Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
Religious Exemptions from InsuranceCare
January 11th, 2010Via: Watertown Daily Times: Federal health care reform will require most Northern New Yorkers — but not all, it turns out — to carry health insurance or risk a fine. Hundreds of Amish families in the region are likely to be free from that requirement. The Amish, as well as some other religious sects, are […]
Geithner Has Support of Obama, Democratic Lawmakers, Aides Say
January 11th, 2010Via: Bloomberg: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner retains the confidence of President Barack Obama as he faces questions about why the Federal Reserve Bank of New York tried to withhold details of the government’s financial-industry rescue, administration officials said. Aides to top congressional Democrats also said that Geithner has support on Capitol Hill as lawmakers prepare […]
China Now Largest Auto Market
January 11th, 2010Caution: Chinese government statistics ahead. Via: Bloomberg: China supplanted the U.S. as the world’s largest auto market after its 2009 vehicle sales jumped 46 percent, ending more than a century of American dominance that started with the Model T Ford. The nation’s sales of passenger cars, buses and trucks rose to 13.6 million, the fastest […]
JP Morgan: Largest Provider of Food Stamp Benefits in the U.S.
January 11th, 2010‘Fonz’ Thanked for Bringing Clinton to NZ
January 11th, 2010Anyone who thinks that U.S. billionaires are good for New Zealand should travel to the U.S. to inspect the aftermath of their handy work. In other news: We just roll over, put our legs in the air, and say ‘do what you like to us’. NZ, US Set to Resume Joint Military Drills Lockheed May […]
This Week in Pre-Crime: Mind-Reading Security Systems
January 8th, 2010Via: AP: The aim of one company that blends high technology and behavioral psychology is hinted at in its name, WeCU – as in “We See You.” The system that Israeli-based WeCU Technologies has devised and is testing in Israel projects images onto airport screens, such as symbols associated with a certain terrorist group or […]
Wal-Mart and H&M Destroy Brand New, Unsold Clothes
January 8th, 2010Add up all the sorrow, hard work and resources that went into producing those goods… Straight to the landfill. Wal-Mart apparently uses a machine to destroy the clothes. How very American is that? Did someone get rich designing and building the machines that Wal Mart uses to destroy brand new clothes before they are thrown […]
Judge Allows Apartheid Suit Against Daimler AG, General Motors, Ford Motor Co. and IBM
January 7th, 2010Via: Courthouse News: A federal judge in Manhattan again allowed a lawsuit to proceed against several corporate giants for their alleged role in aiding South Africa’s oppressive apartheid regime. Daimler AG, General Motors, Ford Motor Co. and IBM are accused of “aiding and abetting” human rights violations under the apartheid government. In October, the South […]
Stimulus to Bring Body Scanners to Airports
January 7th, 2010Mission accomplished. Via: CNN: The U.S. government is using $25 million in stimulus money to buy and install full body scanners in airports this year, in an effort to ramp up security and create jobs. The Transportation Security Administration is using funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to purchase 150 of the full […]
What’s New in the British Police State?
January 6th, 2010The relentless crapification of Britain continues. Click through for lots of links. Via: Josh Fulton: We last checked in with the British police state about two months ago. Let’s see what’s new.
