Archive for September, 2007
Judge Wants Everyone in UK on DNA Database
September 6th, 2007Via: Guardian: The entire UK population and every visitor to Britain should be put on the national DNA database, a top judge said today. Lord Justice Sedley, one of England’s most experienced appeal court judges, described the country’s current system as “indefensible”. “We have a situation where if you happen to have been in the […]
Unauthorized Motorcade Drives Into APEC High Security Zone, Punter Emerges from Limousine Dressed as Bin Laden
September 6th, 2007I wonder if they drew straws to see who would have to wear the Bin Laden outfit. Via: news.com.au: ELEVEN members of the ABC’S The Chaser team have been detained by police while performing a prank at Sydney’s InterContinental Hotel, ABC management said today. Among those arrested were on-screen stars Julian Morrow and Chas Licciardello. […]
Combat Air Patrols Over U.S. Will be Grounded on September 14th in Wake of Nuke Flap
September 6th, 2007Via: CNN: Lt. Col. Ed Thomas said that while the military does not publicly discuss nuclear weapons procedures, in this case the Air Force decided to acknowledge the incident in order to reassure the public. “The public was never in any danger,” Thomas said. But officials also said the incident was a major breach of […]
Record Drop in Pending Home Sales
September 5th, 2007Via: CNN: The meltdown in the mortgage market caused the biggest drop on record in July for pending home sales, taking the index down to the lowest level since the month that included the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attack. The National Association of Realtors’ pending home sales index, which measures contracts to buy existing homes, […]
Milestone in Magnetic Cooling
September 5th, 2007Danish researchers are developing a silent, very low power refrigeration technology that uses magnets. Via: Physorg: The first milestone in magnetic cooling has been achieved. Between 5 and 10 degrees of cooling – this was the success criteria for the first milestone in a project involving magnetic cooling at Risø National Laboratory – Technical University […]
Did 22 SDI Researchers Really ALL Commit Suicide?
September 5th, 2007Glad to see this one making the rounds again. Via: fiu.edu: With his death, Beckham’s name was added to a growing list of British scientists who’ve died or disappeared under mysterious circumstances since 1982. Each was a skilled expert in computers, and each was working on a highly classified project for the American Star Wars […]
“State Police Intelligence Units on Steroids”
September 5th, 2007Via: My San Antonio: The Congressional Research Service earlier this summer prepared a report to Congress on anti-terrorism efforts at state law enforcement “fusion centers,” including the one run by DPS. A focus of the report was on computer systems such as TDEx used by the fusion centers to connect the dots in criminal activity. […]
Markets Brace for Seismic September
September 4th, 2007Via: New York Post: The Labor Day weekend is over, the kids are back in school and Wall Street traders have returned to their desks, bracing themselves for a bumpy ride. But this year investors shouldn’t count on the “Santa Claus rally” to rescue them from the tumult created by the subprime market implosion. ” […]
California Senate Blocks Mandatory ID Implants in Employees
September 4th, 2007Oh, thank you, Master. Via: Los Angeles Times: Tackling a dilemma right out of a science fiction novel, the state Senate passed legislation Thursday that would bar employers from requiring workers to have identification devices implanted under their skin. State Sen. Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto) proposed the measure after at least one company began marketing […]
Water Cannons, City Lockdown: Welcome to APEC
September 4th, 2007Via: Stuff: The security fence is in place. The warning systems are installed. The water cannon is loaded. Sydney is braced for Apec, for better or worse. Australian Prime Minister John Howard extolled the benefits of Apec week with his now-customary address via the internet, on YouTube, as 20 world leaders prepare to descend on […]
