Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
Fed Now Largest Owner of U.S. Government Debt—Surpassing China
November 17th, 2011Via: CNSNews: At the close of business on Tuesday, the debt of the federal government exceeded $15 trillion for the first time–with the largest single owner of the publicly held portion of that debt being the Federal Reserve. Over the past year, as the Federal Reserve massively increased its holdings of U.S. Treasury securities and […]
Britain: CCTV Taxi Plan ‘A Staggering Invasion of Privacy’
November 15th, 2011Via: Independent: Plans to fit all taxis operating in the city of Oxford with audio recording devices have been branded a “staggering invasion of privacy” prompting calls for the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) to investigate how widespread the use of microphones on public transport has become. Taxi drivers in the university town have been told […]
Why Is China Building These Gigantic Structures In the Middle of the Desert?
November 14th, 2011Via: Gizmodo: New photos have appeared in Google Maps showing unidentified titanic structures in the middle of the Chinese desert. The first one is an intricate network of what appears to be huge metallic stripes. Is this a military experiment? More: Wired: More Mammoth (and Mysterious) Structures Found in China’s Desert
Congress: Trading Stock on Inside Information
November 14th, 2011Via: CBS: Washington, D.C. is a town that runs on inside information – but should our elected officials be able to use that information to pad their own pockets? As Steve Kroft reports, members of Congress and their aides have regular access to powerful political intelligence, and many have made well-timed stock market trades in […]
$433-Million Bogus Smallpox Drug Deal for Large Democratic Party Contributor
November 13th, 2011Via: Los Angeles Times: Over the last year, the Obama administration has aggressively pushed a $433-million plan to buy an experimental smallpox drug, despite uncertainty over whether it is needed or will work. Senior officials have taken unusual steps to secure the contract for New York-based Siga Technologies Inc., whose controlling shareholder is billionaire Ronald […]
Gitmo Costs $800K/Year Per Detainee
November 11th, 2011Via: Mother Jones: The Miami Herald’s Carol Rosenberg, returning to Gitmo for the arraignment of alleged USS Cole bomber Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, reports how much the island prison is costing American taxpayers these days. The Pentagon detention center that started out in January 2002 as a collection of crude open-air cells guarded by Marines in […]
Member of Family Closely Linked to Eugenics Movement Makes Film Promoting, Among Other Things, Free Energy Technology from Aliens
November 10th, 2011Update: Impressions After Seeing the Film I saw Thrive and, on balance, I definitely recommend it. With regard to eugenics, my concern about Foster Gamble seems to have been a case of guilt by association. The film actually mentions eugenics. While it would have been nice to see some kind of disclosure about his family’s […]
China: Regime Admits 10% of Farmland Polluted with Heavy Metals
November 7th, 2011Considering the source, I’d start by doubling or tripling the estimate. Via: AFP: About 10 percent of China’s farmland contains excessive levels of heavy metals due to contaminated water and poisonous waste seeping into the soil, state media said Monday, citing a government survey. Pollution from heavy metals such as lead, mercury and cancer-causing cadmium […]
Property Prices Collapse in China
November 7th, 2011Via: Forbes: Residential property prices are in freefall in China as developers race to meet revenue targets for the year in a quickly deteriorating market. The country’s largest builders began discounting homes in Shanghai, Beijing, and Shenzhen in recent weeks, and the trend has now spread to second- and third-tier cities such as Hangzhou, Hefei, […]
Foxconn Wants to Build “Intelligent Robotics Kingdom” to Replace Human Workers with Robots
November 7th, 2011I love how they mention that this facility will create jobs! Yeah, 2000 jobs for people who are tasked with figuring out how to eliminate millions of other people’s jobs. This is definitely one for your Arbeit Macht Frei file folder. Via: Cnet: iPhone maker Foxconn aims to manufacture its own robots and automation equipment […]
