Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
George Carlin Dies
June 23rd, 2008Via: Time: When the culture began to change in the late 1960s — when the old one-liner comics on the Ed Sullivan Show were looking pretty tired and irrelevant to a younger generation experimenting with drugs and protesting the War in Vietnam — George Carlin was the most important stand-up comedian in America. By the […]
America’s Berlin Wall
June 20th, 2008Via: Economist: QUEUES of frustrated foreigners crowd many an American consulate around the world hoping to get into the United States. Less noticed are the heavily taxed American expatriates wanting to get out—by renouncing their citizenship. In Hong Kong just now, they cannot. “Please note that this office cannot accept renunciation applications at this time,” […]
Defying U.S., EU Scraps Cuba Sanctions
June 20th, 2008Via: Reuters: European Union states agreed on Thursday to scrap sanctions against Cuba in a move aimed at encouraging democratic reforms on the Communist island, officials said. The lifting, agreed despite U.S. calls for the world to remain tough on Havana, will pave the way for a new dialogue with Cuba but come with calls […]
Britain: MP Resigns Over Maniac Fascist 42 Day Detention Policy
June 13th, 2008Via: Independent: David Davis became an unlikely hero of liberal Britain yesterday by sacrificing his political career to launch a one-man crusade against the Government’s plan for suspected terrorists to be detained for 42 days without charge. The former SAS reservist, who supports the death penalty for premeditated murder, shook Britain’s political establishment to its […]
High Court Sides with Guantanamo Detainees Again
June 12th, 2008Via: AP: The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay have rights under the Constitution to challenge their detention in U.S. civilian courts. In its third rebuke of the Bush administration’s treatment of prisoners, the court ruled 5-4 that the government is violating the rights of prisoners being held indefinitely […]
China Buying Time at $2.49 Per Gallon
June 6th, 2008In short: The Chinese government is massively subsidizing gasoline prices. Via: Forbes: Beijing is holding down many prices–including oil–with a cumbersome price-control scheme. Consider the following: Since January 2007, global crude oil prices have risen by 109%; gasoline prices in the U.S. have risen by 77% (roughly apace); gasoline prices in China have risen only […]
Chinese Communist Gangster Ran His Own Private Army
June 2nd, 2008But how many times did he watch Apocalypse Now? Via: Telegraph: Yang Shukuan drove round the city of Tangshan in an armoured personnel carrier and owned a fleet of other military vehicles – as well as a Rolls-Royce, two Ferraris and 20 other cars. He also had a cache of arms, some of which he […]
Every Adult in Britain Should be Forced to Carry ‘Carbon Ration Cards’
May 27th, 2008I have an idea about this carbon sinning nonsense. It goes back to Escape from Freedom by Erich Fromm. In short: Because modern society destroys human identity, mindless conformity to all order of fascist, technocratic prison policies gives the masses a sense of belonging to something. Religions worked for a while. The vengeful sky god […]
U.S. Residents in Military Brigs? Government Says It’s War
May 27th, 2008Via: AP: If his cell were at Guantanamo Bay, the prisoner would be just one of hundreds of suspected terrorists detained offshore, where the U.S. says the Constitution does not apply. But Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri is a U.S. resident being held in a South Carolina military brig; he is the only enemy combatant held […]
Former CIA Chief Puts Terrorism and Global Warming on Even Par
May 22nd, 2008Occasionally, when I get irritated, I write rants—that usually contain jokes… That eventually come true. For example, when I joked about the upcoming War on Global Warming… Here’s part of a comment that I wrote on, “Green Confessions” to Help Eco-Sinners Find Forgiveness: Do you notice how there’s some form of pointless distraction for every […]
