Activist Post: 10 Ways We Are Being Tracked, Traced, and Databased

The war on terror is a worldwide endeavor that has spurred massive investment into the global surveillance industry – which now seems to be becoming a war on “liberty and privacy.”  Given all of the new monitoring technology being implemented, the uproar over warrantless wiretaps now seems moot.  High-tech, first-world countries  are being tracked, traced, and databased, literally around every corner.  Governments, aided by private companies, are gathering a mountain of information on average citizens who so far seem willing to trade liberty for supposed security.

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This Is What Your Tax Dollars Are Paying For!

When I saw this video, the first thing that came to my mind. Was a man who yelled out of his car at us “our tax dollars are being spent on health care, and that we should research what we are talking about before we go out with signs”. This happened while we stood outside of the court house in Hamilton with a sign that said “where does your money go when you pay your fines?”.

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US, Pakistan Near Open War; Chinese Ultimatum Warns Washington Against Attack « TARPLEY.net

China has officially put the United States on notice that Washington’s planned attack on Pakistan will be interpreted as an act of aggression against Beijing. This blunt warning represents the first known strategic ultimatum received by the United States in half a century, going back to Soviet warnings during the Berlin crisis of 1958-1961, and indicates the grave danger of general war growing out of the US-Pakistan confrontation.

“Any Attack on Pakistan Would be Construed as an Attack on China”

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