Archive for February 5th, 2007
Vaccine center issues warning
Washington Times | Feb. 3, 2007
By Gregory Lopes
The National Vaccine Information Center yesterday warned state officials to investigate the safety of a breakthrough cancer vaccine as Texas became the first state to make the vaccine mandatory for school-age girls.
Negative side effects of Gardasil, a new Merck vaccine to prevent the sexually transmitted virus that causes [...]
Cashless society will benefit ‘Big Brother’ government and banks but not consumers
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By BRUCE C. MIZE
What is the agenda of those who are promoting a cashless society?
It is the opinion of this “cash talks” proponent that “Big Brother” government and banks want this society so they may track an individual’s every purchase and account for his or her time all day long and make money for banks. [...]
School fingerprinter repents
The Register | Feb. 5, 2007
By Mark Ballard
The managing director of one of the firms supplying fingerprint scanners to British schools has vowed to come clean to parents about the arguments against the use of such biometric technology on children.
In an interview with The Register Alisdair Darrock, managing director of Softlink, a firm that sells [...]
Who watches the watchers in surveillance society?
Reuters | Feb. 5, 2007
CHICAGO – In some cities in Europe and the United States, a person can be videotaped by surveillance cameras hundreds of times a day, and it’s safe to say that most of the time no one is actually watching.
But the advent of “intelligent video” — software that raises the alarm if something [...]
The Rockefeller File
