Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
Moscow: Hundreds Arrested
May 10th, 2012Via: Moscow Times: As Moscow gears up to celebrate its victory in World War II, 67 years ago Wednesday, the shadow of political conflict shrouds the capital as hundreds of arrests cloud Victory Day festivities. ?? Police said over 200 arrests were made Tuesday and overnight Wednesday on the eve of the anniversary, including repeat […]
Fed Clears China’s First U.S. Bank Takeover
May 10th, 2012Via: AFP: The United States on Wednesday opened its banking market to ICBC, China’s biggest bank, for the first time clearing a takeover of a US bank by a Chinese state-controlled company. Just days after high-level US-China economic talks in Beijing, the Federal Reserve approved an application from Industrial and Commercial Bank of China to […]
Queen Unveils Draft Internet Super-Snoop Bill
May 9th, 2012Via: Register: The Queen has detailed the government’s upcoming programme of law-making on a grey day darkened by the gloom of a double-dip recession and plans to massively increase surveillance of the internet in the UK. Opening the new session of Parliament, Her Majesty confirmed on Wednesday that “draft clauses” would be introduced to allow […]
U.S. Air Force Can ‘Accidentally’ Spy On American Citizens for 90 Days
May 9th, 2012Via: Wired: As long as the Air Force pinky-swears it didn’t mean to, its drone fleet can keep tabs on the movements of Americans, far from the battlefields of Afghanistan, Pakistan or Yemen. And it can hold data on them for 90 days — studying it to see if the people it accidentally spied upon […]
Federal Inmate Keith Judd Receiving Sizable Percent of Vote in West Virginia Democratic Primary
May 9th, 2012Via: ABC News: Barack Obama was not the only Democrat on the ballot on Tuesday in West Virginia’s Democratic Presidential Primary. Keith Judd — also known as Inmate No. 11593-051 at the Federal Correctional Institution in Texarkana, Texas — was running against him. Judd, who is serving out a 17.5 year sentence for extortion, currently […]
U.S. Companies Selling Drones to Undisclosed Foreign Governments
May 8th, 2012Via: The American Independent: A Texas-based defense contractor is selling drones overseas to foreign governments for use in combating narcotics trafficking and terrorism. Which countries are buying them and exactly how they are being used, however, is largely unknown. This uncertainty has led to calls from human rights activists for greater transparency and accountability for […]
Made in China: Capsules Containing Powdered Babies
May 8th, 2012Update: China to Open Inquiry After South Korea Seizes Powdered Human Flesh in Capsules Via: AP: An investigation will be launched into allegations that drug capsules filled with powdered flesh from dead babies were being manufactured in China. The official Xinhua News Agency quoted a ministry spokesman as saying an investigation in August found no […]
Fascism Rises from the Depths of Greece’s Despair
May 6th, 2012Via: Independent: Entering its fourth year in recession, Greece now outstrips even Spain for youth unemployment with the new statistics published yesterday showing joblessness among the under-25s at 51.2 per cent. The headline unemployment rate is 21.7 per cent while the real rate is believed to be closer to 25 per cent. It’s in this […]
U.S. Department of Energy Claims ‘Unprecedented’ Success in Test for New Fuel Source
May 6th, 2012Via: MSNBC: Could the future of cleaner fossil fuel really be frozen crystals now trapped in ocean sediments and under permafrost? Backed by an oil industry giant, the Obama administration recently tested a drilling technique in Alaska’s Arctic that it says might eventually unlock “a vast, entirely untapped resource that holds enormous potential for U.S. […]
Beijing Is Planning to Avoid U.S. Financial Sanctions on Iran by Paying for Oil with Gold
May 6th, 2012Via: Forbes: So how can Beijing keep both Iran’s ayatollahs and President Obama happy at the same time? Simple, the Chinese can avoid the U.S. sanctions through barter. China has already been trading its produce for Iran’s petroleum, but there is only so much gai lan and bok choy the Iranians can eat. That’s why […]
