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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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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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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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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