Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
As Economy Tanks, “New Normal” Police State Takes Shape
August 15th, 2011Via: Dissident Voice: Forget your rights. As corporate overlords position themselves to seize what little remains of a tattered social net (adieu Medicare and Medicaid! Social Security? Au revoir!), the Obama administration is moving at break-neck speed to expand police state programs first stood-up by the Bush government. After all, with world share prices gyrating […]
Paul Krugman on CNN: “If We Discovered That Space Aliens Were Planning to Attack… This Slump Would Be Over in 18 Months”
August 15th, 2011The Al Qaeda swindle isn’t working, so why not double down and shoot for the stars? Via: CNN Clip on YouTube: Paul Krugman wants to create a Keynesian-infused Space Alien Economic Bubble to revive the depressed one we have right now.
Author Claims Pentagon Can’t Account for $10 Trillion Since 1991
August 15th, 2011Via: Daily Ticker: You think Enron’s accounting was troubled? The Pentagon has very little accountability when it comes to its books. Since first submitting financial accounts in 1991, the Pentagon “has been unable to account for trillions of dollars, well over almost $10 trillion by my own account,” says Glain. Conspiracy theorists suggest this is […]
Terror Screening Watchlist Service
August 14th, 2011Via: The Informant: Last Friday, the federal government’s new anti-terror database, the Terror Screening Watchlist Service, went live. The database is loaded with an unknown amount of personal information, including names, photographs and biometric data. In a new turn that has civil liberties advocates crying foul, the Department of Homeland Security is claiming all information […]
World Is Witnessing Financial WWIII
August 12th, 2011Via: Russia Today: Following the loss of the US’s triple-A credit score which sparked sell-offs on global markets, a new war using financial derivatives has been waged, which by no means can bear the name of WWIII, financial analyst Max Keiser told RT. Investors however remain unconvinced the country’s finances are solid enough. Problems in […]
Government Pays for Empty Flights to Rural Airports
August 12th, 2011Via: AP / San Francisco Chronicle: On some days, the pilots with Great Lakes Airlines fire up a twin-engine Beechcraft 1900 at the Ely, Nev., airport and depart for Las Vegas without a single passenger on board. And the federal government pays them to do it. Federal statistics reviewed by The Associated Press show that […]
Russia: Government Sponsored Youth Camp
August 12th, 2011Via: Los Angeles Times: They wake up to the Russian national anthem and gather near the main stage lined with huge portraits of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his boss (on paper at least), President Dmitry Medvedev, where they do their morning exercises to music interrupted periodically by recorded quotations from both leaders. As the […]
France, Belgium, Italy and Spain Ban Short Selling
August 11th, 2011Via: New York Times: A European market regulator announced on Thursday night that short-selling of financial stocks in several countries would be temporarily banned in an effort to stop the tailspin in the markets. The European Securities and Markets Authority, a body that coordinates the European Union’s market policies, said in a statement that these […]
Ireland Being “Run by Mad People in Brussels”
August 11th, 2011Via: Irish Times: POTENTIAL PRESIDENTIAL candidate Gay Byrne has expressed concerns about the development of the European Union, saying Ireland was being “run by mad people in Brussels”. The veteran broadcaster, who revealed this week he had been asked to consider running for the presidency by Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin, outlined his worries while […]
China, North Korea, Iran, Libya… David Cameron Threatens to Shut Down UK Social Networks When Pre-Crime Detected
August 11th, 2011Via: Thinq: In a move worthy of China’s communist regime, UK PM David Cameron wants to shut down social networks whenever civil unrest rears its head in Britain’s towns and cities. Speaking in the House of Commons, Cameron said, “Everyone watching these horrific actions will be struck by how they were, organised via social media. […]
