Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
Step Right Up: Public Demonstrations of Raytheon’s Directed Energy Pain Gun
September 26th, 2007Will it re-heat your freedom fries? Via: Daily Mail: “Where do I put my finger? There … OK? Nothing’s happening … is it on?” “Yes, it’s on. Move your finger a bit closer.” “Er … ow! OW!” Not good. I try again. “OWWW!” I pull my hand away sharpish. My finger is throbbing, but seems […]
Bush, the Little Voice in Hillary’s Head
September 25th, 2007I’d be more curious about what Senior is whispering in her ear. The Clintons are decades long servants of the Bush Dynasty. What is thy bidding, my Master? Former President Bill Clinton bows to former President George H. W. Bush after he receives a honorary degree during the Tulane University Commencement in New Orleans on […]
Dianne Feinstein, Symbol of the Worthless Beltway Democrat
September 23rd, 2007I think enemy collaborator is a much more accurate description than enabler. Via: Slate: The standard excuse offered by many apologists for Bush-enabling Democrats — that they support the Bush agenda and capitulate to the right-wing noise machine due to political fear of being depicted as too liberal or “soft on terror” — is clearly […]
Black Ops Jungle: The Academy of Military Industrial Complex Studies
September 19th, 2007Via: Mother Jones: Dedicated to everything from architecture to sports medicine, “career academies” claim to offer high school kids focus, relevancy, and solid job prospects. Now add a new kind of program to the list: homeland security high. In late August, Maryland’s Joppatowne High School became the first school in the country dedicated to churning […]
Bush at OPEC, uh APEC
September 7th, 2007Oh man. Via: Yahoo / AP: President Bush had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day at the Sydney Opera House. He’d only reached the third sentence of Friday’s speech to business leaders, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, when he committed his first gaffe. “Thank you for being such a […]
Water Cannons, City Lockdown: Welcome to APEC
September 4th, 2007Via: Stuff: The security fence is in place. The warning systems are installed. The water cannon is loaded. Sydney is braced for Apec, for better or worse. Australian Prime Minister John Howard extolled the benefits of Apec week with his now-customary address via the internet, on YouTube, as 20 world leaders prepare to descend on […]
Bill Clinton ‘Shocked’ Hillary Donor Was a Fugitive
September 3rd, 2007Bill Mena Airport Clinton was shocked by the revelations… Via: Newsday: Former President Bill Clinton said he was “shocked” by revelations that a top fundraiser for his wife is a fugitive from justice and claimed he didn’t even know what “HillRaiser” Norman Hsu did for a living. “You could have knocked me over with a […]
Sydney’s Ring of Steel Security Plan for APEC: “Madness”
August 27th, 2007Via: Australian Broadcasting Corporation: This Saturday, construction will start on a three-metre high, five-kilometre long fence in Sydney’s CBD to protect leaders attending next week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference. The fence will cause major traffic disruptions throughout the city and local workers and residents will have to go through special ID checks at access […]
Brzezinski Embraces Obama Over Clinton for President
August 25th, 2007So, the Them like Obama. He just seems like Hillary in black face to me. And Hillary is Bush in drag. Of course, Ron Paul—who’s winning straw poles around the place—might need to be dealt with. That can’t be allowed to continue. None of this, of course, should be construed as me taking anything to […]
Australia Will Release Convicts to Make Room in Prisons for Mass Arrests During Bush Visit
August 25th, 2007Via: Sidney Morning Herald: The NSW Government has expanded the number of declared security zones for the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. The new areas include the airport, the RAAF base at Richmond, around Kirribilli and Admiralty houses, Bondi Icebergs and Sheraton on the Park, the Hilton, the Observatory and the Marriott on College Street […]
