Do you Facebook?

About 2 months ago, I, like many hundreds of thousands of other ordinary people across the globe, received an email that had been sent to me via 'Facebook' (an online social networking provider). The email was from a person who i knew and considered to be a friend (and still is might I add). In light of this, I took it upon myself to follow the links, and, as prompted, began to enter my details, (hey! Its from my buddy right, its got to be harmless, hasn't it?) only to find that I had just registered myself on 'Facebook'.

Although I had heard a lot about facebook in the media, I never bothered to look it up as it just wasn't the kind of thing I'm interested in. Once on there however I found myself looking up people from the past, kind of like a 'Friends Reunited' thing. I have to admit, I was sucked in. Having found a number of people, of whom, I had not seen in years, and looking thru their pictures, I decided to upload some family pictures of my own.

If only I had seen this before hand, I would have never done it. I have already closed my account, however, the details and pictures I did put up are now in the possession of scrupulous people who's only wish is to enslave us all



I personally feel violated and would urge anyone - who has not already - fallen for this, government and commercially motivated, detailed personal information collection system, to stay well clear!

The RIAA Lawsuit conspiracy

I came across this short animated clip and just had to post it here for you all to see.

From Crackle: The RIAA Lawsuit Conspiracy

Enjoy, and remember everything you do on your PC/notebook is recorded and traceable back to you thru your IP address. The Internet has become the Big Brother of our 'age'.

I hate to say "I told you so". But hey! I did.

For years now I have warned people that the huge increase in house prices and the great feeling of wealth amoung all those people who were I consider unfortunate enough to have been sucked in by the vacuum they call 'credit'.

You only need to turn on the TV today to hear about the huge financial and economic problems of which, are now in such an appalling condition, no amount of 'spin', or 'intentionally confusing' figures and statistics can suppress what, in my opinion, has been inevitable from the start.

Our British economy is built up almost, if not entirely, of debt. Thats right, pieces of paper with signatures, from working to middle class people that state, (in my condensed words) "I will keep up the repayments of this debt, however should I fail at any point, except upon completion, to do so I therefore give you the right to keep my house and/or my valuable belongings".

You could look at it this way. Approximately 60% of the nation have made there deal with the devil (Credit=debt) and are now slaves to the banking system. Probably doing jobs they hate week in week out with no real existence and all to keep up the repayments on the DEBT! 'Better not upset the boss now folks'!

No links, just turn on the news channel.

There is no "War on Terror"

One of the most telling signs of the political naiveté of liberals and the Left in the United States has been their steadfast faith in much of the worldview that blankets the imperial state they call home. Nowhere has this critical failure been more evident than in their acceptance of the premise that there really is something called a "war on terror" or “terrorism”—however poorly managed its critics make it out to be—and that righting the course of this war ought to be this country's (and the world’s) top foreign policy priority. In this perspective, Afghanistan and Pakistan rather than Iraq ought to have been the war on terror's proper foci; most accept that the U.S. attack on Afghanistan from October 2001 on was a legitimate and necessary stage in the war. The tragic error of the Bush Administration, in this view, was that it lost sight of this priority, and diverted U.S. military action to Iraq and other theaters, reducing the commitment where it was needed.

Of course we expect to find this line of criticism expressed by the many former supporters who have fled from the sinking regime in Washington. But it is striking that commentators as durably hostile to Bush policies as the New York Times's Frank Rich should accept so many of the fundamentals of this worldview, and repeat them without embarrassment. Rich asserts that the question "Who lost Iraq? is but a distraction from the more damning question, Who is losing the war on terrorism?" A repeated theme of Rich's work has been that the Cheney - Bush presidency is causing "as much damage to fighting the war on terrorism as it does to civil liberties." Even in late 2007, Rich still lamented the "really bad news" that, "Much as Iraq distracted America from the war against Al Qaeda, so a strike on Iran could ignite Pakistan, Al Qaeda's thriving base and the actual central front of the war on terror."
The rest of this competent and well resourced article can be found here

If you haven't come across this site before I seriously recommend your adding of it to the favorites/bookmark list on your system

Big Brother, Big Buisness!

This video will open your eyes to just how much your every move, is, can and will (very soon)always be able to track your every move.

Winston turned his back on the telescreen...........

Workplace surveillance boosts stress levels

'Big Brother'-style IT systems are now watching half of the UK's employees, fuelling fear and stress in the workplace.

More than 12 million people are scrutinised by electronic surveillance at work causing a sharp rise in stress levels, according to a survey by the Policy Studies Institute (PSI).

For 23 percent of UK employees, these IT systems are used to check the quality of work produced. Feelings of exhaustion and anxiety related to work are 7.5 percent higher among these 23 percent.

Privacy advocates say the surge in cyber-snooping by bosses will land an increasing number of employers in court defending breaches of the Human Rights Act.

Last year a college secretary from Wales represented by human rights group Liberty won a legal battle against her employers after her personal communications were monitored for 18 months without her consent.

Full story here. Also in the Telegraph.

Britain tops data breach league

Britain has been ranked the worst country in Europe and one of the worst in the world for protecting citizen’s personal information, according to a new survey by an international civil liberties watchdog.

Only Russia, Canada and Malaysia have a worse record. These countries, along with the UK, were placed in the lowest category described as ‘endemic surveillance societies’.

The UK’s vast network of CCTV cameras, the Information Commissioner’s lack of power, and plans for the ‘most intrusive identity card scheme in the world’ all contributed to the country’s poor ranking.

Greece, Romania and Canada came out top in the survey by think tank Privacy International.

For the first time, Scotland has been given its own ranking and scored significantly higher than England and Wales. The report shows that Scotland’s identity policy avoids the mistakes of the English Government. The DNA database is not as open to abuse as that in England and Wales. (ref: here)