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 Here's hoping Google gets hammered
James Kirby via sadh, Sunday, May 31 2009, 1:21am
It's a sad day when the battle for digital information is between two of the world's most obscene IT Companies, Microsoft and Google. Neither self-serving company has the interests of the public at heart, especially in China, and in the West if hidden information detailing Google's unsavoury relationship with NSA and other security agencies became known! Microsoft is no better having once supplied a 'backdoor' to its Operating System at the request of the NSA. Nevertheless, the stranglehold Google has on information is far worse than the author intimates -- any real democratic government would have legislated long ago forcing Google to relinquish its hold on information searches. Idiotic governments seem to be unaware of today's digital axioms: 'Whoever controls the flow of information rules the world', including governments! Let's hope the open source community gets a viable product out there soon -- then lobbying can begin in earnest! Ed. (story and 3 images)
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 Swine Flu and draconian social bio-management policies
finch, Friday, May 29 2009, 11:29pm
Australia, in its role as a test site for the broader western world, is currently undergoing two major assaults on traditional freedoms – freedom of movement and association [now] threatened by swine flu bio-management policies; and freedom to access all available information via the internet. I need not remind readers whose interests are best served by these new laws/policies – not those of the democratic majority by any stretch of the Orwellian imagination! (story and 1 comment)
Last Commented Saturday, May 30 2009, 12:34am
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Obama attempts to fix gate AFTER ‘bull’ has bolted!
Kismo, Friday, May 29 2009, 9:41am
Ya gotta hand it to those yankee doodle dunces; first, their unrestrained GREED outsources almost all banking and financial computer network maintenance and data processing to developing nations; second, local third party companies that employ citizens from marginal nations win contracts to maintain vital computer networks! After gifting the ‘family jewels’ to strangers yankee doodle dumbfucks wonder why security systems are so easily breached and vital networks so easily compromised. Well, doh! (story and 1 image)
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Washington Disinformation continues to emanate from subservient Australia!
quill, Thursday, May 28 2009, 11:59pm
A well constructed report on the LTTE defeat by the Sri Lankan military was aired on Radio Australia today, a 7 out of 10 effort! It is refreshing to see Australia NOT making news for xenophobia, racism and its shameless, servility to the United States – ‘for a change!’ Nevertheless, America is never far removed from its most servile colony.
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Cyber Warfare: Building Attack Tools for Mass Destruction
Tom Burghardt via Kismo, Thursday, May 28 2009, 10:25am
A quintessential hallmark of an authoritarian regime, particularly one that operates within highly-militarized, though nominally democratic states such as ours, is the maintenance of a system of internal control; a seamless panopticon where dissent is equated with criminality and the rule of law derided as a luxury ill-afforded "during a time of war." (story and 2 comments)
Last Commented Sunday, May 31 2009, 11:21am
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The science of voodoo: When mind attacks body
Helen Pilcher via michael, Thursday, May 28 2009, 9:18am
"Don’t believe anything you hear and only half of what you see!" -- I was waiting for an opportunity to use that saying, which is an old Irish proverb, I am ‘led to believe!’ Now there’s a loaded expression that may not be as innocuous as you may think? (story and 1 image)
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An Australian [Racist] Story
peptide, Wednesday, May 27 2009, 9:51pm
Due to the increased number of students and immigrants to Australia from the Indian subcontinent and the (related) increase in racist attacks on Indians and Bangladeshis, senior police/government officials have been forced to fly to the subcontinent and deliver lectures on the best ways to avoid racist attacks in Australia! One wonders why prospective students and others coming to this Johnny Howard-revived, RACIST, xenophobic, parochial BACKWATER do not reconsider their options. It is clear by the approach the authorities are taking that racism is tolerated as a cultural characteristic! Australia is located at the ‘bottom of the world’ in more ways than one it would seem! SHAME on you and your cowardly, xenophobic, racist population, Australia! (story and 2 images)
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North Korea nuclear test: 'reality pill' required
yarra, Tuesday, May 26 2009, 10:50pm
As usual the U.S. disinfo-misinfo MYTH machine swung into full action after the recent North Korean nuclear test. The US immediately condemned the T-E-S-T stating that it was in flagrant violation of International Law – you know, that’s the ‘LAW’ the U.S. has flouted for the past decade! Over one million civilians killed directly or indirectly as a result of US MILITARY adventures in Iraq alone! Hundreds more INNOCENT civilians killed by DRONE ATTACKS in Central and South Asia and of course the ACTION that started it all, the U.S. led Balkan intervention and THEFT of European SOVEREIGN territory! That’s ‘observing’ International Law for ya! [God forbid the mention of TORTURE!] (story and 1 comment)
Last Commented Wednesday, May 27 2009, 12:57am
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Congress leader wants India to seek action against Lanka
staff report via sadh, Tuesday, May 26 2009, 7:25am
New Delhi (PTI) A senior Congress leader from Tamil Nadu on Tuesday demanded that India should support a resolution at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to be moved by 19 countries demanding action against Sri Lanka for human rights violation during the last phase of the 30-year civil war. (story and 1 comment)
Last Commented Tuesday, May 26 2009, 7:37am
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Nigeria: MEND rebels destroy Chevron oil pipelines
Helen Vesperini via gan, Monday, May 25 2009, 11:42am
LAGOS (AFP) — Nigeria's main rebel group on Monday destroyed several major oil pipelines in the south in response to a military offensive, prompting a cut in production announced at 100,000 barrels a day (story and 1 image)
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Success beyond our wildest expectations!
