Archive for the 'Perception Management' Category
Experts Double Estimate of BP Oil Spill Size
June 11th, 2010Experts also tell us what the unemployment numbers are. So, double or triple it again and maybe we’ll be in the ballpark. Via: BBC: As many as 40,000 barrels (1.7m gallons) of oil a day may have been gushing out from a blown-out Gulf of Mexico well, doubling many estimates. The US Geological Survey says […]
Efforts to Limit the Flow of Spill News
June 10th, 2010Via: New York Times: When the operators of Southern Seaplane in Belle Chasse, La., called the local Coast Guard-Federal Aviation Administration command center for permission to fly over restricted airspace in Gulf of Mexico, they made what they thought was a simple and routine request. A pilot wanted to take a photographer from The Times-Picayune […]
No Secrets: Julian Assange’s Mission for Total Transparency
June 7th, 2010This is a very interesting piece about Julian Assange and WikiLeaks. Via: The New Yorker: He had come to understand the defining human struggle not as left versus right, or faith versus reason, but as individual versus institution. As a student of Kafka, Koestler, and Solzhenitsyn, he believed that truth, creativity, love, and compassion are […]
James Cameron on BP Oil Spill: “If you’re not monitoring it independently, you’re asking the perpetrator to give you the video of the crime scene.”
June 4th, 2010Via: Reuters: Film director and deep-sea explorer James Cameron said on Wednesday that BP Plc turned down his offer to help combat the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. “Over the last few weeks I’ve watched, as we all have, with growing horror and heartache, watching what’s happening in the Gulf and thinking […]
Foreign Banks Find Fortune in Crisis
June 2nd, 2010Via: Politico: Foreign banks are flexing newfound muscle in Washington, spreading their money and influence while winning government business that’s off-limits to their politically toxic American cousins. While Congress and President Barack Obama have been bashing big American banks as the cause of the nation’s economic troubles, foreign banks have been quietly increasing their presence […]
U.S Launches Criminal Investigation Into Oil Spill
June 2nd, 2010Ahh, like the criminal investigations into AIG and the squid. Also: BP Collects Billions in U.S. Government Contracts Obama Biggest Recipient of BP Campaign Cash Via: The Hill: The U.S. government has launched a formal criminal and civil investigation into the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday. Holder […]
German President Resigns After Comment Linking Military Deployments with Economic Interests
June 2nd, 2010It’s dangerous to take a page out of the Captain Obvious playbook when you’re a national political figure. Via: The Local: German President Horst Köhler sparked a political storm on Thursday by suggesting Germany’s military involvement in Afghanistan was partly motivated by its economic interests rather than solely to guarantee its security.
Deepwater Horizon Survivors Kept in Seclusion After Rig Explosion, Coerced Into Signing Legal Waivers
May 25th, 2010Via: Yahoo News: According to two surviving crew members of the Deepwater Horizon, oil workers from the rig were held in seclusion on the open water for up to two days after the April 20 explosion, while attorneys attempted to convince them to sign legal documents stating that they were unharmed by the incident. The […]
The Coca-Cola Case
May 25th, 2010Via: National Film Board of Canada:
Open Thread: Various BP Oil Spill Theories
May 25th, 2010Want to discuss BP oil spill theories that are percolating though the rumor sphere? Go for it here. I’ve seen all of the ones that you guys have submitted (and then some!), but I can’t find any sources that I feel are worth mentioning here. Oil Spill Card from Illuminati Role Playing Game This is […]
