Archive for April, 2012
Australian Billionaire to Build Titanic II in China
April 30th, 2012Via: AFP: One of Australia’s richest men, Clive Palmer, has unveiled plans for a 21st century version of the Titanic to be built in China, with its first voyage from England to New York set for 2016. Palmer, a self-made mining billionaire, said he has commissioned state-owned Chinese company CSC Jinling Shipyard to construct Titanic […]
French Publication Claims Gaddafi Offered Sarkozy $66 Million to Finance His 2007 Campaign
April 29th, 2012Let’s start with the basics. The Frogs did it. It’s always worth repeating; this is a French war. —Why Gaddafi Got a Red Card Via: Global Post: In late 2006, Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi offered nearly $66 million, or 50 million euros, to support the 2007 campaign of Nicolas Sarkozy, France’s current president who is […]
Possible Arsenic Poisoning Probed in Death of Coroner’s Official
April 29th, 2012Various conspiracy backwaters have lost their minds over a rumor that this has something to do with Andrew Breitbart’s death. I’m just posting this so I don’t receive several dozen submissions for Sucha Fool, ATS, GLP, etc. Via: Los Angeles Times: Authorities said a Los Angeles County coroner’s official, Michael Cormier, appears to have died […]
Justice Department Clears Google in Wi-Fi Sniffing Scandal
April 29th, 2012Compared to what Uncle $cam and “Law Enforcement” are doing every second of every day, this Google debacle was almost hilariously trivial. Via: Wired: The Justice Department has cleared Google of wiretapping violations in connection to the company secretly intercepting Americans’ data on unencrypted Wi-Fi routers for two years ending in 2010, Google said. “The […]
Spanish Foreign Minister: ‘Spain Is in a Crisis of Huge Proportions’
April 28th, 2012Via: Reuters: Spain’s sickly economy faces a “crisis of huge proportions”, a minister said on Friday, as unemployment hit its highest level in almost two decades and Standard and Poor’s downgraded the government’s debt by two notches. Unemployment shot up to 24 percent in the first quarter, one of the worst jobless figures in the […]
U.S. Firms Add Jobs, but Mostly Overseas
April 27th, 2012Via: Wall Street Journal: Thirty-five big U.S.-based multinational companies added jobs much faster than other U.S. employers in the past two years, but nearly three-fourths of those jobs were overseas, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis. Those companies, which include Wal-Mart Stores Inc., International Paper Co., Honeywell International Inc. and United Parcel Service Inc., […]
Spanish Unemployment Hits Record 24.4%
April 27th, 2012Via: BBC: Spanish unemployment has hit a new record high, official figures have shown. The number of unemployed people reached 5,639,500 at the end of March, with the unemployment rate hitting 24.4%, the national statistics agency said. The figures came hours after rating agency Standard & Poor’s downgraded Spanish sovereign debt. Official figures due out […]
Using DSLR Cameras in London
April 26th, 2012Grim. Canon Rumors Forum
Google Tries To Slam Brakes On Privacy Outcry Over ‘Google Drive’
April 26th, 2012Via: Talking Points Memo: Google on Tuesday unveiled what it affectionately referred to as its “Loch Ness Monster” of products, a long-rumored cloud-based file storage service called simply “Google Drive.” But now, Google is having trouble keeping its monster under control as a number of Web users have raised privacy issues with the new product. […]
Pope Calls in Opus Dei Troubleshooter to Uncover Source of Vatican Leaks
April 26th, 2012Via: Guardian: Vatican staffers who have been leaking embarrassing letters about corruption and nepotism inside the tiny city state are to be hunted down by a crack squad of cardinals led by a senior member of the religious group Opus Dei. Irritated by the anonymous release of documents to the press this year, Pope Benedict […]
