Archive for the 'Elite' Category
The Next Empire: China in Africa
April 28th, 2010Via: The Atlantic: Africans’ attitudes toward China’s recent initiatives on their continent are perhaps inevitably riddled with ambivalence. Many African intellectuals bridle at Western criticism of China’s African full-court press. The West, they say, has long patronized their continent, and since the end of the Cold War, has subjected it to outright neglect. And all […]
Blankfein Supports Financial Reform Legislation
April 28th, 2010In Fiat Currency Hell, endless financial complexity allows for swindling at heretofore unthinkable levels. This may sound counterintuitive, but the purpose of expanding the regulatory machinery is to facilitate even vaster amounts of fraud. This is what happens when big organizations fail, but aren’t allowed to die. A small number of people makes off with […]
Goldman Sachs Sausage Mill: “Boy, That Timberwolf Was One Shitty Deal”
April 28th, 2010Professor Tim Bell: Computer Science Unplugged
April 27th, 2010Tim Bell, a University of Canterbury Professor of Computer Science, developed a series of materials for teaching computer science concepts to children, “Through engaging games and puzzles that use cards, string, crayons and lots of running around.” He calls the curriculum Computer Science Unplugged. He spoke about Computer Science Unplugged on Radio New Zealand’s Nine […]
AIG Will Be Paying for Legal Defense of Goldman Sachs’ Top Executives; They Have Insurance Underwritten by AIG
April 25th, 2010Unless the AIG imbroglio is untangled, the rest of this is nonsense. —Elliot Spitzer: “There are no coincidences in this world. None.” Who bailed out AIG? The U.S. Taxpayer. So, who’s actually going to pick up the tabs to both prosecute and defend Blankfein and the gang? The U.S. Taxpayer. I don’t understand the significance […]
New Telescope Called “Lucifer” Built Next to Vatican Observatory
April 25th, 2010Via: Popular Science: A new instrument with an evil-sounding name is helping scientists see how stars are born. Lucifer, which stands for (deep breath) “Large Binocular Telescope Near-infrared Utility with Camera and Integral Field Unit for Extragalactic Research,” is a chilled instrument attached to a telescope in Arizona. And yes, it’s named for the Devil, […]
Google: Biggest Wardriver of Them All?
April 25th, 2010Via: Register: Google’s roving Street View spycam may blur your face, but it’s got your number. The Street View service is under fire in Germany for scanning private WLAN networks, and recording users’ unique Mac (Media Access Control) addresses, as the car trundles along. Germany’s Federal Commissioner for Data Protection Peter Schaar says he’s “horrified” […]
Stephen Hawking: Extraterrestrials Are Almost Certain to Exist; If We Encounter Them, Chances Are We’re Doomed
April 25th, 2010If Martians fell from the sky What would that do to God? Would we put the weapon down Or aim it up at the sky No one would believe it Except the fucking nut jobs They’d laugh and cry “We told you so!” Dave Matthews Band — Time Bomb The mainstream media is, increasingly, driving […]
GM Pays Back TARP Loans With…TARP Loans
April 24th, 2010Why not? It works for Uncle $cam! Via: Reason: Have you driven a Ford lately? That might be a good idea, as it seems that GM’s claims to have repaid its TARP loans in full and ahead of schedule are, well, bullshit. Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) has sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner […]
FDIC Friday: Regulators Seize Bank Linked to U.S. Senate Candidate
April 24th, 2010I’ve become bored with FDIC Fridays, but I couldn’t resist posting this one. Via: Reuters: Regulators on Friday seized a Chicago bank owned by the family of the Democratic nominee running for the U.S. Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama. Broadway Bank was among seven Illinois banks whose failure was announced on Friday. […]
