http://www.circlingthedrain.com this is the way the world ends Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:29:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I wrote two years ago about the carrot of convenience the corporations will dangle over the heads of the consumer nation to coerce them into forfeiting their own freedoms. New “fast-pass” traffic lanes between California and Mexico promise to speed processing of the 55,000 vehicles that enter the U.S., provided they’re ... http://www.circlingthedrain.com/archives/2007/10/20/the-%e2%80%9cfascist-pass%e2%80%9d-part-ii/ Signed on October 17th, Public Law 109-364 (H.R.5122) allows the President to declare a "public emergency" and station troops anywhere in America, and to take control of state-based National Guard units without the consent of the governor or local authorities, in order to "suppress public disorder." http://www.circlingthedrain.com/archives/2006/10/29/bush-legalizes-martial-law/ Keith Olbermann identifies the beginning of the end of America http://www.circlingthedrain.com/archives/2006/10/19/post-title/ According to airport security goons, denouncing figures of authority is no longer a protected right. At least not in a reliable way. For instance, merely writing that Transportation Security Administration secretary Kip Hawley is an idiot on your state-prescribed zip-top liquids baggie--true as it may be--may provide authorities with the ... http://www.circlingthedrain.com/archives/2006/09/29/our-terrorism-proof-authoritarian-state/ The ad-sponsored memorial orgy reached its annual frothy peak today. One and all were invited to relive our most celebrated national tragedy, complete with theme music and flying logos. Slow-panning retrospectives (somber horns and violins accompany) lovingly presented every detail before cutting to the advertisement chaser: life insurance, banking, and indigestion. Then ... http://www.circlingthedrain.com/archives/2006/09/11/911-flagellaniversary-broadcasturbation/ According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, hate groups have been infiltrating the US military. But isn't this splitting hairs? I mean, I'm sure that not every bright-eyed, camo-wearing jingo enlisted specifically to rape the poor--no one can deny that the job has its perks. But it doesn't require much of ... http://www.circlingthedrain.com/archives/2006/07/07/semper-fucked/ Republican Senator Wayne Allard of Colorado announced on Fox News Radio that Senator Russ Feingold (D - WI) had "time and time again [sided] with the terrorists" by introducing a resolution to censure George Bush. Senator Feingold's censure resolution would hold the Bush regime accountable for its domestic spying program--which ... http://www.circlingthedrain.com/archives/2006/03/15/allard-r-co-disagreement-is-terrorism/ Despite being decommissioned more than two years ago, the Defense Department's Total Information Awareness program is still collecting data. According to a report in the National Journal, project names were changed to conceal their identities, but their funding remains intact, often under the same contracts. The projects that moved, their new ... http://www.circlingthedrain.com/archives/2006/02/26/total-information-awareness-still-aware/ Seiko Epson Corp. on Tuesday, Feb. 21, filed lawsuits in a US District Court against 24 firms who manufacture after-market ink cartridges for Epson printers, citing Patent Infringement Seiko Epson's complaint, filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), calls for a general exclusion order banning the import or sale of ... http://www.circlingthedrain.com/archives/2006/02/22/ailing-seiko-epson-corp-stifles-competition/ By embracing a strategy of isolation and sanctions (foreign policy = starvation?), the far-right militants of the U.S. and Israel are once again building walls where words would be more appropriate. Guess we learned a lesson from our stunning victory over Cuba. Meantime--and here's the really interesting part--Khaled Meshal, head of ... http://www.circlingthedrain.com/archives/2006/02/14/us-and-israel-plot-hamas-ouster/