George Orwell
War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it
Arthur Schopenhauer
All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed, Third, it is accepted as being self-evident
14 Incredibly Creepy Surveillance Technologies
Most of us don’t think much about it, but the truth is that people are being watched, tracked and monitored more today than at any other time in human history. …
Yes, Activism Works: European Parliament Votes Down ACTA by Wide Margin
In a surprising and exciting move, the European Parliament refused to ratify the freedom-crushing Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) anti-piracy treaty by a massive 478 to 39 vote with 165 abstentions.…
The Future of the Web (and what you can do about it)
In mid-2012, in the wake of the ratification of ACTA and the proposal in the US of bills like SOPA and PIPA, in an age where the war on terror…
Smells Like Human Spirit Podcast Interviews James Corbett
James Corbett of the Corbett Report (www.corbettreport.com), and contributor to RT television joins us for an interesting and informative discussion on the Smells Like Human Spirit podcast. Mr. Corbett, a…
Holder Hubbub, Secret Satellites, Database Marketing – New World Next Week
Welcome to NewWorldNextWeek.com — the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week: Story #1:…
Biometric National IDs and Passports: A False Sense of Security
People tend to think that digital copies of our biological features, stored in a government-run database, are problems of a dystopian future. But governments around the world are already using…
Neurogeneticists Use Personality Genes to Further Eugenics Agenda
Researchers are on the hunt for the personality gene. They hope it will lead them to screen tests that can predict which pharmaceuticals patients would respond most positively to, as…
Defense Department Flying Drones From Three South Florida Locales
The U.S. Department of Defense is conducting drone operations from at least four sites in Florida, and it plans to add three more sites in the future, according to data…
Silicon Spies: The US Government and the Tech Revolution
Earlier this week Wired Magazine released a background check of Steve Jobs conducted by the Department of Defense in 1988. The background check highlights Jobs’ use of LSD in the…
Are You Ready for a ‘Global Internet Tax?’
Greedy, corrupt, shortsighted, anti-business – and those are their good qualities. I’m talking about the UN, of course, and their quest to fulfill the dreams of their founders to act…
