Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
China to New Zealand: Embrace Your Status as an Authorized Mr. Lee’s Greater Hong Kong Franchisee
August 4th, 2011*sigh* Via: New Zealand Herald: China is launching a public relations offensive in New Zealand and the rest of world, saying the West has nothing to fear from China’s rapid economic growth and investment. The Chinese embassy’s political counsellor Cheng Lei held a rare press conference this morning at the embassy in Wellington, reading out […]
The Secret Patriot Act Is Staying Secret
August 3rd, 2011Via: Wired: The secret Patriot Act is staying secret. Two Senators have been warning for months that the government has a secret legal interpretation of the Patriot Act so broad that it amounts to an entirely different law — one that gives the feds massive domestic surveillance powers, and keeps the rest of us in […]
Moody’s Confirms U.S. AAA Rating; Food Stamp Use Rises to Record
August 3rd, 2011Just a quick juxtaposition of two stories to demonstrate how absurd the kabuki theater has become. Moody’s Confirms U.S. AAA Rating, Assigns Negative Outlook Record Numbers Are Receiving Food Stamps
Israeli-Style Airline Passenger Screening Starting in Boston
August 2nd, 2011Via: Boston Herald: Boston’s TSA screeners — part of a security force whose competency has come under fire nationwide — soon will be carrying out sophisticated behavioral inspections under a first-in-the-nation program that’s already raising concerns of racial profiling, harassment of innocent travelers and longer lines. The training for the Israeli-style screening — a projected […]
New Zealand Medical Establishment Attempted to Murder Man Rather Than Let Him Recover from Terminal Pneumonia With High Doses of Vitamin C
August 2nd, 2011Watch and learn. Via: 3News: The amazing story of a King Country dairy farmer who caught swine flu and very nearly died.
Obombya Regime Wants Changes to Arms Export Licensing Process… To Export More Arms
August 1st, 2011Via: Aviation Week: The Obama administration is proposing to shift tanks, trucks and other military vehicles currently controlled on the U.S. Munitions List (USML) to the less-restrictive U.S. Commerce Control List (CCL) by year’s end as part of a broader effort to reform the U.S. arms export licensing process. The licensing process governs foreign sales […]
Tentative Debt Deal Might Happen; $2.4 Trillion Debt Ceiling Increase Supposedly Tied to $2.4 Trillion in Cuts
July 31st, 2011Deal Almost Complete; No Vote Today Forex is underway. So far, it mostly just looks like the usual noise. NZD/USD broke higher again, however, and hit a new record high of .8842 intraday. Gold is selling off a bit, down 1% right now. Major Asian equity markets are all green; Nikkei up 1.65%. I’ll be […]
The Essential Rules Of Tyranny
July 30th, 2011Via: Alt-Market: As we look back on the horrors of the dictatorships and autocracies of the past, one particular question consistently arises; how was it possible for the common men of these eras to NOT notice what was happening around them? How could they have stood as statues unaware or uncaring as their cultures were […]
House Panel Approves Broadened ISP Snooping Bill
July 29th, 2011Via: Cnet: Internet providers would be forced to keep logs of their customers’ activities for one year–in case police want to review them in the future–under legislation that a U.S. House of Representatives committee approved today. The 19 to 10 vote represents a victory for conservative Republicans, who made data retention their first major technology […]
Google Offers To Re-Write Your Webpages On The Fly
July 29th, 2011If you think that this is just about speed, I’d urge you to consider Beware Online “Filter Bubbles”: As web companies strive to tailor their services (including news and search results) to our personal tastes, there’s a dangerous unintended consequence: We get trapped in a “filter bubble” and don’t get exposed to information that could […]
