Archive for April, 2013
Ex-Bush Official Willing to Testify Bush, Cheney Knew Gitmo Prisoners Innocent
April 22nd, 2013Via: Truth Out: Former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld once declared that individuals captured by the US military in the aftermath of 9/11 and shipped off to the Guantanamo Bay prison facility represented the “worst of the worst.” During a radio interview in June 2005, Rumsfeld said the detainees at Guantanamo, “all of whom were […]
Toddlers Becoming So Addicted to iPads They Require Therapy
April 22nd, 2013£16,000 for a 28-day “digital detox” program?! That’s ridiculous! But in a world where toddlers are being zombified with smartphones and tablets, who’s to say what’s ridiculous and what isn’t anymore… Anyway, here’s a alternative treatment plan. 1) Get candles, flashlights and books ready. If you normally cook with electricity, get a propane stove. 2) […]
Shots Fired Overnight at Watts Bar Nuclear Power Plant
April 21st, 2013[???] Via: WBIR: TVA Police along with other authorities are investigating after a shooting involving a TVA nuclear security officer at their Watts Bar plant. Officials at the plant say the shooting happened early Sunday morning just after 2 a.m. on the Tennessee River side of the plant property. The incident is being labeled as […]
World’s largest Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Power Plant Planned for China
April 20th, 2013Via: Gizmag: Lockheed Martin has been getting its feet wet in the renewable energy game for some time. In the 1970s it helped build the world’s first successful floating Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) system that generated net power, and in 2009 it was awarded a contract to develop an OTEC pilot plant in Hawaii. […]
Apple and Google Keep Voice App Data for Two Years
April 20th, 2013Via: Engadget: It’s no secret that Apple hangs onto your Siri data for some length of time (as other companies so with search data and the like), but it hasn’t been clear exactly how long it keeps that data sitting on its servers. Wired has now cleared that up somewhat, though, hearing from Apple spokesperson […]
U.S. House of Representatives Shamefully Passes CISPA
April 20th, 2013Via: EFF: Today, Internet freedom advocates everywhere turned their eyes to the U.S. House of Representatives as that legislative body considered the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. For the second year in a row, the House voted to approve CISPA, a bill that would allow companies to bypass all existing privacy law to spy […]
Fitch Downgrades United Kingdom to ‘AA+’
April 20th, 2013Via: Reuters: Fitch Ratings has downgraded the United Kingdom’s Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) to ‘AA+’ from ‘AAA’. The Outlook is Stable.
DOD Will Now “Push” Assistance to Civil Authorities
April 20th, 2013Via: HongPong: The strategy, released in February, looks at the lessons learned from past experiences — from Hurricane Katrina through Hurricane Sandy. They also looked at changes including the growth of communications networks, dependence on private-sector capabilities and “the rising expectations from the president and from the secretary, and certainly from the American people, that […]
Bitcoin Ramping Up Again
April 19th, 2013Just crossed $135.
Watertown: Police Engaged In Prolonged Gunbattle with Multiple Suspects
April 19th, 2013I’ve merged this into the main Boston Marathon Bombing thread. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Captured Via: CBS: A flurry of applause at the scene of a standoff between police and Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev signaled his capture Friday night. After a nearly two-hour standoff in a Watertown neighborhood, Tsarnaev was taken from the scene by […]
