Archive for the 'Perception Management' Category
BitTorrent Based DNS to Counter U.S. Domain Seizures
December 1st, 2010I like it. I’m not yet able to believe the hype about how it supposedly, “Can’t be touched by any governmental institution,” but I’ll definitely be following developments. Something like this needs to happen. Via: TorrentFreak: The domain seizures by the United States authorities in recent days and upcoming legislation that could make similar takeovers […]
WikiLeaks Diplomatic Documents Release
November 29th, 2010For whatever it’s worth: cablegate.wikileaks.org Via: Guardian: Among scores of disclosures that are likely to cause uproar, the cables detail: * Grave fears in Washington and London over the security of Pakistan’s nuclear weapons programme, with officials warning that as the country faces economic collapse, government employees could smuggle out enough nuclear material for terrorists […]
“It is inconceivable that the euro fails”
November 28th, 2010Via: Reuters: Senior euro zone officials dismissed any risk of the single currency area breaking up after financial markets, alarmed by Ireland’s debt crisis, forced the borrowing costs of Portugal and Spain to record highs. “There is zero danger,” Klaus Regling, chief of the euro’s financial safety net, European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF), told German […]
Britain: D-Notice Issued for Upcoming WikiLeaks Diplomatic Documents Dump
November 27th, 2010Torrent: WikiLeaks Insurance File Via: Guardian: David Cameron and other world leaders were being briefed by the US state department about what American diplomats fear will be contained in the expected leak of thousands of sensitive diplomatic cables sent to Washington by US ambassadors around the world. The leak is expected to be co-ordinated by […]
FDIC List of Problem Banks Grows
November 25th, 2010It’s all about fraud and hiding the reality of what’s really on their books. CNBC link ahead. Hold nose. Via: CNBC: The number of banks on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp’s confidential “problem” list grew over the summer even while the overall industry posted solid net income. The FDIC says its list of troubled banks […]
Upcoming WikiLeaks Release Could Damage International Relations Between U.S. and Allies
November 25th, 2010Via: CBC: The U.S. government has notified Ottawa that the WikiLeaks website is preparing to release sensitive U.S. diplomatic files that could damage U.S. relations with allies around the world. U.S. officials say the documents may contain accounts of compromising conversations with political dissidents and friendly politicians and could result in the expulsion of U.S. […]
Evidence of Iranian Nuclear Weapons Program May Be Fraudulent
November 25th, 2010Via: TruthOut: Since 2007, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) – with the support of the United States, Israel and European allies UK, France and Germany – has been demanding that Iran explain a set of purported internal documents portraying a covert Iranian military program of research and development of nuclear weapons. The “laptop documents,” […]
Insider Trading: Criminal Charges, Fines Against Large Number of Wall Street Executives and Investors
November 22nd, 2010Upstarts get busted in an attempt to maintain appearances while public menaces Goldman Sachs and AIG are allowed to slip from the headlines. Via: Los Angeles Times: Federal investigators in New York are wrapping up an extensive investigation into allegations of insider trading and other stock-trading irregularities that could bring criminal charges or monetary fines […]
U.S. Scientists Significantly More Likely to Publish Fake Research
November 19th, 2010Via: PhysOrg: US scientists are significantly more likely to publish fake research than scientists from elsewhere, finds a trawl of officially withdrawn (retracted) studies, published online in the Journal of Medical Ethics. Fraudsters are also more likely to be “repeat offenders,” the study shows. The study author searched the PubMed database for every scientific research […]
Texas Officials Covered Up Dangerously Radioactive Tap Water for Years
November 15th, 2010Via: Raw Story: Texas officials charged with protecting the environment and public health have for years made arbitrary subtractions to the measured levels of radiation delivered by water utilities across the state, according to a series of investigative reports out of Houston. Those subtractions, based on the test results’ margin of error, made all the […]
