Out-of-Control Government Spying by DHS

I originally posted the following information and commentary onto my Facebook wall…

Department of Homeland Security

Department of Homeland Security

Revealed: Hundreds of Words to Avoid Using Online if You Don’t Want the Government Spying on You:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2150281/REVEALED-Hundreds-words-avoid-using-online-dont-want-government-spying-you.html

(Daniel Miller) The Department of Homeland Security has been forced to release a list of keywords and phrases it uses to monitor social networking sites and online media for signs of terrorist or other threats against the U.S.

The intriguing the list includes obvious choices such as ‘attack’, ‘Al Qaeda’, ‘terrorism’ and ‘dirty bomb’ alongside dozens of seemingly innocent words like ‘pork’, ‘cloud’, ‘team’ and ‘Mexico’.

Released under a freedom of information request, the information sheds new light on how government analysts are instructed to patrol the internet searching for domestic and external threats.

(Read entire article here…)

My Commentary: Department chiefs “insisted the practice was aimed not at policing the internet for disparaging remarks about the government and signs of general dissent, but to provide awareness of any potential threats.” Nothing to see, here, folks. Move along…

A Fascist Police State…

As I scrolled through my Facebook news feed, I discovered the following artwork here, being shared by the page, “Judge Andrew Napolitano,” and originally posted it to my own wall, along with commentary…

"Freedom is almost perfected... Just a few more laws, regulations & cages"

“Freedom is almost perfected…
Just a few more laws, regulations & cages”

My Commentary: Good. I was starting to worry that America was becoming a fascist police state.

Packaging Tyranny…

As I scrolled through my Facebook news feed, I discovered the following artwork here, being shared by the page, “Telling the Mainstream Media It’s Full of Crap,” and originally posted it to my own wall, along with commentary…

"How would you like this wrapped?"

“How would you like this wrapped?”

My Commentary: Packaging tyranny…

Control-Freaks Have Already Incrementally Patented 20% of Human Genes

I originally posted the following information and commentary onto my Facebook wall…

2012-04-26 - Control-Freaks Have Already Incrementally Patented 20% of Human Genes

One-Fifth of Human Genes Have Been Patented, Study Reveals:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/10/1013_051013_gene_patent.html

(Stefan Lovgren) A new study shows that 20 percent of human genes have been patented in the United States, primarily by private firms and universities.

The study, which is reported this week in the journal Science, is the first time that a detailed map has been created to match patents to specific physical locations on the human genome.

(Read entire article here…)

My Commentary: “Who’s Your Daddy?”