Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
Members of UK Parliament Recommend Censoring Online ‘Extremism’
February 17th, 2012Via: Electronic Frontier Foundation: In a report published last week, members of the United Kingdom Parliament concluded that the Internet plays a major role in the radicalization of terrorists and called on the government to pressure Internet Service Providers in Britain and abroad to censor online speech. The Roots of Violent Radicalisation places the Internet […]
Egregious Vote Fraud in Maine
February 16th, 2012Update: Busted—Maine GOP Allegedly Recounting Caucus Votes Via: Politico: The Maine Republican Party, under fire from Ron Paul supporters for its mishandling of the state’s recent caucuses, is now re-canvassing counties and municipalities to recount vote totals. POLITICO obtained an email from the State Republican Party asking local chairmen to send them the vote totals […]
The Pentagon’s $51 Billion ‘Black’ Budget
February 16th, 2012If you find this Wired piece interesting, definitely check out, Blank Spots on the Map: The Dark Geography of the Pentagon’s Secret World by Trevor Paglen. As an outsider, Paglen has no access to the black world, but he sort of feels around the edges of it and you really start to get a sense […]
China Plays Major Role in Financing Latin America; Pockets Premiums
February 16th, 2012Meet the new boss… Via: Financial Times: Chinese state banks have lent more than $75bn to Latin America since 2005, and in 2010 gave more than the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank and US Ex-Im Bank combined, according to a report which highlights China’s growing financial heft in the region. “On the positive side, it […]
Will Iran Sell Oil in Currencies Other Than the Dollar Starting March 20?
February 15th, 2012Via: Telegraph: Last week, the Tehran Times noted that the Iranian oil bourse will start trading oil in currencies other than the dollar from March 20. This long-planned move is part of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s vision of economic war with the west. “The dispute over Iran’s nuclear programme is nothing more than a convenient excuse […]
Panorama: Poor America
February 14th, 2012Here’s a link to the whole show. Via: BBC: With one and a half million American children now homeless, reporter Hilary Andersson meets the school pupils who go hungry in the richest country on Earth. From those living in the storm drains under Las Vegas to the tent cities now springing up around the United […]
Canada: Proposal Would Create Massive Surveillance System
February 14th, 2012Via: The Montreal Gazette: Police will get much easier access to the web-surfing habits and personal information of all Canadians if a new law – expected to be introduced in the House of Commons next week – passes. Privacy watchdogs caution if the so-called Lawful Access law is passed, it would give police access to […]
Another Way to Break the Internet: ‘The Right to Be Forgotten’
February 14th, 2012Not April 1st: Check. Not The Onion: Check. Via: Stanford Law Review: At the end of January, the European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights, and Citizenship, Viviane Reding, announced the European Commission’s proposal to create a sweeping new privacy right—the “right to be forgotten.” The right, which has been hotly debated in Europe for the […]
After Two Year Federal Undercover Investigation, Judge Stops Amish Farmer’s Sale of Raw Milk to Maryland
February 14th, 2012Via: Lancaster Online: A federal District Court judge has ordered a Kinzers farmer to stop selling raw milk to customers in Maryland. Judge Lawrence Stengel issued a permanent injunction Feb. 2 barring Amish dairyman Daniel Allgyer from sending the unpasteurized beverage across state lines to Grassfed on The Hill, a Washington, D.C.-area buying club. The […]
And Now… Obama Campaign Launches ‘Truth Teams’
February 13th, 2012The simple fact is that progressives are supporting a candidate for President who has done all of that — things liberalism has long held to be pernicious. I know it’s annoying and miserable to hear. Progressives like to think of themselves as the faction that stands for peace, opposes wars, believes in due process and […]
