Archive for the 'Perception Management' Category
Full Spectrum Dominance: Totalitarian Democracy in the New World Order
June 25th, 2009Full Spectrum Dominance: Totalitarian Democracy in the New World Order by F. William Engdahl: For the faction controlling the Pentagon, the military industry, and the oil industry, the Cold War never ended. They engineered an incredible plan to grab total control of the planet, of land, sea, air, space, outer space and cyberspace. Continuing ‘below […]
Ministry of Defence Blocks Wikileaks
June 25th, 2009Via: Guardian: The Ministry of Defence is trying to block all internet access to the whistleblowing site Wikileaks from thousands of its own computers after discovering that dissidents have been using it to leak copies of British military manuals. Newly obtained MoD emails reveal alarm over the discovery that Wikileaks is freely publishing manuals that […]
MTA Sells Subway Station Names
June 24th, 2009How about ads for pork rinds on the cop cars? The MTA officially has sold naming rights to one of its busiest subway stations in Brooklyn. That means McDonald’s 42nd Street and Taco Bell 59th Street-Columbus Circle could be right around the corner — or not. Sell the name of a station to an advertiser: […]
Dick Cheney Working on Grimoire
June 24th, 2009Working title: “It Rubs the Lotion on Its Skin or Else It Gets the Hose Again.” Via: AP: Former Vice President Dick Cheney has signed a book deal with a conservative imprint of Simon & Schuster and said he hopes readers of all ideologies will be interested in his story. The memoir by Cheney, widely […]
U.S. Credit Rating a “Solid Triple-A”: Moody’s
June 23rd, 2009“As you all know, first prize is a Cadillac Eldorado. Anybody want to see second prize? Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is you’re fired.” —Glengarry Glen Ross Via: Reuters: Moody’s Investors Service said on Tuesday that the U.S. government’s triple-A credit rating was safe but added that it could be […]
The Empire Strikes Back: FTC Plans to Regulate Blogs That Have Affiliate Relationships
June 22nd, 2009What has happened is that bloggers have blown the support columns out from underneath traditional media and the people who run the show don’t like that. The fact that some of us are able to survive by maintaining blogs must have come as an incredible shock to fat bastards in boardrooms across the land. That […]
U.S. State Department Speaks to Twitter Over Iran
June 17th, 2009The Internet has been playing an increasingly important role in international politics. One highly significant effect of Internet use overseas has been to circumvent the informational controls imposed by authoritarian regimes on their citizens… Predictions… The Internet will be used as a tool of statecraft by national governments… The Internet will play an increasingly significant […]
Obama Blocks List of Visitors to White House
June 17th, 2009Obama is embracing his inner Cheney. Via: MSNBC: The Obama administration is fighting to block access to names of visitors to the White House, taking up the Bush administration argument that a president doesn’t have to reveal who comes calling to influence policy decisions. Despite President Barack Obama’s pledge to introduce a new era of […]
How Do ‘Anti-Stab’ Knives Work?
June 16th, 2009And now, from the land on Monty Python, the “anti-stab” knife, complete with “combination tip” that “reduces the risk of injury” and an “ergonomic handle” that “reduces aggressiveness.” Does it come with a Union Jack dribble bib? If you think that these knives would reduce stabbings at all, you’re beyond lost and you’ll believe anything. […]
BBC Video from Iran
June 15th, 2009I’m not coming down on any side here. While my gut feeling is that CIA/Mossad/MI6 are throwing gasoline on the fire, I can’t point to any evidence of that. The past doesn’t necessarily have anything to do with the present, but being familiar with how the U.S. has screwed with Iran in the past, it’s […]
