Archive for the 'Elite' Category
All Hail the Robotic Farmers and Pilots of the Future
May 2nd, 2012Via: Wired: Fighter pilot Mary “Missy” Cummings saw it coming while landing her F/A-18 supersonic jet on a Navy aircraft carrier — the world-changing disruption barreling toward the present. Instead of landing the multi-million-dollar machine on the small deck of the ship herself in the 1990s, a computer accomplished the tricky feat for her. “Here […]
The Cult Of The Expert
May 1st, 2012Via: Of The Hands: I suppose specialization is a feature, and not a bug, of the modern, industrial economy. To run such a complex and industrial infrastructure as we have come to rely upon, we need millions of people carrying out very specific and specialized tasks. This infrastructure is made up of uncountable widgets and […]
Estimating Government Support for Canadian Banks During the Financial Crisis
April 30th, 2012Via: Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives: Throughout the 2008-2010 financial crisis, Canadian banks were touted by the federal government and the banks themselves as being much more stable than other countries’ big banks. Canadians we assured that our banks needed no bailout. However, in reality, Canada’s banks received billions in cash and loan support during […]
To Fight Climate Change, UK Funds Forced Sterilisation of India’s Poor
April 30th, 2012Via: Guardian: Tens of millions of pounds of UK aid money have been spent on a programme that has forcibly sterilised Indian women and men, the Observer has learned. Many have died as a result of botched operations, while others have been left bleeding and in agony. A number of pregnant women selected for sterilisation […]
Disneyland: Club 33
April 30th, 2012My mom used to take my sister and me to Disneyland quite often when we were children. As a freak child, I was mostly interested in identifying the wizard-behind-the-curtain aspects of the place. I used to want to follow the Disney security men around to see where they went and what they did. To this […]
Australian Billionaire to Build Titanic II in China
April 30th, 2012Via: AFP: One of Australia’s richest men, Clive Palmer, has unveiled plans for a 21st century version of the Titanic to be built in China, with its first voyage from England to New York set for 2016. Palmer, a self-made mining billionaire, said he has commissioned state-owned Chinese company CSC Jinling Shipyard to construct Titanic […]
French Publication Claims Gaddafi Offered Sarkozy $66 Million to Finance His 2007 Campaign
April 29th, 2012Let’s start with the basics. The Frogs did it. It’s always worth repeating; this is a French war. —Why Gaddafi Got a Red Card Via: Global Post: In late 2006, Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi offered nearly $66 million, or 50 million euros, to support the 2007 campaign of Nicolas Sarkozy, France’s current president who is […]
Another Way to Kill U.S. Farmers: Seize Their Bank Accounts on Phony Charges
April 25th, 2012Via: Food Freedom News: Monsanto’s Food and Drug Administration can’t close down small dairies and private food clubs fast enough, bursting on the scene with guns drawn as if the criminalized right to contract for natural foods we’ve consumed for millennia deserves SWAT attention. Now, Obama has the Dept. of Justice going after small farmers […]
2012 Olympics Commercial
April 25th, 2012Related: What are the London 2012 Olympic mascots?
Vast Mexico Bribery Case Hushed Up by Wal-Mart
April 24th, 2012Via: New York Times: In September 2005, a senior Wal-Mart lawyer received an alarming e-mail from a former executive at the company’s largest foreign subsidiary, Wal-Mart de Mexico. In the e-mail and follow-up conversations, the former executive described how Wal-Mart de Mexico had orchestrated a campaign of bribery to win market dominance. In its rush […]
