Month: January 2014

Obama’s ‘Big Data’ Panel

How Obama’s ‘Big Data’ Panel Threatens Google, Facebook Those remarks are the first sign that the White House is actively worried about how much information so-called “big data” companies collect, analyze and retain about hundreds of millions of people. Aside from Google and Facebook, other “big data” companies include such household names as Amazon, Apple

Obama ‘threatens Fox News reporter’s career’

Obama ‘threatens Fox News reporter’s career’ …the administration made an extensive effort to conceal what happened in Benghazi. She cited U.S. officials’ refusal to include the Fox News Channel in several Benghazi briefings along with a warning that her colleague’s career would be ruined if she persisted in her reporting on the attack. IRS Targets

Obama worse than Bush on civil rights abuses

Obama worse than Bush on civil rights abusesBy all accounts, the domestic spying program under the current administration has gone much further than it ever did under Bush, though clearly both programs exist outside the confines of the Constitution. For one, in the years since Obama has been in office, the NSA’s program has expanded

Fraud Is Driving Us Closer to the Mark of the Beast

Fraud Is Driving Us Closer to the Mark of the Beast As long as there has been money, people have used various forms of fraud to scam their way into wealth. This illicit activity has played out in a race between law enforcement and criminals. As technology has gotten better, crooks have used more complex

Drug to erase memories

For this study, neuroscientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) examined the effects of a type of drug called an HDAC2 inhibitor. This type of drug can make the brain more malleable. The researchers found that when rats were given the HDAC2 inhibitor, the rats’ traumatic memories could be removed. The researchers believe that

We are a police state

32-year NSA Veteran Who Created Mass Surveillance System Says Government Use of Data Gathered Through Spying “Is a Totalitarian Process” Bill Binney is the high-level NSA executive who created the agency’s mass surveillance program for digital information. A 32-year NSA veteran widely regarded as a “legend” within the agency, Binney was the senior technical director

Democratic Exodus

Democratic ExodusTerrified Democratic lawmakers are retiring in droves because they know it won’t be easy to survive the anti-establishment electoral tsunami expected to swamp Capitol Hill in November.