Archive for October, 2012
Asian Seafood Raised on Pig Feces Approved for U.S. Consumers
October 12th, 2012Via: Bloomberg: At Chen Qiang’s tilapia farm in Yangjiang city in China’s Guangdong province, which borders Hong Kong, Chen feeds fish partly with feces from hundreds of pigs and geese. That practice is dangerous for American consumers, says Michael Doyle, director of the University of Georgia’s Center for Food Safety. “The manure the Chinese use […]
DHS Request for Information: ‘Robotic Aircraft for Public Safety’
October 11th, 2012Via: Federal Business Opportunities: The Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate is the Department’s primary research and development arm. The S&T Directorate provides federal, state and local officials with the technology and capabilities to protect the homeland. The Directorate’s mission is to protect the homeland by providing Federal and local officials with state-of-the-art technology and other […]
Tennessee: Lawsuit Claims Jail Guards Flushed Baby Down Toilet
October 11th, 2012Via: WSMV: A mother of three is suing the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office after she said a trip to jail ended in unimaginable horror. Lisa Allison said guards at the Metro Jail actually flushed her miscarried baby down a toilet and joked about the incident afterward.
S&P Cuts Spain’s Credit Rating Again; Near Junk
October 11th, 2012Via: Reuters: Standard & Poor’s on Wednesday cut Spain’s sovereign credit rating to BBB-minus, just above junk territory, citing a deepening economic recession that is limiting the government’s policy options to arrest the slide. The S&P downgrade comes with a negative outlook reflecting the credit ratings agency’s view that there are significant risks to economic […]
Turkey Intercepts Syrian Passenger Plane
October 11th, 2012Via: USA Today: Turkish jets on Wednesday forced a Syrian passenger plane to land at Ankara airport on suspicion that it might be carrying weapons or other military equipment, amid heightened tensions between Turkey and Syria that have sparked fears of a wider regional conflict. The Syrian Air jetliner was traveling from Moscow when it […]
An Inside Look at the NYPD’s Stop-and-Frisk Policy
October 10th, 2012Via: The Nation: Exclusive audio obtained by The Nation of a stop-and-frisk carried out by the New York Police Department freshly reveals the discriminatory and unprofessional way in which this controversial policy is being implemented on the city’s streets.
U.S. Files Mortgage Fraud Lawsuit Against Wells Fargo
October 10th, 2012Via: Reuters: The U.S. government filed a civil mortgage fraud lawsuit on Tuesday against Wells Fargo & Co, the latest legal volley against big banks for their lending during the housing boom. The complaint, brought by the U.S. Attorney in Manhattan, seeks damages and civil penalties from Wells Fargo for more than 10 years of […]
Mexican Diplomat Says America Pretty Much Invited The Sinaloa Drug Cartel Across The Border
October 10th, 2012Via: Business Insider: Leaked emails from the private U.S. security firm Stratfor cite a Mexican diplomat who says the U.S. government works with Mexican cartels to traffic drugs into the United States and has sided with the Sinaloa cartel in an attempt to limit the violence in Mexico. Many people have doubted the quality of […]
Children’s Obsession with Screens ‘Causing Developmental Damage as Well as Long-Term Physical Harm’
October 10th, 2012Via: Guardian: Doctors and government health officials should set limits, as they do for alcohol, on the amount of time children spend watching screens – and under-threes should be kept away from the television altogether, according to a paper in an influential medical journal published on Tuesday. A review of the evidence in the Archives […]
Microsoft CEO Sees Company Becoming More Like Apple
October 10th, 2012Microsoft has been copying Apple since the 1980s, so I doubt that this is much of a surprise to anyone. Via: Reuters: Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer has signaled a new direction for the world’s largest software company, pointing to hardware and online services as its future, taking a page from long-time rival Apple […]
