Archive for November, 2011
China to Cancel College Majors That Don’t Pay
November 27th, 2011Via: Wall Street Journal: Much like the U.S., China is aiming to address a problematic demographic that has recently emerged: a generation of jobless graduates. China’s solution to that problem, however, has some in the country scratching their heads. China’s Ministry of Education announced this week plans to phase out majors producing unemployable graduates, according […]
Reviewing DoD Interest in Cold Fusion
November 27th, 2011Via: Cold Fusion Now: The majority of cold fusion research has been done by self-funded independent scientists. Yet several federal entities and independent companies have found the results of experiments convincing enough to provide some small-scale funding to a select few labs. Department of Defense agencies that have provided funding, confirmed results, or positively-reviewed cold […]
Internet Plague: Paid Shills in Comments
November 27th, 2011See, Undercover Researchers Expose Chinese Internet Water Army for more. Via: BBC: Trust in information on the web is being damaged by the huge numbers of people paid by companies to post comments online, say researchers. Fake posters can “poison” debate and make people unsure about who they can trust, the study suggests. Some firms […]
NATO Attack Killed 24 Pakistani Soldiers
November 26th, 2011Update: Pakistan Tells NATO to Leave Air Base The Pakistani government has given the US fifteen days to vacate an airfield in Balochistan province after an alleged cross-border attack which killed 25 Pakistani soldiers. The attack on a military checkpoint in northwest Pakistan also wounded at least a dozen soldiers. A spokesman for the NATO-led […]
Australia: Immunize Children or Lose Benefits, Parents Told
November 26th, 2011Via: ABC: Parents who do not have their children fully immunised will be stripped of family tax benefits under a scheme announced by the Federal Government. The Government says 11 per cent of five-year-olds are not immunised and has announced a shake-up of the system which will take effect from July 1 next year. Under […]
Egyptian Military Using Very Powerful Incapacitating Agents on Tahrir Square Protesters
November 26th, 2011Via: Guardian: Egyptian security forces are believed to be using a powerful incapacitating gas against civilian protesters in Tahrir Square following multiple cases of unconsciousness and epileptic-like convulsions among those exposed. The Guardian has collected video footage as well as witness accounts from doctors and victims who have offered strong evidence that at least two […]
Climategate 2.0 Emails
November 26th, 2011WattsUpWithThat Climategate 2 FOIA 2011 Searchable Database
Senator Joe Lieberman Asks Google for a Terrorist Flagging Button on Blogger
November 26th, 2011lol Via: The Verge: Well, Joe’s at it again, and this time, it really is as embarrassing as it sounds. The Senator has taken pen to paper and written a letter to Google asking that its blogging platform Blogger be equipped with a flagging feature… for terrorists. This is largely because Jose Pimental, a man […]
So Far, Rabobank Is OK
November 26th, 2011We keep a substantial portion of our savings with Rabobank. Since Rabobank is a Dutch bank, I’ve been closely monitoring the financial chaos in Europe. As of now, Rabobank indicates that it has prepared for the, “Highly unlikely scenario that we’re now living in,” and won’t need to raise any additional capital until 2013. In […]
Scientist Makes H5N1 Highly Contagious
November 26th, 2011Via: NPR: If the virus evolves to spread as easily between people as seasonal flu, however, it could cause a devastating global pandemic. So in an attempt to stay ahead of H5N1, scientists have been tweaking its genes in the lab to learn more about how this virus works, and what it is capable of. […]
