Category Archives: Towards fascism

D Is for a Dictatorship Disguised as a Democracy

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 9. May 2019 by

“When a population becomes distracted by trivia, when cultural life is redefined as a perpetual round of entertainments, when serious public conversation becomes a form of baby-talk, when, in short, a people become an audience and their public business a vaudeville act, then a nation finds itself at risk; a culture-death is a clear possibility.” — Professor Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death: Discourse in the Age of Show Business

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Real Americans Question 9/11

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 17. April 2017 by

On the tenth anniversary of 9/11, the Center for Constitutional Rights described how the Constitution had been shredded based on assumptions about the 9/11 attacks. By then, it had also become clear that the government was actually giving aid and comfort to the enemy (violating Article 3) through arming and training terrorists. One might think it obvious that stopping such actions would be the goal of all Americans but to do so one Congress member has had to spell it out in legislation.

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Police State USA and the NDAA: Creating American Terrorists

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 2. February 2014 by

Defenders of the recently passed National Defense Authorization Act, which declares the entire world to be a “battlefield” against terrorism and authorizes the U.S. military to detain indefinitely anyone suspected of being a terrorism supporter, have claimed that the White House will only use its new power carefully and with due process. Opponents note that the White House has never hesitated to use any new authority, no matter how outrageous, and that the trend of law enforcement and security agencies is to expand on powers granted, not to rein them in or limit them.

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Rationalizing random police crackdowns

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 13. May 2010 by

A Theory of Optimal Random Crackdowns October 2008 Abstract: This paper develops an incentives-based theory of policing that can explain the phenomenon of random “crackdowns,” which are intermittent periods of high interdiction/surveillance. We show that, when police minimize the crime rate, random crackdowns … Read more . . .

Police to get mobile fingerprint scanners amid plans to hold random identity checks

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 13. May 2010 by

Police to get mobile fingerprint scanners amid plans to hold random identity checks http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1080841/Police-mobile-fingerprint-scanners-amid-plans-hold-random-identity-checks.html#ixzz0nnrm64Nt By MATTHEW DRAKE Last updated at 7:06 PM on 27th October 2008 Police forces will be issued with mobile fingerprint scanners amid plans to carry out … Read more . . .

Border net catches few terror suspects

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 19. April 2009 by

timesunion.com Border net catches few terror suspects   What one Border Patrol agent calls "immigration Dumpster-diving" results in charges against ordinary illegal immigrants along the U.S.-Canada border as counter-terrorism becomes mixed with immigration issues   By NADJA DROST, Hearst Newspapers … Read more . . .

The FBI Budget for Fiscal Year 2009

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 30. October 2008 by

Robert S. Mueller, III Director Federal Bureau of Investigation The FBI Budget for Fiscal Year 2009 Statement Before the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies April 16, 2008 Good afternoon, Chairwoman Mikulski, Senator Shelby, … Read more . . .

US: Socially Engineering The Public For Martial Law

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 19. June 2008 by

US: Socially Engineering The Public For Martial Law Lee Rogers roguegovernment.com Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:36 EDT http://www.sott.net/articles/show/159876-US-Socially-Engineering-The-Public-For-Martial-Law The terrorists in the federal government are continuing their push to have a fully functioning martial law apparatus. The city of Denver … Read more . . .

U.S. prepares long-term plan for jailing indefinitely terror suspects

Aldeilis (EN) Posted on 18. May 2005 by

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/archive/2005/01/02/MNGC7AK2UO1.DTL San Francisco Chronicle U.S. prepares long-term plan for jailing of terror suspectsMore permanent approach sought for indefinite detainment Dana Priest, Washington Post Sunday, January 2, 2005 Washington — Administration officials are preparing long-range plans for indefinitely imprisoning suspected terrorists … Read more . . .