Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
U.S. Claims to Have Disrupted Iranian Terror Plot
October 12th, 2011Oh, well, if Tom Kean is on board, there should be no doubts at all about the veracity of these claims. *chortle* Via: CNN: The FBI and the DEA have disrupted a plot involving Iran to kill the Saudi ambassador to the United States and commit other attacks, according to the U.S. Justice Department. Two […]
Canada: Mass Graves Discovered at Closed Mohawk Institute Residential School
October 11th, 2011Via: Examiner: Mass graves of Mohawk children have been uncovered by ground-penetrating radar at the Mohawk Institute, a residential school for Mohawk operated by the Church of England and the Vatican before its closure in 1970. According to Rev. Kevin Annett, Secretary of the International Tribunal for Crimes of Church and States (www.itccs.org), the Mohawk […]
VeriSign Demands Website Takedown Powers, No Court Order Necessary
October 11th, 2011Via: Register: VeriSign, which manages the database of all .com internet addresses, wants powers to shut down “non-legitimate” domain names when asked to by law enforcement. The company said today it wants to be able to enforce the “denial, cancellation or transfer of any registration” in any of a laundry list of scenarios where a […]
Romney Unfurls
October 11th, 2011WARNING: EXTREMELY GRAPHIC: Here’s a video that all Romney supporters should see. In fact, go ahead and send that to anyone you know who supports America’s wars. Do you know any young people who want to sign up to serve the American empire? Go ahead and CC them too. While we’re at it… Are there […]
Children to be Banned from Blowing Up Balloons, Under EU Safety Rules
October 11th, 2011Better require them to wear those reflective-vests at all times as well. And helmets. And… Via: Telegraph: Children are to be banned from taking part in traditional Christmas games, from blowing up balloons to blowing on party whistles, because of new EU safety rules that have just entered into force.
Egypt: 25 Dead After Government Crushes Protesters with Armored Personnel Carriers
October 10th, 2011Via: Reuters: Egyptian Christians mourned their dead and berated the army on Monday after at least 25 people were killed when troops crushed a protest about an attack on a church in the worst violence since the uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak. Armored personnel carriers sped into the crowd late on Sunday to break up […]
‘Steve Jobs, The Pioneer Of The Computer As A Jail’
October 8th, 2011Via: Stallman: Steve Jobs, the pioneer of the computer as a jail made cool, designed to sever fools from their freedom, has died. As Chicago Mayor Harold Washington said of the corrupt former Mayor Daley, “I’m not glad he’s dead, but I’m glad he’s gone.” Nobody deserves to have to die – not Jobs, not […]
Homeland Security Moves Forward with ‘Pre-Crime’ Detection
October 8th, 2011Via: Cnet: An internal U.S. Department of Homeland Security document indicates that a controversial program designed to predict whether a person will commit a crime is already being tested on some members of the public voluntarily, CNET has learned. If this sounds a bit like the Tom Cruise movie called “Minority Report,” or the CBS […]
FBI to Launch Nationwide Facial Recognition Service
October 8th, 2011Via: Nextgov: The FBI by mid-January will activate a nationwide facial recognition service in select states that will allow local police to identify unknown subjects in photos, bureau officials told Nextgov. The federal government is embarking on a multiyear, $1 billion dollar overhaul of the FBI’s existing fingerprint database to more quickly and accurately identify […]
Georgia May Use Prisoners to Fill Farm Labor Gap
October 7th, 2011Via: AP: State officials have set their sights on another potential pool of workers to help bridge Georgia’s severe farm labor gap: prisoners. The idea is to put nonviolent inmates — who are spending the end of their prison terms at one of the state’s 13 transitional centers — to work picking fruits and vegetables […]
