Archive for the 'Elite' Category
Karzai Says Taliban ‘In Service to America’
March 10th, 2013My guess is that Karzai probably perceives that he’s not getting a big enough cut of the opium pie. Via: Wall Street Journal: Afghanistan’s fraying ties with the U.S. hit a new low on Sunday, as President Hamid Karzai said before meeting the new U.S. defense secretary that the Taliban kill Afghan civilians “in the […]
Greece: Rise of the Golden Dawn Nazis
March 9th, 2013Via: Independent: On a recent Thursday night, seven teenage boys in the central Greek city of Larissa decided to have what they described as “fun”. Armed with rocks and wooden batons, the group of 15-year-olds attacked the shop of a Pakistani resident. His son was treated for head injuries. Attacks by children are rare, but […]
John Brennan Sworn in as CIA Director Using Constitution Lacking Bill of Rights
March 9th, 2013Via: Empty Wheel: According to the White House, John Brennan was sworn in as CIA Director on a “first draft” of the Constitution including notations from George Washington, dating to 1787. Vice President Joe Biden swears in CIA Director John Brennan in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, March 8, 2013. Members of Brennan’s […]
F-35 Blind Spot Will Get It ‘Gunned Every Time’
March 8th, 2013Via: Wired: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the military’s expensive main warplane of the future, has a huge blind spot directly behind it. Pilots say that could get them shot down in close-quarters combat, where the flier with the better visibility has the killing advantage. “Aft visibility could turn out to be a significant problem […]
Operation Condor
March 8th, 2013Via: Democracy Now: A historic trial underway in Argentina is set to reveal new details about how Latin American countries coordinated with each other in the 1970s and ’80s to eliminate political dissidents. The campaign known as “Operation Condor” involved military dictatorships in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay. They worked together to […]
Maine Town Declares Food Sovereignty
March 8th, 2013Via: Food Renegade: Sedgwick, Maine has done what no other town in the United States has done. The town unanimously passed an ordinance giving its citizens the right “to produce, process, sell, purchase, and consume local foods of their choosing.” This includes raw milk, locally slaughtered meats, and just about anything else you can imagine. […]
Nearly 80% of New York City Public High-School Grads at CUNY Community Colleges Require Remedial English or Math Classes
March 8th, 2013Via: New York Post: Nearly 80 percent of city public high-school graduates who enrolled in a City University of New York community college last year had to relearn the basics of reading, writing or math — the highest percentage in years. A stunning 79.3 percent of city public-school grads who went to CUNY’s six two-year […]
Holder: Some Banks Too Big to Prosecute
March 7th, 2013Via: New York Magazine: GRASSLEY: OK. On the issue of bank prosecution, I’m concerned that we have a mentality of too-big-to-jail in the financial sector of spreading from fraud cases to terrorist financing and money laundering cases — and I cite HSBC. So I think we’re on a slippery slope. So then that’s background for […]
China: Concept for Cairn-Shaped Farmscrapers
March 6th, 2013While I definitely wouldn’t hold my breath waiting for any of these to be built, my guess is that you would be hard pressed to find a better gallery of sci-fi cityscapes to look at while you waste time at work. Via: Vincent Callebaut Architectures: Related: Secret Organic Gardens for China’s Elite China Acknowledges ‘Cancer […]
Pirate Bay Now Running Out of North Korea [???]
March 4th, 2013Update: Probably Still in Europe This post purports to explain what’s happening. You’ll need more propellers in your beanie than I have in mine if you plan on understanding this: The Pirate Bay – North Korean hosting? No, it’s fake. (P2) — Still Routes Through Europe I’m not really sure what’s going on here. nslookup […]
