Archive for the 'Elite' Category
The CIA and Jeff Bezos Bet on Quantum Computing
October 5th, 2012Via: MIT Technology Review: Inside a blocky building in a Vancouver suburb, across the street from a dowdy McDonald’s, is a place chilled colder than anywhere in the known universe. Inside that is a computer processor that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and the CIA’s investment arm, In-Q-Tel, believe can tap the quirks of quantum mechanics […]
‘So, who does gain from the drugs trade?’
October 3rd, 2012The private prison scam is a key component of this as well. Via: Al Jazeera: Clearly a small number of criminals make significant sums from the trade. But most people are working for little more than subsistence wages, from the peasants growing coca plants in the Andes or opium poppies in Afghanistan to the dealers […]
Robert McKeon
September 29th, 2012Via: Bloomberg: Robert McKeon, the founder of private-equity firm Veritas Capital and a former chairman of Wasserstein Perella Management Partners, died Sept. 10 at his home in Darien, Connecticut. The cause of death was suicide, according to the office of Connecticut’s chief medical examiner. Darien police in an e-mail confirmed McKeon’s death and said the […]
Honduras: Human Rights Lawyer Murdered, Had Helped Prepare Motions Declaring Proposed Private Cities Unconstitutional
September 27th, 2012Via: AP: A prominent Honduran human rights lawyer gunned down after a weekend wedding had long complained about death threats, including in documents filed last year seeking protection from a powerful billionaire landowner. Antonio Trejo Cabrera, 41, who died early Sunday after being ambushed by gunmen, was a lawyer for three peasant cooperatives in the […]
Autonomous Vehicles Coming to Callfornia
September 26th, 2012Via: Google: California Governor Edmund G. “Jerry” Brown Jr. is visiting Google Headquarters today to sign SB1298, a bill that creates a legal framework and operational safety standards for the testing and operation of autonomous vehicles on state roads and highways.
Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients
September 24th, 2012Via: Guardian: Drugs are tested by the people who manufacture them, in poorly designed trials, on hopelessly small numbers of weird, unrepresentative patients, and analysed using techniques that are flawed by design, in such a way that they exaggerate the benefits of treatments. Unsurprisingly, these trials tend to produce results that favour the manufacturer. When […]
German Neuroscientist: Computer Use by Very Young Children Causes Brain Development Deficits That Are Irreversible
September 24th, 2012Via: WorldCrunch: Dr. Manfred Spitzer knows that people find his arguments provocative. In his first book, he warned parents of the very real dangers of letting their children spend too much time in front of the TV. Now, in a second book called Digitale Demenz [Digital Dementia], he’s telling them that teaching young kids finger-counting […]
Corrie Yelland Cured Anal Cancer with Cannabis Oil
September 23rd, 2012Warning: No information that appears on Cryptogon should be considered medical advice. Via: Cannabis Nation: Already coping with 2 spots of skin cancer on my collar bone, I was stunned when I was diagnosed with Anal Canal Cancer. (This is the same cancer that took Farrah Fawcett’s life.) Following 2 surgeries, the doctor told me […]
Wall Street Rolling Back Another Key Piece of Financial Reform
September 22nd, 2012Via: Rolling Stone: Wall Street lobbyists are awesome. I’m beginning to develop a begrudging respect not just for their body of work as a whole, but also for their sense of humor. They always go right to the edge of outrageous, and then wittily take one baby-step beyond it. And they did so again last […]
Scientists Warn That GM Wheat Could Cause Extremely Dangerous Gene Silencing Effects in Humans
September 21st, 2012Via: Safe Food Foundation: Expert scientists warn that genetically modified wheat may cause Glycogen Storage Disease IV, resulting in an enlarged liver, cirrhosis of the liver, and failure to thrive. Children born with this disease usually die at about the age of 5. Australia is on track to be the first country in the world […]
