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UK Aviation Industry Attacks National ID scheme

Fourteen leading figures in the UK aviation industry have spoken out against
the British government’s national ID scheme. In a strongly worded open letter to the Home Secretary, they express their “determined opposition” and highlight that enrolment on
the National ID Scheme will provide “no additional security” - indeed it
risks creating a “false sense of security”.
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UK Biometric ID Capture Outsourced to Supermarkets

Britain’s Daily Telegraph (May 12th) reports on a new British government scheme, designed to shave a billion pounds off the cost of implementing their new population surveillance program, also known as the National ID card.
Originally, the proposal was for people to be fingerprinted at a passport office, but now the government has announced a plan […]

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Global Nomads’ Easter update

Greetings to Nomads near and far:
“May you live in exciting times”
As Bear Sterns is being rescued by a bankrupt fed, we’ve decided to take a break from mainstream news and hit the road over the Easter break - nomad style. Your editorial team will be back blogging next week.
Someone pointed out that our list of […]

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How to Play with Ideas Without Going Nuts!

Now here’s some pure, wholesome entertainment for you.  Vera Verba, a Chicago publishing house most famous for publishing one of our favourite books A Lodging of Wayfaring Men, has just released their Conspiracy Hunt 2007.
By way of introduction, they permitted us to reproduce for our readers the introduction, which we think makes a lot of […]

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