Daily Archives: August 14, 2007 »
ID cards on track for 2009 as procurement begins
Procurement process finally gets underway but questions remain over the technical “nuts and bolts” of the project By James Murray The government has confirmed that it remains on track to deliver the first ID
Read More »MICROCHIPPING CHILDREN FOR THEIR ‘SAFETY’
By Tom Shelley Last month’s ‘appeal’ to identify technologies that could prevent child abduction has moved forward rapidly In a letter published last month, prompted by the disappearance of Madeleine McCann, design engineer Peter
Read More »Eerie CCTV
By Patrick Goss I’ve got a confession to make; whenever I see a security camera I feel inexplicably guilty. So it was with some concern that I read reports that the US government expects
Read More »The Anti-Empire Report
Separation of oil and state On several occasions I’ve been presented with the argument that contrary to widespread opinion in the anti-war movement and on the left, oil was not really a factor in
Read More »A scary assault on civil liberties
By Lance Dickie As historians tally the incompetence, profligacy and lawless opacity of the Bush administration, a shorthand is already emerging: Katrina, Iraq, Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, signing statements and epic debt. Each reference speaks
Read More »Troops denied special Afghan medal
The Ministry of Defence was facing severe criticism last night for refusing to award a special honour to soldiers fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan. By Stephen Adams, Martin Beckford and Duncan Gardham British troops
Read More »Anti-terror powers used at climate camp
By Nick Martin The police and Downing Street lined up with BAA today to warn climate change protesters not to disrupt Heathrow Airport. The camp for climate action is itself still a modest affair,
Read More »Wolfowitz ‘tried to censor World Bank on climate change’
By Andrew Gumbel The Bush administration has consistently thwarted efforts by the World Bank to include global warming in its calculations when considering whether to approve major investments in industry and infrastructure, according to
Read More »Chemtrails over Morecambe
By Albert Shine I am assuming that the reader is familiar with the difference between ‘Contrails’; that is condensation trails (vapour trails) left behind highflying aircraft, consisting of water vapour that fades away within
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