Archive for January, 2011
Lower Corn and Soybean Output Sends Prices Surging
January 13th, 2011Via: AP / Bloomberg: A surprising drop in the U.S. corn and soybean crop sent grain prices surging to their highest levels in 2 1/2 years Wednesday. The price increases stoked concerns about higher food prices and tighter supplies of feedstock for food and biofuels. Wet weather and abnormally high temperatures contributed to lower U.S. […]
The Guardian’s Political Censorship of Wikileaks
January 12th, 2011Via: Counterpunch: The Guardian has deliberately excised portions of published cables to hide evidence of corruption. Research Credit: tochigi
Britain: Financial Crime Hit Record Levels in 2010
January 12th, 2011Via: Telegraph: Financial crime hit record levels in 2010, with the Government overtaking the financial services industry as the main victim, according to the KPMG Fraud Barometer. Fraud committed by company managers was the fastest growing area, up 30pc in value to £441m against the previous year. Tax fraud, money laundering and complex cases involving […]
The Chinese Eco-Disaster
January 12th, 2011Via: Slate: When Jonathan Watts was a child, he was warned: “If everyone in China jumps at exactly the same time, it will shake the earth off its axis and kill us all.” Three decades later, he stood in the gray sickly smog of Beijing, wheezing and hacking uncontrollably after a short run, and thought: […]
Bucket Wheel Excavators
January 12th, 2011I’ve seen many still pictures of these, but never video. Terrifying video. Via: YouTube:
Researcher Cracks WPA-PSK in 20 Minutes with Amazon Cloud; Cost Him $1.68
January 12th, 2011Via: Register: A security researcher has tapped Amazon’s cloud computing service to crack Wi-Fi passwords in a fraction of the time and for a fraction of the cost of using his own gear. Thomas Roth of Cologne, Germany told Reuters he used custom software running on Amazon’s Elastic Compute Cloud service to break into a […]
Sloan Digital Sky Survey III
January 12th, 2011Via: Guardian: Astronomers from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey release SDSS-III, the most detailed picture of the universe ever made. It is the culmination of a decade spent scanning the night skies and would take half a million high-definition televisions to view at its full resolution. With more than a trillion pixels, this is the […]
Virginia: House Joint Resolution 557: ‘Establishing a joint subcommittee to study whether the Commonwealth should adopt a currency to serve as an alternative to the currency distributed by the Federal Reserve System in the event of a major breakdown of the Federal Reserve System.’
January 12th, 2011Via: Virginia Legislative Information System: HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 557 Offered January 12, 2011 Prefiled January 5, 2011 Establishing a joint subcommittee to study whether the Commonwealth should adopt a currency to serve as an alternative to the currency distributed by the Federal Reserve System in the event of a major breakdown of the Federal […]
BMW Explodes in Arlington
January 11th, 2011Two exploding BMWs in two days, within about six miles of each other… Move along, citizen, nothing to see here? Perhaps. That’s why we have the Coincidence category. See: Ashley W. Turton: Energy Lobbyist, Wife of Key White House Aide, Dies in Fire Via: ARLNow: A white BMW exploded around 8:15 a.m. this morning in […]
Massacre of Civilians in Tunisia
January 11th, 2011Via: AFP: Anger over a crackdown on protesters in Tunisia grew Tuesday as a union official said 50 were killed in three days of unrest while artists and hospital staff joined demonstrations. Locals reported looting in the town of Kasserine overnight and said demonstrators were fired upon from rooftops. Meanwhile schools and universities across the […]
