Archive for October, 2010
Food in Uncertain Times: How to Grow and Store the 5 Crops You Need to Survive
October 25th, 2010The Resilient Gardener: Food Production and Self-Reliance in Uncertain Times by Carol Deppe Via: Chelsea Green: In an age of erratic weather and instability, it’s increasingly important to develop a greater self-reliance when it comes to food. And because of this, more than ever before, farmers are developing new gardening techniques that help achieve a […]
99 Weeks: When Unemployment Benefits Run Out
October 25th, 2010Via: CBS News: The economic jam we’re in has topped even the Great Depression in one respect: never have we had a recession this deep with a recovery this flat. Unemployment has been at nine and a half percent or above for 14 months. Congress did something that it has never done before – it […]
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano “Opts Out” of X-Ray Scan
October 23rd, 2010Via: New York Daily News: Airline passengers might want to consider a trip to the gym before heading to the airport now that high-tech body scanners have been unveiled at Kennedy Airport. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano yesterday hailed them as an important breakthrough for airport security and the fight against terrorism. Yet […]
WikiLeaks: Iraq War Diaries
October 23rd, 2010Via: WikiLeaks: At 5pm EST Friday 22nd October 2010 WikiLeaks released the largest classified military leak in history. The 391,832 reports (‘The Iraq War Logs’), document the war and occupation in Iraq, from 1st January 2004 to 31st December 2009 (except for the months of May 2004 and March 2009) as told by soldiers in […]
$19 Billion Later, Pentagon’s Best Bomb-Detector Is a Dog
October 22nd, 2010Alternate title: The U.S. Military Is Putting the Dog Back in Boondoggle. Via: Wired: Drones, metal detectors, chemical sniffers, and super spycams — forget ‘em. The leader of the Pentagon’s multibillion military task force to stop improvised bombs says there’s nothing in the U.S. arsenal for bomb detection more powerful than a dog’s nose. Despite […]
Stimulus Swindle: Los Angeles Spent $70 Million in Stimulus Funds to Create 7.76 Jobs
October 21st, 2010Via: The Upshot: A new piece of evidence has emerged in the debate over the effectiveness of President Obama’s 2009 stimulus package, and it’s not good for Democrats. According to two newly released audits performed by the Los Angeles controller, L.A. spent enormous portions of the $594 million in stimulus funds it received on projects […]
WikiLeaks Claims to Be Under Attack, Calls Press Conference
October 21st, 2010Here are a few recent tweets, for whatever they’re worth: # Major WikiLeaks press conference in europe coming up; to book [press/NGO only], mail sunshine.booking@mail.be # WikiLeaks communications infrastructure is currently under attack. Project BO move to coms channel S. Activate Reston5. # Now is a good time to mirror this WikiLeaks ‘insurance’ backup http://bit.ly/bRaiYF
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Bailouts Could Hit $363 Billion
October 21st, 2010Via: Los Angeles Times: The taxpayer bailouts of housing finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could cost as much as $363 billion through 2013, according to government projections released Thursday. The Federal Housing Finance Agency, which has regulated the former government-sponsored enterprises since they were seized during the financial crisis in 2008, said the […]
Hacking the D.C. Internet Voting Pilot
October 21st, 2010Via: Freedom to Tinker: The District of Columbia is conducting a pilot project to allow overseas and military voters to download and return absentee ballots over the Internet. Before opening the system to real voters, D.C. has been holding a test period in which they’ve invited the public to evaluate the system’s security and usability. […]
Google Pays 2.4% Corporate Tax Rate; $60 Billion Lost to Tax Loopholes
October 21st, 2010Via: Bloomberg: Google Inc. cut its taxes by $3.1 billion in the last three years using a technique that moves most of its foreign profits through Ireland and the Netherlands to Bermuda. Google’s income shifting — involving strategies known to lawyers as the “Double Irish” and the “Dutch Sandwich” — helped reduce its overseas tax […]
