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Saturday January 3rd, 2009
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The Technocracy and the Genetic Engineering of Humanity
posted 01/03/2009, 2:54 AM (Carolyn Harris)
[Category: Brave New World]
 A robotic future as depicted in Alex Proyas' film, I, Robot.
We already live in a world of 'haves and have-nots', but in the future could that gap widen into an immense chasm resulting in a technocracy with two-tiers of genetically engineered humans? Predictions have been made with regards to robotics and genetic evolution, and there is data to back each theory up. This article briefly investigates each claim.
Robotics, Artificial Intelligence and Nano-technology
2008 saw a panoply of advances in robotics, artificial intelligence and nano-technology. A recent study by Spanish scientists looked into the impacts of robots on future society. International experts working on inventing and adapting cutting edge robots for practical use were interviewed during the study in order to find out by when we will be regularly using the models they are currently designing. All agreed on 2020 as a "technological inflection point," because by then robots "will be able to see, act, speak, manage natural language and have intelligence, and our relationship with them will have become more constant and commonplace," said Lopez Pelaez.
One of the more disconcerting predictions is "the insertion of robots into our bodies, such as intelligent implants in the brain, which will improve our rational thought, and nanorobots to be released into the blood to clean our arteries. Another important role will be the replacement of people working i... (more) |
The Shadow Money Lenders: The Real Significance of The Fed’s Zero-Interest-Rate Policy
posted 01/03/2009, 2:52 AM (Matthias Chang)
[Category: Economy]
INTRODUCTION
The disinformation by the global financial dailies in the last twelve months as to the cause of the global financial tsunami, serve the same purpose as the global mass media when they perpetuated the lies that lulled the people to support the war criminals Bush, Blair and Howard to launch the barbaric war against Iraq and Afghanistan which resulted in the genocide of millions, the mutilation of hundreds of thousands, physically and psychologically, an... (more) |
The Biggest Game in Town
posted 01/03/2009, 2:52 AM (Cafr1.com)
[Category: Economy]
#1 - "The Biggest Game in Town" video was produced by Walter Burien on January 8th 2000 and then was distributed only by VHS tapes. This documentary gets the valid information out there and was annotated on the lower script line with 2008 inf... (more) |
Gaza: The Untold Story
posted 01/03/2009, 2:52 AM (Ramzy Baroud)
[Category: Commentary]
It’s incomprehensible that a region such as the Gaza Strip, so rich with history, so saturated with defiance, can be reduced to a few blurbs, sound bites and reductionist assumptions, convenient but deceptive, vacant of any relevant meaning, or even true analytical value.The fact is that there is more to the Gaza Strip than 1.5 million hungry Palestinians, who are supposedly paying the price for Hamas’s militancy, or Israel’s ‘collective punishment’ whichever way the media decide to brand the pr... (more) |
The Holocaust
posted 01/03/2009, 2:52 AM (Liberate This)
[Category: Commentary]
Holocaust denial is anti-Semitic. But I’m not talking about World War II, Mahmoud Ahmedinijad, or Ashkenazi Jews. What I’m referring to is the holocaust we are all witnessing and responsible for in Gaza today and in Palestine over the last 60 years. By definition, a holocaust is a mass slaughter of people or a thorough destruction involving extensive loss of life, especially through fire. There isn’t a more accurate description of the hell that US-armed and –funded Israeli Occupation Forces are ... (more) |
Can There Be Any Doubt Who The Real Terrorists Are?
posted 01/03/2009, 2:52 AM (Middle East Online)
[Category: Commentary]
The long drawn-out siege and blockade of Gaza, and the numerous military assaults on its people and their legitimate government, are only the latest (Israeli) crimes in a catalogue of torment and terror, notes Stuart Littlewood.
US definition fits perfectly
The patience of all decent men must surely be exhausted.
