Archive for March, 2012
DARPA Director Quits Pentagon for Job at Google
March 12th, 2012So, no, she’s not in jail yet. Via: Wired: Darpa director Regina Dugan will soon be stepping down from her position atop the Pentagon’s premiere research shop to take a job with Google. Dugan, whose controversial tenure at the agency lasted just under three years, was “offered and accepted at senior executive position” with the […]
New York University Bioethicist: Fight Global Warming by Using Genetic Engineering to Birth Smaller Children, Create Pharmaceuticals That Trigger Nausea Upon Ingestion of Meat
March 12th, 2012Via: The Atlantic: The threat of global climate change has prompted us to redesign many of our technologies to be more energy-efficient. From lightweight hybrid cars to long-lasting LED’s, engineers have made well-known products smaller and less wasteful. But tinkering with our tools will only get us so far, because however smart our technologies become, […]
DOJ Asks Court To Keep Secret Any Partnership Between Google, NSA
March 12th, 2012Via: Legal Times: The Justice Department is defending the government’s refusal to discuss—or even acknowledge the existence of—any cooperative research and development agreement between Google and the National Security Agency. The Washington based advocacy group Electronic Privacy Information Center sued in federal district court here to obtain documents about any such agreement between the Internet […]
65-Year-Old California Man Arrested for Distributing Raw Milk and Tortured in L.A. County Jail: ‘I Thought I Was Gonna Die in There’
March 12th, 2012Update: Raw Milk Vending Machine in France Via: YouTube: —End Update— Via: Natural News: NaturalNews can now report that 65-year-old senior citizen James Stewart, a raw milk farmer with no criminal history, was nearly tortured to death in the LA County jail this past week. He survived a “week of torturous Hell” at the hands […]
U.S. Soldier Kills Afghan Civilians in Kandahar
March 11th, 2012A day after: U.S. Funded, Trained and Equipped Afghan Air Force Running Guns and Drugs… Via: BBC: A US soldier in Afghanistan has killed at least 16 civilians and wounded five after entering their homes in Kandahar province, senior local officials say. He left his military base in the early hours of the morning and […]
NYPD Officer Held in Psychiatric Ward of Hospital for Six Days After Reporting Corruption
March 11th, 2012Via: Village Voice: For more than two years, Adrian Schoolcraft secretly recorded every roll call at the 81st Precinct in Brooklyn and captured his superiors urging police officers to do two things in order to manipulate the “stats” that the department is under pressure to produce: Officers were told to arrest people who were doing […]
U.S. Funded, Trained and Equipped Afghan Air Force Running Guns and Drugs
March 10th, 2012Here are a few related posts to consider: Afghan Opium Production Rises by 61% Compared with 2010 Brother of Afghan Leader Is Said to Be on CIA Payroll U.S.-Built Bridge is Windfall for Illegal Afghan Drug Trade The Invisible Hand of the Market: British Troops Seize £50 Million of Afghan Opium Officials Puzzle Over Millions […]
Moody’s: Greece Has Defaulted
March 10th, 2012Via: Reuters: Moody’s Investors Service says that it considers Greece to have defaulted per Moody’s default definitions further to the conclusion of an exchange of EUR177 billion of Greece’s debt that is governed by Greek law for bonds issued by the Greek government, GDP-linked securities, European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) notes. Foreign-law bonds are eligible […]
Fitch Ratings: Greece Downgraded to ‘Restricted Default’
March 9th, 2012Via: Fitch Ratings: Fitch Ratings has downgraded Greece’s Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) to ‘RD’ (‘Restricted Default’) from ‘C’ following today’s confirmation from the Greek government and eurozone officials that the exchange of Greek government bonds will proceed. The downgrade to ‘RD’ reflects Fitch’s previous commentary that the exchange would constitute […]
San Francisco: Pre-Fab 160 Square Foot Rooms Will Cost $1,595 Per Month to Lease
March 9th, 2012Ah, the essence of urban living, is it? How about boiling that essence down even further: Japan’s Capsule Hotels Now Coffin-Sized Homes: Most importantly, it’s cheap. The capsules cost about $30 a night. If he had to stay for a month, it would cost $700 to $1000, a housing bargain in Tokyo, ranked by Mercer […]
