links for 2006-10-29

• Global Guerrillas: GLOBAL OIL SHOCKS
  A perennial question that often comes up is whether we would be better off with Saddam in power today, or not. Given the potential impact of peak oil, that is an easy question to answer. Of course. One thing we can count on from the kleptocracies in power
  (tags: oil politics saudi+arabia al-qaeda)
• Your secrets not so safe with RFID-enabled passports – Engadget
  Ever since these newfangled RFID e-passports hit the mainstream, understandable concerns have frequently surfaced regarding the security (or lack thereof) involved. The Dutch version has already been cracked, Germans can clone theirs, and Ireland’s doesn’
  (tags: RFID passports security)
• publish.nyc.indymedia.org | David Rovics on Brad Will
  brad will was a dear friend, and a true revolutionary. he died the way countless and uncounted numbers of beautiful people have died in recent centuries — he was shot in the chest by rightwing paramilitaries. he was filming the scene around one of thousa
  (tags: journalist death Mexico)
• Toward Freedom – Bush Moves Toward Martial Law
  Public Law 109-364, or the “John Warner Defense Authorization Act of 2007″ (H.R.5122) (2), which was signed by the commander in chief on October 17th, 2006, in a private Oval Office ceremony, allows the President to declare a “public emergency” and statio
  (tags: legislation martial military law fascism bush politics 2006 news Act rights Congress toread conspiracy violence constitution legal liberal freedom murder)

~ by SAP on 29 October 2006.