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The Facial Recognition Software That Will Put a Name to Every Photo on the Internet |
A software company is developing revolutionary software which provides the ability to identify people from photographs posted on the internet. Face.com has produced technology that can identify individuals on social networking sites and online galleries by comparing their image against a known picture of them. It means detailed profiles of individuals can be built up purely from online photographs and critics have said it could lead to exploitation by employers. full story |
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Codex Alimentarius: Control The Food, Control The People |
Codex has been around for a long time. It is very important to understand and most Americans have no idea what it is about. Most Americans do not know about bill S510. Codex is a UN agency that wants to control the food of the world. It operates with the goal to destroy the vast majority of the world's population. They want to rid the world of, "Useless Eaters". Eighty percent of the food consumed by Americans is now genetically modified food. This is the food codex loves. They are eugenicists, not agriculturists. S510 and its Codex Alimentarius component must be stopped. full story |
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Department of Justice Lists Survivalists, Constitutionalists in Extremism Guide |
A recent DoJ guide for investigators of criminal and extremist groups lists "constitutionalists" and "survivalists" alongside organizations like Al-Qaeda and the Aryan Brotherhood. The 120-page, "Law Enforcement Sensitive" guide to "Investigating Terrorism and Criminal Extremism - Terms and Concepts" describes itself as "a glossary designed primarily as a tool for criminal justice professionals to enhance their understanding of words relating to extremist terminology, phrases, activities, symbols, organizations, and selected names that they may encounter while conducting criminal investigations or prosecutions of members of extremist organizations." full story |
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Mexican Police to Patrol NY? |
In a series of events which has caused wide notice and a storm of protests, the govt of Mexico, through its consulate in NY in the UN, has announced it will begin patrolling the NYC borough of Staten Island to "safeguard" its nationals there. NYC police had been monitoring the situation and investigating the reported assaults as local crimes. The actions of the Mexican government have caused Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly to order what many observers say is the most concentrated police mobilization since the WTC disaster. full story |
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Obama Hauls Arizona Before the UN Human Rights Council |
Apparently Barack Obama is not content to make a federal case out of his immigration feud with Arizona; he just made it an international one. The president's first-ever report on U.S. human rights to the UN Human Rights Council contains a rich vein of offensive material. So far, one aspect has not been reported: our petty president used the situation to bash Arizona's immigration law — and possibly transfer jurisdiction over the law from Arizona to the UN. full story |
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Why Philadelphia's Licensing and Taxing of Blogs is Creeping Fascism |
The recent decision by the City of Philadelphia in Pennsylvania to require a Business Privilege License (cost $300) of blogs and that the blogs be taxed on any profits has generated a well deserved outcry from free marketers across the country. Many have invoked Chief Justice John Marshall's famous words, "The power to tax involves the power to destroy." They are right, this will be the end of independent blogging in Philadelphia and around the world when this spreads across countries. full story |
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Action Alert: Help Stop the Federal Wolf Killing Plan |
The federal Wildlife Services agency (a branch of the U.S. Department of Agriculture) is the primary wolf-killer in the United States -- and now want to expand their wolf-killing operations. They plan to work with Idaho officials to eliminate up to 80 percent of the wolves in north-central Idaho by land and from the air. Their plan also includes killing entire packs -- including gassing helpless wolf pups in their dens -- and surgically sterilizing alpha wolf pairs. full story |
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