Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
Raising Questions About 9/11 Gets an Army Sergeant Demoted for “Disloyalty”
June 1st, 2007Via: Fort Worth Weekly: These days, Donald Buswell’s job is not as exciting or dangerous as it once was. For the past few months, his working hours have been spent taking care of some 40-plus wounded soldiers at San Antonio’s Fort Sam Houston medical center. The work is sometimes menial, even janitorial, but he doesn’t […]
UK: Man Wrongfully Imprisoned for Three Years to Receive £6,800 Government Bill for “Board and Lodging”
May 30th, 2007I tried to write commentary for this story several times, but each version resulted in statements that could get me in trouble. Via: BBC: A 37-year-old man jailed for a crime he did not commit is being charged almost £7,000 for his time in prison. Warren Blackwell from Woodford Halse, Northamptonshire, has been told the […]
U.S. Legislation Would Bring Wind Power to ‘Grinding Halt’
May 29th, 2007Power crisis? The only power crisis we have involves the people in power. Isn’t it interesting how this affects individuals who use wind turbines?! Will the government’s service to the criminal mining and drilling interests be worth touching off armed standoffs over wind turbines? Hmm. Even I can’t believe the U.S. Government would be that […]
The Education of Cindy Sheehan
May 29th, 2007Sadly, bottom up political activists tend to figure it out the hard way. If you know someone who’s tumbling down the rabbit hole/honey pot of political activism, I strongly suggest, Endgame Volume 1 by Derrick Jensen. Even though Jensen’s anti civilization ramblings are silly, his level of hypocrisy is unbelievable and half of the book […]
The Worst Wing: The God Couple
May 29th, 2007Glad to see that Dermot is hammering away! Help him out by using those reddit and dig buttons. Via: idleworm: HEH HEH! This can’t possibly backfire, eh, Dick? Dick?
UK on the Brink
May 28th, 2007I don’t know why they just don’t get on with it. Via: Guardian: The home secretary, John Reid, made clear yesterday he is prepared to declare a “state of emergency” to suspend key parts of the human rights convention if the law lords do not overturn a series of judgments that have weakened the anti-terrorist […]
Democrats in Oblivion
May 26th, 2007The argument that the two parties should represent opposed ideals and policies, one, perhaps, of the Right and the other of the Left, is a foolish idea acceptable only to doctrinaire and academic thinkers. Instead, the two parties should be almost identical, so that the American people can ‘throw the rascals out’ at any election […]
Mexico to Boost Tapping of Phones and E-mail with U.S. Aid
May 25th, 2007Finally, an ECHELON station with good Mexican food! Via: Los Angeles Times: Mexico is expanding its ability to tap telephone calls and e-mail using money from the U.S. government, a move that underlines how the country’s conservative government is increasingly willing to cooperate with the United States on law enforcement. The expansion comes as President […]
A New Improved America
May 21st, 2007Via: Fred On Everything: Something is wrong with the United States. I think most of us have noticed it. There is a mortal rot in the country, made manifest by many little rots that are hard to integrate mentally yet are, I think, somehow related. The change is grave, accelerating, probably irreversible, and fascinating. Things […]
U.S. Military Begins Planning for Avian Flu Pandemic
May 18th, 2007I don’t offer much advice on here, but I will now, as it appears that time is running out: Do not allow yourself to be taken alive. I know. Even now, a few of you still don’t get it. You’re thinking, “It’s not going to come to that,” and maybe there’s more time for politics […]
