Archive for October, 2011
Against the Institution: A Warning for ‘Occupy Wall Street’
October 6th, 2011Via: Andrew Gavin Marshall: While I fully endorse the efforts and actions of the Occupy Wall Street protests, now emerging internationally, there are concerns which need to be addressed and kept in mind as the movement moves forward. The process through which a potentially powerful movement may be co-opted and controlled is slight and subtle. […]
Flashback: Citigroup Plutonomy Memos
October 6th, 2011I was pretty sure that I’d posted these long ago, but I’m not finding them in my archives. In short: The rich are getting richer, so Citi advised buying a basket of stocks of companies that cater to very wealthy people. Via: Monkeyfister: …the rich are the dominant source of income, wealth and demand in […]
Geek Fight Club
October 5th, 2011Uppercut from California is a place. on Vimeo.
‘Sesame Street’ Unveils Muppet to Teach Kids About Hunger
October 5th, 2011Via: Entertainment Weekly: Sesame Street has a new muppet who is hungry for more than just cookies. The iconic kids show is set to unveil a new impoverished puppet named Lily, whose family faces an ongoing struggle with hunger issues. Lily will be revealed in a one-hour Sesame Street primetime special, Growing Hope Against Hunger, […]
Italy Downgraded Three Notches
October 5th, 2011Via: Guardian: Italy’s sovereign debt rating has been cut for the second time in as many weeks, with ratings agency Moody’s citing “sustained and non-cyclical erosion of confidence” as it slashed its forecast for the country. In a report released after US stock markets closed on Tuesday, Moody’s downgraded Italy’s government bond ratings from Aa2 […]
Introducing Siri: DARPA’s Ghost in Apple’s Machine
October 5th, 2011So their eyes are growing hazy cos they want to turn it on so their minds are soft and lazy, well… give em what they want —10,000 Maniacs – Candy Everybody Wants One of the stocks that I used to kick around in the 1990s was that of a now long dead company called General […]
Denmark Introduces ‘Fat Tax’ on Foods High in Saturated Fat
October 4th, 2011Eat Fat, Lose Fat by Mary Enig Via: ABC: Denmark has introduced what’s believed to be the world’s first fat food tax, applying a surcharge to foods with more than 2.3 percent saturated fats, in an effort to combat obesity and heart disease. Danes hoarded food before the tax went into effect Saturday, emptying grocery […]
Japan to Remove Some Restrictions on Fukushima Evacuation Zone
October 4th, 2011Via: Bloomberg: Japan’s government may lift restrictions this week on some areas outside the exclusion zone around the crippled Fukushima nuclear where residents had been told to prepare for evacuation. The so-called Emergency Evacuation Preparation Zone was set up in April for areas 10 kilometers beyond the 20 kilometer (12.6 mile) no-go zone. The area […]
Afghan Yuppies Get Rich On Ten Years of War
October 4th, 2011Via: AFP: “Business is booming, I have made good profits since the Taliban were ousted,” said a smiling Sayed Habib as he showed Western dresses to young women in one of Kabul’s glitziest shopping malls. Habib, 34, is one of a new generation of rich young Afghans driving flashy cars and wearing designer labels who […]
SSL Was Broken by Design
October 4th, 2011Via: Cryptome: So how was it that Netscape SSL had exactly the same faults as IPsec, ISAKMP, Oakley, IKE? Political pressure! Somebody really REALLY wanted to be able track users and intercept/substitute…. Do I have proof? No, it’s merely circumstantial. Also, my multi-year FBI personal investigation over PPP CHAP was coincidental, too. Netscape caved, for […]
