Archive for April, 2014
America’s Coup Machine: Destroying Democracy Since 1953
April 16th, 2014Via: AlterNet: Soon after the 2004 U.S. coup to depose President Jean-Bertrand Aristide of Haiti, I heard Aristide’s lawyer Ira Kurzban speaking in Miami. He began his talk with a riddle: “Why has there never been a coup in Washington D.C.?” The answer: “Because there is no U.S. Embassy in Washington D.C.” This introduction was […]
The Guardian Launches Small-Run Newspaper in U.S. — Stories Picked by Machine
April 16th, 2014Via: Venture Beat: The Guardian is bringing automated content-curation to U.S. newsstands using some tried and true technology: the print newspaper. The U.K.-based newspaper will launch a monthly print edition in the U.S. on Wednesday dubbed #Open001, filled with stories selected by a proprietary algorithm. The Guardian has already tested the waters with roboticcally compiled […]
FBI Plans to Have 52 Million Photos in its NGI Face Recognition Database by Next Year
April 16th, 2014Via: EFF: New documents released by the FBI show that the Bureau is well on its way toward its goal of a fully operational face recognition database by this summer. EFF received these records in response to our Freedom of Information Act lawsuit for information on Next Generation Identification (NGI)—the FBI’s massive biometric database that […]
Young Children Experiencing Developmental Problems Related to Use of Mobile Devices
April 15th, 2014Via: Telegraph: Rising numbers of infants lack the motor skills needed to play with building blocks because of an “addiction” to tablet computers and smartphones, according to teachers. Many children aged just three or four can “swipe a screen” but have little or no dexterity in their fingers after spending hours glued to iPads, it […]
Florida: Coast Guard in Miami Beach Unloads Bales of Cocaine with a Street Value of About $350 Million
April 15th, 2014The 80-pound bricks, which were seized in two separate cases in Southwestern Caribbean waters, were handed over to federal agents and will be destroyed. *wink* Ah well, at least they didn’t need U.S. Air Force transports this time. Via: Miami Herald: Wearing protective gloves and masks, members of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Legare carried […]
Michael C. Ruppert Has Committed Suicide
April 15th, 2014“I’m tired. I’m ready to die.” —Apocalypse, Man: Michael C. Ruppert on World’s End Via: CollapseNet: I have been informed that MCR has committed suicide. I am devastated, and very, very sad… We’ll report more as information becomes available. PLEASE DO NOT SPREAD SPECULATION! MCR was my friend, my client (I was his attorney) and […]
Sars Research Lab Loses 2,000 Tubes of Killer Virus Fragments
April 15th, 2014Via: International Business Times: A prestigious research institute in France said it had lost thousands of tubes of samples of the deadly Sars coronavirus. A routine inventory check at Paris’ Pasteur Institute revealed that 2,349 tubes containing fragments of the virus responsible for the deaths of 774 people in 2002 were missing, the centre named […]
As Many As One Million Armed New Yorkers Are About To Break The Law
April 14th, 2014Via: Forbes: This year April 15 is more than the tax deadline for an estimated one million New York State residents. It’s also the deadline to register “assault weapons” and “high-capacity” magazines. If they don’t, they’ll begin living outside the law. A lot of them have decided to do just that. They’ve decided to practice […]
Google Buys Drone Maker Titan Aerospace
April 14th, 2014Via: CNN: Get ready for Google drones. The technology company announced Monday that it has acquired Titan Aerospace, a start-up founded in 2012 that makes high-altitude, solar-powered drones. The purchase is part of the new push in Silicon Valley to find ways of delivering Internet service to underserved areas, particularly in the developing world. “Titan […]
Measles Outbreak Traced to Fully Vaccinated Patient for First Time
April 14th, 2014Via: Science: Get the measles vaccine, and you won’t get the measles—or give it to anyone else. Right? Well, not always. A person fully vaccinated against measles has contracted the disease and passed it on to others. The startling case study contradicts received wisdom about the vaccine and suggests that a recent swell of measles […]
