Archive for May, 2012
U.S. Air Force Can ‘Accidentally’ Spy On American Citizens for 90 Days
May 9th, 2012Via: Wired: As long as the Air Force pinky-swears it didn’t mean to, its drone fleet can keep tabs on the movements of Americans, far from the battlefields of Afghanistan, Pakistan or Yemen. And it can hold data on them for 90 days — studying it to see if the people it accidentally spied upon […]
Disclosure: Long DBA
May 9th, 2012WARNING: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. Update 23 May: Out DBA I have no position in DBA. —End Update— I took PowerShares DB Agriculture (symbol: DBA) long just now.
Gareth Williams: Voluntary DNA Screening of MI6 Personnel to Find Killer?
May 9th, 2012Voluntary? What’s the point of making the screening voluntary? Maybe the killer will have a few too many pints and think, “I better go get my DNA screening so they can figure out it’s me.” Also, wouldn’t the SIS have DNA records of all personnel? In a DNA database crazed nuthouse like Britain, it seems […]
Federal Inmate Keith Judd Receiving Sizable Percent of Vote in West Virginia Democratic Primary
May 9th, 2012Via: ABC News: Barack Obama was not the only Democrat on the ballot on Tuesday in West Virginia’s Democratic Presidential Primary. Keith Judd — also known as Inmate No. 11593-051 at the Federal Correctional Institution in Texarkana, Texas — was running against him. Judd, who is serving out a 17.5 year sentence for extortion, currently […]
Lehman E-Mails
May 9th, 2012Via: Bloomberg: If one wants to understand the full complicity of Wall Street in the Great Recession, look no further than the voluminous package of pre-collapse Lehman Brothers documents that have been made available by the law firm Jenner & Block LLP, which has acted as the coroner in the Lehman post-mortem. Most important, the […]
Google’s Self-Driving Car Licensed to Hit Nevada Streets
May 9th, 2012Via: PC World: Google’s self-driving car is growing up right in front of our eyes: The fledgling autonomous vehicle program recently passed its driver’s license test in Nevada, the first license of its kind in the United States. Obtaining Nevada’s self-driving car license clears the way for Google to test its technology on public roads […]
‘CIA Unraveled Bomb Plot from Within’
May 9th, 2012Mmm hmm. Via: Washington Post: The latest al-Qaeda bomb plot targeting U.S. aircraft was unraveled from inside the terrorist group by operatives — including a double agent — working on behalf of the CIA and its counterparts in Saudi Arabia and Yemen, said U.S. and Middle Eastern officials. The Saudi intelligence service played a particularly […]
Japan Shuts Down Last Nuclear Reactor for ‘Regular Maintenance’
May 9th, 2012Does anyone know how long this “regular maintenance” period is supposed to last? Via: CNN: As Japan began its workweek Monday morning, the trains ran exactly on time, the elevators in thousands of Tokyo high-rises efficiently moved between floors, and the lights turned on across cities with nary a glitch. What makes this Monday so […]
Southern California Edison Hopes to Restart Damaged San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant Next Month
May 9th, 2012Via: AP: More than 1,300 tubes that carry radioactive water inside the San Onofre nuclear plant in Southern California are so damaged that they will be taken out of service, the utility that runs the plant said Tuesday. The figures released by Southern California Edison are the latest disclosure in a probe of equipment problems […]
Colleges Hold Transcripts Hostage for Graduates Behind on Their Student Loans
May 8th, 2012Via: Oregon Live: Students traditionally have a soft spot for their alma maters. But as growing numbers of students run up debt in the high five and even six figures to pay for college, that may change. Especially when they discover their old school is actively blocking them from getting a job or going on […]
