http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2265146/The-super-cool-stealth-hoodie-lets-hide-drones.html The stealth hoodie: Sweater that deflects thermal radiation to hide you from government drones By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 16:01 EST, 19 January 2013 | UPDATED: 18:06 EST, 19 January 2013 Ever wanted to hide out from government surveillance cameras? New York-based artist Adam Harvey and fashion designer Johanna Bloomfield came up with the […]
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‘American psyche can be easily manipulated’: How a New York spin doctor coached Syrian dictator to swing the sympathies of the American public
Feb 13
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2100111/New-York-spin-doctor-coached-Syrian-dictator-Assad-swing-sympathies-US-public.html By Hannah Roberts Last updated at 6:34 PM on 12th February 2012 A US-based spin doctor advised Syria’s beleaguered despot on how to manipulate the sympathies of the American public, it has emerged. New York based PR Sheherazad Jaafari coached President Bashar Al-Assad for a US TV interview that aired in December, telling him, the […]
‘There will be riots on streets of America’: George Soros predicts class war in U.S. as euro triggers collapse of global economy
Jan 25
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2091190/George-Soros-predicts-U-S-riots-insists-Euro-saved-global-economy-collapse.html Billionaire New York investor warns of impending economic meltdown Backs euro and buys Italian bonds from Jon Corzine’s failed MF Global Warns it’s ‘difficult to know right decisions to make’ after boom years Supports Occupy Wall Street, Democrats and Obama re-election efforts By Mark Duell Last updated at 6:32 PM on 24th January 2012 […]
Supreme Court limits police use of GPS to track suspects
Jan 23
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/23/us-usa-police-gps-idUSTRE80M1E120120123 By James Vicini WASHINGTON | Mon Jan 23, 2012 11:22am EST (Reuters) – The Supreme Court for the first time ruled on Monday that police attachment of a GPS device to monitor a suspect’s vehicle was a search protected by constitutional privacy rights, a test case involving new surveillance technology. The high court’s ruling […]
Something you’re not telling us? TSA workers to wear monitoring devices to test if scanners have dangerous levels of radiation
Jan 16
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2087419/TSA-workers-wear-monitoring-devices-test-scanners-dangerous-levels-radiation.html By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 10:45 PM on 16th January 2012 Airport security officers are to be monitored for exposure to dangerous levels of radiation from the controversial scanners which are used to screen passengers before flights. The Transport Security Administration’s decision to give radiation-measuring devices to security officers in 100 U.S. […]
Punished for not crying: Thousands of North Koreans face labour camps for not being upset enough about death of Kim Jong-il
Jan 13
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2085636/Punished-crying-Thousands-North-Koreans-face-labour-camps-upset-death-Kim-Jong-il.html By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 1:09 AM on 13th January 2012 North Korea’s hardline regime is punishing those who did not cry at the death of dictator Kim Jong-il, according to reports. Sentences of at least six months in labour camps are also apparently being given to those who didn’t go to […]
The Disengaged and the Dumbed Down
Jan 5
http://www.splicetoday.com/politics-and-media/the-disengaged-and-the-dumbed-down Nicky Smith Jan 03, 2012, 02:32PM Why the Iowa caucus doesn’t really matter. Ultimately the results of the Iowa caucus don’t matter: we all know the contest in November will be Romney vs. Obama. Following politics like sports is fun, but you have to acknowledge the absurdity of it all. Does the two-year long […]
Why isn’t capitalism working?
Jan 20
Posted by Emergingtruth
http://blogs.reuters.com/lawrencesummers/2012/01/09/why-isnt-capitalism-working/ By Lawrence Summers January 9, 2012 Americans have traditionally been the most enthusiastic champions of capitalism. Yet a recent American public opinion survey found that just 50 per cent of people had a positive opinion of capitalism while 40 per cent did not. The disillusionment was particularly marked among young people 18-29, African Americans […]
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