Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
Few Limits Proposed for Paulson in Aftermath of Economic 9/11
September 22nd, 2008Dems squealing flaccidly, as usual. Via: Wall Street Journal: If the Bush administration has its way, anyone harmed by the Treasury Department’s handling of the $700 billion Wall Street bailout might have no remedy. Draft legislation proposes sweeping powers for Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson to buy and sell mortgage-related securities however he sees fit. Aside […]
Hank Paulson: Robber in Chief
September 21st, 2008Via: Housing Panic: The Patriot Act of Finance, otherwise known as Paulson’s $700 billion bailout bill, if passed in its present form will be the nail in the coffin for an America by, for and of the people. Just like the Patriot Act appeared to be written before 9/11, so does this Patriot Act of […]
Homeland Security Wants to X-Ray Your Car… With You in It
September 17th, 2008Via: USA Today: A controversial new X-ray technology is being tested that could stop potential terrorists from blowing up a car bomb at one of the nation’s airports, homeland security officials say. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is running a test at a North Carolina ferry terminal of a 21-foot-high arch-like machine that shoots low-intensity […]
U.N. Agency Eyes Curbs on Internet Anonymity
September 14th, 2008The NSA and the Chinese government are working together, through the U.N., to draft plans for systems that would enable all Internet sessions to be authoritatively traced back to their origins. Man, if this one doesn’t get your tinfoil in a knot, nothing will. If you want to know what anonymous on the Internet actually […]
Hookers and Bribes for U.S. Department of the Interior Officials; Thanks Oil Companies
September 11th, 2008Peak Corruption. Via: McClatchy: Interior Department officials, while handling billions of dollars in oil and gas royalty payments, engaged in illicit sex with industry employees and accepted meals, drinks, ski junkets and golf outings from major oil companies, internal investigators reported Wednesday. Interior Department Inspector General Earl Devaney’s release of three reports, which stem from […]
Lawsuit to Ask That Cheney’s Papers Be Made Public
September 10th, 2008Yeah, well, Cheney doesn’t concern himself with lawyers and sign wavers and other people who ask politely. They would have a better chance of suing Darth Vader to get an injunction against the use of the Death Star. Via: Washington Post: Months before the Bush administration ends, historians and open-government advocates are concerned that Vice […]
UK: Shoppers to Use Fingerprints or Eye Scans to Pay for Goods
September 10th, 2008Mmm hmm. The clean, green ziggurat will have everything under control. Get your retina scanned to gain access to the free speech zone? Via: Telegraph: The futuristic systems, like those used by Tom Cruise in the science fiction film Minority Report, are being developed by scientists for Barclaycard. The company has announced it is investing […]
Taxpayers Take on Trillions in Risk in Fannie, Freddie Takeover
September 9th, 2008WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. I don’t use fundamental analysis to trade, but I’ve been looking at the FOREX charts and I really started to wonder, “How is the dollar continuing to run higher?” I think one possible answer must be that, with the Fannie/Freddie bailout, […]
Britain Training Chinese Military Officers
September 8th, 2008I should create a Blowback category. Via: Telegraph: The government has breached EU rules banning military cooperation with China by allowing a Chinese army officer to study at Sandhurst. Officer Cadet Liu Liu, who graduated from the Royal Military Academy last month, has spent the past year training alongside British army cadets. A second Chinese […]
Finally, a Presidential Ticket Worth Backing: Tigh/Roslin 2008
September 3rd, 2008Providing Strength and Purpose for all, the choice in 2008 is clear: Tigh & Roslin.
