Archive for September, 2010
British Police Given Earthquake Training for ‘Extremely Unlikely Crisis’
September 10th, 2010Via: Telegraph: Hundreds of police officers undertook a three-day course on how to deal with powerful earthquakes even though Britain has never experienced any such event. Britain endures its fair share of elemental hardships: floods, storms, and even the occasional tornado. It is not, however, known for its high risk of catastrophic earthquakes. But that […]
Effingham Deputies Call Feds After Arresting Russians with Shovel, Wire Cutters Outside Georgia Power Plant
September 10th, 2010They were released because they, “Are supposed to be leaving the country soon”??? Via: Savannah Morning News: Effingham County sheriff deputies have reported the early Sunday morning arrest of three men to the federal Joint Terrorism Task Force. The men, two from Russia and one from Kazakhstan, were found near Georgia Power’s Plant McIntosh on […]
Pentagon Plans to Buy and Destroy All 10,000 Copies of Army Reservist’s Book About the War in Afghanistan
September 10th, 2010Update: To Protect State Secrets, Pentagon Buys and Destroys Book Via: ABC News: The Pentagon has purchased and arranged for the destruction of 9,500 copies of a book so it can protect classified information it contains. Lt. Colonel Anthony Shaffer’s memoir “Operation Dark Heart” had become a headache for the Defense Department which determined after […]
Use of Psychiatric Medications Soaring In Military
September 9th, 2010Via: Navy Times: Use of psychiatric medications among people ages 18 to 34 — mostly active-duty troops and their spouses — is rising at a significantly higher rate than other age groups in the military health care system, according to data newly released to Military Times. Overall, the number of prescriptions filled for psychiatric medications […]
DHS Cybersecurity Watchdogs Miss Hundreds of Vulnerabilities on Their Own Network
September 9th, 2010Via: Wired: The federal agency in charge of protecting other agencies from computer intruders was found riddled with hundreds of high-risk security holes on its own systems, according to the results of an audit released Wednesday. The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team, or US-CERT, monitors the Einstein intrusion-detection sensors on nonmilitary government networks, and […]
DARPA Antics: ‘Remote Control of Brain Activity Using Ultrasound’
September 9th, 2010Via: U.S. Department of Defense: …my laboratory has engineered a novel technology which implements transcranial pulsed ultrasound to remotely and directly stimulate brain circuits without requiring surgery. Further, we have shown this ultrasonic neuromodulation approach confers a spatial resolution approximately five times greater than TMS and can exert its effects upon subcortical brain circuits deep […]
North Carolina: Sheriffs Want Lists of Patients Using Painkillers
September 9th, 2010Via: News Observer: Sheriffs in North Carolina want access to state computer records identifying anyone with prescriptions for powerful painkillers and other controlled substances. The state sheriff’s association pushed the idea Tuesday, saying the move would help them make drug arrests and curb a growing problem of prescription drug abuse. But patient advocates say opening […]
Obama Wins Right to Invoke “State Secrets” to Protect Bush Crimes
September 9th, 2010Via: Salon: In a 6-5 ruling issued this afternoon, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals handed the Obama administration a major victory in its efforts to shield Bush crimes from judicial review, when the court upheld the Obama DOJ’s argument that Bush’s rendition program, used to send victims to be tortured, are “state secrets” and […]
U.S. Soldiers Killed Afghan Civilians for Sport and Collected Fingers as Trophies
September 9th, 2010Obama is out with some Quran-burning-will-help-the-terrorists blather today. In other news… Via: Guardian: Twelve American soldiers face charges over a secret “kill team” that allegedly blew up and shot Afghan civilians at random and collected their fingers as trophies. Five of the soldiers are charged with murdering three Afghan men who were allegedly killed for […]
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Respect the Chicken
September 9th, 2010Via: Lew Rockwell: Today on any given day we have between 75 and 100 chickens, depending on hatch rates. Since that conversation, I’ve come to realize how important the chicken is to our civilization. It may be the most important animal that we have “domesticated.” To those that know chickens I’m sure this will seem […]
