Archive for March, 2014
China Vows ‘Iron Fist’ Response to Deadly Train Station Attack
March 2nd, 2014Via: Christian Science Monitor: For more than a year, the Chinese media have published regular reports of deadly violent incidents in the predominantly Muslim province of Xinjiang, in China’s far west. More than 100 people died last year in clashes between the police and ethnic Uighurs identified by the government as terrorists seeking independence from […]
World’s Largest Aircraft Unveiled; Can Stay Airborne for Weeks
March 2nd, 2014Via: Telegraph: The world’s largest aircraft which can stay airborne for up to three weeks and will be vital in delivering several tonnes of humanitarian aid as well as transporting heavy freight across the world, has been unveiled. The 300ft (91m) ship is part plane, airship and helicopter, and there are plans to eventually use […]
The TSA is Looking for Bitcoin
March 2nd, 2014The TSA didn’t find any Bitcoin “tokens,” but you’re about to read comedy gold. Via: Daily Anarchist: I turned back to the orange shirt and asked “What did the Bitcoin look like?” Bill chimed in and told the agent that what he was saying was impossible because Bitcoin is digital and doesn’t have have any […]
UKRAINE ORDERS FULL MILITARY MOBILIZATION OVER RUSSIA MOVES
March 2nd, 2014Update: New Head of Ukraine’s Navy ‘Defects’ in Crimea Via: BBC: The newly appointed head of Ukraine’s navy has sworn allegiance to the Crimea region, in the presence of its unrecognised pro-Russian leader. Rear Admiral Denis Berezovsky was only made head of the navy on Saturday, as the government in Kiev reacted to the threat […]
LAPD Spies on Millions
March 2nd, 2014Via: L.A. Weekly: Los Angeles and Southern California police, by contrast, are expanding their use of surveillance technology such as intelligent video analytics, digital biometric identification and military-pedigree software for analyzing and predicting crime. Information on the identity and movements of millions of Southern California residents is being collected and tracked. In fact, Los Angeles […]
Gallery: “China’s Apocalyptic Hellscape”
March 1st, 2014Via: Time: The smog in Beijing and parts of northern China has grown so bad that some have likened conditions to living through a “nuclear winter.”
$1 Trillion in Student Loan Debt, “Starting to Hurt Everyone”
March 1st, 2014Except the banks… Via: Time: Across the country, students are taking on increasingly large amounts of debt to pay for heftier education tuitions. Figures released last week by the Federal Reserve of New York show that aggregate student loans nationwide have continued to rise. At the end of 2003, American students and graduates owed just […]
Russian Parliament Formalizes Invasion of Ukraine
March 1st, 2014Via: AP: Russia’s parliament granted President Vladimir Putin permission to use the country’s military in Ukraine and also recommended Saturday that Moscow’s ambassador be recalled from Washington over comments made by President Barack Obama. The unanimous vote in an emergency session formalized what Ukrainian officials described as an invasion of Russian troops in the strategic […]
Gold Fix Study Shows Signs of Decade of Bank Manipulation
March 1st, 2014Via: Bloomberg: The London gold fix, the benchmark used by miners, jewelers and central banks to value the metal, may have been manipulated for a decade by the banks setting it, researchers say. Unusual trading patterns around 3 p.m. in London, when the so-called afternoon fix is set on a private conference call between five […]
Autonomous Drones Flock Like Birds
March 1st, 2014Via: Nature: A Hungarian team has created the first drones that can fly as a coordinated flock. The researchers watched as the ten autonomous robots took to the air in a field outside Budapest, zipping through the open sky, flying in formation or even following a leader, all without any central control. The aircraft, called […]
