Archive for March, 2013
Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez Dies Aged 58
March 6th, 2013Via: BBC: Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez has died, his vice-president has announced. Mr Chavez had been seriously ill with cancer for more than a year, undergoing several operations in Cuba, and had not been seen in public for several months. Nicolas Maduro made the announcement on Tuesday evening, flanked by political and military leaders.
Russia Fears Its Troops Will Riot if Cigarette Rations End
March 5th, 2013Via: Wired: Russia’s new defense minister wants to extinguish one of the Russian military’s most endemic health problems and martial perks: giving free cigarettes to troops. His challenge is to prevent nicotine-deprived soldiers from violently freaking out. Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has reportedly drawn up a rule to end the longstanding practice of providing enlisted […]
Student Suspended for Shaping Pop-Tart Into Gun
March 5th, 2013Via: KTNV: A student in Baltimore was suspended over breakfast. 7-year-old Josh Welch was eating a Pop-Tart at school. A teacher saw the pastry and said she thought it looked like it was being shaped into a gun. The teacher also said she heard Welch say, “Bang Bang” while he was holding it. That was […]
Pirate Bay Now Running Out of North Korea [???]
March 4th, 2013Update: Probably Still in Europe This post purports to explain what’s happening. You’ll need more propellers in your beanie than I have in mine if you plan on understanding this: The Pirate Bay – North Korean hosting? No, it’s fake. (P2) — Still Routes Through Europe I’m not really sure what’s going on here. nslookup […]
Brown University Creates First Wireless, Implanted Brain-Computer Interface
March 4th, 2013Make sure the firewall is configured properly on that thing. 😉 Via: ExtremeTech: Researchers at Brown University have succeeded in creating the first wireless, implantable, rechargeable, long-term brain-computer interface. The wireless BCIs have been implanted in pigs and monkeys for over 13 months without issue, and human subjects are next.
Spain: Homeless People Take Over Vacant Apartment Buildings
March 4th, 2013Via: Guardian: “Life changes when you lose everything,” says Manoli Cortés. “There was a time when I was happy just to work and look after my home. Now, at the age of 65, I have suddenly become an activist.” She is sitting in a typical Spanish living room: immaculately clean, filled with family photographs and […]
K-12 Student Database Will Share Information with ‘Private Companies Selling Educational Products and Services’
March 4th, 2013You’ll love this. Check out the part in bold to see who’s behind this database. Via: Reuters: An education technology conference this week in Austin, Texas, will clang with bells and whistles as startups eagerly show off their latest wares. But the most influential new product may be the least flashy: a $100 million database […]
Israel: Palestinian-Only Buses
March 4th, 2013Via: Telegraph: From Monday Palestinians travelling to day jobs into central Israel from the West Bank will be urged to board special buses at a checkpoint instead of the regular services used by Israelis. The scheme was drawn up by the Israeli transport ministry after residents in two Jewish settlements complained that Palestinians travellers on […]
British Terror Suspects Quietly Stripped of Citizenship… Then Killed by Drones
March 4th, 2013Via: Independent: The Government has secretly ramped up a controversial programme that strips people of their British citizenship on national security grounds – with two of the men subsequently killed by American drone attacks. An investigation by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism for The Independent has established that since 2010, the Home Secretary, Theresa May, […]
Processed Foods Sold to Americans Contain Ingredients Banned in Other Countries
March 4th, 2013Via: 100 Days of Real Food: It is appalling to witness the examples I am about to share with you. The U.S. food corporations are unnecessarily feeding us chemicals – while leaving out almost all questionable ingredients in our friends’ products overseas. The point is the food industry has already formulated safer, better products, but […]
