Archive for September, 2009
Military Robot Hops Over Walls
September 16th, 2009Via: BBC: Video footage has been released of a robot that can leap over obstacles more than 7.5m (25ft) high. Most of the time, the shoebox-sized robot – which is being developed for the US military – uses its four wheels to get around. But the Precision Urban Hopper can use a piston-actuated “leg” to […]
Biovail Paid Cash to Doctors Who Prescribed Blood Pressure Drug
September 15th, 2009Via: CBC: A subsidiary of Toronto-based drug maker Biovail Corp. will pay nearly $25 million US in fines after pleading guilty to encouraging doctors to prescribe their blood pressure drug by paying them cash on the side. The Boston office of the U.S. attorney announced Monday that Bridgewater, N.J.-based Biovail Pharmaceuticals Inc. was sentenced to […]
Oilsands Emit More Greenhouse Gas Emissions Than Some European Countries
September 15th, 2009Just wait until they hook up a few nuclear power plants to that apocalypse. Welcome to Alberta: “The worst of all worlds.” Via: CBC: Alberta’s oilsands produce more greenhouse gas emissions than some European countries right now and will produce more than all of the world’s volcanoes in just 11 years if the pace of […]
Pakistan Army Is Said to Be Linked to Many Killings in Swat
September 15th, 2009Via: New York Times: Two months after the Pakistani Army wrested control of the Swat Valley from Taliban militants, a new campaign of fear has taken hold, with scores, perhaps hundreds, of bodies dumped on the streets in what human rights advocates and local residents say is the work of the military. In some cases, […]
Brzezinski: Western Powers Going Down Same Road as Soviet Union in Afghanistan
September 15th, 2009Via: Herald Tribune: Western powers now in Afghanistan run the risk of suffering the fate of the Soviet Union there if they cannot halt the growing insurgency and an Afghan perception that they are foreign invaders, according to Zbigniew Brzezinski, the former U.S. national security adviser to President Jimmy Carter. In a speech opening a […]
And Now… The Lujo Virus
September 15th, 2009Via: Bloomberg: A previously unknown virus that killed four of the five people it struck in an outbreak in South Africa last year has been identified as part of a family of viruses humans can catch from rats. The virus, named Lujo, is an arenavirus that over the course of nine days caused rash, fever, […]
NASA Rocket to Create Clouds
September 15th, 2009Possibly Related: HAARP Via: Live Science: A rocket experiment set to launch Tuesday aims to create artificial clouds at the outermost layers of Earth’s atmosphere. The project, called the Charged Aerosol Release Experiment (CARE), plans to trigger cloud formation around the rocket’s exhaust particles. The clouds are intended to simulate naturally-occurring phenomena called noctilucent clouds, […]
New York Homes Raided in Terrorism Probe
September 15th, 2009Via: Reuters: New York City police and the FBI raided homes in the borough of Queens early on Monday as part of an investigation into suspected terrorism, focusing on one man who has been under surveillance, officials said. Authorities searched at least two apartments including one shared by five Afghan men, taking some of them […]
What Is American Police Force?
September 14th, 2009Update 10: Hilton Wrote a Check to Hardin Bed and Breakfast That Bounced Via: Missoulian: In announcing the suspension of a state investigation into American Police Force on Tuesday, state Attorney General Steve Bullock said he was “unaware of any Montanans who have been harmed financially by this company.” Meet Marcianna Smith. She is the […]
Israeli Government Ads Warn Against Marrying Non-Jews
September 14th, 2009U.S. Taxpayer money (a lot of it borrowed from China) is being used to promote crackpot religious purity propaganda in Israel. This is off the rails. Via: Alternet: The Israeli government has launched a television and Internet advertising campaign urging Israelis to inform on Jewish friends and relatives abroad who may be in danger of […]
