Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
New Evidence Links Cisco to Jailing and Torture of Chinese
September 6th, 2011Via: Sydney Morning Herald: A human rights group suing Cisco for aiding the tracking and torture of people in China claims it has new evidence proving the tech giant tailored its technology to specifically enable these abuses. If accepted by the court, the revelations, including that Cisco trained Chinese officials in how to surveil net […]
Two Mexicans Face 30 Years in Prison Over Tweeting Bogus Information
September 6th, 2011Via: AP: Think before you tweet. A former teacher turned radio commentator and a math tutor who lives with his mother sit in a prison in southern Mexico, facing possible 30-year sentences for terrorism and sabotage in what may be the most serious charges ever brought against anyone using a Twitter social network account. Research […]
Capital of Scrap: Dying Detroit Looting Itself
September 5th, 2011Those bailouts are going well. Via: Russia Today:
The Washington Post Piece About the ‘Wasted’ Tens of Billions of Dollars in Iraq and Afghanistan
September 4th, 2011There are, however, a few metrics by which “victory” for the U.S. in Afghanistan may be measured. First of all, the fact that mayhem continues is a victory for the corporations that profit from the absurd war-related contracts. There’s the unknown billions of heroin related dollars that are generated from covert operations in Afghanistan. The […]
DARPA Researchers Rig Cyborg Beetles to Capture Energy That Powers Neuro Control Electronics
September 3rd, 2011The creature flaps its wings and generates power for the electronics that the remote operators use to control its flight. Sound familiar? Governments figured out this model long ago: Income tax, property tax, sales tax, fuel tax, fart tax, etc. They’ve got everyone coming and going, the system feeds on our activity through taxes and […]
China: Disappearing Dissidents
September 3rd, 2011Via: New York Times: Last Jan. 27, an Inner Mongolian rights activist, Govruud Huuchinhuu, suddenly vanished after leaving a hospital where she had undergone treatment for cancer. On Feb. 16, the Beijing human-rights lawyer Tang Jitian vanished after being forcibly taken away by police officers. On May 30, an ethnic Uighur, Ershidin Israel, vanished after […]
And Now… Monsanto Corn Falls to Illinois Bugs
September 3rd, 2011Horror movie or silly video game? Nope, just more innovation from Monsanto. Via: Bloomberg: Monsanto Co. (MON)’s insect-killing corn is toppling over in northwestern Illinois fields, a sign that rootworms outside of Iowa may have developed resistance to the genetically modified crop, according to one scientist. Michael Gray, an agricultural entomologist at the University of […]
Documents Reveal New Details About DHS Development of Mobile Body Scanners; Not Certified “People Scanners”
September 1st, 2011Too much radiation. No consent. Via: EPIC: EPIC has obtained more than one hundred fifty pages of documents detailing the Department of Homeland Security’s development of mobile body scanners and other crowd surveillance technology. The documents were obtained as a result of a Freedom Information Act lawsuit brought by EPIC against the federal agency. According […]
FEMA and Your ‘Federal Family’
September 1st, 2011Via: Palm Beach Post: Don’t think of it as the federal government but as your “federal family.” In a Category 4 torrent of official communications during the approach and aftermath of Hurricane Irene, the Federal Emergency Management Agency has repeatedly used the phrase “federal family” when describing the Obama administration’s response to the storm. The […]
Pakistan Bans Use of VPNs
September 1st, 2011Maniac fascism. Via: Guardian: Millions of internet users in Pakistan will be unable to send emails and messages without fear of government snooping after authorities banned the use of encryption software. A legal notice sent to all internet providers (ISPs) by the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority, seen by the Guardian, orders the ISPs to inform authorities […]
