“Plans to install cameras on planes raise civil liberties alarms in UK” (Russia Today, YouTube.com) Britain looks into in-flight surveillance cameras (rt.com, August 10, 2010) “…conversations and movements monitored while they’re flying due to a European Union project going ahead. … Continue reading →
U.S. Is Bankrupt and We Don’t Even Know It: Laurence Kotlikoff (www.bloomberg.com, Aug. 10, 2010) “But delve deeper, and you will find that the IMF has effectively pronounced the U.S. bankrupt. Section 6 of the July 2010 Selected Issues Paper … Continue reading →
Book By Innocent Prisoner Points To Widespread Torture (mwcnews.net, July 30, 2010) “According to Murat Kurnaz, a 19-year-old Turkish citizen raised in Germany and falsely defamed as “the German Taliban,” torture at the several prisons in which he was held … Continue reading →
New ‘Serious Offence’ Language Includes Marijuana (Students For Sensible Drug Policy, www.cannabisculture.com, August 8, 2010) “The ‘Regulations Prescribing Certain Offences to be Serious Offences’ came into effect July 13, 2010, and was publically enacted by the Federal Government early in … Continue reading →
Man ordered from home on Quebec gold mine (ca.news.yahoo.com, August 4, 2010) “Ken Masse’s childhood house is the last obstacle standing in the way of a multibillion-dollar mining project in the town of Malartic. But he has refused to budge.” … Continue reading →
Humanity Needs to Start Farming Bugs for Food, Says United Nations Policy Paper (www.popsci.com, August 2, 2010) Following the standard propaganda: “The raising of livestock consumes two-thirds of the planet’s farmland, and is a major source of greenhouse gases..” which … Continue reading →
From May, Feds look to pounce on online misinformation (CP, ca.news.yahoo.com, May 23 2010) “The government is looking for ways to monitor online chatter about political issues and correct what it perceives as misinformation.”
Continue reading →Acquisition Enhances GE Global Smart Grid Software Solutions (http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/August2010/02/c7799.html) (www.newswire.ca, August 2, 2010) “GE (NYSE: GE) made a major step forward with its worldwide commitment to improve the ways we make, move and consume electricity with the acquisition of SNC-Lavalin’s … Continue reading →
The reviews are in – and they are not kind to Tony Clement (www.theglobeandmail.com, July 28, 2010) Census: Should it be mandatory? (www.cbc.ca, July 27, 2010) Industry Minister Tony Clement has taken the position that the long form census should … Continue reading →
Woman allegedly mocked during airport strip search (www.torontosun.com, July 20, 2010) About her treatment by the CBSA (Canada Border Services Agency) officers: “It’s the most embarrassing thing that’s ever happened to me in my life,” said Flynn, who cried the … Continue reading →