Archive for the 'Perception Management' Category
U.S. Senate Committee Backs Use of Force in Syria
September 4th, 2013I’m baffled by this situation. There is a very long and sickening history of the Executive doing whatever it wants when it comes to the use of military force (see: Presidential War Power by Louis Fisher). I don’t know why Mr. Nobel Peace Prize winner Obomb-ya is bothering with Congress to get America’s next war […]
Fukushima: Japanese Government to Build Ice Wall in Desperate Attempt to Contain Leaks of Contaminated Water
September 3rd, 2013For a moment, let’s just assume that this will work. I doubt that it will work, but let’s pretend that will. What happens to all of the frozen slop when the grid goes down during the next disaster and the “ice wall” thaws out? Have a nice day! Via: AP: The Japanese government announced Tuesday […]
Fukushima Radiation Levels 18 Times Higher than Previously Admitted
September 2nd, 2013This is definitely one for your Not The Onion file folder. Via: BBC: Radiation levels around Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant are 18 times higher than previously thought, Japanese authorities have warned. Last week the plant’s operator reported radioactive water had leaked from a storage tank into the ground. It now says readings taken near the […]
Britain: First Time a British Prime Minister Lost a Vote on War Since 1782
September 2nd, 2013Whoops. Via: Reuters: Prime Minister David Cameron’s plans to join a potential military strike on Syria were thwarted on Thursday night when Britain’s parliament narrowly voted against a government motion to authorize such action in principle. In a humiliating defeat for the British leader likely to damage Cameron’s hopes of being re-elected in 2015 and […]
Russian and Chinese Representatives to the UN Walk Out on Mrs. Cognitive Inflitration
August 29th, 2013Samantha Power is Cass Sunstein’s wife. Via: ITAR-TASS: The Russian and Chinese officials walked out of the U.N. Security Council meeting in New York on Wednesday, August 28, after U.S. Permanent Representative Samantha Power had called for an immediate action in Syria. The permanent members of the U.N. Security Council – Russia, Britain, China, the […]
And Now… ‘Israeli Intelligence Intercepted Syrian Regime Talk About Chemical Attack’
August 28th, 2013Oh sure. Via: Guardian: The bulk of evidence proving the Assad regime’s deployment of chemical weapons – which would provide legal grounds essential to justify any western military action – has been provided by Israeli military intelligence, the German magazine Focus has reported. The 8200 unit of the Israeli Defence Forces, which specialises in electronic […]
Syrian Rebels Told to Expect Western-Led Strike in Days
August 27th, 2013I don’t know, so I’ll ask you guys. Read about the Britam Defence hack that occurred back in January and then vote below. My guess is that there’s just about zero chance that such a conversation would be stored anywhere in cleartext. But then again… Here we are. Via: CBC: Syrian opposition leaders have been […]
Obama Appoints Cass Sunstein to Review NSA Programs
August 26th, 2013Via: Guardian: The review of US surveillance programs which Barack Obama promised would be conducted by an “independent” and “outside” panel of experts looks set to consist of four Washington insiders with close ties to the security establishment. The president announced the creation of the group of experts two weeks ago, in an attempt to […]
A Lexicon for Understanding the Words U.S. Intelligence Officials Use to Mislead the Public
August 26th, 2013Via: Slate: When it comes to discussing government surveillance, U.S. intelligence officials have been using a vocabulary of misdirection—a language that allows them to say one thing while meaning quite another. The assignment of unconventional meanings to conventional words allows officials to imply that the NSA’s activities are narrow and closely supervised, though neither of […]
What NSA Transparency Looks Like: Redacted
August 21st, 2013Via: ProPublica: Last week, the Washington Post published an internal audit finding the NSA had violated privacy rules thousands of times in recent years. In response, the spy agency held a rare conference call for the press maintaining that the violations are “not willful” and “not malicious.” It’s difficult to fully evaluate the NSA’s track […]
