Archive for October, 2010
U.S. Government Medical Researchers Deliberately Infected Guatemalan Prison Inmates with Syphilis
October 1st, 2010Via: Reuters: The United States apologized on Friday for an experiment conducted in the 1940s in which U.S. government medical researchers deliberately infected Guatemalan prison inmates with syphilis. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and other top officials issued a statement about the experiment, which echoed the infamous 1960s […]
Has There Ever Been This Much “Alien” Entertainment at Once?
October 1st, 2010Update: Falling Skies Trailer —End Update— Update: More Falling Skies Super 8 —End Update— The Event is on NBC now. V starts up on ABC again in November. That’s two prime time series on different networks about human looking aliens that infiltrate society. Skyline will be released in November. Battle: Los Angeles will be released […]
The U.S. Government has Deployed Mobile X-Ray Technology to Scan Cars and Trucks at Internal Checkpoints
October 1st, 2010Via: Christian Science Monitor: As an antiterror measure, the US government has deployed mobile X-ray technology to randomly scan cars and trucks. But the measure is riling privacy proponents. For many living in a terror-spooked country, it might seem like a great government innovation: Use vans equipped with mobile X-ray units to scan vehicles at […]
1010: No Pressure
October 1st, 2010Update: They Tried to Take It Down How’s that working out for you, 1010global? Mirror 1 Mirror 2 —End Update— Via: 1010Global: Whippersnapping climate campaign 10:10 teams up with legendary comic screenwriter Richard Curtis – you know, Blackadder, Four Weddings, Notting Hill, co-founded Comic Relief – and Age of Stupid director Franny Armstrong to proudly […]
Dozens of NATO Oil Tankers Attacked in Pakistan
October 1st, 2010Via: MSNBC: Suspected militants in southern Pakistan set ablaze more than two dozen tankers carrying fuel for foreign troops in Afghanistan on Friday, highlighting the vulnerability of the U.S.-led mission a day after Pakistan closed a major border crossing. The Pakistani government shut the Torkham border in the northwest in apparent protest at a NATO […]
Ecuador: Army and Police Exchange Gunfire
October 1st, 2010Via: BBC: Soldiers in Ecuador have rescued President Rafael Correa from a police hospital after a day of protests by security forces angry at benefit cuts. Mr Correa was rescued after soldiers opened fired on dissident police. Moments after being freed he appeared on the balcony of Quito’s presidential palace and spoke to thousands of […]
FDIC PROPOSING “TEMPORARY UNLIMITED INSURANCE COVERAGE” FOR NONINTEREST-BEARING TRANSACTION ACCOUNTS BEGINNING 31 DECEMBER 2010
October 1st, 2010Via: FDIC: The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Board of Directors today approved the issuance of a proposed rule to implement provisions of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to provide depositors at all FDIC-insured institutions unlimited deposit insurance coverage on noninterest-bearing transaction accounts beginning December 31, 2010 through December 31, 2012. […]
Federal Reserve to Become Largest Holder of U.S. Debt in Just Over a Month?
October 1st, 2010Via: ZeroHedge: Probably the most interesting thing in this week’s Fed balance sheet update is that Treasurys held by the Fed are now $812 billion, an increase of $7 billion from the week before, which those who follow the FRBNY’s almost daily POMO liquidity explosion know all too well. Indicatively, Japan owns $821 billion and […]
