Archive for May, 2014
Miami VA Whistleblower Exposes Drug Dealing, Theft, Abuse
May 21st, 2014Via: CBS: When asked why he would risk his job and speak publicly, Detective Thomas Fiore considered the question carefully before answering. “People are dying,” he finally said, “and there are so many things that are going on there that people need to know about.” Fiore, a criminal investigator for the VA police department in […]
China and Russia Sign $400 Billion Gas Deal
May 21st, 2014Via: USA Today: China and Russia signed off on a huge gas deal worth as much as $400 billion Wednesday that heralds a pivot east for Russian business amid ongoing tensions with the West over Ukraine, though few details of the deal were made public. The 30-year gas-export contract, seen as a move by Russian […]
Israeli Forces Shoot Dead Two Unarmed Palestinian Teenagers from 200 Meters
May 21st, 2014Via: Al Jazeera: Defence for Children International (DCI) posted the two-minute video on YouTube, which it said was edited from six hours of surveillance footage from fixed security cameras at a Palestinian-owned business that overlooked the scene. The group said the video showed that troops had committed “unlawful killings where neither child presented a direct […]
Inside Italy’s Secret Toxic Waste Crisis
May 21st, 2014Via: Journeyman Pictures:
Class Action Suit Against Google for Ripping Off Website Operators
May 20th, 2014This happened to me back in 2006. *sigh* So this is definitely one for the News-Not-News file folder… I used to recommend AdBlock Plus, which even blocks ads on my own site. More recently, Google has apparently bought off AdBlock Plus developers to cause the software to not block Google ads by default. You will […]
“Why I Was Forced to Shut Down Lavabit”
May 20th, 2014Via: Guardian: If my experience serves any purpose, it is to illustrate what most already know: courts must not be allowed to consider matters of great importance under the shroud of secrecy, lest we find ourselves summarily deprived of meaningful due process. If we allow our government to continue operating in secret, it is only […]
China Bans Use of Microsoft’s Windows 8 on Government Computers
May 20th, 2014To save energy. *wink* Via: Reuters: China has banned government use of Windows 8, Microsoft Corp’s latest operating system (OS), in a blow to the U.S. technology company which has long been plagued by sales woes in the country. The Central Government Procurement Center issued the ban on installing Windows 8 on government computers as […]
Focus Fusion
May 20th, 2014Via: Indiegogo: The goal of Focus Fusion is to provide clean, safe and affordable energy around the globe. Scientists at LPP Fusion, led by Chief Scientist Eric Lerner, are just one step away from this groundbreaking technology and we need your help for the final push. With only 1/1000th the budget of the huge government […]
Illuminating Neuron Activity in 3-D
May 20th, 2014Via: MIT News: Researchers at MIT and the University of Vienna have created an imaging system that reveals neural activity throughout the brains of living animals. This technique, the first that can generate 3-D movies of entire brains at the millisecond timescale, could help scientists discover how neuronal networks process sensory information and generate behavior. […]
Russia Close to $400 Billion Gas Pipeline Deal in Pivot to China
May 20th, 2014Via: Bloomberg: Russia is close to signing a decades-long contract to supply natural gas to China at a price that would value the deal at about $400 billion, according to Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. Medvedev’s boss Vladimir Putin arrives in Shanghai today to try and complete an agreement after more than 10 years of talks. […]
