Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
Upcoming WikiLeaks Release Could Damage International Relations Between U.S. and Allies
November 25th, 2010Via: CBC: The U.S. government has notified Ottawa that the WikiLeaks website is preparing to release sensitive U.S. diplomatic files that could damage U.S. relations with allies around the world. U.S. officials say the documents may contain accounts of compromising conversations with political dissidents and friendly politicians and could result in the expulsion of U.S. […]
Jury Finds Tom DeLay Guilty On All Counts
November 25th, 2010Via: Raw Story: Former U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay — once one of the most powerful and feared Republicans in Congress — was convicted Wednesday on charges he illegally funneled corporate money to Texas candidates in 2002. Jurors deliberated for 19 hours before returning guilty verdicts against DeLay on charges of money laundering and […]
Russia, China Pledge Bigger Role for Yuan, Ruble
November 24th, 2010Via: AFP: Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday the Chinese yuan would soon start trading in Russia as the countries seek to challenge the dollar and promote the use of national currencies. “We agreed to expand the possibilities for application of national currencies during trade and economic contacts,” Putin said after talks with Chinese […]
Next Step for Body Scanners Could be Trains, Boats, Metro
November 24th, 2010Via: The Hill: The next step in tightened security could be on U.S. public transportation, trains and boats. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says terrorists will continue to look for U.S. vulnerabilities, making tighter security standards necessary. “[Terrorists] are going to continue to probe the system and try to find a way through,” Napolitano said […]
TSA: No Body Cavity Searches
November 23rd, 2010Oh, thank you, Master. Via: U.S. News and World Report: The flying public has won a small victory in the fight over airport pat downs and more intrusive searches with the Transportation Security Agency: For now, the agency isn’t planning to take the next step toward body cavity searches. “We’re not going to get in […]
Insider Trading: Criminal Charges, Fines Against Large Number of Wall Street Executives and Investors
November 22nd, 2010Upstarts get busted in an attempt to maintain appearances while public menaces Goldman Sachs and AIG are allowed to slip from the headlines. Via: Los Angeles Times: Federal investigators in New York are wrapping up an extensive investigation into allegations of insider trading and other stock-trading irregularities that could bring criminal charges or monetary fines […]
TSA Pat-Down Leaves Traveler Covered in Urine
November 21st, 2010Via: MSNBC: A retired special education teacher on his way to a wedding in Orlando, Fla., said he was left humiliated, crying and covered with his own urine after an enhanced pat-down by TSA officers recently at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. “I was absolutely humiliated, I couldn’t even speak,” said Thomas D. “Tom” Sawyer, 61, of […]
Could Millionaires Fleeing the U.S. Cause a Wildcard Economic Event?
November 21st, 2010For years, I’ve received emails from people who want to move to New Zealand. Some young, some old. Some well off, some not so well off. Over the last month or so, three millionaires have emailed me about moving to New Zealand. The three people who emailed me were all going to invest their way […]
Ron Paul: American Traveler Dignity Act
November 19th, 2010Via: Ron Paul: My legislation is simple. It establishes that airport security screeners are not immune from any US law regarding physical contact with another person, making images of another person, or causing physical harm through the use of radiation-emitting machinery on another person. It means they are subject to the same laws as the […]
Double Kill Shot Dealt to the Religion of Scientific Materialism
November 18th, 2010This reminded me of the Pioneer anomaly: The Pioneer anomaly or Pioneer effect is the observed deviation from predicted trajectories and velocities of various unmanned spacecraft visiting the outer solar system, most notably Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11. Both Pioneer spacecraft are escaping from the solar system, and are slowing down under the influence of […]
