Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
Senate Bill 1867: U.S. Military Would Be Able to Indefinitely Detain American Civilians Without Charge or Trial Anywhere in the World
November 28th, 2011Update: Senate Rejects Effort to Ease Terrorist Detainee Policy in Defense Bill Via: The Hill: The Senate rejected an amendment on Tuesday that would have removed a provision from the pending Defense spending bill to toughen U.S. policy towards suspected terrorists captured on the battlefield or on the home front. —End Update— Via: ACLU: The […]
New Zealand: 1 Million Didn’t Bother to Vote
November 28th, 2011Update: National Almost Beaten by The Abstention Party Via: New Zealand Herald: Voter turnout in the general election was an historic low of 68.8% of eligible voters. An argument can be made that the National Party was almost beaten by The Abstention Party, which won 31.2% of the (non)-vote. Once you take into account the […]
The Future of Airport Security: Thermal Lie-Detectors and Cloned Sniffer Dogs
November 27th, 2011Via: CNN: After the EU’s announcement that it will ban “backscatter” x-ray body scanners, airports may have to look harder at alternative security measures. From Bluetooth tracking to thermal lie-detector cameras, we take a glimpse into the weird and wonderful future of airport security. The check-point of the future Earlier this year, the International Air […]
PayPal’s Links to Palantir, a Metasearch Technology Used by Intelligence, Law Enforcement and Military Organizations
November 27th, 2011And guess where they’re located? That’s right: Facebook’s former building. I couldn’t make it up if I tried. Via: Bloomberg: An organization like the CIA or FBI can have thousands of different databases, each with its own quirks: financial records, DNA samples, sound samples, video clips, maps, floor plans, human intelligence reports from all over […]
China to Cancel College Majors That Don’t Pay
November 27th, 2011Via: Wall Street Journal: Much like the U.S., China is aiming to address a problematic demographic that has recently emerged: a generation of jobless graduates. China’s solution to that problem, however, has some in the country scratching their heads. China’s Ministry of Education announced this week plans to phase out majors producing unemployable graduates, according […]
Australia: Immunize Children or Lose Benefits, Parents Told
November 26th, 2011Via: ABC: Parents who do not have their children fully immunised will be stripped of family tax benefits under a scheme announced by the Federal Government. The Government says 11 per cent of five-year-olds are not immunised and has announced a shake-up of the system which will take effect from July 1 next year. Under […]
Egyptian Military Using Very Powerful Incapacitating Agents on Tahrir Square Protesters
November 26th, 2011Via: Guardian: Egyptian security forces are believed to be using a powerful incapacitating gas against civilian protesters in Tahrir Square following multiple cases of unconsciousness and epileptic-like convulsions among those exposed. The Guardian has collected video footage as well as witness accounts from doctors and victims who have offered strong evidence that at least two […]
Climategate 2.0 Emails
November 26th, 2011WattsUpWithThat Climategate 2 FOIA 2011 Searchable Database
Senator Joe Lieberman Asks Google for a Terrorist Flagging Button on Blogger
November 26th, 2011lol Via: The Verge: Well, Joe’s at it again, and this time, it really is as embarrassing as it sounds. The Senator has taken pen to paper and written a letter to Google asking that its blogging platform Blogger be equipped with a flagging feature… for terrorists. This is largely because Jose Pimental, a man […]
Apple iTunes “Flaw” Allowed Government Spying for 3 Years
November 25th, 2011Via: Telegraph: An unpatched security flaw in Apple’s iTunes software allowed intelligence agencies and police to hack into users’ computers for more than three years, it’s claimed. A British company called Gamma International marketed hacking software to governments that exploited the vulnerability via a bogus update to iTunes, Apple’s media player, which is installed on […]
