Saturday, 02 October 2010 08:37
'New equality laws masterminded by Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman have come into force today, threatening to create a political correctness minefield for recession-hit businesses.
Under the Act, vegans, teetotallers and atheists are to be given the same protection against discrimination as religious groups while gipsies and travellers will get special favours because of the ‘many socio-economic disadvantages’ they face.
There is also a provision which extends protection from third party harassment, meaning employers have a responsibility to shield their staff, where possible, from abuse by customers.'
Read more: UK Government Passes Law Where Anyone Who Claims To Have Been 'Offended' Can Sue
This is the government that announced immediately it took office that it was going to 'roll back' the gigantic web of political correctness laws. Months later it massively adds to it with legislation written by the government it is supposed to have 'replaced'.
Different mask, same face.
Saturday, 02 October 2010 08:32
'The government seems to be obsessed with targeting disgruntled veterans with pre-crime and other unconstitutional forms of surveillance, demonization and harassment, the latest example being an Orwellian software program that purports to identify potential terrorists by analyzing the tone of phone conversations and emails to detect “resentment toward government”.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Mind Machine Project, which is currently being demonstrated to law enforcement officials around the country, is primarily aimed at weeding out ‘troubled veterans’ who may be planning to commit terrorist bombings or political assassinations, by illegally wiretapping their phone calls and Internet communications in order to build psychological profiles.'
Read more: Feds Use Pre-Crime To Target Disgruntled Veterans
Saturday, 02 October 2010 08:29
Preparing for official 'disclosure'?
Saturday, 02 October 2010 08:12
'Second-graders who can't tie shoes or zip jackets. Four-year-olds in Pull-Ups diapers. Five-year-olds in strollers. Teens and preteens befuddled by can openers and ice-cube trays. College kids who've never done laundry, taken a bus alone or addressed an envelope.
Are we raising a generation of nincompoops? And do we have only ourselves to blame? Or are some of these things simply the result of kids growing up with push-button technology in an era when mechanical devices are gradually being replaced by electronics?'
Saturday, 02 October 2010 08:07
'A secret police operation to place thousands of Muslims living in Birmingham under permanent surveillance was implemented with virtually no consultation, oversight or regard for the law, a report found today.
Project Champion was abandoned in June after an investigation by the Guardian revealed police had misled residents into believing that hundreds of counter-terrorism cameras installed in streets around Sparkbrook and Washwood Heath were to be used to combat vehicle crime and antisocial behaviour. In fact, the £3m project was being run from the West Midlands police counter-terrorism unit with the consent of security officials at the Home Office and MI5.'
Read more: Police Surveillance of Muslims Set Up With 'No Regard for Law'
Saturday, 02 October 2010 07:31
Saturday, 02 October 2010 07:24
'Taxpayers are being left with the bill and deeper austerity measures, but the government says the banks are too big to fail. Overnight taxpayers learnt they will be shouldering an even bigger burden to bail out the Anglo Irish Bank - to the tune of $41 billion. "The banks have actually got us into this mess. They should actually get us out," one person said.
"It is too shocking when you see people still on the side of the road homeless and yet there were these people smoking their big cigars and yachts out in the Mediterranean," another said. With unemployment at a record high of 14 per cent, Macdara Doyle, from the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, says citizens cannot afford the bailout bill.'
Saturday, 02 October 2010 07:18
Saturday, 02 October 2010 07:12
'Protesters took to the streets of Reykjavik today, forcing MPs to run away from the people they represent as renewed anger about the impact of the financial crisis erupted in Iceland.
The violent protest came amid growing fury at austerity measures being imposed across Europe. Disruption in more than a dozen countries this week included a national strike in Spain and a cement truck driven into the Irish parliament's gates.'
Read more: Iceland's Politicians Forced to Flee From Angry Protesters
Saturday, 02 October 2010 06:56
Saturday, 02 October 2010 06:27
Saturday, 02 October 2010 06:20
'The U.S. government made an interesting announcement this week, admitting it purposely infected hundreds of Guatemalans with gonorrhea and syphilis back in the 1940s as part of an "inoculation study". Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Kathleen Sebelius jointly made a public apology for the experiment, which they dubbed "unethical" and "abhorrent".
According to reports uncovered by Susan Reverby, a professor of women's studies at Wellesley College in Massachusetts, U.S. government medical researchers secretly infected institutionalized mental patients in Guatemala with the STDs, without their knowledge. They then prompted those patients to spread the disease around to others as part of their study.'
Read more: US Government Deliberately Infected Guatemalans with STDs in Medical Experiment
Saturday, 02 October 2010 05:56
'Gloria La Riva of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, which is based in the United States, says that the recent coup attempt in Ecuador was definitely organized by the US. She made the remarks in an interview with the Fars news agency published on Friday.
"Without a doubt, the United States was behind the coup in Ecuador," La Riva asserted. And "the details of the United States' involvement in the recent coup attempt in Ecuador will come to light with the passing of time," she added.'
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