Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
Moscow Braces for Mass Anti-Kremlin Protest
December 10th, 2011Monitoring… Via: Telegraph: Tens of thousands of anti-Kremlin protestors are expected to take to the streets of Moscow on Saturday in the biggest demonstration of its kind since Vladimir Putin came to power more than ten years ago. More: BBC: At Least 50,000 Police and Riot Troops Deployed in Moscow Ahead of Saturday’s Protests
Sound-Triggered Smartphone Ads
December 10th, 2011The really terrifying aspect of this is not the technology itself, but that some group of troglodytes will actually install this on their phones on purpose. Related: shewhomeasures.com: How about genitalia couplers (like in the video above—yes, watch closely) that communicate with the phone via Bluetooth? You know, for those extra special notifications, like when […]
Microsoft Can Remotely Kill Purchased Apps
December 9th, 2011Microsoft has had this capability for years, but it was related to pirated software and they would just kill certain functionality (see Office Genuine Advantage program). What you’ll be reading below is Microsoft taking another page out of Apple’s locked-down-vending-machine playbook. Via: PC Magazine: Microsoft’s terms of service for its Windows Store allows the company […]
Inside Romania’s Secret CIA Prison
December 8th, 2011Via: AP: In northern Bucharest, in a busy residential neighborhood minutes from the heart of the capital city, is a secret the Romanian government has long tried to protect. For years, the CIA used a government building — codenamed “Bright Light” — as a makeshift prison for its most valuable detainees. There it held al-Qaida […]
Australian Journalist Wins Prestigious Award for Exposing Flu Vaccine Scandal
December 8th, 2011Via: The Refusers: Natasha Bita, a journalist for The Australian has just won a Walkley Award (the Australian equivalent of a Pulitzer Prize) for an in-depth article series on the CSL Afluria flu vaccine, a shot that caused convulsions in one percent of Australian infants who received it. To put this vaccine scandal in perspective, […]
Rod Blagojevich Sentenced To 14 Years In Prison
December 8th, 2011Heaps of scorn and a long prison sentence can be meted out to this Blagojevich scumbag, but U.S. Presidents who have used the military as an international terrorist organization (and other culpable regime members) go on book tours and are paid large fees to speak at events. Via: CBS: Ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich was sentenced […]
ATF Wanted to Use “Fast and Furious” to Justify More Gun Control Legislation
December 8th, 2011This is absolutely incredible. Via: CBS: Documents obtained by CBS News show that the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) discussed using their covert operation “Fast and Furious” to argue for controversial new rules about gun sales. In Fast and Furious, ATF secretly encouraged gun dealers to sell to suspected traffickers for Mexican […]
Afghani$cam: $400-a-Gallon Gasoline
December 7th, 2011Via: Wall Street Journal: Parachuting a barrel of fuel to a remote Afghan base takes sharp flying skills, steady nerves and flawless timing. It also costs a lot of money—up to $400 a gallon, by military estimates. But the Pentagon is stuck with the expense for the foreseeable future, especially given the recent deterioration in […]
Harnessing Desert Sun to Power Europe
December 7th, 2011Is it just a coincidence that several of the countries that will be supplying Europe with power derived from the sun are experiencing regime change and riots? Via: BBC: It is a beguiling idea – harvest sunshine, and a little wind, from the empty deserts of North Africa and the Middle East, and use it […]
Russia: Election Fraud at All Levels of the Vote
December 7th, 2011Ballots filled out with pens containing erasable ink? Via: France24: Opposition leaders called for a second round of mass demonstrations in Moscow on Tuesday, to protest against last weekend’s parliamentary election amid widespread claims of irregularities favouring Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party. Our Observer on the ground, who participated in Sunday’s election as an observer […]
