Archive for April, 2012
And Now… Defense Clandestine Service
April 25th, 2012Via: Washington Post: The Pentagon is planning to ramp up its spying operations against high-priority targets such as Iran under an intelligence reorganization aimed at expanding on the military’s espionage efforts beyond war zones, a senior defense official said Monday. The newly created Defense Clandestine Service would work closely with the CIA — pairing two […]
Radiation in Japanese Sea Weed
April 25th, 2012Via: EnviroReporter: On April 13, 2012 EnviroReporter.com tested Nori seaweed from Japan bought in a West Los Angeles store, the same one where this reporter bought the identical item eight months ago soon after the Fukushima Daiichi meltdowns began in Japan. The trendy and ‘organic’ delicacy, popular with LA hipsters, was 94.7% above normal, 17.6% […]
Ft. Lauderdale Church Offers Drive Thru Prayer Service
April 25th, 2012Via: CBS: For our busy lives on the go, drive thru service comes in handy. From coffee and donuts to burgers and fries, drive thru service makes getting what we need a lot more convenient. Now the Christian Life Center of Ft. Lauderdale wants to pray for you. The Pentecostal congregation has been offering drive-thru […]
AUSTRALIA: BREAKTHROUGH IN SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCY
April 24th, 2012Via: University of Sydney: Low cost solar cells suitable for rooftop panels could reach a record-breaking 40 percent efficiency following an early stage breakthrough by a University of Sydney researcher and his German partners. With Australian Solar Institute support, Associate Professor Tim Schmidt from the University’s School of Chemistry, together with the Helmholtz Centre Berlin […]
Russia’s Micex-RTS Equities Exchange Extends Trading Halt
April 24th, 2012Via: Bloomberg: Russia’s Micex-RTS Exchange has extended a technical halt and the situation is considered an emergency, according to a statement on its website. The reasons for the halt in trading “are unclear,” Micex- RTS technical aide Artem Payzanskiy said by phone from Moscow. The exchange is investigating the interruption, he said.
Man Builds Beautiful (Outlaw) Treehouse in Canada
April 24th, 2012Great pictures and video at the link. Via: The HemLoft: The HemLoft is a self-funded secret creation that I built on crown land in Whistler, Canada. It hangs on a precipitous slope, in a towering stand of Hemlocks, about a five minute walk from the nearest road. When I started building it, I was just […]
FAA Releases Lists of Organizations Authorized to Operate Unmanned Aircraft in the U.S.
April 24th, 2012Via: Electronic Frontier Foundation: This week the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) finally released its first round of records in response to EFF’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit for information on the agency’s drone authorization program. The agency says the two lists it released include the names of all public and private entities that have […]
Jailed for $280: The Return of Debtors’ Prisons
April 24th, 2012Via: CBS: How did breast cancer survivor Lisa Lindsay end up behind bars? She didn’t pay a medical bill — one the Herrin, Ill., teaching assistant was told she didn’t owe. “She got a $280 medical bill in error and was told she didn’t have to pay it,” The Associated Press reports. “But the bill […]
Want to Get Dry Cleaning Done in Russia?
April 24th, 2012Via: Guardian: It goes something like this. You get to the dry cleaner. There’s a woman, let’s call her Oksana Alexandrovna, sitting behind a low counter, row upon row of clothes in plastic wrap behind her. She’s dealing with a customer. This gives you time to reflect. “Russia is amazing,” you think. “The changes this […]
U.S. to Penalize Authoritarian Regimes That Crack Down on Dissidents
April 24th, 2012Ah, ok. I suppose that the U.S. regime is going to get busy penalizing itself. Or not. U.S. filmmaker repeatedly detained at border: Since the 2006 release of “My Country, My Country,” Poitras has left and re-entered the U.S. roughly 40 times. Virtually every time during that six-year-period that she has returned to the U.S., […]
