Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
Chinese Regime Blocks Access to Google Services
November 10th, 2012Via: International Business Times: According to a website dedicated to tracking which sites have been blocked or censored by the Chinese government, Google.com along with a host of other Google services are no longer accessible from mainland China. The Chinese web monitoring website, GreatFire.org, first reported the issue at 1pm (GMT) today, Friday, 9 November […]
‘Next Bush’ Makes Campaign Filing in Texas
November 9th, 2012Via: AP: George P. Bush, a nephew of former President George W. Bush and son of one-time Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, has made a campaign filing in Texas that is required of candidates planning to run for state office, an official said Thursday night. The younger Bush, a Fort Worth resident, filed a campaign treasurer […]
Foxconn Sees New Source Of Cheap Labor: The United States
November 9th, 2012Since MIT did it with Open Courseware years ago, I suspected that the point of the “free education” offerings was to create a pool of relatively skilled workers in some of the poorest countries in the world. You know, places with open sewers where people sleep on dirt floors… and where lots of these people […]
BBC Prevents Astronomer from Listening for Signs of Extraterrestrial Life on Distant Planet
November 8th, 2012[???] Via: Telegraph: Prof Cox, who hosts the show with comedian Dara O’Briain, said he had hoped to point the Jodrell Bank telescope at the planet Threapleton Holmes B after it was discovered live on air last year and listen for signs of life. But he claimed he was prevented from doing so because the […]
Have You Heard the One About the Stealth Fighter That Gets Stealthier with Age?
November 7th, 2012Via: Wired: In the latest issue of Air Force magazine, O’Bryan insisted the single-engine JSF, which is projected to cost $1 trillion to develop, buy and maintain, is fundamentally different than its predecessors. “The surface material smooths out over time, slightly reducing the F-35’s original radar signature, according to the Lockheed Martin official,” John Tirpak […]
U.S. Crashes Out Of The Top 10 In World Prosperity Index
November 7th, 2012Via: Business Insider: The United States is no longer one of the world’s ten most “prosperous” countries for the first time according to the Legatum Institute. The Legatum Prosperity Index assessed and ranked the prosperity of 142 countries based on eight sub-categories: economy, entrepreneurship and opportunity, health, governance, education, safety and security, personal freedom, and […]
Britain to Assist Syrian Rebels
November 7th, 2012Via: Telegraph: In a significant departure MPs will be told today that the UK will directly deal with the armed opposition in Syria for the first time. Previously Britain has only held talks with the political leaders outside the country over a conflict that has left tens of thousands civilians dead and over 1 million […]
Open Thread: U.S. Presidential Election
November 7th, 2012Choose wisely. 😉 Related: Election 2012: How The Winner Will Destroy America
7 Technologies That Will Make It Easier for the Next President to Hunt and Kill You
November 6th, 2012Via: Wired: Robotic assassination campaigns directed from the Oval Office. Cyber espionage programs launched at the president’s behest. Surveillance on an industrial scale. The White House already has an incredible amount of power to monitor and take out individuals around the globe. But a new wave of technologies, just coming online, could give those powers […]
Megaupload and the Government’s Attack on Cloud Computing
November 3rd, 2012Via: EFF: Yesterday, EFF, on behalf of its client Kyle Goodwin, filed a brief proposing a process for the Court in the Megaupload case to hold the government accountable for the actions it took (and failed to take) when it shut down Megaupload’s service and denied third parties like Mr. Goodwin access to their property. […]
