Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
“Then There Are the Science Fiction-Like Weapons”
July 13th, 2008Ah yes, free speech zones, goo guns and directed energy weapons. It must be (s)Election time in America. Via: CNN / Youtube:
U.S. Defends Laptop Searches at the Border
July 12th, 2008I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve posted about this situation. I can’t seem to get over how fully nutso fascist this is. I wonder what happens if they find that you’re using encrypted volumes, etc.? Via: Christian Science Monitor: Is a laptop searchable in the same way as a piece of luggage? The […]
Senate Approves Telecom Amnesty, Expands Domestic Spying Powers
July 10th, 2008The Obama cultists find the Kool-Aid to have a bitter aftertaste. McCain still doesn’t know which planet he’s on. The U.S. Ship of Fools sails on. Via: Wired: The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly voted Wednesday to grant retroactive amnesty to the telecoms that aided the President Bush’s five-year secret, warrantless wiretapping of Americans, and to expand […]
Smog in Beijing Five Times Over Safety Limit as Olympics Nears
July 7th, 2008Via: Times: Pollution around the Olympic stadium in Beijing could be five times worse than levels deemed safe by the World Health Organisation. Chinese officials admit they can no longer guarantee that the air quality will match international standards as pollution tests by The Sunday Times revealed the full extent of the challenge facing British […]
Ron Paul: “Fast-Approaching Events… Will Affect All of Us”
July 3rd, 2008Via: Campaign for Liberty: I have, for the past 35 years, expressed my grave concern for the future of America. The course we have taken over the past century has threatened our liberties, security and prosperity. In spite of these long-held concerns, I have days—growing more frequent all the time—when I’m convinced the time is […]
Olympic Nightmare: A Red Tide in the Yellow Sea
July 1st, 2008Serfs up! Via: IHT: With less than six weeks before it plays host to the Olympic sailing regatta, the city of Qingdao has mobilized thousands of people and an armada of small boats to clean up an algae bloom that is choking large stretches of the coastline and threatening to impede the Olympic competition. Local […]
Telecom Amnesty Flip-Floppers Got More Telecom Dollars
June 27th, 2008People wonder, “What’s a good investment?” Corporations buy off elected representatives for bum change. It’s not quite something for nothing, but owning an elected representative for a few grand seems pretty close to it. Via: Wired: Democrats who switched from opposing to supporting legal amnesty to telecoms that aided the government’s warrantless wiretapping program received […]
U.S. Government Seizing Laptops and Cameras Without Cause
June 27th, 2008I’ve posted about this several times, but the practice is so abhorrent that it’s worth monitoring. Via: U.S. News and World Report: Returning from a brief vacation to Germany in February, Bill Hogan was selected for additional screening by customs officials at Dulles International Airport outside Washington, D.C. Agents searched Hogan’s luggage and then popped […]
Five Myths About the New Wiretapping Law; Why It’s a Lot Worse Than You Think
June 26th, 2008I almost wonder what the Obama cult members must be thinking right now… Via: Slate: Here, then, is the bitter joke of the new legislation: From 2001 to 2007, the NSA engaged in a secret program that was a straightforward violation of America’s wiretapping laws. Since the program was revealed, the administration has succeeded in […]
Is Britain on the Slippery Slope to Dictatorship?
June 26th, 2008Falling headfirst into the abyss would be more accurate. Via: Guardian: Aesthetically, at any rate, it does feel as if some of our science fiction dystopias are gradually coming true. In an estate near me, George Orwell’s CCTV cameras are actually trained on the residents’ doors and driveways. Ray Bradbury’s wall-sized TVs flicker in small […]
