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
5 chilling new ways police can violate your rights
Using Homeland Security cash, departments are stocking up on creepy technologies like high-voltage handcuffs One of the most disturbing trends in law enforcement in recent years is the hyper-paramilitarization of…
As NSA Pairs With Banks To “Fight Hackers”, Will It Also Gain Access To Every American’s Financial Secrets?
Just because there was not enough encroachment by the government into virtually every corner of private life, here is another “collaboration” that will further enmesh big brother into every aspect…
John Brennan’s extremism and dishonesty rewarded with CIA Director nomination
Obama’s top terrorism adviser goes from unconfirmable in 2008 to uncontroversial in 2013, reflecting the Obama legacy Prior to President Obama’s first inauguration in 2009, a controversy erupted over…
Spike in Government Surveillance of Google
Governments around the world made nearly 21,000 requests for access to Google data in the first six months of this year, according to the search engine. Its Transparency Report indicates…
FBI’s Facial Recognition is Coming to a State Near You
Recently-released documents show that the FBI has been working since late 2011 with four states—Michigan, Hawaii, Maryland, and possibly Oregon—to ramp up the Next Generation Identification (NGI) Facial Recognition Program.…
Robotics Professor Warns Drones Will “Lead To A Sanitised Factory Of Slaughter”
A prominent artificial intelligence expert has urged that president Obama is setting a horrendous precedent by embracing drone technology as a means of covert warfare. Professor Noel Sharkey of Sheffield…
Coming Next – TSA At The Movie Theater?
With police stepping up security at arenas showing ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ after last night’s tragic ‘Batman’ massacre in Colorado, liberty-minded Twitter users took to the web today to express…
Colorado Batman Shooting Shows Signs of Being Staged??
James Holmes, the Aurora, Colorado shooter who reportedly opened fire at a Batman movie premiere, was a medical student at the University of Colorado, pursuing a PhD in neuroscience, reports…
Whistleblower: NSA Analyzing Conversations In Real Time
Spy agency has Google-style capability to search all communications The National Security Agency is storing all electronic communications and analyzing them in real time, according to former NSA employee turned…
White House Seizes Control of Internet by Executive Order
In an unprecedented step for executive power, President Obama signed an Executive Order on July 6th that allows the executive branch to seize control of all communications infrastructure in the…
