Archive for November, 2009
‘Something May Come Through’ Dimensional ‘Doors’ at LHC
November 16th, 2009I’m sure that Dick Cheney will wear his finest hooded robe for the occasion. Via: Register: A top boffin at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) says that the titanic machine may possibly create or discover previously unimagined scientific phenomena, or “unknown unknowns” – for instance “an extra dimension”. “Out of this door might come something, […]
Gold Breaks Up and Out Again; New Record High
November 16th, 2009WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. $1128. I don’t mean to piss on the parade, but here’s a gentle FYI for the more tactical gold investors out there: There’s some bearish divergence showing up on gold in the longer intraday intervals, and while the dollar is still […]
Democracy: U.S. Unveils New $60 Million Prison Wing in Afghanistan
November 15th, 2009Via: Al Jazeera: Journalists have been allowed to inspect refurbished facilities at Bagram airbase in Afghanistan, the largest US military hub in the region and home to a controversial prison. Al Jazeera’s correspondent James Bays, who was among those who inspected the facilities on Sunday, said Bagram, unlike its Guantanamo counterpart, was clearly not going […]
Medical Doctor Retracts H1N1 Vaccine Advice After Reading Insert
November 15th, 2009Multiple companies are producing H1N1 vaccines for use in the U.S. The inserts are available from the FDA for anyone who’s interested.
Cost of Keeping One U.S. Soldier in Afghanistan Per Year: One Million Dollars
November 15th, 2009The U.S. doesn’t have to “win” the war for a handful of diabolical corporations to make a killing. The trick is to keep the war going for as long as possible. And, day after day, the shakedown continues. Bogus contracts, drugs and energy. That’s all, folks. Plus a little change we can believe in. Via: […]
Two Programmers Charged With Helping Madoff Falsify Records
November 15th, 2009Via: New York Times: Two computer programmers who worked for Bernard L. Madoff’s brokerage firm were arrested on Friday and accused of helping him sustain his long-running Ponzi scheme. The two men — Jerome O’Hara of Malverne, N.Y., and George Perez of East Brunswick, N.J. — were also named in a civil case filed on […]
Can D.I.Y. Supplant the First-Person Shooter?
November 15th, 2009This is an interesting article about independent video game developers. I enjoy stories about people who figure out how to hack the system in innovative ways. If you do too, you might want to check this out—whether you ever play video games, or not. Via: New York Times Magazine: These game designers, a self-described indie […]
Congressional Statements Ghostwritten by Genentech Lobbyists
November 15th, 2009Via: New York Times: In the official record of the historic House debate on overhauling health care, the speeches of many lawmakers echo with similarities. Often, that was no accident. Statements by more than a dozen lawmakers were ghostwritten, in whole or in part, by Washington lobbyists working for Genentech, one of the world’s largest […]
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