Tag: congress
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Police State Updates: CCTV, Census & Complaints
Beyond Orwell: The Electronic Police State, 2010 // 20 signs that the US is rapidly becoming totalitarian big brother police state // UK schoolkids ‘routinely monitored’ by cctv // Video: DHS unveils mobile mind screening checkpoints // ‘Minority Report’ digital billboard ‘watches consumers shop’ // Tracking electric use could allow utilities to track you, too
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Obamessiah: Oversight, Corporate Coffee & Courage Lost
Obama fights against congressional oversight of spy agencies // Obama agencies invoking secrecy provision more often than under Bush // Obamanoid ‘coffee party’ event a flop despite vigorous corporate media coverage // ‘Taking our country back tour’ kicks off in Tulsa: 6,000 cheer Palin & Beck // Kucinich kisses the ring as Obama deceptively sells…
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Defcon 3/18: Cyberpocalypse, Command & Control
US to roll out major broadband policy // Google ‘99.9%’ certain to pull China plug // FBI uses phony profiles on social networks to track suspects // Your new Facebook friend: the IRS
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Collateral News: Reopening the Anthrax Case
It’s been a while, but we’re back. This week we look at the death of Bruce Ivins & the bullshit decision on the 2001 anthrax case.
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Police State Updates: Brand New/Deal With It
The Eenemy Belligerent, Interrogation, Detention & Prosecution Act of 2010 // UK parents angry over CCTV in school toilets // USrael announces agreement to enhance joint aviation security // Obama appointing military intel official to run TSA
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Congress Using Immigration to Push National Biometric ID Card
Democrat Chuck Schumer and Republican Lindsey Graham have joined forces in an effort to force a biometric ID on the American people. The new national ID scheme is part of a comprehensive immigration bill now in the Senate.
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Kucinich Forces House to Vote On Pullout From Afghanistan
In a test of congressional support for President Barack Obama’s new Afghanistan strategy, lawmakers are set to vote on Wednesday on a resolution that would direct him to pull U.S. forces out of the war.
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Change: Obama Signs One-Year Extension of Patriot Act
President Barack Obama has signed a one-year extension of several provisions in the nation’s main counterterrorism law, the Patriot Act. Provisions in the measure would have expired on Sunday without Obama’s signature Saturday.
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cybersecurity bill to give president new emergency powers
related: former intel chief predicts ‘devastating’ cyber attack from thehill.com: The president would have the power to safeguard essential federal and private Web resources under draft Senate cybersecurity legislation. According to an aide familiar with the proposal, the bill includes a mandate for federal agencies to prepare emergency response plans in the event of a…
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Obamessiah Updates: The More Things Change
Gadhafi: Obama fears Israel will assassinate him like it did JFK // Video: James Traficant says AIPAC & ‘The Lobby’ run US foreign policy // Senate votes to extend Patriot Act
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2/25 Binge & Purge – Corn, Codex, Hot Dogs & Walmart
3m acres of GMO corn illegally planted in US // 10yrs of bribery & bad tomatoes // McCain’s dietary supplement bill: An attempt to implement ‘Codex Alimentarius’ // ‘Pop artist’ pleads guilty to misbranding
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Former Intel Chief Predicts ‘Devastating’ Cyber Attack
The country is not taking cybersecurity seriously and will fall victim to a devastating cyber attack within the next few years, former National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell told lawmakers Tuesday.
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haig is not ‘in control here’: watergate/reagan operative dead at 85
related: haig helps kissinger plan secret bombing of cambodia from independent: Alexander Haig, the four-star general who played a crucial role as White House chief of staff at the climax of the Watergate scandal, and later served as secretary of state during Ronald Reagan’s presidency, died yesterday [feb20] in Baltimore. He was 85… But his…
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house overwhelmingly passes cybersecurity bill
from kurt nimmo: Following the Halloween-esque scare fest on Capitol Hill earlier this week – where National Intelligence director Dennis Blair and CIA director Leon Panetta warned of impending terrorist doom – the has House has The Cybersecurity Enhancement Act (H.R. 4061). “The House today overwhelmingly passed a bill aimed at building up the United…
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warnings of ‘social, political chaos’ & how to fire bernanke
ron paul warns of coming ‘social & political chaos’from steve watson: Texas Congressman Ron Paul has delivered a riveting “State of The Republic” address on his Campaign for Liberty website, orating his thoughts on where the U.S. stands as a nation and what the future holds. Paul warns that if the country continues along the…