Archive for November, 2010
Drug Expert Claims David Kelly Was Murdered
November 14th, 2010Via: Daily Mail: Police have been urged to start a murder inquiry into Dr David Kelly’s death following further allegations that he did not commit suicide. Officers have been told the government scientist could not have taken an overdose of painkillers. This overdose was found by the original pathologist to be one of the causes […]
After Encounter with TSA, Man Decides Not to Fly, Government Goon Threatens to Sue for $10,000
November 14th, 2010Update: TSA to Investigate Via: Sign On San Diego: The Transportation Security Administration has opened an investigation targeting John Tyner, the Oceanside man who left Lindbergh Field under duress on Saturday morning after refusing to undertake a full body scan. Tyner recorded the half-hour long encounter on his cell phone and later posted it to […]
Proposal in Sweden to Require ISPs to Archive All Emails, Text Messages for Six Months
November 12th, 2010Via: The Local: Emails and mobile phone text messages would be stored for six months by internet service providers (ISPs), according to a bill presented by the Swedish government on Thursday to bring the country in line with EU data retention rules. Critics have come down hard on the proposal, which would compel telephone and […]
Courts Helping Banks Screw Over Homeowners
November 12th, 2010Via: Rolling Stone: The foreclosure lawyers down in Jacksonville had warned me, but I was skeptical. They told me the state of Florida had created a special super-high-speed housing court with a specific mandate to rubber-stamp the legally dicey foreclosures by corporate mortgage pushers like Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan Chase. This “rocket docket,” as […]
Pentagon Readies New Ship-Killers for Showdown with China
November 12th, 2010Via: Wired: Pentagon planners were wary of China’s double-digit military-budget growth rates even before the global economic crisis put the squeeze on America’s own defense investment. Now the Chinese army’s growth continues while America’s flat-lines. That’s got the U.S. military, especially the Navy, scrambling for new ideas. The most hopeful is an emerging concept for […]
Genetically Altered Mosquitoes Released into the Wild
November 12th, 2010What happens to the bats, dragonflies, bird and other creatures that eat the GM mosquitoes? Via: New Scientist: An outdoor trial of mosquitoes genetically engineered to sabotage Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which spread dengue fever, has been declared a success by scientists in the field. … Oxitec breeds millions of males carrying an altered gene called […]
Dollar Soars on Ireland Wreckage; Might Be Hammer Time
November 11th, 2010WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. There’s still another trading day to go, but the dollar will likely print a weekly hammer-like candle off the support: Is this really a hammer? Not really. But the proximity to the support is causing me to squint really hard at […]
Russia Hunts Double Agent Who Betrayed U.S. Cell
November 11th, 2010Via: MSNBC: The head of Moscow’s deep cover spying operations in the United States was a double agent who had betrayed at least 10 compatriots in a major blow to Russian intelligence, a Russian newspaper said on Thursday. Kommersant reported that Colonel Shcherbakov, head of the Foreign Intelligence Service’s department for “illegal” spying operations in […]
California Missile Story – Heavily Updated
November 11th, 2010Just in case you’re following this one: Mystery Missile Launch Seen Off California Coast.
HP Mini 5102 Review
November 11th, 2010Becky doesn’t drive. Since she was a teenager, and until we got married, she had lived in some form of student housing and always got by without owning a car. She’s now heavily involved with Playcentre and needs to go to a lot of classes and meetings. Sometimes she and the boys catch rides with […]
