Archive for September, 2013
Kenya: 68 Killed in Terror Attack on Mall
September 22nd, 2013Via: CNN: Authorities in Kenya appeared close to ending a deadly siege Monday at an upscale Nairobi mall, where attackers have killed at least 68 people, injured 175, and are believed to still be holding about 10 people hostage.
Huge Cocaine Haul Seized on Air France Plane in Paris
September 22nd, 2013Via: BBC: Police at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport have seized 1.3 tonnes of pure cocaine on board an Air France flight from Venezuela, French officials say. The drugs were found packed inside 30 suitcases on 11 September, but the operation was revealed on Saturday. France’s Interior minister, Manuel Valls, said it was the biggest […]
The Near Detonation of a Mark 39 Hydrogen Bomb Over North Carolina in 1961
September 22nd, 2013Via: Guardian: A secret document, published in declassified form for the first time by the Guardian today, reveals that the US Air Force came dramatically close to detonating an atom bomb over North Carolina that would have been 260 times more powerful than the device that devastated Hiroshima. The document, obtained by the investigative journalist […]
Venezuela Takes Over Toilet Paper Factory
September 21st, 2013This is where price controls will eventually land a country. All wiped out. Here’s what the crooked Venezuelan regime could do if it wants to provide competition in the market for toilet paper: Build a toilet paper factory and (try to) offer the products at a cheaper price. Via: Reuters: A Venezuelan state agency on […]
Fukushima Forever
September 21st, 2013Via: Huffington Post: Recent disclosures of tons of radioactive water from the damaged Fukushima reactors spilling into the ocean are just the latest evidence of the continuing incompetence of the Japanese utility, TEPCO. The announcement that the Japanese government will step in is also not reassuring since it was the Japanese government that failed to […]
‘Glitch Blocked Goldman at Treasury Auction’
September 20th, 2013[???] Via: Wall Street Journal: A glitch in a computer system at the center of the $11.6 trillion market for U.S. government debt last week blocked Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s multibillion-dollar order at an auction of Treasury bills, leaving the bank empty-handed and altering prices in the U.S. debt market. The Treasury Department on Sept. […]
On Constitution Day, California College Student Ordered to Stop Handing Out Constitutions
September 20th, 2013Via: Huffington Post: Robert Van Tuinen, a student at Modesto Junior College in California, had a theory. He believed that the policies at his college limiting protests and expression were so restrictive that the college would try to shut him down even if he tried to hand out copies of the United States Constitution on […]
Billionaire Investor: Fed Robbing Poor to Pay Rich
September 19th, 2013Via: CNBC: The Federal Reserve isn’t just inflating markets but is shifting a massive amount of wealth from the middle class and poor to the rich, according to billionaire hedge fund manager Stanley Druckenmiller. In an interview on “Squawk Box,” the founder of Duquesne Capital said the Fed’s policy of quantitative easing was inflating stocks […]
Shinola Is Bringing Watchmaking to Detroit
September 19th, 2013Google’s Moto X smartphone is made in Texas. And now watches… Made in Detroit? Yep. Via: The Verge: Detroit stories come in two kinds. There’s “the collapse of the Motor City” — the story of a once-great city now abandoned and bankrupt, its people gone or dug in, its once-grand buildings now majestic ruins, its […]
Torvalds On Being Asked to Insert a U.S. Government Back Door Into Linux Kernel
September 19th, 2013Via: eWeek: NSA Backdoor Torvalds was also asked if he had ever been approached by the U.S. government to insert a backdoor into Linux. Torvalds responded “no” while shaking his head “yes,” as the audience broke into spontaneous laughter.
