Archive for the 'Perception Management' Category
UK: Court Gags Ex-SAS Man Who Made Torture Claims
March 3rd, 2008Via: Guardian: A former SAS soldier was served with a high court order yesterday preventing him from making fresh disclosures about how hundreds of Iraqis and Afghans captured by British and American special forces were rendered to prisons where they faced torture. Ben Griffin could be jailed if he makes further disclosures about how people […]
California Judge Tries to Take Wikileaks Down: Hilarity Ensues
February 19th, 2008The imbecile judge cut one head off the monster and a thousand more sprang from the wound. Despite forced takedown actions and DDOS attacks, Wikileaks is on the air: http://88.80.13.160. The server is located in Sweden. (Of course, don’t expect the BBC to let you know that.) Also, John Young, over at Cryptome, has provided […]
How the Spooks Took Over the News
February 15th, 2008Via: Independent: So, who exactly is producing fiction for the media? Who wrote the Zarqawi letters? Who created the fantasy story about Osama bin Laden using a network of subterranean bases in Afghanistan, complete with offices, dormitories, arms depots, electricity and ventilation systems? Who fed the media with tales of the Taliban leader, Mullah Omar, […]
Boston Police to Go Door to Door in Poor Neighborhoods, Asking to Search Homes for Illegal Guns
February 11th, 2008Oh sure. Via: Boston Globe: As Boston police prepare to go into some of the city’s most dangerous neighborhoods, knock on doors of private houses, and ask if they can search for illegal guns without a warrant, officials are trying to pitch the idea of the plan as friendly cooperation to residents who still see […]
Metabolic Syndrome Is Tied to Diet Soda
February 8th, 2008I particularly like the retarded musings of one of the co-authors of the research: “Why is it happening? Is it some kind of chemical in the diet soda, or something about the behavior of diet soda drinkers?” Holy crap. Are we to believe that a professor of epidemiology needs to be told about the links […]
The “No Internet in Iran” Story is Bullcrap, but that Didn’t Stop 17 People from Submitting it
February 4th, 2008I don’t expect people to know much about computers, but the story about Iran having no Internet access is complete nonsense. It scares the living crap out of me that so many Cryptogon readers are propagating this nonsense without even trying to verify whether or not the story is true. (In fairness, one Cryptogon reader […]
Disgraced and Vilified, Indonesia’s Ex-Dictator Suharto Dies Aged 86
January 28th, 2008I’m surprised Suharto’s likeness hasn’t already been added to Mt. Rushmore. Via: The Canadian Free Press: Former Indonesian president Suharto, a Cold War ally of the United States whose brutal military regime killed hundreds of thousands of left-wing political opponents, died Sunday. He was 86. Although he oversaw some of the worst bloodshed of the […]
Court Says You Can Copyright A Cease-And-Desist Letter
January 26th, 2008Via: TechDirt: Back in October, we wrote about a law firm that was claiming a copyright on the cease-and-desist letters it sent out, and insisting that it was a violation to repost them. It’s long been believed that cease-and-desist letters that have no new creative expression and are merely boilerplates are likely not covered by […]
Peak Oil Video Game
January 24th, 2008“As U.S. Army theorist Ralph Peters wrote, the effect of media on young men, in terms of reaching national security objectives, ‘is destructive beyond the power of words to describe.’” —Maxim Participates in Israeli Intelligence Operation Targeted at U.S. Men Wow. In addition to the push by corporate media to sell the nonsense meme of […]
George Bush and White House Issued 935 False Statements About Iraq Following 9/11
January 23rd, 2008Via: news.com.au: US President George W Bush and other top officials issued almost one thousand false statements about the national security threat from Iraq following the September 11 attacks, according to a study by two not-for-profit organisations. The Associated Press reports the study, published on the website of the Centre for Public Integrity, concluded the […]
