Archive for August, 2013
Anonymouth to Combat Stylometry
August 7th, 2013Via: I-Programmer: An open source project to combat “stylometry”, the study of attributing authorship to documents based only on the linguistic style they exhibit, is proving that it is possible to change writing style so as to evade detection. Artificial Intelligence techniques are routinely used to detect plagiarism and recently were employed to reveal that […]
Biotech Industry PSYOP Against Public Demands for GMO Labeling
August 7th, 2013Via: Alternet: Monsanto and Big Food are taking the battle for consumers’ hearts and minds to the next level. And it’s no coincidence that they’re pulling out the big guns just as the Washington State I-522 campaign to label genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food products is gaining steam. Can industry front groups and slick […]
Children Given Lifetime Gag Order In Pennsylvania Fracking Suit Settlement
August 7th, 2013Via: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: The non-disclosure agreement prohibiting Chris and Stephanie Hallowich from talking about the 2011 settlement of their high-profile Marcellus Shale damage case in Washington County, or saying anything about gas drilling and fracking, isn’t unusual. It happens often in settling such cases. But the insistence that their two minor children, then ages 7 […]
Android App: DronePatrol
August 7th, 2013Looks like fun for the whole family! Via: DronePatrol: DronePatrol is a citizen-based government watchdog organization which reports on domestic surveillence drones flying over the United States and its territories. DronePatrol.org features a database of drone sightings submitted by citizens throughout the U.S. just like you.
Key Figure in Guantanamo Bay Prison Camp Now Thinks It Should Never Have Been Built
August 6th, 2013Via: Daily Mail: The Pentagon official in charge of Guantanamo Bay has admitted that if he had his time over, he would have argued that the notorious detention camp should never have been built. William Lietzau, America’s Deputy Assistant Defence Secretary for Detainee Affairs, told The Mail on Sunday in an exclusive interview that Guantanamo’s […]
China’s Slow Economy Forces College Grads to Live in ‘Ant Colonies’
August 6th, 2013Via: CBS: Despite having a college degree, wages are low for job seekers. At a recent Beijing job fair, graduates know the odds: only 35 percent have found work. More than a million recent graduates have ended up crammed into cheap subdivided apartments. They’re packed in so tight, they’re nicknamed “ants.” These apartments — “ant […]
GMO Feed Harmed Pigs in Long Term Study
August 5th, 2013Via: Journal of Organic Systems [pdf]: Pigs fed a GMO diet exhibited heavier uteri and a higher rate of severe stomach inflammation than pigs fed a comparable non-GMO diet.
FUKUSHIMA: HIGHLY RADIOACTIVE WATER SEEPING INTO THE OCEAN
August 5th, 2013Via: Reuters: Highly radioactive water seeping into the ocean from Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant is creating an “emergency” that the operator is struggling to contain, an official from the country’s nuclear watchdog said on Monday. This contaminated groundwater has breached an underground barrier, is rising toward the surface and is exceeding legal limits of […]
U.S. COMMUNICATIONS INTELLIGENCE SECRETLY SHARED WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR USE AGAINST AMERICANS IN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS
August 5th, 2013“It is the height of naivete to think that once collected this information won’t be used.” —Former Stasi Lieutenant Colonel On NSA’s Mass Surveillance The United States is using the most awesome and terrifying surveillance infrastructure ever created to target its own citizens for criminal investigations. Intuitively obvious in activist circles for several decades —> […]
Feds Are Suspects in New Malware That Attacks Tor Anonymity
August 5th, 2013Update: Phoned Home to NSA Really?! I find it very hard to believe that this is some sort of screw up. If you don’t know much about this type of thing, you might think, “Oh the government is incompetent, so someone made a mistake and used one of their own IPs for this attack.” No […]
