Archive for the 'Perception Management' Category
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 […]
Police Raid Home of Wikileaks.de Domain Owner Over Censorship Lists
March 25th, 2009Via: Wikileaks: Shortly after 9pm on Monday the 24th of March 2009, seven police officers in Dresden and four in Jena searched the homes of Theodor Reppe, who holds the domain registration for “wikileaks.de”, the German name for wikileaks.org. According to police documentation, the reason for the search was “distribution of pornographic material” and “discovery […]
Obamas to Plant Organic Vegetable Garden on White House Lawn
March 20th, 2009Hmm. I don’t remember smoking crack this evening, so I’m at a bit of a loss for words here. Rather than trying to be cynical about this, and looking at it in terms of HR875, I’ll just sit here in stunned silence—for now—taking it all in. Ok, just a few words. Could it be possible […]
Australia: Banned Hyperlinks Could Cost You $11,000 a Day
March 17th, 2009Maniac fascism. Via: Sydney Morning Herald: The Australian communications regulator says it will fine people who hyperlink to sites on its blacklist, which has been further expanded to include several pages on the anonymous whistleblower site Wikileaks. Wikileaks was added to the blacklist for publishing a leaked document containing Denmark’s list of banned websites. The […]
Obama Urges Americans Not to “Stuff Money in Their Mattresses”
March 8th, 2009No, Mr. President. They’re buying gold and guns instead. Via New York Times: In a 35-minute conversation with The New York Times aboard Air Force One on Friday, Mr. Obama reviewed the challenges to his young administration. The president said he could not assure Americans the economy would begin growing again this year. But he […]
