Archive for April, 2009
Merck Drew Up Hit List of Doctors Who Needed to Be “Neutralised”
April 24th, 2009Via: The Australian: AN international drug company made a hit list of doctors who had to be “neutralised” or discredited because they criticised the anti-arthritis drug the pharmaceutical giant produced. Staff at US company Merck &Co emailed each other about the list of doctors – mainly researchers and academics – who had been negative about […]
Never-Before-Seen Form of the Flu That Combines Pig, Bird and Human Viruses
April 24th, 2009UPDATE: MEXICO CITY SUSPENDS CLASSES AT SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES Via: AP: Mexico City has suspended classes at schools and universities to contain what could be a new flu strain. Health Secretary Jose Cordova says private and public schools in this metropolis of 20 million have been ordered to remain closed Friday. The measure could be […]
China Has Nearly Doubled Its Gold Reserves Since 2003
April 24th, 2009Via: MarketWatch: Gold futures rose Friday, and were headed for their first week of gain in five, after getting a boost from news that China has nearly doubled its gold reserves since 2003 to the world’s fifth largest. Copper is poised to lose more than 8% this week on economic fears. … Hu Xiaolian, head […]
Member of UAE Royal Family Tortures Man
April 23rd, 2009The U.S. has very friendly military and economic relations with the United Arab Emirates. WARNING: EXTREMELY GRAPHIC. WARNING GRAPHIC UAE Torture Tapes Revealed Via: ABC News: A video tape smuggled out of the United Arab Emirates shows a member of the country’s royal family mercilessly torturing a man with whips, electric cattle prods and wooden […]
Brazilians, Including Organized Crime Groups, Using Improvised Radio Gear to Communicate Over Old U.S. Navy Satellites
April 23rd, 2009Via: Wired: The problem goes back more than a decade, to the mid-1990s, when Brazilian radio technicians discovered they could jump on the UHF frequencies dedicated to satellites in the Navy’s Fleet Satellite Communication system, or FLTSATCOM. They’ve been at it ever since. Truck drivers love the birds because they provide better range and sound […]
Britain: Children Tracked by GPS, Encouraged to Report Anti Social Activity to Police
April 23rd, 2009Via: Telegraph: Children will be tracked by satellite on public transport and encouraged to spy on their friends and report bad behaviour, under a pilot scheme by the Welsh Assembly. The project is being trialled across the six North Wales counties to tackle anti-social behaviour on school buses. Pupils will use a picture swipe card […]
U.S. Army Biological Warfare Lab Missing Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Samples; 21 Polo Ponies from Venezuela Died at Event in Florida
April 23rd, 2009According to CBS News, the people investigating the deaths of the horses in Florida are focusing on the possibility that a tainted batch of a vitamin supplement called Biodyl might be to blame. All of the horses that died received the supplement. The five horses that didn’t receive the Biodyl are fine. Ok. Maybe that’s […]
GM to Shut Most U.S. Plants for Up to 9 Weeks
April 23rd, 2009Via: AFP: Troubled US auto giant General Motors plans to close some of its US plants for up to nine weeks this summer in a cost cutting measure to counter slumping sales, the Detroit News reported Wednesday. The embattled auto firm, which has been given 13.4 billion dollars by the US government, is set to […]
Wired on Georgia Guidestones
April 22nd, 2009Via: Wired: The strangest monument in America looms over a barren knoll in northeastern Georgia. Five massive slabs of polished granite rise out of the earth in a star pattern. The rocks are each 16 feet tall, with four of them weighing more than 20 tons apiece. Together they support a 25,000-pound capstone. Approaching the […]
Britain: Top Income Tax Rate Increasing to 50%
April 22nd, 2009Via: AFP: The government will increase its top rate of income tax to a higher than expected 50 percent from next year, Chancellor Alistair Darling said on Wednesday as he delivered the government’s annual budget. The tax band had originally been due to rise to 45 percent from 40 percent in April 2011 as Britain […]
