‘Stiletto (Blog)’ Archives
Technocracy: Keeping Cops Honest
My WND Technocracy column this week is about the disturbing trend toward outlawing the recording of police when they're on duty and working in public. Our police are public servants whom I respect very much. They are not, however, above the law, and when those in authority wield great power over free citizens, those wielding power must be held [...]
Technocracy: Green Religionists Are Waging War On You
My WND Technocracy column this week is about the cult of green -- the religion of environmentalism that leads leftists and commie-libs to decry as heretics all who disagree with their environmentalist fervor. The "green" movement has become an ideological haven for socialists, communists, and other collectivists, whose central-planning control [...]
Technocracy: Ray Bradbury’s Call for Revolution
My WND Technocracy column this week concerns recent comments the 90-year old science fiction author made when he complained of "too much government" and "too many Internets." When liberals attempt to silence political dissent on talk radio through re-enacting the euphemistically termed "Fairness Doctrine," I think I see the coiled and merciless [...]
Technocracy: The tangled Web of lies
My WND Technocracy column this week is about the way the Web is used to propagate self-promoting lies... while our legal system is used to protect those who do so. Speak out against anyone or anything online and it is only a matter of time before someone at least threatens to sue you. As expensive as legal action can become, this is no idle [...]
Technocracy: Fluoride Fear-Mongers
My WND Technocracy column this week is a follow-up to my earlier piece on fluoride, which generated so much hate mail. If this is true, it stands to reason that when a technology is not necessarily dangerous or worrisome to you, we should inform you of this. It was my conclusion, in the July 22, 2010, installment of Technocracy, that the fears [...]
“Infowars” Takes a Shot at Technocracy
Just whe my e-mail inbox stopped filling up with fluoride-related emails, Alex Jones' Infowars site ran an article by Rob Dew and Kurt Nimmo (a soft drink and a Star Wars character, no doubt) entitled, "WorldNetDaily writer says Fluoride is good for you: An Open Letter to Phil Elmore." It's really a beautiful conspiracy piece wrapped in [...]
Big Brother In Your… Underwear?
My latest WND Technocracy column revisits the dangers of RFID technology and how to cope with the security risks it represents: Obviously, just tucking your RFID-equipped cards into such a wallet or sleeve doesn't solve all your problems. You've still got to be aware of the risks. You've got to conduct yourself responsibly as an informed, [...]
Technocracy: Is Fluoride Part of Globalist Plot?
My WND Technocracy column this week debunks conspiracy theories about fluoride, which some wingnuts seem to believe is a Nazi-era brain-softening industrial waste toxin used for mass mind control. "Poisonmongers" refers to the anti-fluoridation conspiracy theorists, whose alarmist websites and printed matter railing against the supposed dangers [...]
Technocracy: Myths of the Barefoot Bandit
My WND Technocracy column this week is about Colton Harris-Moore, the "Barefoot Bandit." "...Technology created the Barefoot Bandit. It was technology that allowed Colton Harris-Moore to access the information he used and to acquire the little training he had to commit the crimes for which he is believed responsible. Without the Internet, without [...]
Technocracy: Democrats’ Petty Tyrannies
Everyone has family stories. One of mine relates directly to the way the political left has always used, and will always use, its political power to commit tyrannies great and small against private citizens. While an employer does have the legitimate authority to censor the Internet access it provides to employees, the TSA's move exceeded this [...]
