BART Admits Halting Cell Service to Stop Protests

Well, of course BART’s action resembles a strategy employed by Middle East dictatorships. The high-tech control grid is being deployed uniformly around the world. And yet many in America and Europe and other “social democracies” are stuck in the illusion that we have liberty. BART’s shut-off of subterranean cell phone service in its downtown San [...]

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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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Google Searches for ‘Buy a Gun’ Hit All-Time High

Make of this what you will. Notice that the prior peak came just following the 2008 banker bailout and the election of President Obama. . . . And while we recreate the key points from the report, the one item that should be highlighted is that, as we have suspected for a while, the social [...]

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G20 Cop to Protester: ‘This Ain’t Canada Right Now’

When the rights of the people may be suspended for special occasions, do the people truly have any rights at all? A G20 incident caught on video that shows a York Regional Police officer telling a protester he is no longer in Canada and has no civil rights is under investigation. The video shows several [...]

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Popular Uprising in Tunisia Gains Critical Mass

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) – Tunisia’s president declared a state of emergency Friday and announced that he would fire his government as thousands of protesters mobbed the capital to demand his ouster. Tunisian air space was closed, gunfire rang out in Tunis, and police beat any protesters they could grab. President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali [...]

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U.S. Drifting from Financial Crisis to Social Crisis

The inevitable consequence of the looting of the American people is upon us. The ruling class controls the wealth while the impoverished masses scrounge for sustenance. Expect more outbursts, more security clampdowns, more abuse of citizens by agents of the state, and more restrictions of speech. There is a telling detail in the US retail [...]

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Sheriff Uses Tragedy As Soapbox for Political Views

Say what you will about Fox News: Megyn Kelly does a good job here of getting Sheriff Dupnik to admit that there is, as yet, no factual basis for his claim that extreme political rhetoric motivated Jared Loughner. We are in the midst of a frenzy in which advocates of various causes are using this [...]

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Miami-Dade County to Deploy Surveillance Drones

One more time! (Say it with me.) “Weapons and tactics developed for use in war zones can and will be used against the American people.” In places such as Kabul, Gaza, and Baghdad, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) hovering over homes, following suspects, and tracking enemies of the state are a daily reality. So where are [...]

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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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Coming Soon: Mobile Surveillance Towers

From ICxTechnologies: “Vantage point is everything when it comes to surveillance. SkyWatch™ units provide a high level platform for an array of surveillance options. Every tower includes the basics for the comfort and safety of the officer inside through adjustable heat and air conditioning, tinted sliding glass windows and comfortable seating. And no matter the [...]

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