Archive for August, 2013
Berlusconi Jail Term Confirmed for Tax Evasion
August 2nd, 2013My guess is that this is a wrist slap over his repeated failure to maintain appearances with regard to young prostitutes. If unchecked, this might lead to exposure of much more sinister activities, not necessarily by Berlusconi, but by others in his milieu. Via: BBC: Italy’s highest court has upheld a prison sentence given to […]
Google Searches Result in Visit from Joint Terrorism Task Force
August 2nd, 2013Any lawyers who click through are likely to experience grand mal seizures when they read about how the suspect dealt with this bogus fishing expedition. Suspect: Invited Joint Terrorism Task Force (mainly FBI, but could actually include people from a variety of agencies) inside his house. Suspect: Consented to a search of his house. Suspect: […]
NSA Pays £100m in Secret Funding for GCHQ
August 2nd, 2013Via: Guardian: The US government has paid at least £100m to the UK spy agency GCHQ over the last three years to secure access to and influence over Britain’s intelligence gathering programmes. The top secret payments are set out in documents which make clear that the Americans expect a return on the investment, and that […]
Dozens of CIA Operatives on the Ground During Benghazi Attack
August 2nd, 2013Via: CNN: CNN has uncovered exclusive new information about what is allegedly happening at the CIA, in the wake of the deadly Benghazi terror attack. Four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens, were killed in the assault by armed militants last September 11 in eastern Libya. Sources now tell CNN dozens of people working for the […]
California: Largest Solar Thermal Energy Plant in the World
August 1st, 2013Via: National Geographic: The Ivanpah Valley of the Mojave Desert in California is home to spiky yucca trees, long-nosed leopard lizards, loggerhead shrikes, and a rare species of tortoise—and soon, the largest solar thermal energy plant in the world. More than six years in the making, the Ivanpah plant is now slated to begin generating […]
Man Arrested At Theater Had Armor, Gun, Fake CIA ID
August 1st, 2013Lawyer: “Costume” [???] Via: Michigan Live: The attorney for the man accused of impersonating a federal officer while wearing body armor and openly carrying a loaded gun claims the fake Central Intelligence Agency ID was part of a costume he was wearing. Jeff Clothier, attorney for Cassidy Delavergne, the man who was arrested this week […]
How Hollywood Helped Hitler
August 1st, 2013Via: Hollywood Reporter: Beginning with wholesale changes made to Universal’s 1930 release All Quiet on the Western Front, Hollywood regularly ran scripts and finished movies by German officials for approval. When they objected to scenes or dialogue they thought made Germany look bad, criticized the Nazis or dwelled on the mistreatment of Jews, the studios […]
Behavioral Insights Team
August 1st, 2013Unfortunately, Fox News is the the original source for this one, but it needs to be posted. Via: Fox News: The federal government is hiring what it calls a “Behavioral Insights Team” that will look for ways to subtly influence people’s behavior, according to a document describing the program obtained by FoxNews.com. Critics warn there […]
Florida: Christian Cannibal Puppeteer Arrested with Kiddie Porn; Planned to Abduct and Eat Child
August 1st, 2013Via: Dangerous Minds: This is one of those stories that just makes your blood run cold: Ronald William Brown of Largo, Florida, the 57-year-old proprietor of “Puppets Plus,” has been charged with the possession of child pornography and of conspiring with another man to kidnap and then eat a child. The Christian Television Network kids […]