Today’s slaughter of innocents in Gaza, with at least 230 reported killed in raids on “Hamas terror operatives” (as the Israeli military put... (more) |
Israeli troops dance as they await the order for a Gaza war
posted 01/03/2009, 2:51 AM (McClatchy Newspapers )
[Category: Geopolitics]
ALONG THE ISRAEL-GAZA STRIP BORDER — In a muddy field overlooking the smoke-blackened Gaza Strip skyline on Tuesday, young soldiers from an Israeli tank unit linked arms with euphoric civilians and joined them in the hora, a circular dance, in anticipation of a possible ground invasion of the Palestinian territory.
Far overhead, a pair of Israeli Apache helicopters fired on a target inside Gaza, unleashed diversionary flares and disappeared to the north. Elsewhere in the autonomou... (more) |
Researchers use ultrasonic pulses to control the brain
posted 01/03/2009, 2:50 AM (Willie D. Jones )
[Category: Big Brother/Orwellian]
 When most people hear the word ultrasound, they think of the diagnostic tool used to look inside the womb and steal glimpses at a fetus. But researchers at Arizona State University at Tempe have developed a new use for it: to control brain activity from outside the skull.
William J. Tyler, one of the technique’s developers and an assistant professor at ASU, says ultrasound will someday allow physicians to substitute neural implants with external devices. “We’re trying to develop t... (more) |
9 Muslim Passengers Removed From Jet
posted 01/03/2009, 2:50 AM (Washington Post)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
Officials ordered nine Muslim passengers, including three young children, off an AirTran flight headed to Orlando from Reagan National Airport yesterday afternoon after two other passengers overheard what they thought was a suspicious remark.
Members of the party, all but one of them U.S.-born citizens who were headed to a religious retreat in Florida, were subsequently cleared for travel by FBI agents who characterized the incident as a misunderstanding, an airport official said.... (more) |
Police shoot, kill UW student in Nazi-era garb
posted 01/03/2009, 2:49 AM (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
[Category: Tyranny/Police State]
The University of Washington student shot to death by police in the first hours of 2009 after pointing a World War II-vintage rifle at officers had an abiding fascination with the past, but no love of Nazism.
The 22-year-old student of German and Scandinavian history was wearing a Nazi-era uniform when two Seattle police officers shot him early Thursday morning near the door of his University District apartment.
According to police, officers were called to the 5200 ... (more) |
Infant drugs shock
posted 01/03/2009, 2:48 AM (Herald Sun)
[Category: Big Brother/Orwellian]
SIXTEEN Victorian babies aged less than a year were prescribed anti-depressants in 2007-08 - the highest number in Australia.
They were among 700 children under 10 given the controversial drugs during the past financial year.
The number of anti-depressant prescriptions, released by the federal Health Department, has prompted Health Minister Nicola Roxon to launch an investigation.
The figures reveal more than 100 Victorian children aged up to five wer... (more) |
Web sites could get film-style ratings
posted 01/03/2009, 2:48 AM (Reuters)
[Category: Big Brother/Orwellian]
The kind of ratings used for films could be applied to websites in a bid to better police the Internet and protect children from harmful and offensive material, Culture Secretary Andy Burnham has said. Skip related content
Burnham told The Daily Telegraph newspaper, published on Saturday, that the government was planning to negotiate with the administration of U.S. President-elect Barack Obama to draw up new international rules for English language websites.
"The mo... (more) |
Additives used in bacon, ham and chicken 'could make cancers grow'
posted 01/03/2009, 2:47 AM (The Daily Mail)
[Category: Health]
 A common additive used in bacon and ham could fuel the growth of cancers, research suggests. High doses of inorganic phosphate salts – which are used to enhance the texture and flavour of processed meats – increased the size of tumours in mice.
The chemicals are also added to bread, cakes and cheeses. The research will increase concerns that additives used to boost food industry profits could be contributing to cancer rates.
Eating large amounts of processed meats h... (more) |
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