Category: #Geopolitiks
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FCC Announces Nationwide ‘Presidential Emergency Alerts’ to Be Tested
he Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has made it official. It has released an order that requires participants in the Emergency Alert System (EAS), namely broadcasters, cable operators, and certain satellite providers, to participate in the first-ever national test of EAS.
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Unmanned X-47b: Rise of the Machines
A completely pre-programmed unmanned plane is more than just a drone, it’s an Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS). The X-47B went on its maiden flight and is reputed to refuel in air and land on aircraft carriers. Is it connected to Skynet?
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2/3 Defcon: Killswitch, Bandwidth, Floodgates
Lieberman says US internet killswitch bill is different than Egypt’s internet killswitch // Vodafone volluded with Egyptian regime’s information warfare psyop // US recruiting young cyber warriors
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2/3 Newspurge: You’ll Never Pay for the Farm
Rothschilds acquires majority stake in Weather Central // Legendary film composer John Barry dies at 77 //
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Police State Updates: I’ve Changed My Plea to Guilty
It’s now a tradition – the government militarizes the stupor bowl as another ‘black sunday’ arrives // TSA invades roads & highways with ‘VIPR’ checkpoints // Boeing received $5b in illegal govt subsidies // Russia to adopt universal id card in 2012
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Obamessiah to deliver major speech on personal faith
President Barack Obama plans to give an unusually personal speech about his religious faith on Thursday at a high-profile prayer breakfast in Washington, a White House official said Wednesday.
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CIA/CFR envoy Frank G. Wisner sent to ‘speak to Mubarak’
When it was time to give Egypt’s embattled leader a gentle nudge, President Obama picked a seasoned diplomat who could deliver the message as a close friend. Frank G. Wisner, a former U.S. ambassador to Cairo, has known Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak for decades and has long advocated strong U.S. ties with him.
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As Oil and Food Prices Rise, Arab States Buy Up Farmland In Africa
In response to the recent food riots in Algeria and Tunisia, and to rising oil prices (the price/barrel of crude is, once again, nearing $100) some Arab states (including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates) have been buying-up farm land in parts of Africa.
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Egypt Hits Internet Kill Switch
Organizations that track global activity noted a collapse of internet traffic in and out of Egypt at about 10:30pm, GMT, Thursday.
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1/27 Defcon: Congress, Connections & ‘The Company’
‘Protecting cyberspace as a national asset act of 2010’ – Bill to give president right to shutdown net back in Congress // Google comes under fire for ‘secret’ relationship with NSA // Social networks under attack as tide of cyber-scepticism sweeps US; They don’t connect people – they isolate them // Internet down in Egypt…
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1/27 Newspurge: Fight the Future
9/11 updates: Telegraph: UN human rights official claims 9/11 was US plot* 11 staffers of 9/11 memorial make more than $170k a year* More FOIA video: “As the bombs were going, I sat & watched a few of them explode”* Biowars/envirohealth: Federal research center will help develop medicines* Wakefield demands retraction after docs prove innocence*…
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Davos Elite Say China the Model for New Economic World Order
Power in the global economy is shifting from the advanced world to Asia as recovery takes hold, Davos analysts said Wednesday, as political and business elites began their annual meeting.
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Flight 3407 Family Member Will Attend State of the Union
Karen Eckert, whose sister Beverly Eckert died in the crash of Flight 3407 in Clarence, will attend President Obama’s State of the Union speech tonight as a guest of Senator Charles Schumer.
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Police State Updates: Stupor Bowl, Spy Drones & Mock Cities
VT guard to protect feb6 Stupor Bowl from biothreats // As likely to be struck by lightning than killed by terrorists //
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1/20 Newspurge: You & Me and the War of the End Times
FDNY firefighter William Henry quick dies at 55 from 9/11 related injuries // GSK sets aside $3.4b to cover legal costs // Bankruptcy of US is ‘mathematical certainty,’ says prof & Former CEO of nation’s 10th largest bank // Obama DOJ defends marriage for man & woman only // Big sis launches DHS takeover of…