Archive for the 'Economy' Category
‘Who’s Your Daddy’ Truck Rolls Through NYC
August 16th, 2012Would you like fries with that? Via: CBS: It is a sign of the times — getting a quick DNA test is now as easy as walking up to a truck. The “Who’s Your Daddy” recreational vehicle is selling DNA tests, mostly to fathers who suspect their children may not actually be theirs.
California: The Companies Trying to Stop Mandatory Labeling of Products Containing GM Ingredients
August 16th, 2012For a complete list, see the link. Via: California Secretary of State: MONSANTO COMPANY $4,208,000.00 E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS & CO. $4,025,200.00 PEPSICO, INC. $1,716,300.00 BASF PLANT SCIENCE $1,642,300.00 BAYER CROPSCIENCE $1,618,400.00 DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC $1,184,800.00 NESTLE USA, INC. $1,169,400.00 COCA-COLA NORTH AMERICA $1,164,400.00 CONAGRA FOODS $1,076,700.00
25 Cutting Edge Firms Funded By The CIA
August 15th, 201225 In-Q-Tel companies: Business Insider.
Khan Academy Offers Javascript Tutorials
August 15th, 2012I don’t know about calling this, “Computer Science,” but it might be useful for Cryptogon homeschoolers out there who are teaching kids about computers. In case you’re curious about what a no-joke introduction to computer science looks like, or if you have older children, see: MIT: Introduction to Computer Science and Programming. Via: Khan Academy: […]
Lawmakers Suspect Money Laundering Issues at Wal-Mart
August 15th, 2012Money laundering and bribery. In Mexico. Gee, I wonder what other activities this involves? (Rhetorical question of the year.) Via: Reuters: Two U.S. House Democrats investigating bribery allegations in Wal-Mart’s Mexico affiliate said on Tuesday they have obtained new internal records that may point to evidence of tax evasion and money laundering. Reps. Elijah Cummings […]
JPMorgan Spends $500 Million per Data Center
August 14th, 2012Via: Data Center Knowledge: JPMorgan Chase spends $500 million to build a data center, according to CEO Jamie Dimon. That figure places the firm’s facilities among the most expensive in the industry, on a par with investments by Google and Microsoft in their largest data centers.
Facedeals
August 14th, 2012“We can ‘soft control’ users with gaming or social network incentives to drive them where we want them.” —Using Mobile Phone User Location Data for ‘Crowd (Soft) Control’ Via: Los Angeles Times: A new app is being tested in Nashville, Tenn., that can check in people on Facebook and send them offers using facial-recognition cameras. […]
‘Study Predicts Imminent Irreversible Planetary Collapse’
August 14th, 2012Via: Simon Fraser University: The authors recommend governments undertake five actions immediately if we are to have any hope of delaying or minimizing a planetary-state-shift. Arne Mooers, an SFU biodiversity professor and a co-author of this study, summarizes them as follows. “Society globally has to collectively decide that we need to drastically lower our population […]
Pics of New Mexican President with Sinaloa Cartel Lieutenant
August 13th, 2012Via: Mad Cow Productions: He hasn’t even taken office yet, but Mexico’s new President Enrique Peña Nieto has already got some ‘splainin’ to do. Mexico City newspapers today reported the discovery of pictures of the not-yet-inaugarated new President in which he appears chummy with a man arrested yesterday in Madrid and charged with importing 337 […]
Federal Government’s Financial Burden Grows By $10 Million A Minute
August 12th, 2012Via: U.S. News and World Report: Former U.S. comptroller general David Walker is sounding the alarm on the federal government’s “financial sinkhole,” which he says is growing deeper by about $10 million every minute. By “sinkhole,” Walker is not just referring to debt, but the government’s total liabilities, unfunded social insurance promises, and other federal […]
