Archive for the 'Perception Management' Category
Mexico Outbreak Traced to ‘Manure Lagoons’ at Pig Farm
April 28th, 2009This is an interesting story. Of course, it doesn’t mention the fact that, back in February, Panasonic knew that a pandemic flu event was going to happen. Via: Times Online: The first known case of swine flu emerged a fortnight earlier than previously thought in a village where residents have long complained about the smell […]
Military Photo-Op Involving Low-Flying Presidential Jet and F-16 Over Manhattan
April 28th, 2009Via: New York Daily News: A perfect storm of idiocy led to a frightening 9/11 flashback for thousands of New Yorkers Monday when a jumbo jet and an F-16 fighter jet buzzed lower Manhattan without warning. A “furious” Mayor Bloomberg denounced the dunces who dreamed up the stunt – and the NYPD officials and bureaucrats […]
U.S. Army Interpreter Who Witnessed Torture in Iraq Shot Herself with Service Rifle
April 26th, 2009Via: Independent: It is possible that one of the victims of the United States’ torture policy is a young, devout Mormon woman from Arizona called Alyssa Peterson. She was a soldier who not only saw the rough interrogation methods that the US military used on Iraqi prisoners, but was deeply troubled by them. Some weeks […]
Merck Drew Up Hit List of Doctors Who Needed to Be “Neutralised”
April 24th, 2009Via: The Australian: AN international drug company made a hit list of doctors who had to be “neutralised” or discredited because they criticised the anti-arthritis drug the pharmaceutical giant produced. Staff at US company Merck &Co emailed each other about the list of doctors – mainly researchers and academics – who had been negative about […]
Fed Said to Order Banks to Keep Quiet on ‘Stress Test’ Results
April 11th, 2009Via: Bloomberg: The U.S. Federal Reserve has told Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Citigroup Inc. and other banks to keep mum on the results of “stress tests” that will gauge their ability to weather the recession, people familiar with the matter said. The Fed wants to ensure that the report cards don’t leak during earnings conference […]
Former U.S. Lawmakers to Join Lobbyists
April 10th, 2009Via: Bloomberg: Lobbying, scorned during the 2008 campaign, is an occupation of choice among former members of Congress looking for jobs. Barack Obama shunned political contributions from lobbyists and, on his second day as president, announced new ethics rules to reduce their influence. Republican nominee John McCain disdained lobbyists as “birds of prey.” Still, about […]
Should Obama Control the Internet?
April 4th, 2009Via: Mother Jones: Should President Obama have the power to shut down domestic Internet traffic during a state of emergency? Senators John Rockefeller (D-W. Va.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) think so. On Wednesday they introduced a bill to establish the Office of the National Cybersecurity Advisor—an arm of the executive branch that would have vast […]
North Korea Has Two Nuclear Warheads for Missile, Kyodo Reports
March 31st, 2009Forget the grain of salt. Take it with a 5 KG salt lick, like I give my cows. Anything is possible, but because of the timing, this sounds like preaction PSYOP to me. Just guessing. Via: Bloomberg: North Korea has two nuclear warheads it can load on its mid-range Rodong missile, Japan’s Kyodo News reported, […]
Economist Intelligence Unit: Manning the Barricades
March 28th, 2009Here are EIU’s probabilities on how the economic crisis will unfold: Scenario 1: Stimulus stabilizes system — 60% chance Scenario 2: Stimulus fails, leading to depression — 30% chance Scenario 3: Dollar collapse, social unrest, violent protest — 10% chance If I was forced to guess, these would be my numbers: Scenario 1: Stimulus stabilizes […]
Constitutional Scholar: Bush Memos Amounted to “Fuhrer’s Law”; Treason
March 25th, 2009Naomi Wolf gets a bit silly with the “biggest stories of our lifetime” jazz. Come on. The same lineage of operators blew a president’s head off in broad daylight and orchestrated 9/11. Where’s the hysterics over that stuff? Seriously, if Bush and the Gang were akin to “Milton’s Satan” with a law degree, who did […]
