Archive for March, 2014
Wyoming Welder Faces $75,000 a Day in EPA Fines for Building Pond on His Property
March 15th, 2014Via: Fox News: All Andy Johnson wanted to do was build a stock pond on his sprawling eight-acre Wyoming farm. He and his wife Katie spent hours constructing it, filling it with crystal-clear water, and bringing in brook and brown trout, ducks and geese. It was a place where his horses could drink and graze, […]
Russia Blocks Access to Independent News Sites
March 14th, 2014Via: EFF: Russia’s government has escalated its use of its Internet censorship law to target news sites, bloggers, and politicians under the slimmest excuse of preventing unauthorized protests and enforcing house arrest regulations. Today, the country’s ISPs have received orders to block a list of major news sites and system administrators have been instructed to […]
Cyclone Lusi
March 13th, 2014A cyclone is going to cause havoc in my part of the world over the next day or so. My ISP already sent out an email pretty much telling everyone to prepare to lose Internet access. Never mind that the power goes out here at the drop of a hat. So, if I’m not posting, […]
Jon Corzine’s Son Dead in Apparent Suicide
March 13th, 2014Remember this? Jon Corzine Will Not Face Criminal Charges Over MF Global Via: NY Post: The son of former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine killed himself in a Mexico City hotel, sources told The Post on Thursday. Jeffrey Corzine, 31, was the youngest of Corzine’s three children with ex-wife and childhood sweetheart Joanne Corzine. Sources […]
Drones Will Cause an Upheaval of Society Like we Haven’t Seen in 700 Years
March 13th, 2014Via: Quartz: The human race is on the brink of momentous and dire change. It is a change that potentially smashes our institutions and warps our society beyond recognition. It is also a change to which almost no one is paying attention. I’m talking about the coming obsolescence of the gun-wielding human infantryman as a […]
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Flew for About Four Hours Past Last Confirmed Location
March 13th, 2014Update: Plane’s Communications System Was Pinging Inmarsat Satellite So both the engines and communications systems were pinging two different companies’ satellites. Via: New York Times: David Coiley, a vice president of Inmarsat, a British satellite telecommunications provider, said the missing plane had been equipped with an Inmarsat signaling system that sends out a “keep-alive message” […]
Fleet of Drones to Patrol Australia’s Borders
March 12th, 2014Via: New Zealand Herald: Australia has announced plans for a fleet of giant high-tech unmanned drones to help patrol the nation’s borders, monitoring energy infrastructure and attempts to enter the country illegally. Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the Triton Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, which can remain airborne for 33 hours, would be based in the southern […]
Britain: One of Prime Minister’s Closest Aides Arrested, Allegations Related to Child Porn
March 12th, 2014Via: Telegraph: One of David Cameron’s closest aides has been arrested on suspicion of offences relating to child pornography. Patrick Rock, who was one of the government’s advisors on policy for online pornography filters, was arrested last month after police examined computers in No 10 Downing Street. Mr Rock resigned as a policy advisor to […]
How the NSA Plans to Infect ‘Millions’ of Computers with Malware
March 12th, 2014Via: First Look: Top-secret documents reveal that the National Security Agency is dramatically expanding its ability to covertly hack into computers on a mass scale by using automated systems that reduce the level of human oversight in the process. The classified files – provided previously by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden – contain new details about […]
How Wall Street Has Turned Housing Into a Dangerous Get-Rich-Quick Scheme—Again
March 12th, 2014Via: Mother Jones: You can hardly turn on the television or open a newspaper without hearing about the nation’s impressive, much celebrated housing recovery. Home prices are rising! New construction has started! The crisis is over! Yet beneath the fanfare, a whole new get-rich-quick scheme is brewing. Over the last year and a half, Wall […]
