced to delete content deemed illegal and file a report with the government. This troubling legislation requires individuals to register with ISPs using their real name and contact information — even a copy […]
DHS VIPR Team and Possible DHS Drone at Football Game
December 31st, 2012Via: HongPong: Things are a little strange at the Vikings/Packers Game today. A drone has been photographed hovering around the Metrodome fan plaza on the west side, and a Homeland Security / TSA “VIPR” team has been hanging around as well, indicating the federal government is shifting into “protecting” the major Spectacles at taxpayer expense. […]
Author’s Advance Payment for Graphic Novel Seized by U.S. Government
December 30th, 2012Via: War Is Boring: Tim Hamilton, artist of the Eisner-nominated adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, had his advance payment for the upcoming graphic novel ARMY OF GOD, a non-fiction telling of Joseph Kony’s activities in the Congo, seized by the OFAC under suspicion that the money was being laundering for a terrorist organization. The […]
Computer Crime Groups Thoroughly Infiltrated by FBI
December 29th, 2012Via: Guardian: The underground world of computer hackers has been so thoroughly infiltrated in the US by the FBI and secret service that it is now riddled with paranoia and mistrust, with an estimated one in four hackers secretly informing on their peers, a Guardian investigation has established. Cyber policing units have had such success […]
Warrantless Wiretaps? Congress Votes Yes
December 29th, 2012Via: Ars Technica: US Senators from both parties overwhelmingly approved a bill this morning that will authorize warrantless wiretaps, throughout 2013 and for four years beyond that. Supporters of the bill, including Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) and Diane Feinstein (D-CA), insisted it should be passed without amendment, in order to avoid having it sent back to […]
Facebook Takes Down NaturalNews Page for Posting Quote About Guns
December 28th, 2012Via: Natural News: The reports are absolutely true. Facebook suspended the Natural News account earlier today after we posted an historical quote from Mohandas Gandhi. The quote reads: “Among the many misdeeds of British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest.” – Mohandas Gandhi, […]
