Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
The Cognitive Mechanism Behind Political Fundamentalism… And Probably Lots of Other Fundamentalisms
December 17th, 2008In trying to understand public support for the Bush regime, I came to the conclusion that mass delusion was the culprit. The same goes for the Obama Hope and Change Industrial Complex. Average people are lost, so we don’t expect much in the way of informed opinion from them. But what about people who should […]
Change We Can Believe In: Cheney Praises Obama’s National Security Team Selections
December 16th, 2008Via: ABC News: “I must say, I think it’s a pretty good team,” Cheney said. “I’m not close to Barack Obama, obviously, nor do I identify with him politically. He’s a liberal. I’m a conservative.” “But I think the idea of keeping Gates at Defense is excellent. I think Jim Jones will be very, very […]
Financial Times: “And Now for a World Government”
December 9th, 2008Via: Financial Times: I have never believed that there is a secret United Nations plot to take over the US. I have never seen black helicopters hovering in the sky above Montana. But, for the first time in my life, I think the formation of some sort of world government is plausible. A “world government” […]
SWAT Team Conducts Food Raid in Rural Ohio
December 6th, 2008Via: Crossroad: On Monday, December 1, a SWAT team with semi-automatic rifles entered the private home of the Stowers family in LaGrange, Ohio, herded the family onto the couches in the living room, and kept guns trained on parents, children, infants and toddlers, from approximately 11 AM to 8 PM. The team was aggressive and […]
Canadian PM Wins Suspension of Parliament
December 5th, 2008Via: Reuters: Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper won a rare suspension of Parliament on Thursday, managing to avoid being ousted by opposition parties angry over the minority Conservative government’s economic plans and an attempt to cut off party financing. Governor General Michaelle Jean — the representative of Queen Elizabeth, Canada’s head of state — agreed […]
UK: Are Your Papers in Order? Police Given World War 2 Era Powers to Demand ID Without Needing Any Suspicion of a Crime
December 5th, 2008Via: Telegraph: Police and immigration officers will be able to stop Britons and demand they prove their identity under proposed sweeping new powers. Clauses in the draft Immigration and Citizenship Bill give state officials the power to make anyone who has ever entered the country, at any time, prove who they are without needing any […]
Change: Right-Wingers and Neocons Love Obama’s Cabinet Appointments
December 3rd, 2008Here’s one for your I-Only-Told-You-So-About-10,000-Times file folder. Via: Alternet: As Barack Obama’s opus, Team of Rivals, continues its rolling debut, the early reviews are in and the “critics” are full of praise for the cast: “[T]he new administration is off to a good start.” — Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell. “[S]uperb … the best of […]
U.S. Military Boosting “Homeland” Force to 20,000 by 2011
December 1st, 2008Via: MSNBC: The U.S. military expects to have 20,000 uniformed troops inside the United States by 2011 trained to help state and local officials respond to a nuclear terrorist attack or other domestic catastrophe, according to Pentagon officials. The long-planned shift in the Defense Department’s role in homeland security was recently backed with funding and […]
How an Italian Judge Made the Internet Illegal
November 28th, 2008Via: Register: Italian bloggers are up in arms at a court ruling early this year that suggests almost all Italian blogs are illegal. This month, a senior Italian politician went one step further, warning that most web activity is likely to be against the law. The story begins back in May, when a judge in […]
An Open Letter to President-Elect Barack Obama
November 28th, 2008Via: WAPF: AN OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA From Sally Fallon Morell, President, the Weston A. Price Foundation November 16, 2008 Dear Mr. Obama, Congratulations on your recent victory in the American presidential elections. As the president-elect, you have many issues to consider as you prepare to take office. One issue I would urge […]
