Archive for March, 2016
Apple’s Recycling Robot May Help Build iPhones, Too
March 23rd, 2016Via: MIT Technology Review: Apple now makes robots. What’s more, the company’s new recycling robot, called Liam, may be evidence of a push to automate the production of the iPhone. At Apple’s slightly humdrum event on Monday, the company showed a video of Liam carefully pulling iPhones apart for recycling. The cutesy clip showed the […]
Former Israeli Intel Operatives Run Security at Brussels Airport
March 23rd, 2016But wait, there’s more. Via: sott.net: The aviation and general security services firm ICTS handles security operations at Brussels airport, the scene of a bomb attack yesterday morning. … This will not, however, be the first time that ICTS has come under scrutiny for possible security lapses leading to a ‘Muslim terror attack’. As the […]
‘Mason’ Present at Brussels, Paris and Boston Terror Attacks
March 23rd, 2016Don’t look at me. I just work here. Via: Metro: A teenager who survived the Brussels airport attack was a block away from the Boston Marathon finish line at the time of the bombing and was in Paris on November 13 last year. Mason Wells, 19, was hit by shrapnel when the bombs, which were […]
Power Out
March 23rd, 2016A storm has taken out our power again. The thing hasn’t even really hit us yet. Might not be any updates for a while. Via: NZ Herald: Severe weather is expected for some parts of the country this evening, with possibilities of surface flooding. A strong northeasterly flow is reaching Auckland, Waikato, Coromandel, Wanganui and […]
Company Seeks to Test Self-Driving Delivery Robots in DC
March 22nd, 2016Via: Fox 5 DC: You could soon be sharing the sidewalk with robots in D.C. A test project will be presented to District leaders to allow delivery robots to operate on city sidewalks. These robots could be delivering your takeout meal or maybe some fresh groceries. The company that created them say they are safe, […]
Brussels: Double Terror Attacks Kill Dozens
March 22nd, 2016Via: Reuters: Thirty-four people were killed in attacks on Brussels airport and a rush-hour metro train in the Belgian capital on Tuesday, according to public broadcaster VRT, triggering security alerts across Europe and bringing some cross-border traffic to a halt. — Via: Reuters: Two explosions tore through Brussels airport on Tuesday morning killing 13 people […]
U.S. Marine Base in Northern Iraq
March 22nd, 2016Via: New York Times: The Pentagon acknowledged on Monday that it had established a small base in northern Iraq staffed solely by American Marines, a disclosure that followed an Islamic State rocket attack over the weekend that killed one Marine and wounded several others. The White House has contended that the military is not conducting […]
Chicago: 82-Year-Old Woman Hospitalized After Police Raid Wrong Home
March 21st, 2016Via: ABC: A police raid sent an 82-year-old woman to the hospital, and her family says police were at the wrong address. Chicago police maintain officers did not target the wrong house and that they had reason to search the property for drugs. But that great grandmother in Roseland said she lives alone and that […]
Harper’s Magazine, Where ‘Legalize It All’ Means More Taxes and State Control of Drugs
March 21st, 2016In the piece below, there’s no mention of the fact that the CIA has been in the narcotics trafficking business for decades, which is an interesting tidbit to leave out of an article about disastrous drug policies. With that elephant in the room, let’s all gasp in shock with the author about the Nixon administration […]
The Veneer of Justice in a Kingdom of Crime
March 20th, 2016Via: BestEvidence: The criminal global banking cartel has effected a coup d’etat in the U.S. This is why the same criminal financial elite that saw 1000 of its members go to prison 20 years ago (after the S&L crisis) is now above the law. To date, the question of why the U.S. Department of Justice […]
