Evidence of a 'Master Plan'

" ... "The World Has Cancer And The Cancer Is Man" - A. Gregg as quoted in Mankind at the Turning Point (1974)

In 1974 the book Mankind at the Turning Point: The Second Report to The Club of Rome [1] was published. This report states the need to create an "organic" or a truly interdependent society as the only way to save the world from the almost overwhelming world problematique.

According to The Club of Rome, the world problematique is the set of interlocking world problems, such as, over population, food shortages, non-renewable resource depletion, environmental degradation, etc. With the use of absurd, exponentially based computer models, the complete unravelling of society and perhaps the biosphere was predicted. Not surprisingly the only solution capable of adverting global catastrophe is the development of an organic society. As I will show, a global organic society is only a euphemism for totalitarian world government.

The Club of Rome is a premiere think tank composed of approximately 100 members including leading scientists, philosophers, political advisors and many other characters who lurk in the shadows of power. ... "

Mankind at the Turning Point Part 1: Interdependence is Totalitarian

Mankind at the Turning Point Part 2: Creating A One World Consciousness

'Swatting' is latest cybercrime

From UPI:

The United States is dealing with a new type of cybercrime that fools 911 dispatchers into sending SWAT teams to homes where there is no emergency.

Called "swatting," the practice involves using computers to make it appear that life-and-death emergency calls are coming from homes selected by the prankster, The Daily Breeze newspaper of Torrance, Calif. reports.

Supervising agent Bryan Duchene of the FBI's Los Angeles cybercrimes unit says swatting has no profit motive.

"It's just a twisted way for people to have fun."...

Infowar and psychological operations without limits

From Global Research:

The 2003 Pentagon document entitled Information Operation Roadmap describes the need to dominate the entire electromagnetic spectrum, 'fight the net', and use psychological operations to aggressively modify behaviour. But one major question remains; are there any limits to information warfare?

For further reference see The author's previous article describing the major thrust of this document.

The present article is Part Five of a Series of five articles...

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Battle of the bulgeless wallet hits Ivy League

More signs of hard times, unfortunately.

From the San Francisco Chronicle:

A financial aid war is breaking out among the nation's elite universities.

More than three dozen schools have capped or eliminated loans, tuition or parental contributions for low-, middle- and in some cases upper-middle-income students. Most of them are private, ultra-selective schools with enormous endowments and a small percentage of poor students. Students who qualify for more aid might find these universities cheaper even than state schools - if they can get in.

The movement could help put a damper on skyrocketing college costs. But schools with smaller endowments and larger percentages of low-income students will be hard pressed to match the price cuts of the richest schools.

This year's cybercrime trends forecast from Trend Micro

From prosecurityzone.com (via slashdot.org):

Increasing trend in underlying criminality for financial gain in the area of cybercrime set to continue throughout 2008.
 
Trend Micro has published its 2007 Threat Report and 2008 Forecast.

According to research from Trend Micro's TrendLabsSM, hackers are intensifying their attacks on legitimate Web sites. It debunks the adage to “not visit questionable sites” – just because a user visits a gambling or adult-content site doesn't necessarily mean Web threats are lurking in the shadows; the site with the latest sports news or links in a search engine result, however, could potentially infect visitors with malware.

An underground malware industry has carved itself a thriving market by exploiting the trust and confidence of Web users. The Russian Business Network, for example, was notorious all year for hosting illegal businesses including child pornography, phishing and malware distribution sites. This underground industry excludes no one. In 2007, Apple had to contend with the ZLOB gang, proving that even alternative operating systems are not safe havens for the online user. The Italian Gromozon, a malware disguised in the form of a rogue anti-spyware security application, also made its mark in 2007.

This past year, the NUWAR (Storm) botnet expanded in scope when Trend Micro researchers found proof that the Storm botnet is renting its services to host fly-by-night online pharmacies, dabble in stock pump-and-dump scams, and even portions of its backend botnet infrastructure. During 2007, the most popular communication protocol among botnet owners was still Internet Relay Chat...