Archive for the 'Elite' Category
UK: Shoppers to Use Fingerprints or Eye Scans to Pay for Goods
September 10th, 2008Mmm hmm. The clean, green ziggurat will have everything under control. Get your retina scanned to gain access to the free speech zone? Via: Telegraph: The futuristic systems, like those used by Tom Cruise in the science fiction film Minority Report, are being developed by scientists for Barclaycard. The company has announced it is investing […]
And Now: The Clean, Green Ziggurat with Room for One Million People
September 6th, 2008Via: Ecogeek: When it comes to sustainability, there may be lessons to be learned from ancient Mesopotamania. An environmental design company called Timelinks (based in the surprisingly environmentally innovative Dubai) has come up with an idea for a city complex that rivals the pyramids. The ancient ziggurats were towers of receding stories with a temple […]
Abramoff Sentenced to Four Years in Prison
September 5th, 2008Via: Reuters: Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff was sentenced Thursday to serve four more years in prison in a corruption scandal that rocked Washington’s power elite and helped Republicans lose control of Congress. Abramoff is already serving a nearly six-year term on unrelated charges and the new sentence will be served at the same time, meaning […]
Moving to the Center of Elite Consensus
September 1st, 2008Via: Joe Bageant: Over the last many weeks we have all been subjected to endless news stories about Senator Obama’s campaign “Move to the Center”. Leaving aside the political illiteracy which underlines this phrase, the use of it reveals important clues about the rhetoric of electoral campaigns, whom they target and what they are trying […]
The Numerati
August 30th, 2008After staring down the bottomless abyss of formal schooling, this is what the best and brightest can expect when working for IBM: Full time, automated surveillance by a Magic 8 Ball system that will match “commoditized” workers to tasks and monitor their progress on a minute by minute basis. Via: Business Week: By building mathematical […]
U.S., Europe, Japan Devised Plan to Prop Up Dollar, Nikkei Says
August 28th, 2008Via: Bloomberg: Finance officials from the U.S., Japan and Europe in mid-March drew up plans to strengthen the U.S. dollar following troubles at Bear Stearns Cos., Nikkei English News reported, citing unnamed sources. The intervention designed by the U.S. Treasury Department, Japan’s Finance Ministry and the European Central Bank called for the central banks to […]
SEC May Let Companies Abandon U.S. Accounting Rules
August 28th, 2008Via: Bloomberg: The Securities and Exchange Commission may let large U.S. companies switch to international accounting rules in six years, a step it says will lower compliance costs and make American firms more competitive. SEC commissioners today approved a “road map” that might allow corporations with market values exceeding $700 million to abandon U.S. accounting […]
1992 Biden Speech: “On the Threshold of the New World Order: A Rebirth for the United Nations”
August 24th, 2008Via: University of Delaware: In his speech in Clayton Hall, “On the Threshold of the New World Order: A Rebirth for the United Nations,” Biden said the world’s leaders must adopt a new understanding of security. “Collective security today must encompass not only the security of nations,” he said, “but also mankind’s security in a […]
Biden
August 23rd, 2008I’ve come to view thinking about national elections in the U.S. as a form of mental illness. In order to take the process seriously, you’ve got to check your brain at the door. The willing suspension of disbelief is fine for watching movies, but what should we call it when millions of people do it […]
Vaccine Nation
August 19th, 2008For most people, vaccinating themselves and their children seems like a good idea. Vaccines are safe, effective and are supposed to protect us against dangerous infectious diseases — Right? Wrong! What you don’t know can harm you or kill you! In this groundbreaking film, you will: * See the truth about the dangers of vaccines […]
