Archive for November, 2012
You Might Be a Terrorist If… (Your Watch Looks Weird Edition)
November 18th, 2012Via: AP: A Southern California man was arrested at Oakland International Airport after security officers found him wearing an unusual watch they said could be used to make a timing device for a bomb, authorities said Friday. Geoffrey McGann, 49, of Rancho Palos Verdes was taken into custody Thursday night after he tried to pass […]
Madoff Accountant’s Son Commits Suicide in Ohio
November 18th, 2012Via: New York Post: The 23-year-old son of the accountant who helped Bernie Madoff hide his Ponzi scheme shot himself in his apartment in Ohio, police said yesterday. Jeremy Friehling’s shocking suicide comes two years after Madoff’s son, Mark, hanged himself with a dog leash in his family’s SoHo apartment on the second anniversary of […]
They Cracked This 250 Year-Old Code, And Found a Secret Society Inside
November 18th, 2012Shachtman’s dismissal of the modern day significance of secret societies is unfortunate. The fact that the two main candidates in the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election were both members of the same secret society, Skull and Bones, is just, “Fodder for conspiracy theorists.” Overall, though, the article is pretty interesting. Via: Wired: The master wears an […]
ISRAEL: CABINET AUTHORIZED MOBILIZATION OF UP TO 75,000 RESERVISTS
November 17th, 2012Here we go again. Via: Reuters: Israel’s cabinet authorized the mobilization of up to 75,000 reservists late on Friday, preparing the ground for a possible Gaza invasion after Palestinians fired a rocket toward Jerusalem for the first time in decades. Tel Aviv, Israel’s commercial centre, also came under rocket attack for the second straight day, […]
Empirical Data Confirm Autism Symptoms Related to Aluminum and Acetaminophen Exposure
November 17th, 2012Via: Entropy: Abstract: Autism is a condition characterized by impaired cognitive and social skills, associated with compromised immune function. The incidence is alarmingly on the rise, and environmental factors are increasingly suspected to play a role. This paper investigates word frequency patterns in the U.S. CDC Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS) database. Our results […]
Permit Required for Homeless in Nevada City
November 17th, 2012Via: CBS: A police chief says he’s found a one-of-a-kind way to manage a growing problem in his city, and it’s putting the homeless on the hot seat. A new law would give Nevada City the power to hand out permits to a small group of homeless, which would give them permission to sleep in […]
Broadwell and Kelley Visited White House
November 17th, 2012Via: AP: The two women at the center of the David Petraeus scandal — the biographer with whom he had an extramarital affair and the socialite who received worrisome emails that led investigators to uncover the illicit relationship — visited the White House on separate and apparently unrelated occasions. Neither woman met with President Barack […]
Ingress: Google’s Strange New Game
November 16th, 2012John Hanke is the head of Niantic Labs, the Google unit that created Ingress, a new global augmented reality game. Let’s quickly look at some of what Hanke was up to before he worked at Google. After graduation from the University of Texas at Austin, Hanke, “Worked in foreign affairs for the US Government in […]
Securing the Homeland: You Might Be A Terrorist If… (Hotel Guest Edition)
November 16th, 2012Via: Public Intelligence: Known or possible terrorists have displayed suspicious behaviors while staying at hotels overseas… Not providing professional or personal details on hotel registrations—such as place of employment, contact information, or place of residence. Using payphones for outgoing calls… … Refusal of housekeeping services for extended periods. … Use of cash for large transactions…
Poverty: 50 Million Americans Struggling to Survive
November 15th, 2012The United States is projected to spend an estimated US$323 billion for development and procurement on the F-35 program, making it the most expensive defense program ever. The total lifecycle cost for the entire American fleet is estimated to be US$1.51 trillion over its 50-year life, or $618 million per plane. —Wikipedia, Lockheed Martin F-35 […]
