Cyberattacks push CSIS to reach out to business IMF chief calls for quota-based global warming slush fund Frustrated Icelanders vent rage by voting no in referendum A Guide to the 9/11 Whistleblowers stat·ism /ˈsteɪtɪzəm/ Pronunciation Key – Show Spelled Pronunciation[stey-tiz-uhm] 1. the principle or policy of concentrating extensive economic, political, and related controls in the state at the [...]

Those banks took down Lehmans just like they would a family farm – by pressing debt on it. Paper swaps, risk insurance, derivatives – it’s a legalized protection racket that blows up Ponzi currency bubbles, attacks rival banks with imaginary computerized money transfers, and destroys the economy like some sort of infectious money insertion virus. Related: [...]

Flashback: Athens erupts as Greek austerity plan passes | Greece unveils radical austerity package | Athen’s coffers to run dry in two weeks, more cracks appear in Eurozone | Man who broke the Bank of England, George Soros, ‘at centre of hedge funds plot to cash in [...]

So basically, the cops in Chicago accept there’s going to be some collateral damage when using TASERs – but they keep you safe. By euthanizing cokeheads? TASER International makes this huge announcement by acknowledging the moving the target area of the TASER away from the heart is a good thing, it gets spun as being [...]

By who, Dr. No? It’s difficult to believe that any state agency would do this sort of thing to its citizens – and yet there are plenty of examples of it. Wartime germ spraying tests in England. The MKULTRA brainwashing program. Yet here, truth is not only stranger than fiction – it literally trips you [...]

People are being taught this new religion by the media – that it’s tough and cool to have the army doing checkpoints domestically, to have police now carry submachine guns around in London, UK, on the New York subway, etc. They’ve even launched these little pilot projects in Britain where your kids watch a ‘Spy [...]

Is this a response to CanadaParticipates.ca, the website launched by the group that staged the anti-prorogation rallies? Or simple a belated nod to the thousands of Canadians that got out to those protests. Either way, this is what leaders and their staffers should be doing in the Internet age. But like a fuzzy sweater, the [...]

That’s a pretty direct request. And to have it turned down is a slap, isn’t it? Geithner’s been over there trying to sell bonds and now we have this speech. It’s hard not to take it as a sign of monetary desperation on the part of the administration – how much American debt does [...]

Flashback: Nose picked by military research for next-gen face scanning, mood analysis | Erasing traumatic memory possible, researchers say | Researchers use brain scans to read people’s memories | Vets Sue CIA Over Mind Control Tests | Halifax thinks again about subjecting applicants to lie-detector tests | ‘Pre-crime’ detector shows promise | India’s use [...]

So Dwight Duncan’s argument to rationaliaze this scam is – ok, so what if we snuck this deal through under the radar of the Ontarian electorate (whom would have protested it had they known) – it’s a done deal now, and it would be besmirching our honour to go back on it. He’s completely begging [...]