Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
Relief Payments Get Slashed if Fishermen Refuse to Work for BP
July 8th, 2010That’s life in a company town. Via: Raw Story: Any relief payment plan established in the wake of the worst environmental accident ever was bound to have its flaws, but this goes to a whole new level of wrong. According to Gulf resident Kindra Arnesen, who turned whistleblower and full-time activist when she saw how […]
NSA’s “Perfect Citizen” Program
July 8th, 2010Maybe NSA could use the already operational intercept nodes to place the new “sensors.” Via: Wall Street Journal: The federal government is launching an expansive program dubbed “Perfect Citizen” to detect cyber assaults on private companies and government agencies running such critical infrastructure as the electricity grid and nuclear-power plants, according to people familiar with […]
Goldman Sachs Executive to Advise Head of Canada’s Central Bank, a Former Goldman Sachs Executive
July 6th, 2010Mmm hmm. Via: Bloomberg: The chief executive of Goldman Sachs Canada has been named a special adviser to the head of Canada’s central bank. The Bank of Canada said Tuesday that Timothy Hodgson will advise central bank head Mark Carney, a former Goldman Sachs executive, on financial reform. Carney says Hodgson is one of Canada’s […]
“When your teeth are broken you will leave, just as the British left before you”
July 6th, 2010Via: New Statesman: As Washington and London struggle to prop up a puppet government over which Hamid Karzai has no control, they risk repeating the blood-soaked 19th-century history of Britain’s imperial defeat. … nearly ten years on from Nato’s invasion of Afghanistan, there are increasing signs that Britain’s fourth war in the country could end […]
Coast Guard Bans Reporters from Oil Cleanup Sites
July 6th, 2010Flashback: U.S. COAST GUARD THREATENED CBS NEWS CREW WITH ARREST FOR FILMING OIL SPILL DISASTER; COAST GUARD SAID THAT THEY WERE ACTING UNDER AUTHORITY OF BRITISH PETROLEUM; “THIS IS BP RULES. IT’S NOT OURS.” Via: Raw Story: Journalists who come too close to oil spill clean-up efforts without permission could find themselves facing a $40,000 […]
BP Remains Key Pentagon Fuel Supplier
July 5th, 2010So it goes… Via: AFP: Despite its role in the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, energy giant BP remains a key supplier of fuel to the Pentagon, The Washington Post reported. Citing data from the Defense Logistics Agency, the newspaper said BP had contracts with the US Defense Department worth at least 980 million dollars […]
TSA to Block Websites that Contain Controversial Opinions
July 4th, 2010Via: CBS: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is blocking certain websites from the federal agency’s computers, including halting access by staffers to any Internet pages that contain a “controversial opinion,” according to an internal email obtained by CBS News. The email was sent to all TSA employees from the Office of Information Technology on Friday […]
Blair to Receive U.S. Peace Medal
July 1st, 2010Tell me another one. Via: BBC: Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair is to receive a prestigious US medal and $100,000 (£67,000) prize for his work in conflict resolution. The National Constitution Centre is awarding him its Liberty Medal for “steadfast” efforts to broker peace in Northern Ireland and the Middle East. Previous winners include […]
Science Historian Cracks the ‘Plato Code’
June 30th, 2010Via: PhysOrg: A science historian at The University of Manchester has cracked “The Plato Code” – the long disputed secret messages hidden in the great philosopher’s writings. Plato was the Einstein of Greece’s Golden Age and his work founded Western culture and science. Dr Jay Kennedy’s findings are set to revolutionise the history of the […]
UN: Scrap Dollar as Sole Reserve Currency
June 30th, 2010SDRs blah blah. It’s a meta fiat currency. In other words, out of the frying pan and into the fire. Via: Reuters: A new United Nations report released on Tuesday calls for abandoning the U.S. dollar as the main global reserve currency, saying it has been unable to safeguard value. But several European officials attending […]
