Thou shalt have no other gods before me. The State may have started the ball rolling on bringing an end to Bitcoins in America with Iowa based startup Dwolla. The virtual crypto-currency has been a thorn in the government’s side ever since the currency crossed the billion dollar mark. People have been operating businesses outside of regulation which is apparently only allowed by Wall Street.
Homeland Security Shuts Down Bitcoin Use by Startup Company |
| By: DSWright Wednesday May 15, 2013 1:05 pm |
Obama on the Verge of Supporting End of 4th Amendment on the Internet |
| By: DSWright Wednesday May 8, 2013 6:40 am |
The FBI has long been searching for a way to bypass the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution which they have claimed makes their job difficult, increasingly so in the information age. Previously the FBI just broke the law and hoped it would not get caught. Now the agency wants a patina of legality to cover its transgressions against liberty.
Government Seeks Broader Power for Wiretapping Americans on Facebook and Google |
| By: DSWright Tuesday April 30, 2013 9:25 am |
In a free society the government is transparent and citizens have privacy – in America the situation is reversed. The government is allowed to invoke secrecy whenever it likes as the citizenry gradually lose all their privacy. And now a government task force spearheaded by the FBI wants to take what remains of privacy in America. Upset by technological innovation and people doing things they can’t easily spy on, the FBI wants broader authority to force companies like Facebook and Google to give them user information.
“Homeland Security” Spending Overtakes New Deal |
| By: DSWright Monday April 29, 2013 9:25 am |
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself and we are apparently very afraid. The ever mutating concept of “homeland security” has garnered more public funds since 9/11 than President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal. Pretty amazing, who knew fighting phantoms could be so expensive?
New Documents Reveal DHS Routinely Spies On Peaceful Americans |
| By: DSWright Friday April 5, 2013 9:01 am |
If you are going to have an extremely unequal society, you better have a police state. And guess what? We do. New documents received by the Partnership For Civil Justice Fund reveal that the Department of Homeland Security routinely spies on peaceful activists as a matter of policy.
CIA: We ‘Try To Collect Everything And Hang On To It Forever’ |
| By: DSWright Thursday March 21, 2013 5:56 am |
Ira “Gus” Hunt, the CIA’s Chief Technology Officer, gave a revealing presentation at GigaOM’s Structure: Data conference where he outlined the CIA’s approach to collecting data from the public. The approach as outlined is a recipe for a police state.
Obama Plans for Spy Agencies to Have Total Access to American’s Financial Information |
| By: DSWright Thursday March 14, 2013 5:56 am |
As the Obama Administration continues to expand the policies of the Bush Administration the newest theater of the War on Terror is your checking account.
As Government Hypes “Cyberthreat” Private Companies Try To Cash In |
| By: DSWright Wednesday March 13, 2013 10:40 am |
We don’t want the smoking gun to be a 404 message. Recently the White House and Pentagon have kicked their program to terrorize sow fear into the general population with the threat of “cyberterrorism” into high gear. In fact, now the cyber threat is a bigger threat than actual terrorism. Some even insist that instead of allowing the phantoms to duel it out for budgetary relevance the nightmares can be synthesized to provide a great excuse for the government to attempt to control speech on the internet.
BREAKING: Senator Rand Paul Filibuster Breaks 8 Hours |
| By: DSWright Wednesday March 6, 2013 5:14 pm |
Senator Rand Paul is holding a filibuster on President Obama’s refusal to deny he has the authority to kill Americans on American soil without due process.
White House Tasks Itself With Controlling Speech On The Internet |
| By: DSWright Monday February 18, 2013 9:17 am |
The War of on Terror continues with a new grave threat – people writing things on the internet. The government is now trying to find ways to counter “online radicalization to violence” a phrase so broad it could mean practically anything.


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