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MST3Kakalina
07-22-2005, 05:46 PM
hey you guys. i figure i'd grace ontopic with a more substantial piece of my presence than my little one-liner posts.


this is a "conspiracy theory" that i have been interested in since i was 15 or so.

you can read all about it here: http://www.sonic.net/sentinel/gvcon7.html


to sum up: the Department of Justice ordered a bunch of software from a company called Inslaw. The DoJ then never coughed up the money and tried as hard as they could to run Inslaw into the ground.

the program was a rather exceptional one called PROMIS (PROsecutor's Management Information System, or something similar). it was designed to help the Justice Department keep track of its myriad of cases, allowing the user all kinds of information at your fingertips, to keep track of a lot of things in an incredibly efficient way. the DoJ ordered it, didn't pay for it, and turned around and sold it to governments in South America, Canada, the UK, Israel, and probably more as well. there, it was modified to keep track of police, insurgents, submarines, or anything else of that nature.

lots of people who oppose or try to expose the DoJ end up dead, the most notable of which was Danny Casolaro.

Danny Casolaro was an investigative journalist who began to examine the Inslaw case as a favour, though soon he found information to suggest there exists "a transnational power bloc pursuing its own interests through subversion and overthrow of governments, dirty money and extra-electoral manipulation" that extends far beyond the bankruptcy of a small software company. things like Iran-Contra and the October Suprise come into play.

so anyway. this is really my kinda thing (i am a conspiracy theory whore) and i thought i'd pass it along to you guys. is it interesting? am i crazy? are they watching us RIGHT NOW?

i'd give a more detailed outline of it, but i'm eager to post this up. i'll probably give a more thorough explanation of it later. right now i need to call my boss.

Invader Flak
07-22-2005, 05:56 PM
Well, if delving into this causes death, staying away is prudent. Maybe it has to do with the Bilderbergs. Y'know, they started the 1970's oil crisis.

And we all die in 3...2...1...

leatherface
07-22-2005, 05:57 PM
Does the ROTTEN library have anything on this?

I'm vaguely reminded of Terminator's SKYNET.

Vile
07-22-2005, 06:29 PM
I don't think I'm being watched. Not in Canada, maybe in the states. I dunno.

Canada is pretty bland.

MST3Kakalina
07-22-2005, 08:03 PM
i can't imagine Canada using it to watch civilians, though. probably for something less insidious, like keeping track of army or police units, or even (gasp) the original intent of the program.

Vile
07-22-2005, 08:05 PM
Every time I think of it I have a powerful impulse to just pack up and move to a country that can't afford such things.

MST3Kakalina
07-22-2005, 08:17 PM
but then they can't afford things like food. or healthcare. or public transportation. it's a lose-lose situation.

Vile
07-22-2005, 08:23 PM
Maybe the rainforest will take me.

leatherface
07-22-2005, 08:48 PM
No, monkeys are mean.

Vile
07-22-2005, 08:49 PM
I'll ride a caimen and they won't fuck with me.