Archive for March, 2010
Obama Supports DNA Sampling Upon Arrest
March 15th, 2010Via: Wired: Josh Gerstein over at Politico sent Threat Level his piece underscoring once again President Barack Obama is not the civil-liberties knight in shining armor many were expecting. Gerstein posts a televised interview of Obama and John Walsh of America’s Most Wanted. The nation’s chief executive extols the virtues of mandatory DNA testing of […]
Guns in Two Mass Shootings Came from Memphis Police and Court System
March 14th, 2010Via: AP: Two guns used in high-profile shootings this year at the Pentagon and a Las Vegas courthouse both came from the same unlikely place: the police and court system of Memphis, Tenn. Law enforcement officials told The Associated Press that both guns were once seized in criminal cases in Memphis. The officials described how […]
Social Security to Start Cashing Uncle Sam’s IOUs
March 14th, 2010Via: AP: The retirement nest egg of an entire generation is stashed away in this small town along the Ohio River: $2.5 trillion in IOUs from the federal government, payable to the Social Security Administration. It’s time to start cashing them in. For more than two decades, Social Security collected more money in payroll taxes […]
IRS Visits Sacramento Carwash in Pursuit of Four Cents
March 14th, 2010Via: Sacramento Bee: It was every businessperson’s nightmare. Arriving at Harv’s Metro Car Wash in midtown Wednesday afternoon were two dark-suited IRS agents demanding payment of delinquent taxes. “They were deadly serious, very aggressive, very condescending,” says Harv’s owner, Aaron Zeff. The really odd part of this: The letter that was hand-delivered to Zeff’s on-site […]
China Warns Google to Comply with Censorship Laws
March 13th, 2010Via: BBC: China’s top internet official has warned that Google will “pay the consequences” if it continues to go against Chinese law. Google announced in January that it would no longer comply with China’s internet censorship laws. It warned that it may shut down google.cn because of censorship and a hacking attack on the portal. […]
Cryptogon Reader Signs Up for Hosting with BlueHost
March 13th, 2010Thanks to the owner of gogreenenergyblog.com for signing up for hosting with BlueHost. Cryptogon received $90.
Pope Had Role in Moving Molesting Priest, Who Then Continued to Molest Children
March 13th, 2010From the Pope on down, through the Vatican and therefore through the lower echelons, the whole organisation, in my belief, is utterly anti-Christian and evil, as proven by centuries of torture, bloodshed, burnings, terrorism, and coverings-up of “the worst crime” known to man. And if Jesus Christ is to be seen in the vulnerable of […]
The EverBank Gold Story
March 13th, 2010WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. Disclosure: I have no relationship with EverBank. Dozens of blogs are reporting that EverBank has changed the terms and conditions with regard to their Non-FDIC Insured Metals Select product. The typical way that stories like this work is that one goldbug […]
Five Creepy Ways Video Games Are Trying to Get You Addicted
March 12th, 2010Via: Cracked: Are some games intentionally designed to keep you compulsively playing, even when you’re not enjoying it? Oh, hell yes. And their methods are downright creepy. Related: The Future Where Soda Cans Have Screens Research Credit: ltcolonelnemo
Air Quality Bad for 40 Percent of Americans
March 12th, 2010Via: Courthouse News: Despite drastic cuts in air pollution, more than 40 percent of Americans still live in areas with unacceptable air quality, according to an Environmental Protection Agency report released on Wednesday. Over the last three decades, the levels of core pollutants in the U.S. have been cut in half despite a 34 percent […]
