Archive for October, 2013
Hopey Changey: Obama’s Efforts to Control Media Are ‘Most Aggressive’ Since Nixon
October 10th, 2013Via: Threat Level: The President Barack Obama administration has “chilled the flow of information on issues of great public interest,” according to a Thursday report that amounts to an indictment of the president’s campaign pledge of a more open government. The report from the Committee to Protect Journalists, a non-profit dedicated to global press freedoms, […]
“The Story of Jesus Christ Was Invented as a System of Mind Control to Enslave the Poor”
October 10th, 2013Maybe. Maybe not. The Bible can mean anything to anyone. The flipside of what’s described in this piece is Liberation Theology: Liberation theology is a political movement in Roman Catholic theology which interprets the teachings of Jesus Christ in relation to a liberation from unjust economic, political, or social conditions. It has been described as […]
In Russia, 110 people Own 35% of Wealth
October 10th, 2013Via: Los Angeles Times: Global wealth levels have set records, but in Russia, the explosion in wealth has given way to the highest income inequality level, a new report showed. In Russia, just 110 people own 35% of the country’s wealth, according to a report released Wednesday by Credit Suisse. The country (population 139 million) […]
South Dakota: Early Blizzard Killed 75,000 Cattle
October 10th, 2013Via: NBC: An unusually early and enormous snowstorm over the weekend caught South Dakota ranchers and farmers unprepared, killing tens of thousands of cattle and ravaging the state’s $7 billion industry — an industry left without assistance because of the federal government shutdown. As many as 75,000 cattle have perished since the storm slammed the […]
Blacklisted News Supports Cryptogon
October 9th, 2013Thanks to blacklistednews.com for sending $100 in October, and for all of their support over the years.
Japan Finally Seeks International Help with Fukushima Crisis
October 9th, 2013Via: CBS: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Japan is open to receiving overseas help to contain widening radioactive water leaks at the crippled nuclear plant in Fukushima, with leaks and mishaps reported almost daily. Abe made the comments Sunday in a speech at an international science forum in Kyoto in western Japan. “We are wide […]
GE and AT&T Partner to Make Engines, Trains and Turbines Cellular-Capable
October 9th, 2013What could possibly go wrong? Via: All Things D: General Electric is announcing a partnership with AT&T on Wednesday to add wireless capabilities to a wide range of the company’s industrial machines. The deal — an expansion of the existing partnership between the two companies — is designed to equip millions of jet engines, locomotives, […]
Report: Foxconn Using Forced Student Labor to Build Sony’s PS4
October 9th, 2013Via: Games in Asia: If reports in the Chinese press are to be believed, Sony’s next-gen games console may be being assembled using some very outdated labor practices. According to Hong Kong’s Oriental Daily, thousands of students from an IT engineering program at the Xi’an Institute of Technology are being forced to work at Foxconn’s […]
U.S. Treasury Bill Interest Rates Skyrocketing
October 9th, 2013Via: Washington Post: Normally, the interest rate the government pays on bills is around the same as the short-term interest rates in other money markets (for example, the interest rates banks charge each other for overnight cash, or the interest rate that the Federal Reserve targets). Both of those are near zero right now, which […]
Britain: Blackpool Considering Adding Fluoride to Milk for School Children
October 9th, 2013Via: Blackpool Gazette: Special plans to introduce fluoridised milk into Blackpool’s primary schools moved one step closer after the scheme was backed by health chiefs. At a meeting of Blackpool Council’s Health and Wellbeing board yesterday it was resoundingly agreed to push forward plans to provide milk to 77 primary schools in the town. Dr […]