cleaves, Sunday, May 24 2009, 5:57am
In December of ’04 a small group of poets, philosophers, linguists, historians, meditation/yoga experts, mathematicians and computer hackers, came together to work on a revolutionary new project. The radical nature of the project attracted sneers and condemnation from many at the time. Nevertheless, it was eventually approved, funded and given external assistance whenever the group required. (story and 3 comments)
Last Commented Tuesday, May 26 2009, 8:37am
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America's Nightmare: The Obama Dystopia
Andrew Hughes via rialator, Saturday, May 23 2009, 10:02pm
After 8 years of the Bush-Cheney nightmare during which we saw the wanton destruction of Afghanistan and Iraq, the cynical negation of centuries of Law designed to protect the most basic human rights and a foreign policy worthy of Genghis Khan, there came along the "Great Black Hope" in the persona of Barack Obama. The collective world consciousness turned uncritically to what was presented as a new era for peace, change and trust in Government. (story and 1 comment and 1 image)
Last Commented Friday, May 29 2009, 11:35am
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Bilderberg Group Orders “Total” Destruction Of US Dollar
Sorcha Faal via talya, Friday, May 22 2009, 9:52pm
A new Kremlin report on the shadowy Bilderberg Group, who this past week held their annual meeting in Greece, states that the West’s financial, political and corporate elite emerged from their conclave after coming to an agreement that in order to continue their drive towards a New World Order dominated by the Western Powers, the US Dollar has to be “totally” destroyed. (story and 1 comment)
Last Commented Wednesday, May 27 2009, 1:29am
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SCO: Prospects For A Multipolar World
Rick Rozoff via rialator, Friday, May 22 2009, 10:11am
On June 15th and 16th the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) will hold its ninth annual heads of state summit in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg. It will be attended by the presidents of its six full members - China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan - and by representatives of various ranks from its four observer states - India, Iran, Mongolia and Pakistan - and from several aspiring partner nations yet to be announced.
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FBI Spyware Has Been Snaring [some] Extortionists and [a few 5th rate] Hackers for Years
Kevin Poulsen via Kismo, Thursday, May 21 2009, 11:25pm
A sophisticated FBI-produced spyware program has played a crucial behind-the-scenes role in federal investigations into extortion plots, terrorist threats and hacker attacks in cases stretching back at least seven years, newly declassified documents show. (story and 2 images)
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Russia dumps US dollar as basic reserve currency
staff report via quill, Thursday, May 21 2009, 3:56am
The US dollar is no longer Russia’s basic reserve currency. The euro-based share of reserve assets of Russia’s Central Bank increased to 47.5 percent as of January 1, 2009 and exceeded the investments in dollar assets, which made up 41.5 percent, the Vedomosti newspaper reported. (story and 1 image)
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Criminally Incompetent Rudd Government
baz, Wednesday, May 20 2009, 11:31pm
The IMF and World Bank were past masters (until Asia woke to the ruse) at enslaving resource rich third world nations with CRUSHING DEBT, which facilitated their rape by first world nations. Impossible debts were incurred by poorer nations, which effectively placed the wealth of those nations at the disposal of those that controlled the IMF and World Bank, primarily the US and Transnational interests! (story and 1 comment and 1 image)
Last Commented Wednesday, May 20 2009, 11:44pm
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Obama: the Smiling Assassin
budgie, Tuesday, May 19 2009, 11:14pm
After receiving endorsements from Cheney, Powell, Rice, Kissinger and numerous other AMERICAN EXTREMISTS, TERRORISTS and WAR CRIMINALS it is hardly surprising Obama is what he IS; a lying, despicable fraud and expeditor of a status quo that was set in motion long before even Bill Clinton’s Balkan invasion and deregulation of the financial/banking sectors – the reader will note that today’s US militarism and financial catastrophes are the result of Clinton’s deregulation policies and his attack on a sovereign Balkan nation -- notwithstanding America has not yet seen a retaliatory response from the persecuted Serbs. (story and 6 comments and 2 images)
Last Commented Thursday, May 21 2009, 10:18pm
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Cayman Island and other ‘haven’ Banks panicking!
dev null, Monday, May 18 2009, 2:18am
For those unaware that Cayman Island banks offer refuge for corporate tax cheats, drug cartels, CIA and other sordid organisations – BE ADVISED! A huge percentage of the filthy cash deposited in ‘haven’ accounts has been utilised to prop up (failed) US banks – did you really imagine criminal and clandestine ‘refuge’ banks were somehow disconnected or separated from the rest of the banking world, you greedy morons? All those filthy, mega CASH deposits have been absorbed and distributed as digital numerics throughout the entire banking world– in other words, the bulk of the cash is gone! But you could always go to the FBI or other regulatory body and ‘scream’ that you’ve been robbed, or that all 'YOUR' stolen blood money HAS BEEN STOLEN! (story and 2 comments)
Last Commented Monday, May 18 2009, 9:10pm
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Law abiding nation? Sure we are!
Prof James Petras via zed, Sunday, May 17 2009, 10:23pm
“The Deltas are psychos…You have to be a certified psychopath to join the Delta Force…”, a US Army colonel from Fort Bragg once told me back in the 1980’s. Now President Obama has elevated the most notorious of the psychopaths, General Stanley McChrystal, to head the US and NATO military command in Afghanistan. McChrystal’s rise to leadership is marked by his central role in directing special operations teams engaged in extrajudicial assassinations, systematic torture, bombing of civilian communities and search and destroy missions. He is the very embodiment of the brutality and gore that accompanies military-driven empire building. Between September 2003 and August 2008, McChrystal directed the Pentagon’s Joint Special Operations (JSO) Command which operates special teams in overseas assassinations. (story and 2 comments and 1 image)
Last Commented Friday, Jun 26 2009, 10:02am
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