Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
Google Admits Handing over European User Data to U.S. Intelligence Agencies
August 11th, 2011Via: Softpedia: Google has admitted complying with requests from US intelligence agencies for data stored in its European data centers, most likely in violation of European Union data protection laws. Gordon Frazer, Microsoft UK’s managing director, made news headlines some weeks ago when he admitted that Microsoft can be compelled to share data with the […]
The U.S. Military’s Plans for London-Like Riots
August 11th, 2011These contingency plans are decades old. While this article does mention Operation Garden Plot, it doesn’t mention REX-84, which is also worth knowing about. DF sent: Secret ‘Trigger’ & blueprint for emergency domestic military crackdown plan revealed Martial Law in America – Conplan 3502 Exposed and Via: Atlantic Wire: With British Prime Minister David Cameron […]
School Bans Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-5, So Vonnegut Library Gives Copies to Students for Free
August 10th, 2011Via: io9: Most of us regard Kurt Vonnegut’s classic novel Slaughterhouse-Five as a masterpiece of thought-provoking science fiction, but the School Board of Republic High School in Missouri felt differently. They decided to ban the novel. And in response, the Vonnegut Memorial Library offered to provide a free copy to any of the 150 students […]
Dylan Ratigan Rant Over Political and Economic System Designed to “Extract America”
August 10th, 2011I hardly ever see these talking heads shows, so I don’t know if this type of thing happens often. Apologies if this is just standard fare on the TV nowadays. Ratigan’s description of the issue represents a lie by omission, and his prescription would perpetuate the problem. Mainly, I liked how workers in the background […]
An Investment Manager’s View on the Top 1%
August 8th, 2011Via: Who Rules America: I sit in an interesting chair in the financial services industry. Our clients largely fall into the top 1%, have a net worth of $5,000,000 or above, and if working make over $300,000 per year. My observations on the sources of their wealth and concerns come from my professional and social […]
China: “America Needs To Accept The Painful Fact That The Good Old Days Are Over”; Calls for International Supervision of Issuance of U.S. Dollars and the Creation of a Global Reserve Currency
August 6th, 2011One more time: I’d say that capital controls, some kind of IMF SDR (Special Drawing Rights) ‘Global Reserve’ confetti bucks, and a global financial crisis management organization, like the IMF on steroids are possible. At a minimum, states will try unilateral capital controls in an attempt to prevent their currencies from disorderly appreciation vs. the […]
Inside North Korea
August 5th, 2011Via: Atlantic Wire: Earlier this year, David Guttenfelder, chief Asia photographer for the Associated Press, along with Jean H. Lee, AP bureau chief in Seoul, were granted unprecedented access to parts of North Korea as part of the AP’s efforts to expand coverage of the isolated communist nation. The pair made visits to familiar sites […]
Did Crashed Lockheed Martin HALE-D Airship Have EEStor Systems On Board?
August 5th, 2011If you’re not familiar with the EEStor story, I’ve done several posts on it over the years. With regard to this HALE-D airship crash, let’s first note Lockheed Martin’s links to EEStor. This is from 2008: Lockheed Martin to Use EEstor’s Ultracapacitors for Military and Homeland Security Applications: Lockheed Martin has signed an exclusive international […]
Rawsome Farm Buying Club Raided Again
August 4th, 2011Look at all of the agencies associated with this nonsense!? Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office: Agencies taking part in the ongoing investigation include the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; the California Franchise Tax Board; the California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Milk and Dairy Food Safety Branch and the department’s Division of Measurement Standards; the […]
U.S. Borrowing Tops 100% of GDP
August 4th, 2011Via: AFP: US gross debt shot up $238 billion to reach 100 percent of gross domestic product after the government’s debt ceiling was lifted, Treasury figures showed. On Tuesday, the Treasury had to add more than $200 billion of commitments immediately after President Barack Obama signed into law an increase in the debt ceiling. The […]
