Archive for the 'Elite' Category
Disgraced Former Penn State University President Now Working for U.S. Government in National Security Role
July 29th, 2012Echos of the Franklin imbroglio. Via: Washington Post: Graham Spanier might have been ousted from his post at the helm of Penn State over the sex-abuse scandal that engulfed the university, but it seems he’s found a backup employer: the American taxpayer. Only a disgraced public figure would consider joining the much-maligned ranks of the […]
Toxic Clenbuterol in Chinese and Mexican Meat
July 29th, 2012Via: CBC: Fearing tainted meat, China’s women’s volleyball team has stuck to a strict vegetarian diet for the last three weeks — which the team’s coach is now blaming for his athletes’ abysmal performance. The Chinese team lost four of five matches at a world tournament that ended Sunday in Ningbo, China, falling to the […]
Basketball Players On a DLR Train: All Seeing Eye in British Government Transportation Advisory for 2012 Olympics
July 28th, 2012Check out the tattoo on the right arm of the standing basketball player. Via: Get Ahead of the Games – Basketball Players On a DLR Train (.pdf): This website has been developed by Transport for London on behalf of the Olympic Delivery Authority, London 2012, the Department for Transport, the Highways Agency, National Rail and […]
Research Firm Correlates Spending on Lobbying with Stock Market Performance
July 23rd, 2012Via: Breakout: While this financial connection, in and of itself, is hardly a great revelation, new analysis from Strategas Research Partners shows irrefutable evidence that companies are getting a real bang for their buck on the money they spend trying to influence lawmakers. By tracking the 50 companies that spend the most money — as […]
TEPCO Subcontractor Tried to Underreport Workers’ Radiation Exposure by Covering Dosimeters with Lead
July 23rd, 2012Via: Kyodo: An executive of a Tokyo Electric Power Co. subcontractor forced its nine workers at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to cover their radiation monitoring meters with lead-made plates, the company said Saturday.
Facebook, Wal-Mart Chiefs Meet to ‘Deepen’ Relationship
July 20th, 2012The mind boggles. Via: Reuters: Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg is about to add the biggest retail players to his list of friends. Zuckerberg and his senior management team will spend two days at Wal-Mart Stores Inc’s Bentonville, Arkansas home office this week, meeting with executives of the world’s largest retailer and discussing ways […]
“The film – to be fed into the opening ceremony – was given the name ‘The Arrival'”
July 20th, 2012Really? Via: News Ltd: JAMES Bond star Daniel Craig is to open the London 2012 Olympic Games ceremony after a personal invitation from Queen Elizabeth II. The Queen asked Craig into Buckingham Palace to film spectacular scenes as 007 for London’s sporting extravaganza, The Sun reports. In the film, he arrives by Royal Appointment to […]
USDA Prepares To Greenlight Gnarliest GMO Soy Yet
July 18th, 2012Via: Mother Jones: In early July, on the sleepy Friday after Independence Day, the USDA quietly signaled its intention to greenlight a new genetically engineered soybean seed from Dow AgroSciences. The product is designed to produce soy plants that withstand 2,4-D, a highly toxic herbicide (and, famously, the less toxic component in the notorious Vietnam […]
U.S. Geoengineers to Spray Sun-Reflecting Chemicals from Balloon
July 18th, 2012Mmm hmm. Via: Guardian: Two Harvard engineers are to spray sun-reflecting chemical particles into the atmosphere to artificially cool the planet, using a balloon flying 80,000 feet over Fort Sumner, New Mexico. The field experiment in solar geoengineering aims to ultimately create a technology to replicate the observed effects of volcanoes that spew sulphates into […]
CNN on the Iran Threat
July 16th, 2012Via: Salon: There’s a perennial debate about whether the propagandistic tripe produced by establishment media outlets is shaped more by evil or by stupidity. Personally, I think it’s both: a healthy dose of each is needed. The system design is malicious, while those who serve as its public face are generally vacant.
