Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
Should Obama Control the Internet?
April 4th, 2009Via: Mother Jones: Should President Obama have the power to shut down domestic Internet traffic during a state of emergency? Senators John Rockefeller (D-W. Va.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) think so. On Wednesday they introduced a bill to establish the Office of the National Cybersecurity Advisor—an arm of the executive branch that would have vast […]
G20, Gordon Brown: “New World Order Is Emerging”; Fox News: The Conspiracy Crazies Were Right
April 3rd, 2009British Government Wants to Install “Communication Box” to Track Vehicles Across Europe
March 31st, 2009Via: Guardian: The government is backing a project to install a “communication box” in new cars to track the whereabouts of drivers anywhere in Europe, the Guardian can reveal. Under the proposals, vehicles will emit a constant “heartbeat” revealing their location, speed and direction of travel. The EU officials behind the plan believe it will […]
Obama on U.S. Automakers: “Starting today, the United States government will stand behind your warranty.”
March 30th, 2009My initial commentary on this story was: “Run. Take whatever you can carry and run. Get out of the U.S. now.” But then I thought, “People will be too busy pissing themselves laughing to run for their lives.” Via: Reuters: GOVERNMENT WARRANTY It is my hope that the steps I am announcing today will go […]
New Police Posters in Britain: “A bomb won’t go off here because weeks before a shopper reported someone studying the CCTV cameras”
March 26th, 2009That’s right. Looking at the cameras is an indication of terrorist activity. You’ll love the one about calling the Anti Terrorist hotline because of what you may have seen in your neighbor’s trash bin. Via: Metropolitan Police: Don’t rely on others. If you supect it report it. Londoners are being asked to trust their instincts […]
Constitutional Scholar: Bush Memos Amounted to “Fuhrer’s Law”; Treason
March 25th, 2009Naomi Wolf gets a bit silly with the “biggest stories of our lifetime” jazz. Come on. The same lineage of operators blew a president’s head off in broad daylight and orchestrated 9/11. Where’s the hysterics over that stuff? Seriously, if Bush and the Gang were akin to “Milton’s Satan” with a law degree, who did […]
Montana Legislation Would Allow Payments in Precious Metals
March 25th, 2009This should be interesting to watch. We know what happens when individuals decide to use gold for financial transactions. What will happen when a state allows it!? Via: World Net Daily: A bill being considered in the Montana Legislature blasts the Federal Reserve’s role in America’s money policy and permits the state to conduct business […]
Police Raid Home of Wikileaks.de Domain Owner Over Censorship Lists
March 25th, 2009Via: Wikileaks: Shortly after 9pm on Monday the 24th of March 2009, seven police officers in Dresden and four in Jena searched the homes of Theodor Reppe, who holds the domain registration for “wikileaks.de”, the German name for wikileaks.org. According to police documentation, the reason for the search was “distribution of pornographic material” and “discovery […]
British Government Plans to Train 60,000 Workers to Look Out for Potential Terror Attacks
March 25th, 2009Statue of workers and Police officer in front of the Stasi archives, Mitte district, Berlin. Via: Guardian: “Today, not only the police and security and intelligence officers and our armed forces, but also the emergency services, local councils, businesses and community groups are involved in state-of-the-art civil contingency planning,” Brown said. “Tens of thousands of […]
Dodd’s Wife a Former Director of Bermuda-Based IPC Holdings, an AIG Controlled Company
March 24th, 2009Via: Real Clear Politics: No wonder Senator Christopher Dodd (D-Conn) went wobbly last week when asked about his February amendment ratifying hundreds of millions of dollars in bonuses to executives at insurance giant AIG. Dodd has been one of the company’s favorite recipients of campaign contributions. But it turns out that Senator Dodd’s wife has […]
