Archive for May, 2012
‘Iceland Holds the World Record in Household Debt Relief’
May 7th, 2012This story has been circulating for weeks in the form of this Spanish language video clip. I was not able to find any confirmation of the story when it first appeared. I just tried to confirm it again and found this Bloomberg piece. Via: Bloomberg: Icelanders who pelted parliament with rocks in 2009 demanding their […]
Footage of Judge Rotenberg Center Torturing a Person with a Disability Aired in Court
May 6th, 2012Via: Fox News Video Reposted on YouTube: Research Credit: ottilie
Amish Farm Kids Remarkably Immune to Allergies
May 6th, 2012Via: Reuters: Amish children raised on rural farms in northern Indiana suffer from asthma and allergies less often even than Swiss farm kids, a group known to be relatively free from allergies, according to a new study. “The rates are very, very low,” said Dr. Mark Holbreich, the study’s lead author. “So there’s something that […]
Stellarium
May 6th, 2012We’ve been having some extremely clear nights recently and I wondered what some of the stars were called that I was looking at. I went looking for some sort of planetarium tool and found Stellarium, which is great! Just set your coordinates and the software will display the sky as it looks in your location. […]
Fascism Rises from the Depths of Greece’s Despair
May 6th, 2012Via: Independent: Entering its fourth year in recession, Greece now outstrips even Spain for youth unemployment with the new statistics published yesterday showing joblessness among the under-25s at 51.2 per cent. The headline unemployment rate is 21.7 per cent while the real rate is believed to be closer to 25 per cent. It’s in this […]
U.S. Department of Energy Claims ‘Unprecedented’ Success in Test for New Fuel Source
May 6th, 2012Via: MSNBC: Could the future of cleaner fossil fuel really be frozen crystals now trapped in ocean sediments and under permafrost? Backed by an oil industry giant, the Obama administration recently tested a drilling technique in Alaska’s Arctic that it says might eventually unlock “a vast, entirely untapped resource that holds enormous potential for U.S. […]
Minneapolis: Cops Offer Illegal Drugs to People for “Impairment” Study
May 6th, 2012There are a couple of good lessons here. First, of course, is that the cops are filth and flagrantly carry out felonies with impunity. Second, there seems to be no shortage of zombies who are content to get wasted on whatever substances the cops are handing out. Who knows what the “study” participants were actually […]
Beijing Is Planning to Avoid U.S. Financial Sanctions on Iran by Paying for Oil with Gold
May 6th, 2012Via: Forbes: So how can Beijing keep both Iran’s ayatollahs and President Obama happy at the same time? Simple, the Chinese can avoid the U.S. sanctions through barter. China has already been trading its produce for Iran’s petroleum, but there is only so much gai lan and bok choy the Iranians can eat. That’s why […]
FBI: We Need Wiretap-Ready Web Sites – Now
May 5th, 2012Via: Cnet: CNET learns the FBI is quietly pushing its plan to force surveillance backdoors on social networks, VoIP, and Web e-mail providers, and that the bureau is asking Internet companies not to oppose a law making those backdoors mandatory. The FBI is asking Internet companies not to oppose a controversial proposal that would require […]
NATO Summit in Chicago: Airport-Style Security Screenings for Trains
May 4th, 2012Via: CBS: Some stations on the Metra Electric Line and South Shore Line could be shut down during the upcoming NATO summit, and passengers at other stations could face airport-style security screenings, due to the Secret Service security plan that could be released as soon as Friday afternoon. CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine has […]
