Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
And Now… Pope Proposes New Financial World Order Guided by Ethics
July 7th, 2009Via: AP: Pope Benedict XVI called Tuesday for a new world financial order guided by ethics, dignity and the search for the common good in the third encyclical of his pontificate. In “Charity in Truth,” Benedict denounced the profit-at-all-cost mentality of the globalized economy and lamented that greed had brought about the worst economic downturn […]
Xinjiang Riot Death Toll Hits 156 as Unrest Spreads; Indiscriminate Arrests
July 7th, 2009These are Chinese government numbers. Via: Reuters: Chinese police have arrested more than 1,400 people following rioting in the capital of Muslim Xinjiang region which left 156 people dead and more than 800 injured, state media said on Tuesday. While there were some reports that the violence had spread elsewhere in the region, Xinjiang’s Communist […]
At Least 140 Dead in Chinese Riots
July 6th, 2009UPDATE: Internet Access Down in Region —End Update— Same video in case YouTube pulls it. Via: Reuters: At least 140 people have been killed in rioting in China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang, with the government blaming exiled separatists for the Muslim area’s worst case of unrest in years. Hundreds of rioters have been arrested, the […]
Iran Clerics Declare Election Invalid and Condemn Crackdown
July 6th, 2009Via: Times Online: Iran’s biggest group of clerics has declared President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s re-election to be illegitimate and condemned the subsequent crackdown. The statement by the Association of Researchers and Teachers of Qom is an act of defiance against the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has made clear he will tolerate no further challenges […]
NSA Plans Massive Data Center in Utah
July 5th, 2009Via: The Salt Lake Tribune: The National Security Agency was so confident that its nearly $2 billion plan for a new data center in Utah would be approved by Congress that it began designing the facility last November. NSA budgeting documents also indicate that the design of the 1-million-square-foot center should be completed by February, […]
Cynthia McKinney and Other Humanitarian Activists Refuse to Sign Israeli Documents; Remain in Custody
July 4th, 2009Via: Seattle Times / AP: Most members of a group of foreign peace activists seized at sea by the Israeli navy remained in custody Friday, three days after their failed attempt to run Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip, relatives and supporters said. In the most recent attempt by activists to break a two-year blockade […]
Russia Opens Route for U.S. to Fly Arms to Afghanistan
July 4th, 2009There could be several factors at work here. Maybe the mobsters who run Russia were offered a cut of the drug money from the American mobsters. If might be that Russian strategists like the idea of giving the U.S. more rope to hang itself. Of course, there’s potential to make billions of dollars from arms […]
Washington Post Sells Access to the Regime and Its Own Reporters for $25,000 and Up
July 2nd, 2009Via: Politico: For $25,000 to $250,000, The Washington Post has offered lobbyists and association executives off-the-record, nonconfrontational access to “those powerful few”: Obama administration officials, members of Congress, and — at first — even the paper’s own reporters and editors. The astonishing offer was detailed in a flier circulated Wednesday to a health care lobbyist, […]
5 Years After: Portugal’s Drug Decriminalization Policy Shows Positive Results
July 2nd, 2009Maybe Portugal didn’t view the Prison Industrial Complex as a growth industry (like elites in the U.S. do). Via: Scientific American: In the face of a growing number of deaths and cases of HIV linked to drug abuse, the Portuguese government in 2001 tried a new tack to get a handle on the problem—it decriminalized […]
Government Energy Audit Required to Sell Your Home?
July 2nd, 2009Via: WWLP 22 News: The American Clean Energy and Security Act is aimed at reducing the nation’s energy consumption. The ambitious piece of legislation passed in the House on Friday. It addresses a variety of issues from carbon emissions to planting trees. The energy bill also proposes a change in how homes are sold. Originally, […]
