Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
Moody’s Puts U.S. AAA Bond Rating On Review for Possible Downgrade
July 14th, 2011I could definitely be wrong, but I continue to hold the opinion that there is hardly any chance that, through legislative inaction, the U.S. will default. Via: USA Today: As President Obama and congressional leaders haggled over the nation’s $14.3 trillion debt ceiling this afternoon, they got a stark reminder of the financial stakes. Moody’s […]
Liberation from the Taliban: U.S. Builds New Jails Across Afghanistan
July 14th, 2011Via: Wired: The U.S. military is supposed to turn its massive jail on the outskirts of Bagram Air Field over to the Afghan government this year. But the U.S. is going to keep holding detainees in Afghanistan for a long, looooong time to come — as new military construction contracts reveal.
The “War On Drugs” Is A $2.5 Trillion Racket: How Big Banks, Private Military Companies And The Prison Industry Cash In
July 14th, 2011Via: AmpedStatus: Anyone who researches the “War on Drugs” already knows that it has been a very costly disaster. As the Global Commission on Drug Policy recently reported: “The global war on drugs has failed, with devastating consequences for individuals and societies around the world…. Vast expenditures on criminalization and repressive measures directed at producers, […]
‘Emergency’ Declared in Arizona Town Over Corruption Allegations
July 13th, 2011Arizona: Woman Arrested for Speaking at City Council Meeting Via: AP: The far western Arizona town of Quartzsite was in a state of upheaval Monday after the town council ousted the mayor from power and declared a state of emergency, all over an online video that shows a woman being arrested. Mayor Ed Foster told […]
Blackwater’s New Director: Bill Clinton’s Lawyer
July 11th, 2011Via: Wired: Blackwater’s rebranding continues at a torrid pace. Danger Room has learned the latest Washington greybeard hired to spruce up the image of the world’s most infamous private security firm is Jack Quinn, a top Washington lobbyist and former White House counsel to President Bill Clinton. Now renamed Xe and owned by an investor […]
Former CIA Director: Build a New Internet to Improve Cybersecurity
July 10th, 2011So, here are some guesses as to what voluntary will mean: Do you want to login to your bank? You’ll need your trusted credentials for that. Online trading account? You’ll need your trusted credentials for that. Book an airline ticket? You’ll need your trusted credentials for that. Sign up for Internet service? You’ll need your […]
U.S. Regime May Cite 14th Amendment to Keep Raising Debt Ceiling
July 10th, 2011Forget your gold coins and bars. This is comedy gold! I had guessed that the regime would use something from one or more of the multiple emergency declarations that the U.S. is under to keep the band playing on, but going to the Constitution might make for less worrisome soundbites—assuming that it goes that far, […]
U.S. Official Says Pre-Infected Computer Hardware and Software Entering Country
July 9th, 2011Yeah, but that shit from China is cheap, CHEAP! Bargains! Via: MSNBC: Confirming years of warnings from government and private security experts, a top Homeland Security official has acknowledged that computer hardware and software is already being imported to the United States preloaded with spyware and security-sabotaging components. Research Credit: m
New Legislation: Voluntary Automatic Wage Deductions to Pay Down National Debt
July 9th, 2011Oh sure. Via: Business Insider: HR 2411 states that every worker in America should be able to voluntarily have a portion of his/her wages automatically withheld and sent directly to the Treasury Department for the purposes of paying down the federal debt. “Every employer making payment of wages shall deduct and withhold upon such wages […]
Treasury Secretly Weighs Options to Avert Default [???]
July 8th, 2011You may have noticed that I haven’t been paying much attention to the possibility of default via the legislative vector. The reason is because every time a situation like this comes up, the machine always somehow manages to lurch on to dig the hole deeper. I’m assuming that the same thing will happen this time. […]
