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 The New Thought Police
James Bamford via leafers, Friday, Feb 13 2009, 8:41am
The National Security Agency (NSA) is developing a tool that George Orwell's Thought Police might have found useful: an artificial intelligence system designed to gain insight into what people are thinking. (story and 1 image)
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 The fix is in: Oz mandatory internet filtering
Kismo, Thursday, Feb 12 2009, 11:30pm
Corporate errand boy and Oz Communications Minister, Stephen Conroy, has selected a group of minor (compliant) ISPs (see link) to conduct his INFORMATION CENSORSHIP tests. Telstra, iinet and Optus, by far the three largest carriers in the country, have ‘somehow’ been excluded from the tests, which would throw into question any results obtained with non-representative carriers – it’s a MATTER OF SCALE, stupid!
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Feeble response to massive drug production in NATO’s Afghanistan
Kingfisher, Thursday, Feb 12 2009, 10:08am
A ‘gem’ of counter intelligence was recently published in a Canadian Military Magazine. NATO commanders are attempting to justify/expand military activity in occupied Afghanistan by proposing that drug eradication be included in military field operations! An ‘interesting’ proposition in view of the fact that America has entered into deals with regional war lords allowing them to gain revenue from drug production in exchange for their support – it’s a dirty business, war, isn’t it?
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Home of the brave, where?
beak, Tuesday, Feb 10 2009, 7:44pm
All we see in America is a servile, whipped-dog-obedient, cowering, long-suffering, SLAVE population that takes ever more abuse, hardship and maltreatment from its incompetent leaders and corporate ruling elites. (story and 3 comments)
Last Commented Thursday, Feb 12 2009, 11:00am
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Increased social unrest in Europe
Heather Cottin via talya, Tuesday, Feb 10 2009, 7:39am
Thousands of demonstrators in Lithuania, Latvia and Bulgaria have attacked government buildings and called on their governments to resign as unemployment soars in Eastern Europe.
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Obama offers Rudd ‘prayers!’
yarra, Monday, Feb 9 2009, 10:18pm
In another major expression of convoluted and inverted 'neo-liberal-conservative' logic/values, President Baa’raack O’Fraud, contacted Oz’s, Kevin ’07,’ and offered his prayers for the victims of INADEQUATE, INEPT, SUBSTANDARD, CLEARLY INCOMPETENT GOVERNMENT, a reality the Victorian bushfires tragically highlighted. (story and 2 images)
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Oz Parliament Suspended
fish, Monday, Feb 9 2009, 8:46am
The Australian Parliament suspended normal business today to acknowledge the bushfire tragedy that continues to impact the State of Victoria. Politicians from both sides of the House expressed their sympathies for the victims. As of 11 Feb., 181 lives have been lost to the fires. Large townships have been severely impacted and some historical hamlets have been wiped out completely. Expressions of grief and sorrow gushed from Parliament House like the water pillaged from our artesian basin by BHP-Billiton! Today is a day of national reflection for more reasons than one. (story and 1 image)
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Central Asia, Nemesis of Empire
Kingfisher, Saturday, Feb 7 2009, 10:13pm
Is it coincidence that organised crime flourishes wherever the US engages in its imperial wars of acquisition and exploitation? Only a fool or the uninformed civilian population would think that explosive increases in heroin production in Indo-China and Afghanistan were unrelated to American militarism. American military intervention in those regions was immediately followed by massive increases in opiate production. The ‘golden triangle’ and the so-called ‘golden crescent’ have become infamous as the largest heroin producing centres on the planet, what do you suppose is the common causative factor in these vastly divergent -- culturally and geographically -- regions? Does organised criminal activity ‘follow’ the USA or is the USA the world’s leading criminal and terrorist organisation? (story and 1 comment and 1 image)
Last Commented Sunday, Feb 8 2009, 8:27am
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Keith Olbermann's scathing attack on war criminal Cheney leads America in WRONG direction!
nose, Friday, Feb 6 2009, 10:58pm
Outside America we are not so easily distracted, duped OR MISLED! It is NOT a matter of "leave the country" (stated with downcast eyes, Mr Keith Olbermann) or finalising your attack on Cheney with "GO!" It is QUITE THE OPPOSITE!!
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‘Yes we can,’ what?
dingo, Thursday, Feb 5 2009, 7:45pm
A previous post put it to the American people clearly and without ambiguity; “well, what the fuck CAN YOU?” During the US election campaign the world watched with great amusement (millions) of mindless American morons chanting “YES WE CAN!” Another typically ambiguous and directionless chant/slogan missing the VITAL QUALIFIER to give it meaning and DIRECTION! (story and 2 comments)
Last Commented Friday, Feb 6 2009, 9:38pm
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The War on Terror is a Hoax
Paul Craig Roberts via rialator, Wednesday, Feb 4 2009, 8:52pm
"The most obvious indication that there are no terrorist cells is that not a single neocon has been assassinated.
