Archive for the 'Dictatorship' Category
And Now: The “Clean Skin” Terrorists from Europe
April 9th, 2007Sure. Via: New York Sun: The American government fears that the next September 11-style attack on the U.S. could be launched by Muslims from Britain or Europe who feel like “second-class citizens” and are alienated by a “colonial legacy,” according to the U.S. Homeland Security chief. In an interview with the Daily Telegraph, Michael Chertoff, […]
Princeton Professor, Former U.S. Marine Colonel On Terrorist Watch List for Criticizing Bush
April 9th, 2007Via: Balkanization: “On 1 March 07, I was scheduled to fly on American Airlines to Newark, NJ, to attend an academic conference at Princeton University, designed to focus on my latest scholarly book, Constitutional Democracy, published by Johns Hopkins University Press this past Thanksgiving.” “When I tried to use the curb-side check in at the […]
Rudy Rattles Some with Vito Corleone’s Voice
April 7th, 2007The guy just can’t maintain appearances properly. The mask comes down on occasion. Via: News Day: Rudolph Giuliani launched into a California campaign speech recently with an opening line the crowd surely didn’t expect — his husky-voiced impersonation of Don Corleone in “The Godfather.” “Thank youse all very much for invitin’ me here tuh-day, to […]
New Restrictions on U.S. Climate and Ocean Scientists: Any Scientific Statements “Of Official Interest” Must be Pre-Approved
April 6th, 2007Via: peer.org: Federal climate, weather and marine scientists will be subject to new restrictions as to what they can say to the media or in public, according to agency documents released today by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). Under rules posted last week, these federal scientists must obtain agency pre-approval to speak or write, […]
Bank of America Delays BullionValut Deposits
April 6th, 2007In Money: Going Tactical, I discussed how I wanted to immediately move some of our money into gold using the BullionVault system. I did, indeed, try to move some money to BullionVault. I used the electronic payment option for customers with U.S. bank accounts and followed BullionValut’s instructions exactly. Since I haven’t used BullionVault before, […]
U.S. Government Has Spent More Than Half the Public’s Treasure on Past, Current and Future Military Operations
March 30th, 2007Free trade. The invisible hand of the market. Capitalism. Would you like an order of Freedom Fries with that? Via: Common Dreams: In the words of the great economist and engineer Seymour Melman, we live in a “permanent war economy.†Since the end of World War II, the federal government has spent more than half […]
47 Large Core Columns, More Than a Dozen of Which Retained Dimensions of 54 x 22 Inches Through the 66th Floor
March 29th, 2007For the most part, I stopped thinking about the demolition of the WTC towers about three years ago. I filed that one away right next to my JFK folder. While it’s not intellectually rigorous to be content with, “The usual suspects did it. I don’t know exactly how. But They did it,” I sleep well […]
The Right to Raw Milk
March 27th, 2007Excellent raw milk article. Via: Acres USA: ACRES U.S.A. Fresh or raw milk producers are having problems just about everywhere, such as in Michigan, where they pulled over a guy and destroyed his product and raided his house and took the records — and similar things have happened in state after state. I’d like to […]
Florida: City to Seize Homes Over Parking Tickets
March 25th, 2007Via: The Newspaper: The city council in Brooksville, Florida voted this week to advance a proposal granting city officials the authority to place liens and foreclose on the homes of motorists accused of failing to pay a single $5 parking ticket. Non-homeowners face having their vehicles seized if accused of not paying three parking offenses.
My National Security Letter Gag Order
March 24th, 2007ABSOLUTELY CHILLING! Via: Washington Post: Three years ago, I received a national security letter (NSL) in my capacity as the president of a small Internet access and consulting business. The letter ordered me to provide sensitive information about one of my clients. There was no indication that a judge had reviewed or approved the letter, […]
