‘Stiletto (Blog)’ Archives
Technocracy: Obama’s Totalitarian Plans for the Net
My WND Technocracy column this week is about the Obama administration's failure to protect and maintain that most vital of communication and information exchange infrastructure, the Internet: Think it won't be so bad? The FCC is already "worrying" that the popularity of Apple's new iPad device could "clog the Internet." Like all good little [...]
Technocracy: Why Send Naked Pix to Space Aliens?
My WND Technocracy column this week is about our willingness to set aside our common sense when it comes to the subject of intelligent life in outer space: ...f the aliens are more advanced, it would pretty damned stupid of us to act as the traveling Amway salesmen of the universe, beaming our address and phone number into the galaxy and asking [...]
Technocracy: Democrats’ Technological Thuggery
My WorldNetDaily Technocracy column this week is titled, "Democrats' Technological Thuggery." The damning evidence is clear: Democrats are violent, corrupt, arrogant and self-righteous. A Democrat believes that his cradle-to-grave ideology makes him special. Whatever a Democrat does is justified in his mind as what is best for the masses, [...]
Technocracy: “Google – Online Eye of Sauron?”
My Technocracy column this week is about Google and its efforts to dominate the galaxy. I use Google's products and I like them, but I do worry about privacy issues and Google's casual disregard for individual rights (not to mention customer support). http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=121857 In its efforts to become some [...]
I’m with Coco
From Entertainment Weekly: The Internet is a-buzz with support for Conan O’Brien, but there seems to be one image that’s the beating heart of the entire campaign. LA-based designer Mike Mitchell’s “I’m with Coco” poster has reached levels of ubiquity we haven’t seen since Shepard Fairey took on Obama. EW caught up with Mitchell, 27, [...]
“The Road”
Cormac McCarthy's The Road is a relentlessly depressing book. Written in a broken, personal diary style that is intended to make it more powerful, the text becomes less so because it seems gimmicky. Still, this tale of survival in a post-apocalyptic world held my attention when I read it, driving me on for page after page much as its protagonist [...]
Technocracy: Bono is a Hypocrite
In this week's Technocracy, I punch U2's "Bono" in the face (figuratively): ...The irony is that even while was calling China's efforts to suppress online dissent "ignoble," he was implying that such an effort was feasible provided it targeted the right kind of dissent – in this case, dissent that takes money from his wallet. You heard me [...]
The Real Problem with Cameron’s “Avatar”
The real problem of this visually stunning movie is the message it sends. By the climax of the film, you're supposed to be on the edge of your seat pumping your fist in the air, shouting, "Yeah! Get those lousy capitalist, despoiling humans! Drive those nasty humans back to their dying planet! Because..." And then you stop and think. "Uh... wait. [...]
Your Vulnerability to Electronic Mugging
My WorldNetDaily “Technocracy” column this week, as we enter a new year, is about the risks of cyberspace and especially social networking pages in the context of exploitation by virtual criminals: Technology only expands. It is amoral. It is inexorable. It neither feels no reasons. It simply is, and it will continue to be. Barring a [...]
Your Gun: A Most Necessary Tool
My WorldNetDaily “Technocracy” column this week concerns the Roderick Scott trial, which I analyzed previously in terms of what is wrong with the legal climate in this state. For my weekly WND column, however, I approached the issue from the standpoint of the technology involved. Firearms are force multipliers, a labor-saving technology [...]
