Archive for October, 2011
MIT Develops New Radar Technology: Military Could See Through Walls
October 21st, 2011Via: ABC News: Looking through walls is no longer something we read about in comic books or watch in Superman movies. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Lincoln Laboratory has presented new radar technology that would allow humans to see through a solid wall.
35 Congressmen Move to Kill $122 Billion in Subsidies to Big Oil
October 21st, 2011Via: Tree Hugger: Who likes oil subsidies? Nobody! Nobody but the oil companies, that is. But as we know, these subsidies, which American taxpayers annually spend billions of dollars on, are extremely difficult to kill. But 35 US congressmen and women are going to try: They’ve just drafted a motion to the so-called ‘super committee’ […]
Nasdaq Hackers Spied on Company Boards
October 21st, 2011Via: Reuters: Hackers who infiltrated the Nasdaq’s computer systems last year installed malicious software that allowed them to spy on the directors of publicly held companies, according to two people familiar with an investigation into the matter. The new details showed the cyber attack was more serious than previously thought, as Nasdaq OMX Group had […]
Canada: ’52 of the 98 Teens Who Caught Measles Were Fully Vaccinated’
October 21st, 2011Via: CBC: An unusual vaccine observation from a large measles outbreak in Quebec may raise some alarm among those who attend the annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Measles cases have surged in parts of Canada and the United States this year, with cases among unvaccinated children and teens driving the high […]
Mikhail Gorbachev Says Uprisings Signal an Emerging New World Order
October 21st, 2011Via: Lafayette College: Gorbachev was referring to the series of uprisings around the world including the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations here in the United States. “The world needs goals that will bring people together,” he said. “Some people in the United States were pushing the idea of creating a global American empire, and that was […]
Department of Homeland Security Deployed on Tennessee Interstates
October 20th, 2011Via: NewsChannel5: You’re probably use to seeing TSA’s signature blue uniforms at the airport, but now agents are hitting the interstates to fight terrorism with Visible Intermodal Prevention and Response (VIPR). “Where is a terrorist more apt to be found? Not these days on an airplane more likely on the interstate,” said Tennessee Department of […]
Unpaid Student Loans Top $1 Trillion
October 20th, 2011This whole student loan apocalypse is another confetti currency bubble scam. There are many parallels to the housing bubble, except, of course, that people can’t live inside those useless degrees obtained with borrowed money that can never be repaid. The availability of the loans is driving ludicrous tuition increases, just like the funny money mortgages […]
Muammar Gaddafi Killed in Sirte
October 20th, 2011Via: Al Jazeera: Colonel Ahmed Bani, the military spokesman of the National Transition Council, has confirmed to Al Jazeera that Muammar Gaddafi has been killed. Abdul Hakim Belhaj, an NTC military chief, said Gaddafi had died of his wounds after being captured near his hometown Sirte. The body of the former Libyan leader was taken […]
Japanese Communities Record Chernobyl-Level Radiation
October 20th, 2011Some of the Geiger counters shown in the video max out. Via: ABC Lateline: Seven months on from Japan’s nuclear meltdown, thousands of people are still unable to return to their homes around the Fukushima nuclear power plant. And for many of them, the terrible realisation is sinking in that they may never go back. […]
Mighty Ape
October 20th, 2011Cryptogon is now a Mighty Ape affiliate. Readers in New Zealand can start Mighty Ape sessions via Cryptogon and they will pay me a 5% commission on whatever you buy. I’ve added a link to the Partners list on the sidebar of the Home page for future reference. It’s understandable if you’ve given up on […]
