Archive for August, 2010
Top 7 Insane Homeowners Association Rules
August 26th, 2010How is “No clotheslines” not on the list? Via: The Week: The astonishingly restrictive ways of homeowners associations (HOAs) came under scrutiny this month when a Sussex Square, Virginia, HOA demanded that a 90-year-old World War II vet remove an unapproved flag pole from his front yard. After receiving support from members of Congress, and […]
Navy Drone Violated Washington Airspace
August 26th, 2010Via: New York Times: The skies over the nation’s capital are crowded with presidential aircraft, military flyovers and the Delta shuttle, but this month a strange new bird was briefly among them: a United States Navy drone that wandered into the restricted airspace around Washington before operators could stop it. Navy spokesmen could not say […]
Character Amnesia
August 26th, 2010Via: AFP: Like every Chinese child, Li Hanwei spent her schooldays memorising thousands of the intricate characters that make up the Chinese writing system. Yet aged just 21 and now a university student in Hong Kong, Li already finds that when she picks up a pen to write, the characters for words as simple as […]
Computers that Read Minds Are Being Developed by Intel
August 26th, 2010This is from, Operation Mind Control by Walter Bowart, published in 1978 (look around online and you can find it for substantially less than the used copies are going for on Amazon *wink*): In 1975 a primitive “mind-reading machine” was tested at the Stanford Research Institute. The machine is a computer which can recognize a […]
Mexican Military Finds 72 Bodies At Ranch
August 26th, 2010Via: NPR: Mexican marines uncovered 72 bodies in what they say could be the largest mass grave ever discovered in the country’s deadly drug war. The marines were manning a roadblock in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas on Tuesday when a man who’d been shot asked for medical help. They said the man told them […]
Cryptogon Readers Send Contributions
August 26th, 2010Thank you. Eileen $80 DR NZ$50 MS CA$25
The U.S. Government Can Attach GPS Transmitter to Your Vehicle, Track Your Movement; No Warrant Necessary
August 26th, 2010Absolute maniac fascism. Via: Time: Government agents can sneak onto your property in the middle of the night, put a GPS device on the bottom of your car and keep track of everywhere you go. This doesn’t violate your Fourth Amendment rights, because you do not have any reasonable expectation of privacy in your own […]
U.S. Scans Afghan Inmates for Biometric Database
August 25th, 2010Via: Wired: Every detainee who comes into Parwan leaves basic information with the Detainee Services Branch during in-processing: Name; father’s name; residence. A mark of any identifying scars, marks or tattoos. Residence of record. After a shower and a medical exam, the DSB scans their irises and collects prints from all of their fingers, rolling […]
WikiLeaks Release: CIA Red Cell Special Memorandum – What If Foreigners See the United States as an ‘Exporter of Terrorism’
August 25th, 2010This document is ridiculous. The CIA created al-Qaeda (1, 2, 3). Now, WikiLeaks reveals an allegedly leaked SECRET CIA document that perpetuates the boneheaded, mainstream al-Qaeda legend. The cave people are recruiting home grown American terrorists, don’tchaknow… Does CIA’s “Red Cell” know about OPERATION CYCLONE? Curiously, that, uh, unfortunate business isn’t mentioned in the big […]
New Home Sales at Record Low in July
August 25th, 2010Via: Reuters: New U.S. single-family home sales unexpectedly fell in July to set their slowest pace on record while prices were the lowest in more than 6-1/2 years.
