Archive for June, 2012
America Sets a New Record for Old Cars
June 27th, 2012Via: CNBC: Feel like you’re driving an old car? You’re not alone. In fact, the average age of vehicles in the U.S. has hit a new all-time high. Experian Automotive says the average age of the 245 million vehicles registered in the U.S. in the first quarter of this year was 11 years. That’s an […]
Bank Scam ‘Operation High Roller’ Incorporates Attack for Two-Factor Authentication
June 27th, 2012Via: SC Magazine: Many banks utilise a two-factor authentication (2FA) system that combines something you know with something you have. Solutions banks use range from clumsy card reader devices to SMS/text messaging, each with their own merits and pitfalls. These systems aim to prove that you are who you say you are, and not to […]
Stockton to File for Bankruptcy, Will be Largest U.S. City to Fail
June 27th, 2012Via: Los Angeles Times: This Gold Rush-era port city, an epicenter of California’s agricultural exports, will become the nation’s largest city to seek protection under the U.S. bankruptcy code after its City Council on Tuesday stopped bond payments, slashed employee health and retirement benefits and adopted a day-to-day survival budget. City Manager Bob Deis likened […]
Infographic: Nukes Ready to Fly
June 27th, 2012Via: National Post: This graphic attempts to look at the number of immediately available nuclear weapons in the world; weapons that could at a very short notice — because that is the point — be used in a war. Taking the latest data available from the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists we have constructed a […]
China Downplays Risk to Children from Lead Poisoning
June 27th, 2012Via: Reuters: Chinese children suffering lead poisoning from polluting smelters and factories have been denied testing, effective treatment and even basic information by officials who downplayed health threats, a human rights advocacy group said on Wednesday. The report from Human Rights Watch comes after China’s latest lead pollution outbreak, when 103 children and scores of […]
Louisiana: Creationists Get Public School Vouchers
June 27th, 2012I’m seeing a lot of outrage about this, but I actually don’t think it’s any worse than the sludge that’s pumped into the minds of children who are subjected to regular public school. The nuts are running the nuthouses in both camps, if you ask me. Via: Washington Post: This would be funny if it […]
U.S. Supreme Court Nixes State’s Ban on Corporate Campaign Spending
June 27th, 2012Via: Missoulian: The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision Monday, summarily reversed a Montana Supreme Court ruling and struck down the state’s century-old ban on corporate donations to political candidates. The ruling opens the door for corporations and unions to spend directly from their treasury on advertising and other independent expenditures promoting or opposing […]
China: Genetically Modified Cows Churn Out ‘Human Breast Milk’
June 27th, 2012Via: Reuters: Chinese scientists have produced a herd of genetically modified cows that make milk that could substitute for human breast milk — a possible alternative to formula in a nation rocked by tainted milk powder scandals. Researchers at the State Key Laboratory of Agrobiotechnology of the China Agricultural University introduced human genetic coding into […]
TSA Agent Spills Ashes of Man’s Grandfather, Laughs
June 27th, 2012Via: RTV6: A man’s attempt to bring the ashes of his grandfather home to Indianapolis ended with an angry scene in a Florida airport, with the ashes spilled on the terminal floor. John Gross, a resident of Indianapolis’ south side, was leaving Florida with the remains of his grandfather — Mario Mark Marcaletti, a Sicilian […]
Injection Wells: The Poison Beneath Us
June 26th, 2012Via: Pro Publica: Over the past several decades, U.S. industries have injected more than 30 trillion gallons of toxic liquid deep into the earth, using broad expanses of the nation’s geology as an invisible dumping ground. No company would be allowed to pour such dangerous chemicals into the rivers or onto the soil. But until […]
