Inspired by the demands for an investigation of the Wuhan virus laboratories, I propose that next time there is a shooting in the USA, every local gun owner will be required to offer their gun to the police for inspection. If they refuse to do so, or refuse to register their gun with the police, we will take that as 'prima facie' evidence of their guilt.
#law #crime #guns #wuhan #conspiracy #secrecy #transparency #USA #politics

Lawrence W. Britt: 14 Characteristics of #Fascism

"Historian Lawrence Britt studied the fascist regimes of #Hitler (Germany), #Mussolini (Italy), #Franco (Spain), #Suharto (Indonesia), and #Pinochet (Chile) and found they had 14 elements in common. He calls these the identifying characteristics of fascism.

1. Powerful and Continuing #Nationalism
Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of #patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. #Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.

2. Disdain for the Recognition of #HumanRights
Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of “need.” The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, and long incarcerations of prisoners.

3. Identification of #Enemies/#Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause
The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: #racial, #ethnic or #religious #minorities; #liberals; #communists; #socialists, #terrorists…

4. Supremacy of the #Military
Even when there are widespread #domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.

5. Rampant #Sexism
The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional #gender roles are made more rigid. Opposition to abortion is high, as is #homophobia and anti-#gay legislation.

6. Controlled #MassMedia
Sometimes the media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation or by sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Government #censorship and #secrecy especially in war time, are very common.

7. Obsession with #NationalSecurity
Fear of hostile foreign powers is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.

8. #Religion and Government are Intertwined
Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government’s policies or actions.

9. Protection of #Corporate Power
The #industrial and business #aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.

10. Suppression of #Labor Power
Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor #unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed.

11. Disdain for #Intellectuals and the #Arts
Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to #HigherEducation and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts.

12. Obsession with #Crime and #Punishment
Under fascist regimes, the #police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.

13. Rampant #Cronyism and #Corruption
Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.

14. #Fraudulent #Elections
Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by #SmearCampaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control #voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.

This post is a summary of Fascism, Anyone? by Lawrence W. Britt published in 2003 by Free Inquiry magazine."

https://voxpopulisphere.com/2017/08/23/lawrence-britt-14-characteristics-of-fascism/

What’s behind #KingCharles’s bumper [68.8%] #PayRise? #Greed, #lies and a ton of #PublicMoney

The #CrownEstate no more belongs to the #monarch than No 10 does to #RishiSunak. So why such a huge #handout?
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/22/royal-secrecy-public-money-crown-estate-king-charles

#Monarchy #TaxDodgingParasites #Benefits #ToryPoliciesInAction #Corruption #secrecy

#Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny
#RobertAHeinlein

Rishi Sunak seen using erasable-ink pens on official documents and in meetings

Exclusive: Sunak regularly pictured using Pilot V fountain pens during time as chancellor and prime minister

Rishi Sunak routinely uses pens with erasable ink to make hand-written notes on official documents and in government meetings, prompting concerns over Downing Street secrecy, the Guardian has learned.

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jun/27/rishi-sunak-seen-using-erasable-ink-pens-on-official-documents-and-in-meetings?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

#RishiSunak #secrecy #ToryLies #ToryCorruption

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/house-gop-moves-ban-public-access-service-members-military-records-rcna90031 | House GOP moves to ban public access to service members' military records |

"House Republicans are attempting to end the decades-old practice of the Defense Department’s releasing summaries of the service records of members of the U.S. military to the public. " | #UnitedStates #USMilitary #government #secrecy #lol

ALL of T****'s trials need to be televised.

#Secrecy is NOT #democracy's friend. It will only fuel the anti-gov fanatic's paranoia and #ConspiracyTheories.

Ten years ago, Edward Snowden warned us about state spying. (...) worry about the future (The Guardian)

The abuses the Guardian helped him bring to worldwide attention go on: the authorities have merely made it harder to expose them.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/06/edward-snowden-state-spying-guardian-alan-rusbridger

news #press #newspaper #media #news_media #journalist #journalism #snowden #edward_snowden #censorship #surveillance #mass_surveillance #privacy #nsa #National_Security_Agency #secrecy #government #secret_service #state_spying

O, Trump whose motives remain unclear
Though news reports attempt us to hear
Your actions since you left the White House
Your files you refused to disavow
Your motives we still cannot deduce
And those files, what secret you produce?

