Archive for the 'Police State' Category
The United States of Incarceration
April 4th, 2019Louisiana is the world’s prison capital. The state imprisons more of its people, per head, than any of its U.S. counterparts. First among Americans means first in the world. Via: Prison Policy: The U.S. incarcerates 716 people for every 100,000 residents, more than any other country. In fact, our rate of incarceration is more than […]
The Measles Couldn’t Kill the Brady Bunch
April 1st, 2019Via: YouTube:
Prison Labor: Inmates in Finland Are Training AI
March 29th, 2019Via: The Verge: “Prison labor” is usually associated with physical work, but inmates at two prisons in Finland are doing a new type of labor: classifying data to train artificial intelligence algorithms for a startup. Though the startup in question, Vainu, sees the partnership as a kind of prison reform that teaches valuable skills, other […]
Renegade DEA Mass Surveillance Operations
March 29th, 2019“It’s just like laundering money – you work it backwards to make it clean.” Via: Nextgov: The Drug Enforcement Administration skirted numerous legal checks on a trio of bulk data collection programs dating back to the early 1990s, according to an internal watchdog. In a heavily redacted, 144-page report published Thursday, the Justice Department Inspector […]
Mom Ignores Doctor When Her Sick 2-Year-Old Starts Feeling Better, Child Services Send a SWAT Team
March 28th, 2019Via: Reason: Chandler, Arizona, cops broke through the door of a family’s home in the middle of the night, stormed in, pointed their guns, handcuffed the father, and watched as the state’s Department of Child Safety (DCS) took custody of the parents’ three kids—all because mom had decided her toddler’s fever was not serious enough […]
Google Is Conducting a Secret “Performance Review” of Its Censored China Search Project
March 27th, 2019Via: The Intercept: Google executives are carrying out a secret internal assessment of work on a censored search engine for China, The Intercept has learned. A small group of top managers at the internet giant are conducting a “performance review” of the controversial effort to build the search platform, known as Dragonfly, which was designed […]
New Zealand: The First Time I Have Been Subject to Government Censorship
March 25th, 2019The New Zealand government has officially declared Brenton Tarrant’s manifesto, The Great Replacement, as, “Objectionable.” A publication reportedly written by the terrorist behind the fatal attacks in Christchurch, has been officially classified as objectionable. … An objectionable classification for this publication is considered to be a justifiable limit on freedom of expression under the Bill […]
After Blocking Zero Hedge and Others, NZ Telcos Demand Big-Tech Censorship Surge to “Protect Consumers”
March 21st, 2019People are emailing me about these bans. I just now browsed (on a remote machine under my control) ZeroHedge, Gab and Dissenter without any problems on Spark, the largest ISP in NZ. Also, my small, regional ISP has not blocked any of these sites. Whatever is happening with regard to sites being blocked in NZ, […]
Virginia Woman, 19, Commits Suicide by Shooting Herself in the Head While Her Hands Were Cuffed Behind Her Back in Police Custody, Medical Examiner Rules
March 20th, 2019Via: DailyMail: The death of a 19 -year-old Virginia woman who died while in police custody from a gunshot wound to the head in July has been ruled a suicide by the medical examiner’s office. Police said Sarah Wilson managed to shoot herself through the mouth while her hands were cuffed behind her back following […]
Christchurch: NZSAS, Other Special Forces Teams and Armed Police Exercises Underway During Mosque Attacks
March 18th, 2019In other news: Due to conspiracy theories, make sure to get information about these attacks ONLY from the government. Via: New Zealand Herald: Some of the world’s most deadly sharpshooters were in Christchurch when New Zealand’s worst ever terror attack unfolded on Friday, with NZSAS taking to the streets to help hunt the rampaging mosque […]
