Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
Which Brand of Fascism This Time?
October 20th, 2012Via: Global Research: Every four years, the deck chairs of the political Titanic that is the American empire get rearranged in the choreographed spectacle of another presidential “election”. The 2012 charade is particularly disgusting; the lies more blatant and shrill, as the world continues to burn.
Samsung Accused of Severe Mistreatment of Chinese Workers
October 19th, 2012Via: China Labor Watch: Indeed, the list of illegal and inhumane violations is long, including but not limited to well over 100 hours of forced overtime work per month, unpaid work, standing for 11 to 12 hours while working, underage workers, severe age and gender discrimination, abuse of student and labor dispatch workers, a lack […]
Foxconn Says Underage Workers Used in China Plant
October 18th, 2012Shocker. Via: Reuters: Foxconn Technology Group, the world’s largest contract electronics maker, has acknowledged hiring teenagers as young as 14 in a Chinese factory, in breach of national law, in a case that raises further questions over its student intern program. Labor rights activists in China have accused Foxconn and other big employers in China […]
‘A bloodthirsty Al Qaeda wanna-be…’
October 18th, 2012Update: State Department Granted New York Terror Plotter a Student Visa Mmm hmm. Via: Foreign Policy: Last December, the State Department issued a student visa to the Bangladeshi man arrested this week for trying to blow up the Federal Reserve building with what he thought was a 1,000-pound bomb, the State Department confirmed today. — […]
U.S. Mercenaries Drunk, Shooting IV Drugs in Afghanistan
October 18th, 2012Via: ABC News: Cellphone video recorded earlier this year at an operations center of a U.S. defense contractor in Kabul, Afghanistan appears to show key personnel staggeringly drunk or high on narcotics, in what former employees say was a pattern of outrageous behavior that put American lives at risk and went undetected by U.S. military […]
Green Party Presidential Candidate Arrested Outside Debate Site
October 17th, 2012Via: Washington Post: Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein and running mate Cheri Honkala were arrested outside Long Island’s Hofstra University ahead of tonight’s debate. After being denied entrance to the campus because they lacked credentials, the two candidates sat down in the street in front of the university with an American flag on their […]
Photos of U.S. and Afghan Troops Patrolling Poppy Fields June 2012
October 17th, 2012Photos of U.S. and Afghan Troops Patrolling Poppy Fields June 2012, and more Photos of US/NATO Troops Patrolling Opium Poppy Fields in Afghanistan. And more again. Related: State Department Official: Negotiations to Extend U.S. Troop Presence in Afghanistan Starting Soon The House I Live In Research Credit: LoneWolf
The House I Live In
October 15th, 2012Via: The House I Live In:
Australian Government Wants to Outlaw Inexpensive Alcoholic Beverages
October 13th, 2012Home brew. Via: The Australian: CHEAP wine will be banned under a federal health agency’s plan to make drinkers pay at least $8-$10 for a bottle of booze. The Federal Government’s Australian National Preventative Health Agency will advise this week that a “floor price” and new taxes be calculated as a way to make alcohol […]
The Disney ‘Magic Band’
October 13th, 2012Via: ABC News: Walt Disney Parks and Resorts is reportedly considering replacing paper tickets with electronic wrist bands for admission to its theme parks, based on a company filing with the Federal Communications Commission. Walt Disney World Parks and Resorts has filed an application with the FCC for a radio-frequency identification wrist band, as reported […]
