Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
Bush Wants Phone Companies Immune to Privacy Suits
May 5th, 2007Via: Washington Post: The Bush administration is urging Congress to pass a law that would halt dozens of lawsuits charging phone companies with invading ordinary citizens’ privacy through a post-Sept. 11 warrantless surveillance program. The measure is part of a legislative package drafted by the Justice Department to relax provisions in the 1978 Foreign Intelligence […]
Cheney Hosts Queen’s Tour of Jamestown
May 4th, 2007I wonder if anyone in these crowds has ever heard of the Declaration of Independence? Via: CNN: Several hundred people rose early Friday to position themselves at Jamestown Settlement for a glimpse of Queen Elizabeth II. The British monarch is visiting the site of the first permanent English settlement in America to commemorate Jamestown’s 400th […]
Blueprint for Dictatorship
May 2nd, 2007Via: Antiwar: America is headed for a military dictatorship – and recent legislation makes this all but inevitable. Last September, Congress passed the Defense Authorization Act, which empowered the president to declare martial law with very little provocation, namely in the aftermath of a “terrorist attack or incident.” Having determined that “the execution of the […]
U.S. GOVERNMENT SEIZES E-GOLD ACCOUNTS, OWNERS INDICTED
April 29th, 2007It begins. Via: Florida Today: Two Brevard County men and two digital currency businesses they operated in Melbourne have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Washington, accused of running an unregulated financial network that catered to criminals moving money. Tuesday’s four-count indictment, made public Friday, charged e-gold Ltd., Gold & Silver Reserve Inc. […]
Verio Terminates Cryptome’s Web Hosting Service
April 29th, 2007NOTE: Cryptome’s hosting service is being terminated, not Cryptogon’s. Several readers are emailing me about this. READ CAREFULLY. While this could happen to me at any time, it hasn’t happened yet. Via: Cryptome: Dear Mr. Young, This letter is to notify you that we are terminating your service for violation of our Acceptable Use Policy, […]
Wal-Mart Seeks Former Intelligence Officers for Security
April 29th, 2007Via: AP / Houston Chronicle: Wal-Mart Stores has been recruiting former military and government intelligence officers for a branch of its global security office aimed at identifying threats to the world’s largest retailer, including from “suspect individuals and groups.” Wal-Mart’s interest in intelligence operatives comes at a time when the retailer is defending itself against […]
Fascist America, in 10 Easy Steps
April 27th, 2007I hate it when an otherwise good article contains rat poison, but that’s just the nature of the beast nowadays. Wolf writes, “Because Americans like me were born in freedom, we have a hard time even considering that it is possible for us to become as unfree…as many other nations,” and, “Of course, the United […]
The Plot Against the First Amendment
April 25th, 2007It was painful for me to quote the bits about the so-called, “freedom of the American press,” but if you can grit your teeth through that part, this is an interesting and terrifying piece. The U.S. doesn’t need D notices, for the most part. Editors are pretty good and censoring themselves. But fascists always want […]
KUCINICH DRAFTS LEGISLATION TO BAN THE PURCHASE, SALE, TRANSFER OR POSSESSION OF HANDGUNS BY CIVILIANS
April 21st, 2007Well, that didn’t take long. Via: kucinich.house.gov: Kucinich is currently drafting legislation that would ban the purchase, sale, transfer, or possession of handguns by civilians. A gun buy-back provision will be included in the bill. “America is being engulfed in violence every day. Let’s show them we have the wisdom and the courage to come […]
Virginia Tech Shooting: I’ve Already Seen Enough
April 18th, 2007I thought that I should designate a single post to all of the Virginia Tech related analysis, to parse out some of the key signals from the noise. Within 30 minutes of actually sitting down to read about the incident, I had already seen enough. At first, I was looking for—and found—indications of trauma induced […]
