Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
U.S. Will Collect Extremely Personal Information from Millions of European Travelers
July 23rd, 2007I can’t believe that anyone would submit to this. Via: Guardian: Highly sensitive information about the religious beliefs, political opinions and even the sex life of Britons travelling to the United States is to be made available to US authorities when the European Commission agrees to a new system of checking passengers. The EC is […]
Bush Signs New Executive Order that Allows U.S. Government to Seize Assets without Due Process
July 19th, 2007Via: TPMmuckraker: In a little-noticed executive order issued on Tuesday, President Bush directed the Treasury Department to block the U.S.-based financial assets of anyone deemed to have threatened “the peace or stability of Iraq or the Government of Iraq” or who “undermin(e) efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq.” The order empowers […]
Senate Restores Cheney Funding
July 13th, 2007HAHA! Made ya look! Via: San Jose Mercury News: The White House scored a win Thursday on Capitol Hill after a moderate Senate Democrat broke with his party to restore funding for Vice President Dick Cheney’s office. The 15-14 vote in the Senate Appropriations Committee came after the House last month narrowly rejected a companion […]
Bush Admits His Administration Leaked CIA Operative’s Name
July 13th, 2007Via: International Herald Tribune: President George W. Bush on Thursday acknowledged publicly for the first time that someone in his administration likely leaked the name of a CIA operative, although he also said he hopes the controversy over his decision to spare prison for a former White House aide has “run its course.” “And now […]
Senate Cuts Funding for Cheney’s Office
July 11th, 2007Watch out, THE TERRORISTS ARE COMING!!!!!! Via: International Herald Tribune: Senate Democrats moved Tuesday to cut off funding for U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney’s office in a continuing battle over whether he must comply with national security disclosure rules. A Senate appropriations panel chaired by Democratic Sen. Richard Durbin refused to fund $4.8 million in […]
Bush Uses Privilege to Deny Ex-Aides’ Testimony
July 10th, 2007They must not be part of the Executive branch either. Via: msnbc: President Bush invoked executive privilege Monday to deny requests by Congress for testimony from two former aides about the firings of federal prosecutors. The White House, however, did offer again to make former counsel Harriet Miers and one-time political director Sara Taylor available […]
United States Court of Appeals Judge Richard Posner: Secret Trials for Terrorists
June 29th, 2007The mask is off the maniac fascist Nazi loving liberals. This is it. The sum of all fears. Total, overt fascism. A senior federal judge calling for warrantless surveillance and secret trials! It will be interesting to see how many people will allow themselves to be taken alive, and how many won’t. My guess, based […]
Turley: Avoid Bush’s Executive Privilege Claim by Investigating NSA Program as a Crime
June 29th, 2007Sure. Via: ThinkProgress: Yesterday, after years of White House stonewalling, the Senate Judiciary Committee issued subpoenas to the Bush administration for documents related to the warrantless domestic surveillance program. Today, during a background discussion with reporters, senior Bush administration officials indicated that they would invoke executive privilege in order to deny the NSA documents to […]
White House Asserts Executive Privilege
June 28th, 2007Imagine my shock. What’s next for this Enemy Collaborator Congress? Bootlicking? Via: Breitbart / AP: President Bush, moving toward a constitutional showdown with Congress, asserted executive privilege Thursday and rejected lawmakers’ demands for documents that could shed light on the firings of federal prosecutors. Bush’s attorney told Congress the White House would not turn over […]
Doctors Back Microchipping Plan
June 28th, 2007Tell me another one. Via: Yahoo / AFP: Doctors could soon be storing essential medical information under the skin of their patients, the American Medical Association says. Devices the size of a grain of rice that are implanted with a needle could give emergency room doctors quick access to the records of chronically ill patients, […]