I do not approve of assassinations, and am ashamed of my country’s government for engaging in political assassination. The US and Israel have set a very bad example for al Qaeda to follow."
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The ‘Amero’ -- fact or fiction?
Sonya Rehman via quin, Wednesday, Feb 4 2009, 9:24am
Word has it that the US Dollar is soon to be replaced by the ‘Amero’. Is this just another conspiracy theory kicked up by a bunch of bored conspiracy theorists?
Who knows, but at the rate the US economy finds itself sinking further into a quicksand recession, the introduction of the Amero might just turn out to be a reality. (story and 2 comments and 2 images)
Last Commented Wednesday, Feb 4 2009, 9:51am
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Three high profile fugitives, Bush, Blair and Howard
nano, Tuesday, Feb 3 2009, 8:20pm
As the world takes stock of the military and economic CARNAGE these men are responsible for it becomes ever more URGENT -- imperative in fact -- to place them in the dock of a war crimes tribunal and hold them accountable for their actions. We have no illusions, of course we are aware they are merely pawns but they CONSCIOUSLY engaged in the most heinous crimes committed this century and expedited the now FAILED strategies of various powers and interests – THESE MEN ARE ABLE TO LEAD US TO THE SHADOWY FIGURES that have for years PULLED THE STRINGS BEHIND THE SCENES. [Perhaps we have signed their death warrants!] (story and 2 comments and 2 images)
Last Commented Tuesday, Feb 3 2009, 11:22pm
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The Whole World Is Rioting as the Economic Crisis Worsens -- Why Aren't We?
Joshua Holland via rialator, Tuesday, Feb 3 2009, 8:16am
Explosive anger is spilling out onto the streets of Europe. The meltdown of the global economy is igniting massive social unrest in a region that has long been a symbol of political stability and social cohesion.
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A world of inverted values and priorities
leafers, Monday, Feb 2 2009, 8:28pm
In a world of inverted logic and values war becomes peace and a holocaust – one million dead civilians in Iraq – becomes liberty and democracy! The perpetrators of these crimes enjoy not only their freedom but receive medals and accolades for their ‘efforts’ – fair fuckin’ go! (story and 2 comments and 2 images)
Last Commented Wednesday, Feb 4 2009, 10:06am
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Davos: ‘the best of the best’ FAIL to offer solutions for terminal economy
finn, Sunday, Feb 1 2009, 11:48pm
Except for Roubini, Schiff and very few others, the world cannot seem to grasp the FACT the beast (capitalism) is DEAD -- long live inverted values and financial models based on theft, fraud and exploitation! The witch is dead, the witch is dead, the MAD ol’ bad ol’ witch is DEAD! And good fuckin’ riddance!
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 A Sovereignty Primer
Zed, Sunday, Feb 1 2009, 10:36am
Recent history has CLEARLY revealed the criminal and corrupt nature of Western governments; the issue is no longer whether they are corrupt it’s what to do in the face of flagrant incompetence, corruption and criminality displayed by our governments.
Regardless of where it may lead – hopefully social reform -- the very first legal and responsible act is to declare ourselves SOVEREIGN entities and reserve our right NOT to be imposed upon by criminals, brutes and thugs masquerading as stewards and guardians of a our values, laws and ethical codes; all of which have been attacked and subverted by modern Western governments! (story and 1 comment and 11 attached files)
Last Commented Friday, Feb 6 2009, 7:53am
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Having a 'Voice' Makes People Happy
Frances Moore Lappé via finch, Saturday, Jan 31 2009, 10:28pm
"What is happiness? The feeling that power is growing, that resistance is overcome.” So wrote Friedrich Nietzsche in 1895.
I’m guessing that many of you would feel uncomfortable embracing this definition of happiness, especially coming from one of history’s most famous curmudgeons. If so, maybe in part it’s because too often we’ve nodded in agreement with Lord Acton’s catchy caveat, “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” And who would want to risk corruption?
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Google 'error' lists all websites as harmful
staff report via reed, Saturday, Jan 31 2009, 8:46pm
The search engine Google sparked online confusion on Saturday when a glitch in its security program temporarily warned users that websites from all search results were potentially harmful. (story and 1 image)
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A Procession of Fools
peptide, Saturday, Jan 31 2009, 4:10am
The leading contributing factor to the liberation of the enslaved masses in the early 21st century was the brazen and overt criminality of the Bush and other allied regimes. The Bush regime singlehandedly and irreparably undermined every aspect of social cohesion, traditional value, regulation and legality in the western world. Among its most outstanding ‘achievements’ are a civilian holocaust in Iraq, perpetrated in the name of ‘liberty, freedom and democracy,’ and the blind pursuit of de-regulated, free-market capitalism, which culminated in the destruction of the GLOBAL economy! No small feats considering Bush’s tenure in office was only eight short years! (story and 1 comment)
Last Commented Saturday, Jan 31 2009, 4:55am
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