Archive for February, 2012
U.S. Soldier Writes Report on the Disaster in Afghanistan
February 12th, 2012Via: Rolling Stone: Earlier this week, the New York Times’ Scott Shane published a bombshell piece about Lt. Colonel Daniel Davis, a 17-year Army veteran recently returned from a second tour in Afghanistan. According to the Times, the 48-year-old Davis had written an 84-page unclassified report, as well as a classified report, offering his assessment […]
Israel’s Sponsorship of the MEK Terrorist Organization in Iran
February 11th, 2012Via: Salon: One of the most under-reported political stories of the last year is the devoted advocacy of numerous prominent American political figures on behalf of an Iranian group long formally designated as a Terrorist organization under U.S. law. A large bipartisan cast has received substantial fees from that group, the Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK), and […]
Cardinal Dies One Day After Judge Said He Could Be Called to Testify in Child Sex-Abuse and Endangerment Trial of Three Current and Former Priests
February 11th, 2012Via: Philadelphia Enquirer: Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman asked the county coroner to examine the body of Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua last week because the timing of the 88-year-old prelate’s death struck her as “peculiar,” she said Friday. Ferman acknowledged that she enlisted county Coroner Walter I. Hofman because the cardinal died one […]
S&P Downgrades 34 Italian Banks
February 11th, 2012Via: Reuters: Rating agency Standard & Poor’s downgraded 34 Italian banks on Friday, including heavyweights UniCredit (CRDI.MI) and Intesa Sanpaolo (ISP.MI), citing a reduced ability to roll over their wholesale debt and expected weak profitability. The move follows S&P’s downgrade of Italy’s sovereign rating last month to BBB+, part of a mass downgrade of nine […]
China: Cans of New Zealand Made Infant Formula Sell for NZ$92 in Shanghai
February 11th, 2012One guess as to the nationality of “offshore buyers” of the land mentioned below… Via: New Zealand Farmers Weekly: Canterbury dairy producer and processor Synlait is negotiating to sell up to 70% of its holding in Synlait Farms, with potential for the near 5000 hectares of prime irrigated Canterbury dairy farmland to be sold to […]
Ron Paul’s Biggest Supporter Is a Bilderberg Group Steering Committee Member
February 10th, 2012Via: BuzzFeed: The largest donor to a SuperPAC supporting Ron Paul is Peter Thiel, the sort of ultra-wealthy, super-national figure Paul and his supporters love to hate. Thiel — who gave $900,000 to the pro-Paul group Endorse Liberty — made his fortune as the co-founder of PayPal; he was also an early investor in Facebook, […]
U.S. Licenses First Nuclear Reactors Since 1978
February 10th, 2012Via: MSNBC: It’s been 34 years — and several nuclear accidents later — but a divided federal panel on Thursday licensed a utility to build nuclear reactors in the U.S. for the first time since 1978. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s chairman, Gregory Jaczko, opposed licensing the two reactors at this time even though he had […]
U.S. Marines Posed with Banner of Nazi SS
February 10th, 2012Via: Telegraph: A US Marine sniper team posed with a flag emblazoned with the symbol of the Nazi SS while on duty in Afghanistan, the Pentagon has admitted. A photograph leaked onto the internet showed the heavily-armed troops crouching in front of the banner as it hung below the American flag. The lightning symbol, once […]
LAPD: High-Tech Crime-Fighting ‘War Room’
February 10th, 2012Via: CBS: The LAPD is fighting crime from a high-tech war room that gives it eyes all over the city. The surveillance hub is now a model for police forces around the world and KCAL9 got an exclusive tour inside from Chief Charlie Beck. “We are targets on our own soil,” says Beck. “We have […]
Facebook Value Tops $100 Billion Based on Private Market
February 9th, 2012Via: Bloomberg: Facebook Inc. (FB)’s privately traded shares have risen 10 percent since the dominant social network filed for an initial public offering, pushing its market value past $100 billion, according to SharesPost Inc. SharesPost managed the auction of 150,000 shares of Facebook’s Class B common stock at a clearing price of $44, compared with […]
