Archive for November, 2016
Thousands of Green Cards Missing, Federal Officials Say
November 22nd, 2016Mmm hmm. Via: KABC: Thousands of green cards have gone missing, and it is causing concern for national security officials. A new report by the Office of Inspector General Department of Homeland Security shows the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service is struggling to issue green cards in a proper manner. The report said thousands of […]
Police Fire Water Cannon at Dakota Pipeline Protesters in Freezing Weather
November 21st, 2016Via: Reuters: Police fired tear gas and water at hundreds of protesters in the freezing North Dakota weather late Sunday and early Monday, in the latest violent clash over a pipeline project running through the state. An estimated 400 protesters mounted the Backwater Bridge just north of Cannon Ball, North Dakota, and attempted to force […]
Japanese Earthquake
November 21st, 2016Update: Tsunami Warnings Lifted Japan Meteorological Agency — UPDATE: COOLING AT FUKUSHIMA DAINI REACTOR 3 HAS RESUMED Via: NHK – Live — UPDATE: Miyagi Prefecture – Evacuate Immediately Via: NHK – Live — Update: One Week to Restore Power Before Dangerous Temperature Reached at Fukushima Daini Via: NHK – Live — UPDATE: COOLING AT FUKUSHIMA […]
U.S. Citizens Now Hold About $1.3 Trillion in Student Loan Debt
November 21st, 2016Via: Finance Geography: The New York Fed’s second quarter numbers are out for 2016 and it doesn’t paint a pretty picture for student loan debt. Officially, the nation owes $1.26 trillion in student loan debt. Realistically, we are probably over the $1.3 trillion mark when taking into account the fact that the Fall semester has […]
Trump’s Picks For AG & CIA Happy To Undermine Civil Liberties, Increase Surveillance
November 20th, 2016Via: TechDirt: This is (unfortunately) not a huge surprise, but it appears that a Trump administration is going to be much worse for civil liberties and surveillance. Earlier today, Donald Trump named his choices to head the CIA — Rep. Mike Pompeo — and to be the next Attorney General — Senator Jeff Sessions — […]
America Called Bullshit on the Cult of Clinton
November 20th, 2016Via: Reason: If you want to see politics based on emotionalism over reason and a borderline-religious devotion to an iconic figure, forget the Trump Army; look instead to the Cult of Clinton. Ever since Donald Trump won the presidential election, all eyes, and wringing hands, have been on the white blob who voted for him. […]
Particular Seaweed Fed to Cows Nearly Eliminates Methane
November 20th, 2016Via: CBC News: The agricultural scientist, then at Dalhousie University, helped test Dorgan’s seaweed mix, and discovered it reduced the methane in the cows’ burps and farts by about 20 per cent. Kinley knew he was on to something, so he did further testing with 30 to 40 other seaweeds. That led him to a […]
West Texas Shale Oil
November 20th, 2016Via: Bloomberg: In a troubled oil world, the Permian Basin is the gift that keeps on giving. One portion of the giant field, known as the Wolfcamp formation, was found to hold 20 billion barrels of oil trapped in four layers of shale beneath the desert in West Texas, the U.S. Geological Survey said in […]
Apple Asks iPhone Manufacturers to Investigate Making iPhones in U.S.
November 19th, 2016Via: Nikkei: iPhones might one day soon carry “Made in America” labels. Key Apple assembler Hon Hai Precision Industry, also known as Foxconn Technology Group, has been studying the possibility of moving iPhone production to the U.S., sources told the Nikkei Asian Review. “Apple asked both Foxconn and Pegatron, the two iPhone assemblers, in June […]
‘Extreme Surveillance’ Becomes UK Law with Barely a Whimper
November 19th, 2016Via: Guardian: A bill giving the UK intelligence agencies and police the most sweeping surveillance powers in the western world has passed into law with barely a whimper, meeting only token resistance over the past 12 months from inside parliament and barely any from outside. The Investigatory Powers Act, given royal assent on Thursday, legalises […]
