Archive for November, 2012
Britain: Man Faces Questioning for Posting Burning Poppy Photo
November 13th, 2012Via: Sky: A man has been questioned by police after an image of a burning poppy was posted on Facebook on Remembrance Sunday. Kent Police said the 19-year-old, from Canterbury, was detained on Sunday night on suspicion of making malicious telecommunications. The force said in a statement: “A man (was) interviewed by police this morning […]
John McAfee Wanted for Murder
November 13th, 2012He became a drug crazed lunatic, or ??? Boy, this is a weird one. Via: Gizmodo: Antivirus pioneer John McAfee is on the run from murder charges, Belize police say. According to Marco Vidal, head of the national police force’s Gang Suppression Unit, McAfee is a prime suspect in the murder of American expatriate Gregory […]
Petition to Let Texas Secede from the U.S. to be Reviewed by the White House
November 13th, 2012Comedy Gold. Via: Houston Chronicle: Well, Texas, you have done it. As of 3:40 p.m. ET, more than 25,000 Texans have already signed the petition on The White House website to let Texas peacefully secede from United States of America and “create its own NEW government.”
Obama Considering John Kerry for Secretary of Defense
November 13th, 2012Via: Washington Post: President Obama is considering asking Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.) to serve as his next defense secretary, part of an extensive rearrangement of his national security team that will include a permanent replacement for former CIA director David H. Petraeus. Although Kerry is thought to covet the job of secretary of state, […]
Big Picture: Syria Conflict
November 12th, 2012Via: Boston Globe: In a conflict dragging on into its twentieth violent month, today was an especially deadly day in Syria, where rebels are fighting the government of Bashar al-Assad. A pair of car bombs exploded, one in Hama and one in Damascus, and both sides claimed wildly different casualty totals. Intense shelling of rebel […]
SPAIN SUSPENDS HOUSE EVICTIONS FOR TWO YEARS
November 12th, 2012Via: BBC: Spanish banks are to suspend evictions for the next two years for the most vulnerable people. An estimated 350,000 families have been evicted from their homes since Spain’s property market crashed in 2008, at the beginning of the economic crisis. The announcement comes three days after a woman in northern Spain took her […]
An Electrode Spun from a Single Carbon Fiber Can Record Neurons in Living Animals
November 12th, 2012Via: MIT Technology Review: Connecting a human brain to a computer is as much a materials science problem as a biology one. What kind of interface is delicate enough not to damage nerve tissue, but resilient enough to last decades? Researchers have come up with what they call a “stealthy neural interface” made from a […]
CNN Article Bashes the Growing Number of People That Question Mass Media
November 12th, 2012Via: Vigilant Citizen: In the past year or so, we’ve seen several mass media outlets “reporting” on the popularity of conspiracy theories and of alternative news. However, in every case, the resulting article is not an objective report on a growing phenomenon but an all-out hit piece, bashing those who dare questioning the “official story” […]
Microsoft Wants to Know How Many Friends You’ve Got in Your Living Room
November 12th, 2012I didn’t even know what this Kinect camera was for. I had to search for information on it. Wikipedia: Kinect is a motion sensing input device by Microsoft for the Xbox 360 video game console and Windows PCs. Based around a webcam-style add-on peripheral for the Xbox 360 console, it enables users to control and […]
Sandy Aftermath: Description of Situation Inside FEMA Camp
November 12th, 2012Via: Reuters: Inside the giant billowy white tents, the massive klieg lights glare down from the ceiling all night long. The air is loud with the buzz of generators pumping out power. The post-storm housing — a refugee camp on the grounds of the Monmouth Park racetrack – is in lockdown, with security guards at […]
