Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
Town Halls Gone Wild
July 31st, 2009Via: Politico: Screaming constituents, protesters dragged out by the cops, congressmen fearful for their safety — welcome to the new town-hall-style meeting, the once-staid forum that is rapidly turning into a house of horrors for members of Congress. On the eve of the August recess, members are reporting meetings that have gone terribly awry, marked […]
Obama’s Emergency Escape Plan Leaked Online
July 30th, 2009Via: News AU: SENSITIVE documents including plans for the emergency evacuation of US President Barack Obama and motorcade routes have been leaked on a file-sharing network, authorities say. Chairman of the US House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Edolphus Towns said the documents had been discovered with file-sharing program LimeWire. Other sensitive documents found with […]
Martial Law and the Militarization of Public Health: The Worldwide H1N1 Flu Vaccination Program
July 29th, 2009Via: Global Research: If Martial Law were to be adopted in the context of a Public Health Emergency, what we would be dealing with is the “forced vaccination” of targeted population groups as well as the possible establishment of facilities for the internment of people who have been quarantined. In this regard, it is worth […]
U.S. Military Planning for “Regional Teams” to Assist Civilian Authorities Case of Significant H1N1 Virus Outbreak
July 29th, 2009Via: CNN: The U.S. military wants to establish regional teams of military personnel to assist civilian authorities in the event of a significant outbreak of the H1N1 virus this fall, according to Defense Department officials. The proposal is awaiting final approval from Defense Secretary Robert Gates. The officials would not be identified because the proposal […]
Obamas to Rent Vacation Property Owned by Wealthy Republican Family
July 28th, 2009I was certain that the Obama zombies were going to have their asses handed to them, but even I am amazed by this regime’s failure to maintain appearances. Via: Times Online: It might have been the golf tee that swung it for President Obama as he looked for a summer holiday retreat — but the […]
The Stealth of Starbucks
July 27th, 2009This worked pretty well for the Organic© industrial complex, maybe it will work for Starbucks. Although, “debranding” didn’t go so well for my last employer. The mothership is dead now. Via: Guardian: Starbucks’ new stealth strategy sees it “rebranding”, or de-branding, stores to give them different names and more local “community personality”. A victim of […]
Bush Considered Use of Military for Arrests Inside U.S.
July 25th, 2009Via: New York Times: Top Bush administration officials in 2002 debated testing the Constitution by sending American troops into the suburbs of Buffalo to arrest a group of men suspected of plotting with Al Qaeda, according to former administration officials. Some of the advisers to President George W. Bush, including Vice President Dick Cheney, argued […]
Microwave Weapon Will Rain Pain from the Sky
July 24th, 2009Even More Change We Can Believe In: The directed energy pain weapons will now be mounted on helicopters and generate multiple beams. Via: New Scientist: THE Pentagon’s enthusiasm for non-lethal crowd-control weapons appears to have stepped up a gear with its decision to develop a microwave pain-infliction system that can be fired from an aircraft. […]
Obama Chooses Former Monsanto Lobbyist for Food Safety Post
July 24th, 2009Via: Organic Consumers: Michael Taylor is a lawyer who has spent the last few decades moving through the revolving door between the employ of GMO-seed giant Monsanto and the FDA and USDA. Taylor is widely credited with ushering Monsanto’s recombinant bovine growth hormone (rBGH) through the FDA regulatory process and into the milk supply — […]
2012 Olympics: Laws Allow Police to Enter Private Homes to Confiscate, “Advertising of a Non-Commercial Nature, and Announcements or Notices of Any Kind”
July 24th, 2009Via: Guardian: The government was accused tonight of giving itself draconian powers to clamp down on protests at the 2012 Olympics. Critics said the powers were so broad they would potentially give private contractors the right to forcibly enter people’s homes and seize materials. Opposition parties and civil liberties groups criticised the powers as top […]
