Archive for the 'War' Category
FBI Sting Nets 22 Executives Charged with Paying Bribes Abroad
January 20th, 2010When arms companies do this inside the U.S., it’s called lobbying. In other news: Bribes Represent Almost One Quarter of Afghanistan’s GDP. Will the FBI arrest the people responsible for installing the crooked Afghan regime? Via: Christian Science Monitor: Twenty-two executives at military and law-enforcement supply companies have been arrested in a sting operation by […]
Google Postpones Release of Android Phones in China
January 20th, 2010Via: BBC: Google says it has postponed the launch of two Android based mobile phones in China following a dispute with the government over censorship. The formal launch was due to take place on Wednesday, a spokesperson said. The announcement came as the Chinese government said Google and other foreign firms must obey the country’s […]
U.S. Military Weapon Sights Inscribed With Bible References
January 18th, 2010Via: ABC News: Coded references to New Testament Bible passages about Jesus Christ are inscribed on high-powered rifle sights provided to the United States military by a Michigan company, an ABC News investigation has found. The sights are used by U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and in the training of Iraqi and Afghan soldiers. […]
George W. Obama
January 17th, 2010Via: Village Voice: Before President Obama, it was grimly accurate to write, as I often did in the Voice, that George W. Bush came into the presidency with no discernible background in constitutional civil liberties or any acquaintance with the Constitution itself. Accordingly, he turned the “war on terror” over to Dick Cheney and Donald […]
Pantex Nuclear Weapons Plant on Lockdown
January 15th, 2010UPDATE: Hunters Via: Connect Amarillo: Two Pantex employees seen hunting near the plant Friday morning caused the nuclear weapons facility to be placed on lockdown. Carson County Sheriff Tam Terry told Pronews 7 that someone called just after 7:30am Friday morning to report seeing two individuals with guns close to the plant. Pantex activated its […]
Chinese Operation Against Google Involved Accessing the Firm’s Internal Intercept Systems
January 14th, 2010Via: Computer World: Drummond said that the hackers never got into Gmail accounts via the Google hack, but they did manage to get some “account information (such as the date the account was created) and subject line.” That’s because they apparently were able to access a system used to help Google comply with search warrants […]
Obama Regime Wants Record $708 for Defense Department, Plus $33 Billion More for War Escalation
January 14th, 2010Via: AP: President Barack Obama will ask Congress for an additional $33 billion to fight unpopular wars in Afghanistan and Iraq on top of a record $708 billion for the Defense Department next year, The Associated Press has learned – a request that could be an especially hard sell to some of the administration’s Democratic […]
Google Considers Pulling Out of China and Will Provide Uncensored Search Results in Wake of Chinese Information Warfare Operations
January 13th, 2010Via: GoogleBlog: These attacks and the surveillance they have uncovered–combined with the attempts over the past year to further limit free speech on the web–have led us to conclude that we should review the feasibility of our business operations in China. We have decided we are no longer willing to continue censoring our results on […]
Israeli Military Robots
January 12th, 2010Via: Wall Street Journal: Israel is developing an army of robotic fighting machines that offers a window onto the potential future of warfare. Sixty years of near-constant war, a low tolerance for enduring casualties in conflict, and its high-tech industry have long made Israel one of the world’s leading innovators of military robotics. “We’re trying […]
‘Fonz’ Thanked for Bringing Clinton to NZ
January 11th, 2010Anyone who thinks that U.S. billionaires are good for New Zealand should travel to the U.S. to inspect the aftermath of their handy work. In other news: We just roll over, put our legs in the air, and say ‘do what you like to us’. NZ, US Set to Resume Joint Military Drills Lockheed May […]
