Archive for November, 2009
Marines Use Brain Scans to Spot PTSD Triggers Before and During War
November 23rd, 2009In other words, the military is using the war as a giant MK screening lab. Via: Wired: Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images. Smiling kids embracing a soldier. […]
Transsexual Linked to Italy’s Sex Scandal ‘Found Dead’
November 23rd, 2009Via: Guardian: A Brazilian transsexual named in a sex scandal involving a former Italian politician is believed to have been killed in a fire in her Rome flat. The media said a bottle of whisky was found near the body of the woman, known as Brenda. There is no confirmation. She was linked to the […]
Forced Labor and Rape, the New Face of Slavery in America
November 23rd, 2009I don’t know about the “new” part, but so it goes. Via: Guardian: In the Midwestern heartland, police are encountering a new social evil: trafficking, often involving women and children who are forced to work as prostitutes or unpaid labour; and the outcomes can be brutal. Human trafficking has become a major issue in the […]
Historic Photographs Found Dumped Under Fort Worth Bridge
November 23rd, 2009Interesting date for such a find… Via: WFAA: Posted on November 22, 2009 A treasure trove of priceless photographs were recently found dumped under a bridge in South Fort Worth. Among the found photographs were images of President John F. Kennedy’s motorcade just moments before his assassination, a young President George H. W. Bush and […]
What’s in Your H1N1 Flu Vaccine?
November 23rd, 2009Via: Straight: Chris Shaw wasn’t always skeptical about vaccines. The neuroscientist at the University of British Columbia had his teenage son vaccinated with most of the recommended shots. But then he started studying some of the ingredients commonly found in vaccines. What he discovered caused him to go cold turkey on all shots for his […]
Iowa: “What we’re seeing is very heavy, wet hemorrhagic lungs, lungs with a lot of blood in them”
November 23rd, 2009Via: KCCI: Iowa has officially recorded 21 H1N1 deaths, including seven in Polk County alone. But the county’s medical examiner said he has performed autopsies on some residents who were never diagnosed with H1N1, but actually had it. “In the autopsy, what we’re seeing is very heavy, wet hemorrhagic lungs, lungs with a lot of […]
Gold: Fresh Record High
November 23rd, 2009WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. $1164. Gold and the U.S. Dollar Index typically describe an inverse relationship. When one goes up the other usually goes down. The charts below show the U.S. Dollar Index and gold as four hour candles. I have applied a 50 period […]
VeriChip Buys Steel Vault, Creating Micro-Implant Health Record/Credit Score Empire
November 22nd, 2009Via: Bnet: VeriChip (CHIP), the company that markets a microchip implant that links to your online health records, has acquired Steel Vault (SVUL), a credit monitoring and anti-identity theft company. The combined company will operate under a new name: PositiveID. The all-stock transaction will leave PositiveID in charge of a burgeoning empire of identity, health […]
Green Shoots in Canada: Bankruptcies Soar 43%
November 21st, 2009Via: CBC: The number of bankruptcies across the country was 43 per cent higher in September than at the same point a year ago, government data shows. The latest figures provided by the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy Canada show the increase is disproportionately slanted towards consumer bankruptcies over business insolvencies. The September figure […]
