Archive for May, 2011
Miami Shootout
May 30th, 2011Via: Miami Herald: Three police officers are in the hospital Monday after emptying several rounds of bullets on a driver who opened fire on South Beach. The driver was killed; four bystanders were injured. The police officers involved are in non-life-threatening condition, said Miami Beach Police Sgt. Alejandro Bello.
Germany Decides to Abandon Nuclear Power by 2022
May 30th, 2011Via: AP: Germany’s governing coalition said Monday it will shut down all the country’s nuclear power plants by 2022. The decision, prompted by Japan’s nuclear disaster, will make Germany the first major industrialized nation to go nuclear-free in years. It also completes a remarkable about-face for Chancellor Angela Merkel’s center-right government, which only late last […]
The Whistleblower
May 30th, 2011If you don’t know what this is about, see the handy Employee involvement in child sex slave traffic section on the Wikipedia page for DynCorp. And remember: “We Serve Today For a Better Tomorrow.” Related: The Whistleblower: Sex Trafficking, Military Contractors, and One Woman’s Fight for Justice by Kathryn Bolkovac Bolkovac, who worked as part […]
Dozens of Pages Disappear from Intelligence File on Canadian Socialist
May 30th, 2011Via: The Canadian Press: Dozens of pages from a decades-old intelligence file on socialist icon Tommy Douglas have mysteriously disappeared. The disappearance came to light during a lengthy court battle over the federal government’s refusal to fully disclose the RCMP dossier on the former Saskatchewan premier and one-time federal NDP leader. Library and Archives Canada, […]
Robot Juggles Five Billiard Balls at Once
May 30th, 2011The audio is the chilling part. Via: io9: This a robotic juggler built by the Department of Control Engineering at Prague’s Czech Technical University. Researchers have taught this machine to lob and catch five billiard balls all on its own. It’ll someday do the same with our skulls.
Fukushima: Tepco Admits That Stabilizing Reactors by Year’s End May Be Impossible
May 30th, 2011Via: Japan Times / Kyodo: Stabilizing the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant by the end of the year may be impossible, senior officials at Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Sunday, throwing a monkey wrench into plans to let evacuees return to their homes near the plant. The confirmation of core meltdowns hitting […]
Pledge of Allegiance
May 30th, 2011Research Credit: gatorcountry
Greece: Massive Outside Intervention Over Bailout
May 30th, 2011Via: Financial Times: European leaders are negotiating a deal that would lead to unprecedented outside intervention in the Greek economy, including international involvement in tax collection and privatisation of state assets, in exchange for new bail-out loans for Athens. People involved in the talks said the package would also include incentives for private holders of […]
Police Threaten CNN Journalist Looking for “Secret Morgue” [???]
May 29th, 2011What’s this all about?
UK Training Saudi Forces Used to Crush Arab Spring
May 29th, 2011Via: Guardian: Britain is training Saudi Arabia’s national guard – the elite security force deployed during the recent protests in Bahrain – in public order enforcement measures and the use of sniper rifles. The revelation has outraged human rights groups, which point out that the Foreign Office recognises that the kingdom’s human rights record is […]