#trump #government #secrecy #classifieddocuments #ode #poetry

https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/hayes-new-evidence-points-to-trump-motive-in-documents-case-179575877895

On the Poisoning of LLMs https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/05/on-the-poisoning-of-llms.html #artificialintelligence #academicpapers #Uncategorized #snakeoil #ChatGPT #hacking #secrecy

"Exposure, #Surveillance, #Secrecy" & #China: #Leiden University / IIAS workshop on June 20th. Key notes by Margaret Hillenbrand & Isabelle Thireau, plus a roundtable including Lisa Richaud, Maghiel van Crevel and myself alongside the keynote speakers. https://www.iias.asia/events/going-out-public-contemporary-china-exposure-surveillance-secrecy

#AcademicChatter #AcademicMastodon #MediaStudies #ChinaStudies

Non-Disclosure Agreements currently have no restriction on nature of parties and information, and are perpetual.

Instead they should be limited to parties with some employment or contractor relation, should cover only commercial or industrial information, and should expire five years after the restrained party got knowledge of the information.

#NDA #Confidentiality #Secrecy #FreedomOfInformation

Fernmeldegeheimnis: privat, persönlich, dienstlich? | Telecommunications secrecy and privacy in Germany: private, personal, or official business? | PROJECT CONSULT Blog
https://bit.ly/40Q0coc

#Fernmeldegeheimnis #privat #persönlich #dienstlich #email #Kommunikation #Datenschutz #Postfach #Secrecy #Privacy

Meanwhile

#uspol #flapol #desantis #secrecy #transparency #sunshinelaws

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/19/florida-desantis-travel-records-00092969

#secrecy : the state or quality of being hidden

- French: clandestinité

- German: die Geheimhaltung

- Italian: clandestinità

- Portuguese: segredo

- Spanish: clandestinidad

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See previous words @ https://wordofthehour.org/r/past

https://nkvssp.thecomicseries.com/comics/332

🎵 Puppy can you hear me

#Kitteh #puppy #ralph #kitsmum #FridayVibes #webcomics #webcomicchat #comicbookhour #comics #NKVSSP #support #data #mismatch #information #planning #yentl #musical #pun #FridayThoughts #secrecy #checkin #FridayReads #vibecheck

Fernmeldegeheimnis: privat, persönlich, dienstlich? | Telecommunications secrecy and privacy in Germany: private, personal, or official? | PROJECT CONSULT Blog
https://bit.ly/40Q0coc

#Fernmeldegeheimnis #privat #persönlich #dienstlich #email #Kommunikation #Datenschutz #Postfach #Secrecy #Privacy

2 #prominent #Chinese #HumanRights #lawyers have been #sentenced to more than a decade in #prison - #HumanRightsWatch said Monday, the latest in a #crackdown by the ruling #CommunistParty on its critics.
The rights group said Xu Zhiyong, 50, was sentenced to 14 yrs & Ding Jiaxi, 55, was given 12 yrs in prison under the #vague charge of " #subversion of #StatePower ." Proceedings are conducted under intense #secrecy .
https://beta.ctvnews.ca/national/world/2023/4/10/1_6348774.amp.html

#AsianMastodon #China #injustice #HumanRights #Chinese

Another relevant use of copyright (and other IP) is to suppress information that is relevant to the public. The most recent example is Twitter's use of copyright to suppress information about the algorithm they use to regulate speech. This reminds me of the classic "operation clambake" that constantly faced copyright/DMCA restrictions as they tried to inform the public about the fantasy world that is the foundation for the powerful Scientology cult.
https://theintercept.com/2023/04/08/twitter-dmca-github-musk/
#copyright #secrecy #freedom #speech #cult

Fernmeldegeheimnis: privat, persönlich, dienstlich? | Telecommunications secrecy and privacy in Germany: private, personal, or official? |c PROJECT CONSULT Blog
https://bit.ly/40Q0coc

#Fernmeldegeheimnis #privat #persönlich #dienstlich #email #Kommunikation #Datenschutz #Postfach #Secrecy #Privacy