Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
In China, a High-Tech Plan to Track People
August 12th, 2007I thought the British fascists would have implemented this by now, but it looks like the Chinese fascists are going to try to take the lead. Also note the collusion between the Chinese and American firms. Via: New York Times: At least 20,000 police surveillance cameras are being installed along streets here in southern China […]
Enemy Collaborator U.S. Congress Passes Bush Domestic Surveillance Bill
August 5th, 2007Imagine my shock. Via: Reuters: The Congress yielded to President George W. Bush on Saturday and approved legislation to temporarily expand the government’s power to conduct electronic surveillance without a court order in tracking foreign suspects. Civil liberties groups charged the measure would create a broad net that would sweep up law-abiding U.S. citizens. But […]
The Chinese “Miracle” Will End Soon [sic]
August 4th, 2007Yesterday wouldn’t be soon enough. Via: Spiegel: The world has been dazzled in recent years by the economic strides being made by China. But it has come at a huge cost to the country’s environment. Pollution is a serious and costly problem. Pan Yue of the ministry of the environment says these problems will soon […]
Zeitgeist
July 30th, 2007Zeitgeist is an extremely impressive film that delivers a vast amount of fascinating information in a coherent way. It’s definitely worth setting aside a couple of hours of interruption free time to watch this. If you know any people who don’t quite “get it” yet, this will rattle their cages. Who produced this??? They’ve made […]
Russia: Youth Camps for Indoctrination and Procreation
July 29th, 2007If you thought Jesus Camp was frightening, you better be sitting down for this one! Via: Daily Mail: Remember the mammoths, say the clean-cut organisers at the youth camp’s mass wedding. “They became extinct because they did not have enough sex. That must not happen to Russia”. Obediently, couples move to a special section of […]
Hackers Take Control of Electronic Voting Machine Models Used in California
July 28th, 2007Via: San Francisco Chronicle: State-sanctioned teams of computer hackers were able to break through the security of virtually every model of California’s voting machines and change results or take control of some of the systems’ electronic functions, according to a University of California study released Friday. The researchers “were able to bypass physical and software […]
White House Denies Congressman’s Request to See Continuity of Government Plans
July 23rd, 2007The part about the camps might not maintain the right appearances. Via: The Oregonian: Oregonians called Peter DeFazio’s office, worried there was a conspiracy buried in the classified portion of a White House plan for operating the government after a terrorist attack. As a member of the U.S. House on the Homeland Security Committee, DeFazio, […]
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 […]
