Archive for June, 2011
DAR.fm
June 22nd, 2011DAR.fm is a free, web-based service that allows you to record radio shows and play them back whenever you like. The files may also be downloaded as mp3. I used to listen to the radio quite a bit when I lived in the U.S., but not so much in New Zealand. (National Radio is the […]
Radioactive Tritium Has Leaked from Three-Quarters of U.S. Commercial Nuclear Power Sites, Often Into Groundwater
June 21st, 2011Via: AP: Radioactive tritium has leaked from three-quarters of U.S. commercial nuclear power sites, often into groundwater from corroded, buried piping, an Associated Press investigation shows. The number and severity of the leaks has been escalating, even as federal regulators extend the licenses of more and more reactors across the nation. Tritium, which is a […]
N.C. Man Allegedly Robs Bank of $1 to Get Health Care in Jail
June 21st, 2011Via: ABC News: A 59-year-old man has been jailed in Gastonia, N.C., on charges of larceny after allegedly robbing an RBC Bank for $1 so he could get health care in prison. Richard James Verone handed a female teller a note demanding the money and claiming that he had a gun, according to the police […]
China Projecting Holographic Images of City Skylines, Mountains, Trees [???]
June 21st, 2011Uh… Via: ITN: Spectacular images of mountains, buildings and trees have appeared in a mirage in China.
Millions of Bored Users Quit Facebook [???]
June 21st, 2011Quantcast and Alexa both show Facebook as the #2 destination on the Internet in the U.S., behind Google, so… Via: CNN: There’s no denying the cultural impact of Facebook. It has united almost 700 million people, including most of you reading this, becoming the greatest social introduction platform the world has ever seen. But there […]
Spying Devices Found on Thousands of Hong Kong Cars
June 20th, 2011Via: Discovery News: Note to drivers and passengers travelling through Hong Kong: Mum’s the word. Chinese authorities have allegedly been spying on Hong King motorists after a device installed on throusands of vehicles was discovered to contain hardware suitable for eavesdropping. According to a report in Hong Kong newspaper Apple Daily, recording devices were installed […]
Supreme Court: Individuals May Challenge Federal Law for Violating States’ Rights
June 20th, 2011Hmm. I didn’t think that such an apparently desirable decision would come about this late in the game. Am I missing something? This seems too good to be true. Via: Jurist: The US Supreme Court Thursday ruled in Bond v. United States that a private individual can challenge whether a federal criminal law passed to […]
U.S. Treasury Exchange Stabilization Fund
June 20th, 2011There are more parts at the link. (I’m almost out of bandwidth for this billing cycle, so I only watched part one.) It’s helpful to think of U.S. Treasury as Goldman Sachs. Via: Market Skeptics:
Two Million Construction Jobs May be Lost for Good
June 20th, 2011Via: CBS: Some Americans are giving up entirely on the idea of owning a house – choosing instead a condo or renting an apartment. In southern California, CBS News correspondent Bill Whitaker reports more of those homes are being built now – but they don’t create as many construction jobs as single-family houses do. Put […]
Hiding Surveillance and Killer Drones in Plain Sight
June 20th, 2011Via: New York Times: Two miles from the cow pasture where the Wright Brothers learned to fly the first airplanes, military researchers are at work on another revolution in the air: shrinking unmanned drones, the kind that fire missiles into Pakistan and spy on insurgents in Afghanistan, to the size of insects and birds. The […]
