Written by Dr P Fenderson on February 19th, 2008
Recent studies by the University of Leeds has shown that people act like flocks of sheep or birds - allowing themselves to be led by a small percentage (5%) of individuals.
Results from a study at the University of Leeds show that it takes a minority of just five per cent to influence a crowd’s direction [...]
Written by Dr P Fenderson on February 15th, 2008
Apparently FEMA will be expanding the use of trains to evacuate citizens during hurricanes from the Gulf Coast.
FEMA official Glenn Cannon today testified before a congressional subcommittee in New Orleans.
Cannon says FEMA is looking at passenger trains as a method to get people with physical impediments out of harm’s way.
New Orleans has become something of [...]
Written by Dr P Fenderson on February 8th, 2008
So on the voter defraud front - it’s only the primaries and we’ve already had recounts, Diebold (I mean, Premier Election Solutions) vote flipping uncovered publicly, Diebold using the same already-hacked keys in their current machines, and voting machines from Sequoia not counting votes…it’s time for another episode of Election Officials are F*cking Crazy!
From Chicago, [...]
Written by Dr P Fenderson on February 4th, 2008
In 2003, Donald Rumsfeld signed a document called the Information Operations Roadmap. In 2006 the document was declassified thanks to the work of the National Security Archive at George Washington University. The document is a list of recommendations that details the US military’s information operations, including psychological operations, electronic warfare, and involvement in foreign journalism.
The [...]
Written by Dr P Fenderson on February 4th, 2008
Recently Microsoft offered a bid for control of Yahoo for $4.6 billion. Although this raises interesting possibilities - like the combined force of their web-application offerings, bundling/adware/bloatware issues, and logo concerns - it also raises some serious questions. The Official Google Blog talks about these concerns:
Could Microsoft now attempt to exert the same sort of [...]