Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
Cheney: Vice President’s Office is Not Part of the Executive Branch
June 22nd, 2007The make-it-up-according-to-our-whims phase. Via: RawStory: The Office of Vice President Dick Cheney told an agency within the National Archives that for purposes of securing classified information, the Vice President’s office is not an ‘entity within the executive branch’ according to a letter released Thursday by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. “The Oversight […]
Confidence in U.S. Congress at All Time Low
June 21st, 2007Imagine my shock. Via: USA Today: Just 14% of Americans have a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in Congress. This 14% Congressional confidence rating is the all-time low for this measure, which Gallup initiated in 1973. The previous low point for Congress was 18% at several points in the period of time […]
Vertical Farming in the Big Apple
June 20th, 2007I know. Urban hipsters want iPods, free love and electric SUVs. Absolutely any technology or policy that offers a glimmer of hope of keeping things going will be embraced with religious ferocity, regardless of the level of absurdity. As more and more people give up on the political process, they will seek comfort in the […]
U.S. Terrorist Screening Center Visits Cryptogon; Reveals Activity Due to Stupidity
June 19th, 2007The U.S. Terrorist Screening Center user (host: techtrack.gov, ip: 67.108.115.178) conducted the following Google search: “national security analysis center” The user clicked on this Google cache page of a Cryptogon story about the National Security Analysis Center, but I saw it in the log anyway (explained below). In fact, I saw two visits simultaneously. The […]
The Plan to Disappear Canada
June 19th, 2007Via: The Tyee: If the machinations going on in this country regarding so-called “deep integration” were instead a communist conspiracy to take over the country (you will, of course, have to try hard to imagine this) the news media would be blaring the story. Pundits would pontificate, editorialists would erupt, security forces would be unleashed. […]
The American Culture Bomb: Satire from the Onion and a Long Forgotten U.S. Army War College Essay
June 19th, 2007Before we get to the Onion, let’s look at a few excerpts from Constant Conflict, a 1997 Parameters (U.S. Army War College) essay that was written by then Major Ralph Peters. In summary, the U.S. military is aware that “American Culture” is a strategic weapon that is capable of defeating an enemy, or entire populations, […]
Oil Industry Scales Back Refinery Plans
June 18th, 2007Everyone knows that the biofuel scam only results in higher food prices, and now, the oil cartel is saying, “With all the biofuel, we don’t need to invest if more refining capacity.” The food and energy scarcity issues are being engineered into a kill off mechanism that also generates massive profits. Anyone who can’t see […]
Rationing Mechanisms In Place: Credit Cards Cut Off Gas Purchases
June 18th, 2007Credit card companies are limiting fuel purchases because of credit card fraud? Oh sure, that sounds perfectly reasonable to many zombie consumers. And you could take this article at face value and move on, but I wouldn’t. It’s easy to see how this will be used as a gas rationing system. After a declaration of […]
Americans Unready to Revolt, Despite Revolting Conditions
June 16th, 2007Entertaining the author’s proposed solution will waste valuable time that people should be using to escape/prepare, but he describes the situation well. Via: OpedNews: Part of the genius of our contemporary ruling class elites is that they have engineering a state of political and economic oppression that paradoxically is still embraced by the Lower Class. […]
China: Shocking Child Slavery Situation
June 16th, 2007Mostly shocking because this is where the U.S. is headed. This kind of thing, and much worse, is standard operating procedure in China. The factory operators must have fallen behind in bribe payments to the local party bosses. Not to worry. The diabolical Chinese regime can be seen as rescuing the children from hell. Via: […]
