Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
CALIFORNIA: 12 YEAR OLD CHILDREN CAN GIVE CONSENT TO BE VACCINATED
September 17th, 2011Even Californians who vaccinate their children should see this as a slap in the face. What else will the state have your children consent to? Via: Mercola: The state of California has just passed bill AB499, which will permit minor children as young as 12 years old to be vaccinated with sexually transmitted disease vaccines […]
Europe’s Debt Crisis Prompts Central Banks to Provide Dollar Liquidity
September 16th, 2011Via: Guardian: Fears of a deepening of Europe’s debt crisis have prompted the world’s leading central banks to pump US dollars into the financial system, in a co-ordinated action designed to boost market confidence. The Bank of England joined the US Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank, the Swiss National Bank and the Bank of […]
NFL Wants Pat-Downs from Ankles Up at All Stadiums
September 16th, 2011Via: USA Today: The NFL wants all fans patted down from the ankles up this season to improve fan safety. Under the new “enhanced” pat-down procedures, the NFL wants all 32 clubs to search fans from the ankles to the knees as well as the waist up. Previously, security guards only patted down fans from […]
‘New Emotion Detector Can See When We’re Lying’
September 14th, 2011[???] Via: BBC: A sophisticated new camera system can detect lies just by watching our faces as we talk, experts say. The computerised system uses a simple video camera, a high-resolution thermal imaging sensor and a suite of algorithms. Researchers say the system could be a powerful aid to security services. It successfully discriminates between […]
Vladimir Putin, Action Man
September 13th, 2011YES!!! The best EVER Putin propaganda photo gallery. No really. The. Best. Via: The Atlantic: Vladimir Putin, the 58-year-old former president and current prime minister of Russia, has cultivated a distinct public image over the past several years. The politician has piloted firefighting planes, darted whales, driven race cars, and even taken a submersible 1,400 […]
Post-September 11, NSA ‘Enemies’ Include Americans
September 13th, 2011Bamford mentions the new NSA facility in Utah, but he doesn’t mention the other new one in Texas. Ironically, he’s quoted in this piece about the new facility in San Antonio: Surrounded by barbwire fencing, the anonymous yet massive building on West Military Drive near San Antonio’s Loop 410 freeway looms mysteriously with no identifying […]
Canadians’ Mental Health Records Shared with U.S. Government
September 11th, 2011Via: CBC: More than a dozen Canadians have told the Psychiatric Patient Advocate Office in Toronto within the past year that they were blocked from entering the United States after their records of mental illness were shared with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
New American Ally in Somalia: ‘The Butcher’
September 9th, 2011Via: Wired: If you thought it was bad that Washington is paying a shady French mercenary to do its dirty work in Somalia, you ain’t seen nothing yet. Just wait to you see our latest ally: an admirer of Osama bin Laden with a gory past. Richard Rouget, a notorious gun-for-hire who uses American funds […]
TSA Agent Threatens Woman with Defamation, Demands $500k for Calling Intrusive Search ‘Rape’
September 9th, 2011Via: TechDirt: Amy Alkon is an advice columnist and blogger who is just one of many people who has had a horrifying and traumatizing experience going through airport security lately. After being pulled aside for an “enhanced” search, she found the process to be so invasive and so in violation of her own rights that […]
Justice Department Loses Round in Warrantless Phone Tracking
September 9th, 2011What’s the NSA doing with all of the surveillance data that it’s collecting on Americans? There won’t be any ACLU victory dances over that one anytime soon. Via: Cnet: The American Civil Liberties Union is touting its victory in a case against the Department of Justice over alleged mobile phone tracking. According to the group, […]
