Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
Murdoch CEO Labels Bloggers “Political Extremists”; Should Be Jailed as in China and Burma
July 1st, 2009Via: Prison Planet: A stinging attack by John Hartigan, the CEO of Rupert Murdoch’s News Limited, labels bloggers and alternative media outlets as “political extremists”. Hartigan implies that bloggers should be jailed as they are in oppressive police states like China and Burma. In a speech to the National Press Club, Hartigan savagely dismissed blogs […]
Goldman Sachs: The Great American Bubble Machine
July 1st, 2009I know what you’ll be thinking as you read this: That my last job in the U.S. (Wall Street Chop Shop and “We Americans Were Very Clever”) was with Goldman Sachs. Good guess, but no. The firm that I worked for is dead now. Via: Rolling Stone: THE GREAT AMERICAN BUBBLE MACHINE From tech stocks […]
Clarifying News Stories Using the Iraqis-Regaining-Their-Sovereignty Meme
June 30th, 2009Ah yes, June 30th is National Sovereignty Day in Iraq… There are dozens of boilerplate propaganda stories floating around today about Iraqis regaining their sovereignty because U.S. troops are being pulled out of Iraqi cities. This, of course, is ludicrous. Within the first hour of my first International Relations class in college, I came away […]
Key Leaders of Honduras Military Coup Trained in U.S.
June 30th, 2009Via: Institute for Southern Studies: At least two leaders of the coup launched in Honduras on June 28 were apparently trained at a controversial Department of Defense school based at Fort Benning, Georgia infamous for producing graduates linked to torture, death squads and other human rights abuses. Leftist President Manuel Zelaya was kidnapped and transported […]
Failed Entrepreneurs Flee Dubai, Fear Debtor Prison
June 29th, 2009Via: Telegraph: A British entrepreneur has fled the financial crash in Dubai leaving behind hundreds of thousands pounds in debts. Simon Ford, who founded a “gift experience” company that prospered in the United Arab Emirates’ boom years, said he had been forced to escape as he feared being sent to debtors’ prison under strict bankruptcy […]
Bush Regime Creature Now Shilling for Financial Firms
June 29th, 2009With the Obama regime crawling with Wall Street Shills, this should make for a successful partnership in crime. Via: Mother Jones: The strategic communications specialist advising a financial industry effort to enhance Wall Street’s image has plenty of experience in spinning the American public: In the Bush White House, he was one of the aides […]
Military Coup in Honduras
June 29th, 2009Via: AFP: Honduran troops ousted President Manuel Zelaya Sunday and flew him out of the country, ending a bitter power struggle with the military as parliament swiftly voted in a new leader. Zelaya insisted as he arrived in regional neighbour Costa Rica that he remained the president of his Central American nation, but just hours […]
The Union of Soviet Indian Republics Is Rolling Out a National ID Card
June 28th, 2009Tens of millions of people who who can’t read or write (see: literacy in India) will need an identity card to get their government food handouts. Yes, it has come to this. Via: New York Times: Policy makers see a national ID card as critical to improving the delivery of social services, subsidies and other […]
More Obama Lies: Signing Statement on $106B War Bill
June 28th, 2009Via: The Hill: President Obama signed the $106 billion war-spending bill into law Friday, but not without taking a page from his predecessor and ignoring a few elements in the legislation. Obama included a five-paragraph signing statement with the bill, including a final paragraph that outlined his objections to at least four areas of the […]
IRAN: BRITISH EMBASSY STAFF ARRESTED
June 28th, 2009Via: CNN: Local staff members at the British Embassy in Tehran have been arrested, the Foreign Office in London told CNN Sunday, confirming earlier reports from Iran’s government-backed Press TV. Press TV said eight staffers had been seized for their role in the unrest following the disputed presidential elections on June 12. The Foreign Office […]
