Archive for January, 2013
U.S. Funds Lab to Look for Solutions to Rare Earth Mineral Shortages
January 10th, 2013Via: Network World: With China once again playing games with the rare earth materials it largely holds sway over, the US Department of Energy today said it would set up a research and development hub that will bring together all manner of experts to help address the situation. The DOE awarded $120 million to Ames […]
Nokia Admits Decrypting User Data But Denies Man-in-the-Middle Attacks
January 10th, 2013Via: Tech Week Europe: Nokia has rejected claims it might be spying on users’ encrypted Internet traffic, but admitted it is intercepting and temporarily decrypting HTTPS connections for the benefit of customers. A security professional alleged Nokia was carrying out so-called man-in-the-middle attacks on its own users. Gaurang Pandya, currently infrastructure security architect at Unisys […]
Diet Soda Linked to Depression in NIH Study
January 10th, 2013Via: U.S. News: Millions of people reach for an afternoon diet soda as a pick-me-up to make it through the rest of the day. But new research suggests sodas and other sugary drinks — especially artificially sweetened ones — could be related to depression. According to the research, which will be officially released at the […]
Secrets and Lies of the Bailout
January 10th, 2013Via: Rolling Stone: It has been four long winters since the federal government, in the hulking, shaven-skulled, Alien Nation-esque form of then-Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, committed $700 billion in taxpayer money to rescue Wall Street from its own chicanery and greed. To listen to the bankers and their allies in Washington tell it, you’d think […]
Owner of Company That Makes Top Quality Firearms Posted Message on Facebook About Mass Shooters Who Had Taken Psychiatric Drugs — Killed in Car Accident Days Later
January 10th, 2013Via: Natural News: John Noveske is one of the most celebrated battle rifle manufacturers in America. His rifles, found at www.NoveskeRifleworks.com are widely recognized as some of the finest pieces of American-made hardware ever created… Sadly, John Noveske was killed in a mysterious car crash just a few days ago, on January 4, 2013. According […]
OBAMA REGIME CONSIDERING USE OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS FOR GUN CONTROL
January 10th, 2013To all of you who stacked it deep while it was cheap: Well done. Via: New York Times: President Obama is planning a comprehensive effort to pass legislation and use executive orders to prevent gun violence, representatives of about a dozen gun control organizations were told Wednesday at a White House meeting. … Mr. Feinblatt […]
Iowa Legislator Wants Semi Auto Weapons Confiscated
January 9th, 2013Via: Daily Times Herald: State Rep. Dan Muhlbauer, D-Manilla, says Iowa lawmakers should ban semi-automatic guns and “start taking them” from owners who refuse to surrender any illegal firearms through a buy-back program. In an interview, a fiery Muhlbauer said it is time to act with “radical changes” on gun laws and other issues to […]
Disney World to Track Visitors with Wireless Wristbands
January 9th, 2013Via: NBC: New wireless-tracking wristbands designed to make the “Most Magical Place on Earth” even more hassle-free will hit Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., over the next few months. The “MagicBands” will be linked to customers’ credit-card information and function as room keys and park entry passes, thanks to radio-frequency identification (RFID) chips, which […]
Secret Government Documents Reveal Vaccines to be a Total Hoax
January 9th, 2013Via: Natural News: Through several Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, Dr. Tomljenovic was able to obtain transcripts of private meetings that were held between the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunization (JCVI), a so-called “independent expert advisory committee” that makes recommendations to the government about vaccine policy, and various British health ministers over the […]
Stephen Hawking ‘More Machine Now Than Man’
January 9th, 2013This article is great for those considering enrolling in Ph.D. programs. While the example of Hawking twitching his eyebrow to set swarms of minions aflutter with activity might seem extreme, this is actually the essence of the graduate school experience for many. Your adviser probably won’t be a cyborg, but my guess is that this […]
