Google Handing over Customer Data to Intelligence Agencies

Consider Google’s motto: “Don’t be evil.” Have you ever stopped to think about that motto? Isn’t it a little bit like Richard Nixon saying “I am not a crook”? Does it not sound like a reassurance intended to refute that which is true? “Give the lady what she wants”—now there’s a motto that confirms that [...]

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U.K. Teachers Prescribing More Kids Mood-Altering Drugs

What is this if not a clear case of government employees giving kids drugs in order to make them more docile and compliant? Kids are being trained to live in a world in which the state drugs people to keep them in line. There’s nothing new about teachers prescribing drugs; what’s interesting here is the [...]

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British Psych Unit to Manipulate Thought and Behavior

Isn’t this touching: A benevolent government “unit” is following the principles outlined by U.S. social engineer Cass Sunstein to get people to hand over their money and their organs to the state. It’s worth noting that Prof. Sunstein, a close confidant of President Obama, has advocated, among many other things, infiltrating and discrediting groups critical [...]

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Britons Plan ‘Huge’ Protest Over Government Cuts

File this article under “civil unrest.” The year 2011 may well be the year of the popular uprising as austerity hits home throughout the developed world. The unrest will be more acute in Europe than in the U.S. because the U.S. isn’t as highly socialized and fewer people are dependent on government largess—so far. Unions [...]

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UK Police Consider Banning All Student Protests

A law banning protests would be straight out of Soviet Russia or Communist China. As the looting of the people accelerates and the state removes the velvet glove from its iron fist, all pretenses of being a free, open, and tolerant society are being abandoned. Scotland Yard will consider asking the Home Secretary to ban [...]

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BBC Tries To Demonize Man in Wheelchair Dragged by Cops

A BBC propagandist tries to twist the story of a man with cerebral palsy who was dragged out of his wheelchair by police during recent protests in London. Among other things, the BBC talker asks the man–who can’t even propel his own wheelchair–if he was throwing chunks of concrete at the police. The victim responds [...]

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Rioter to Prince Charles and Camilla: ‘Off With Their Heads!’

Hey Chuck, how do you like being among the “commoners”? About 1:08 into this video, someone begins saying “Off with their heads!” Oh dear. This does not bode well for the future of the British monarchy. We don’t use the tag “Civil Unrest” as often as we’d like to, but we’ve been using it more [...]

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British Lord Admits to Laundering Money for Terrorists

It’s business as usual as a British peer talks on the floor of the House of Lords about once conspiring with the Bank of England to launder money for the Irish Republican Army. He then explains how this sort of behavior continues to this day. This video is a little old, but news of the [...]

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Longtime Unemployed in U.K. Face Forced Labor

This is where the welfare state naturally leads: forced labor at the command of the government. Long-term benefit claimants could be forced to do manual labour under proposals to be outlined by Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith. He is due to outline plans for four-week placements doing jobs like gardening and litter clearing. [...]

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Camera Checks for Insurance, Tax Compliance, and More

Just another incremental step in the tightening of the noose. People may complain for a while, but eventually this latest outrage will recede into the background. When’s the last time you heard anyone talk about warrantless wiretapping? It’s just an accepted part of our reality now. Even the most law-abiding driver might feel a shiver [...]

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