Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
UK: THE GREEN STASI
September 2nd, 2008Via: Telegraph: Advertisements looking for people to sign up for the unpaid “environmental volunteer” jobs have been posted across the country in recent months. Critics said the scheme is encouraging a Big Brother society where friends and neighbours will be encouraged to “snoop” on one another. The recruitment drive follows news that the Home Office […]
Kremlin Critic Shot in Ingushetia
September 1st, 2008Via: BBC: The owner of an internet site critical of the Russian authorities in the volatile region of Ingushetia has been shot dead in police custody. Magomed Yevloyev, owner of the ingushetiya.ru site, was a vocal critic of the region’s administration. The Russian prosecutor’s office said an investigation into the death had been launched, Russia […]
Pre-Emeptive Arrests of Peace Protesters in Minneapolis
August 31st, 2008Via: Salon: Protesters here in Minneapolis have been targeted by a series of highly intimidating, sweeping police raids across the city, involving teams of 25-30 officers in riot gear, with semi-automatic weapons drawn, entering homes of those suspected of planning protests, handcuffing and forcing them to lay on the floor, while law enforcement officers searched […]
Scores of Chinese Air Passengers Smashed Computers and Desks and Clashed with Police
August 28th, 2008It’s like a scene out of Player Piano. Via: Reuters: Scores of Chinese air passengers smashed computers and desks and clashed with police Tuesday after a night stranded at an airport without accommodation, state media said. More than 170 passengers were due to leave Kunming, capital of southwestern Yunnan province, on three flights operated by […]
FBI to Begin Terrorism Investigations on Americans “Without Any Basis for Suspicion”
August 23rd, 2008As usual, the Dems squeak pathetically while refusing to do anything substantive (hint: “purse strings”) to stop the slide into ever darker levels of fascism. Via: AP: Proposed rules to help the FBI catch terrorists could lead to innocent Americans being spied upon by government agents or informants “all without any basis for suspicion,” a […]
Biden
August 23rd, 2008I’ve come to view thinking about national elections in the U.S. as a form of mental illness. In order to take the process seriously, you’ve got to check your brain at the door. The willing suspension of disbelief is fine for watching movies, but what should we call it when millions of people do it […]
Twilight of the Psychopaths
August 21st, 2008I don’t agree that the pathocracy is in decline, but this is a good read anyway. Via: The Canadian: Behind the apparent insanity of contemporary history, is the actual insanity of psychopaths fighting to preserve their disproportionate power. Related: Political Ponerology by Andrzej M. Lobaczewski
U.S. Government Holding International Travel Information for 15 Years
August 20th, 2008The Magic 8-Ball is strong in this one. Via: Washington Post: The federal government has been using its system of border checkpoints to greatly expand a database on travelers entering the country by collecting information on all U.S. citizens crossing by land, compiling data that will be stored for 15 years and may be used […]
Ignore That Logo Under the Tape!
August 20th, 2008Here’s a story about the almost delicious insanity of the Chinese regime. Via: Wall Street Journal: To ensure that only the companies that pay millions of dollars to be official Olympic sponsors enjoy the benefits of exposure in Olympic venues, organizers have covered the trademarks of nonsponsors with thousands of little swatches of tape. In […]
Martial Law: Crime-Ridden Arkansas Town Expands 24-Hour Curfew
August 14th, 2008Constitutional arguments against martial law are going to sound increasingly strange to broke, helpless people who are living under failed state conditions. Thomas Hobbes teaches us that people don’t want to live in a state of nature (anarchy, with all the bad connotations). They’ll gladly submit to the iron fist of the “sovereign” in order […]
