Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
Exposing Bush’s Historic Abuse of Power
July 23rd, 2008Please see my heavily referenced post on MAIN CORE for more “current history” on this matter. The full text of this Salon piece follows. Via: Salon: Exposing Bush’s historic abuse of power Salon has uncovered new evidence of post-9/11 spying on Americans. Obtained documents point to a potential investigation of the White House that could […]
China’s Expansion Into Africa
July 20th, 2008I wasn’t aware of the extent of China’s interest in Africa. I thought it was much more piecemeal. Their grand strategy makes perfect sense, given the dire problems China is facing. There are some howlers in this article, though, such as, “Despite Britain’s commendable colonial legacy of a network of roads, railways and schools, the […]
Fannie, Freddie Spent Millions on Lobbying
July 20th, 2008Via: AP: For years, mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac tenaciously worked to nurture, and then protect, their financial empires by invoking the political sacred cow of homeownership and fielding an army of lobbyists, power brokers and political contributors. New attention is being focused on the bruised mortgage companies as the Bush administration presses […]
U.S. Air Force Comfort Capsules
July 18th, 2008The U.S. is a banana republic with nuclear weapons. Via: Washington Post: The Air Force’s top leadership sought for three years to spend counterterrorism funds on “comfort capsules” to be installed on military planes that ferry senior officers and civilian leaders around the world, with at least four top generals involved in design details such […]
OBAMA WILL ESTABLISH A “CIVILIAN NATIONAL SECURITY FORCE”
July 17th, 2008I can’t wait to hear the Cult of Obama break out into glossolalia over this one. Via: Chicago Tribune: From Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy to Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, presidents and those who aspire to be president have long put forth calls for greater public service. Some found success, while […]
Court Affirms: Bush Can Order Indefinite Military Detentions of Civilians in the United States
July 16th, 2008Via: New York Times: President Bush has the legal power to order the indefinite military detentions of civilians captured in the United States, the federal appeals court in Richmond, Va., ruled on Tuesday in a fractured 5-to-4 decision. But a second, overlapping 5-to-4 majority of the court, the United States Court of Appeals for the […]
ALL ITALIANS TO BE FINGERPRINTED
July 16th, 2008Via: Reuters: Italy may demand all its citizens be fingerprinted, a move aimed at defusing widespread criticism of government plans to force Roma people and their children to provide fingerprints as a way of tackling criminality. That policy has been condemned by the European Parliament, by Romania, where many Roma come from, and by religious […]
Terrorist Watch List Hits One Million Names
July 16th, 2008Via: ACLU: The nation’s terrorist watch list has hit one million names, according to a tally maintained by the American Civil Liberties Union based upon the government’s own reported numbers for the size of the list. “Members of Congress, nuns, war heroes and other ‘suspicious characters,’ with names like Robert Johnson and Gary Smith, have […]
Bachelor of Arts in Homeland Security Corporate Management and Assessment
July 14th, 2008Do they learn effective placement of the goo gun? Via: Midway College: Specifically, this program is designed to prepare Homeland Security Corporate Management and Assessment professionals who are equipped with the knowledge and skills necessary to function as managers of corporate or industrial security programs and who are knowledgeable in state-of-the-art vulnerability assessment, risk management, […]
Bush Lobbyist in Cash for Access Video
July 13th, 2008Via: Times Online: A lobbyist with close ties to the White House is offering access to key figures in George W Bush’s administration in return for six-figure donations to the private library being set up to commemorate Bush’s presidency. Stephen Payne, who claims to have raised more than $1m for the president’s Republican party in […]
