Tag: telecom
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Emergency Alert ‘Plan’ Coming to Your ‘Smart’ Phone
The emergency broadcast system is coming to cellphones. Updating the national emergency alert system, federal officials planned to announce on Tuesday in Manhattan that some cellphone users in New York and Washington will soon be able to receive alerts by text message in the event of a national or regional emergency.
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Killing JPMorgan With Silver Bullets
Mike Krieger and Max Keiser have an idea for attacking the weak underbelly of the seemingly invincible too big to fail banks: If everyone buys just 1 ounce of silver, it will force JP Morgan to cover its short positions, and drive it out of business.
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10/21 Newspurge: Don’t Waste Your Time Just Looking Back
US slips to 49th in life expectancy // US will enforce marijuana laws despite California vote // US leaders destroying the dollar // Merkel says german multi-cultural society has failed // Ex-secret service officer almost accidentally shot LBJ the night after JFK assassination
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pay tv subscriptions fall for first time ever in US
from investors’s business daily: The number of subscribers to cable, satellite and telecom TV services in the U.S. fell for the first time ever in the second quarter, according to […]
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econocrash updates: taxes, axes, boom & busts
oregon voters approve tax hike for corporations & rich familiesfrom nytimes: Amid recession, high unemployment and tight household budgets, voters in Oregon have agreed to raise taxes on people with […]
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fbi invoked ’emergencies’ to illegally get 1000s of phone records
from washington post: The FBI illegally collected more than 2,000 U.S. telephone call records between 2002 and 2006 by invoking terrorism emergencies that did not exist or simply persuading phone […]
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police state int’l: fbi, dmv, fema, norad, apf & more
police stop more than 1m people on street*phone company is arm of govt, feds admit in spy suit*report: US considers phone companies ‘arm of government’*nypd tracking cell phone owners, but […]
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woman imprisoned for selling to saddam was working for cia
from raw story: A Detroit-area businesswoman serving a six-year sentence in federal prison for selling goods to Iraq during the embargo against Saddam Hussein was unwittingly working for the CIA, […]
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sprint provides cel/gps to fema for vehicle tracking program
officially called ‘commercial equipment direct assistance program’from sprint: The Federal Emergency Management Agency, a division of the Department of Homeland Security, is relying on Sprint to provide 2,000 Nextel handsets […]
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Change: Obama Pushes Renewal of Warrantless Spying On Americans
President Barack Obama has once again betrayed his promise to restore liberties eviscerated by the Bush regime by pushing Congress to renew Patriot Act provisions that allow for warrantless spying on American citizens, even in cases where there is no link to terrorism whatsoever.
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obamessiah coronation: yay! we’re out of the frying pan!
new commander-in-chief sworn infrom ap: Stepping into history, Barack Hussein Obama grasped the reins of power as America’s first black president on Tuesday, saying the nation must choose “hope over […]
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fisa ‘compromise’ completes police state transformation
from larry chin: On Wednesday, the US Congress overwhelmingly passed legislation permitting government spying, including giving immunity to telecommunications companies involved in secret domestic surveillance programs. With the stroke of […]