Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
Welcome to Shanghai-on-Shannon: Chinese Plans to Create a City in Co Westmeath That Will Act as a Trading Hub for Europe
December 5th, 2010This is just what Ireland needs! The World’s Largest Shopping Mall — Is Empty China’s Empty City Via: Irish Times: IT HAS BEEN the talk of Athlone for almost two years. What began as vague whisperings of Chinese investors scouting the midlands town for a major project soon developed into umpteen rumours, each one grander […]
Feds Warrantlessly Tracking Americans’ Credit Cards in Real Time
December 3rd, 2010As bad as the information below might seem, it’s actually worse than that. This is from 2008, but it’s a keeper: The Last Roundup: MAIN CORE. Via: Wired: Federal law enforcement agencies have been tracking Americans in real-time using credit cards, loyalty cards and travel reservations without getting a court order, a new document released […]
Nigeria to Charge Dick Cheney in Pipeline Bribery Case
December 2nd, 2010Via: Bloomberg: Nigeria will file charges against former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and officials from five foreign companies including Halliburton Co. over a $180 million bribery scandal, a prosecutor at the anti-graft agency said. Indictments will be lodged in a Nigerian court “in the next three days,” Godwin Obla, prosecuting counsel at the Economic […]
Fed Withholds Collateral Data for $885 Billion in Financial-Crisis Loans
December 2nd, 2010“Collateral.” *wink* Via: Bloomberg: The Federal Reserve withheld details on individual securities pledged as collateral by recipients of $885 billion in central bank loans, denying taxpayers a measure of the risks they faced from its emergency aid.
Pedophile Cult Urges Support for Dangerous FrankenpHood Crops
December 2nd, 2010Update: Pedophile Cult Leadership: Pro-GM Statement “Cannot be Considered an Official Position of the Holy See” Via: Catholic News Service: The Vatican did not endorse an 11-page final statement in favor of easing restrictions on and allowing more widespread use of genetically modified crops, especially in poorer nations, said a Vatican official. “The statement is […]
Fed Aid Went Beyond U.S. Banks to Industry, Foreign Firms
December 2nd, 2010Via: Washington Post: The financial crisis stretched even farther across the economy than many had realized, as new disclosures show the Federal Reserve rushed trillions of dollars in emergency aid not just to Wall Street but also to motorcycle makers, telecom firms and foreign-owned banks in 2008 and 2009. The Fed’s efforts to prop up […]
TSA Frisks Groom Children to Cooperate with Sex Predators, Abuse Expert Says
December 2nd, 2010Via: Raw Story: An expert in the fight against child sexual abuse is raising the alarm about a technique the TSA is reportedly using to get children to co-operate with airport pat-downs: calling it a “game”. Ken Wooden, founder of Child Lures Prevention, says the TSA’s recommendation that children be told the pat-down is a […]
Obama and GOPers Worked Together to Kill Bush Torture Probe
December 2nd, 2010Via: Mother Jones: A WikiLeaks cable shows that when Spain considered a criminal case against ex-Bush officials, the Obama White House and Republicans got really bipartisan. In its first months in office, the Obama administration sought to protect Bush administration officials facing criminal investigation overseas for their involvement in establishing policies the that governed interrogations […]
Madison County to Evict Man Living in Camper on His Own Land
December 2nd, 2010Via: WISH: Thompson faces eviction from his 38 acres in Madison County. The county lawyer tells 24-Hour News 8 it’s because Thompson is breaking too many rules, laws and ordinances; Thompson has no water, no sewer and no electricity in his recreational trailer that he calls home.
Russia as Mafia State and Pot Calls Kettle Black
December 2nd, 2010I consider the following depiction of Russia to be middle-road, uncontroversial and obvious. What struck me, though, is how similar it sounds to the U.S. Just change some of the proper names to American ones and instead of mafia, use corporations. Sound familiar? Also, this isn’t just the State Department’s assessment. This topic represents an […]
