Liberty
Apple Glorifies Replacing Real With Fake
John Daniel Davidson of the Federalist dissects a recent Apple advertisement. If nothing else, Apple’s horrible ad announcing the new iPad Pro has the virtue of being brutally honest. The…
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Education
Not a Joke: A Headband Device That Tells a Teacher If Your Kid is Paying Attention
Big Brother isn’t only watching us, your child could be wearing Big Brother. Check this out from heartland.org: A company promoting a headset that would notify teachers of their students’…
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The ominous trend toward deputizing America
Iain Murray explores in this Freeman piece another disturbing “Big Brother” trend in America, namely the way the government now coerces private businesses into doing its snooping. The old America…
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Orange County Spends $1 Million On Giant Recycling Carts
Earlier this year I blogged about Orange County’s “Big Brother” recycling program that features recycling carts that contain radio frequency monitors. From the county news release: The carts will also…
Regulation
Barron’s D.C. man highlights Big Brother’s latest incarnation
Jim McTague‘s “D.C. Current” column in this week’s issue of Barron’s highlights concerns about the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s latest efforts to monitor activity within the financial sector. “Why should…
Liberty
Are Charles and David Koch evil?
Lately, defenders of statism have taken to attacking Charles and David Koch in the same manner as Big Brother’s regime attacked Emmanuel Goldstein in Orwell’s 1984. People will stay with…
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Kafkaesque or Orwellian?
In recent weeks, sales of Orwell’s 1984 have increased enormously. Is the federal surveillance regime Orwellian, or is it Kafkaesque, bearing in mind that Franz Kafka also wrote about authoritarian…
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If This Doesn’t Alarm You, It Should
Here’s the latest Big Brother plan put forth under the guise of ferreting out child pornographers. Once again, good intentions — who doesn’t want to put an end to child…
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Flagged (flogged?) myself for White House
In light of the official blog of the White House soliciting Americans to report any individuals or publications that have spoken in opposition of the government’s proposed takeover of the…
Liberty
Help Is on the Way…
For all of you paranoid right-wingers who fear that the stimulus bill might be a bad thing. All you need is a handful of “Big Brother’s little helpers:”
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So much for “Big Brother”
Lefties are always complaining about urban surveillance cameras taking away our freedom by recording our every move. Well, check out the surveillance video (click image below) of the Times Square…
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Googling for beatniks
Everybody’s making a big deal about Google’s new street view feature for selected U.S. cities. Actually, it’s pretty neat. But the Big Brother fear mongers are upset that actual faces…