Welcome to another edition of the The Last Few Weeks or so In Review
A compilation of various leads, stories, news and submissions from our various associates,readers and findings with editorial commentary. Here we go:
1/ Bilderberg Conference 2014
Happened in Europe this time around in Copenhagen (Denmark). The Guardian does a pretty cheeky summary on this years “Who wants to run the World Club”. Another meeting of the well heeled “discussing” the world’s problems and promoting more cooperation between North America and Europe. Yeah right give me a break. As usual the main stream media coverage was next to non existent on this Conference. Which isn’t surprising (most of the major media barons were attending) as they are hoping the general public will lose interest and they can go back to the shadows.
What bothers me the most about hearing and seeing this is that it’s almost becoming a mantra in main stream news and television (aka social programming). But is it? Seems most governments would like it to be. Recently in Canada a proposed Federal Bill C-13 against Cyber Bullying would allow police to listen in on you through your cell phones, car gps, etc and even hack your computer. Because it’s about cyber bullying, you know saving the children. Seems every-time Big Brother wants to be a little more intrusive they hide their real intents into a bill or legislation that seems to be for the greater good. So what can we as Jane Doe or Joe Blow do about it? Maybe we need our own version of the old Navajo Code Talkers? The Reset the Net campaign for internet privacy has had some success and is still ongoing. More needs to be done however. Reset the Net is NOT a silver bullet but it is a big step in the right direction. Now some real world observations on using privacy software and techniques- in using HTTPs (not HTTP) I have found some sights just will not let you see their content, why?
Well because they are trying to track you lol.
So it’s an interesting simple test to see who’s spying on you and who’s not. We have just as much to worry about from private groups and companies as government spying to be fair. I a recent discussion with some of our associates about Facebook it was brought up about how intrusive they are being with recent revelations about Facebook using eavesdropping programs to sell people more shit. The stir being that social media leaves us open to giving up too much information that can be monitored. Well flipping that around these companies, governments etc only know what you put out there for the most part. Don’t use your real name or address if your worried about that kind of thing. Do a “culture jam“- using media,advertising and the tools of surveillance “against the system”. One of the first rules of guerrilla warfare is using the enemies own resources against them. Look into The Laughing Man (J.D.Salinger- more on him later) as used in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. Ghost in the Shell is very instructional and I strongly recommend any cyber recce types to study it. Privacy is not dead but it is under attack and is something we need to talk about.
3/ ALL the U.S. Presidents except for one have single common ancestor
Turns out a project by a 12 year old girl in the U.S. have shown all U.S.Presidents except for are related to King John Lackland (evil King John of Robin Hood stories) who succeeded his brother Richard the Lion Heart and was followed by his son Henry III. He is “credited” signing the Manga Carta.
Known as a “capable administrator” but heavy on taxation and also (in)famous for trying to go back on the Magna Carta and starting wars. Gee sounds pretty familiar. Granted some of these relations are tenuous but it is interesting nonetheless.
4/Tech News
Fuck off the Internet is Full! Really? Yup were running out of Internet addresses. –Full article
Solar Flares cause (some) communications disruptions, radios and satellites.
8 Signs your computer might be a zombie- yeah your computer might be an unwitting pawn in the internet wars. Here’s how.
Inventor creates “real life” superpowers – Pyro,Wolverine, Magneto…. yeah no shit.
5/ End of the World news (and survival)
various articles and links to potential societal shattering news and bringing to the edge of Apocalypse…. again. Being a member of the human race it seems is it’s own extreme sport!