Archive for December, 2016
Pipeline Spills 176,000 Gallons of Crude Into Creek About 150 Miles from Dakota Access Protest Camp
December 12th, 2016Via: CNBC: A pipeline leak has spilled tens of thousands of gallons of crude oil into a North Dakota creek roughly two and a half hours from Cannon Ball, where protesters are camped out in opposition to the Dakota Access pipeline. Members of the Standing Rock Sioux and other tribes, as well as environmentalists from […]
Fake News: ‘Russia Intervened to Help Trump Win Election: Intelligence Officials’
December 10th, 2016Update: Top U.S. Spy Agency: No Evidence Russia Involved Via: Reuters: The overseers of the U.S. intelligence community have not embraced a CIA assessment that Russian cyber attacks were aimed at helping Republican President-elect Donald Trump win the 2016 election, three American officials said on Monday. While the Office of the Director of National Intelligence […]
Mexico Says Army to Stay in Streets
December 9th, 2016Via: AFP: Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said Friday troops will remain in the streets to combat drug violence after his defense minister issued a rare complaint about the controversial deployment. Although Pena Nieto acknowledged that the soldiers and marines have been doing law enforcement tasks that “don’t correspond to them in the strictest sense,” […]
Russian Killer Robot Guns Down ISIS Leader and 4 Others
December 8th, 2016Via: Inquisitr: A machine-gun-wielding Russian robot was sent in to “take out” an ISIS emir and four other militants in a raid this week designed to stop terrorist attacks in the Republic of Dagestan, according to Russian security services. A video showing the killer robot indicates that the mechanical shooter was maneuvered into position and […]
Japan Tags Dementia Sufferers with Barcodes
December 8th, 2016Via: AFP: A Japanese city has introduced a novel way to keep track of senior citizens with dementia who are prone to getting lost — tagging their fingers and toes with scan-able barcodes. A company in Iruma, north of Tokyo, developed tiny nail stickers, each of which carries a unique identity number to help concerned […]
Dallas Police and Fire Pension Board Halts $154 Million in Withdrawals
December 8th, 2016Via: Dallas Morning News: The Dallas Police and Fire Pension System’s Board of Trustees suspended lump-sum withdrawals from the pension fund Thursday, staving off a possible restraining order and stopping $154 million in withdrawal requests. The system was set to pay out the weekly requests Friday. Pension officials said allowing the withdrawals would leave them […]
The Grim Truth of Chinese Factories Producing the West’s Christmas Toys
December 8th, 2016Via: Guardian: Xiao Fang thinks she’s one of the luckier workers making Barbie dolls for the Christmas market at the Mattel toy factory in Chang’an. True, she says, she works 11-hour days, six days a week, and shares a dormitory with nine other women and gets to see her husband only once a week. She […]
Possible Sabotage on NZ Electricity Infrastructure
December 7th, 2016That’s twice in a row now that I was working on sales of off grid solar systems for people when the the power went out. My latest off grid customer went to the bank to try to transfer her money for her new system, and it was closed due to this outage. Absolutely true story, […]
Amazon Just Opened a Grocery Store Without a Checkout Line
December 7th, 2016Via: USA Today: Amazon is testing a grocery store in downtown Seattle that lets customers walk in, grab food from the shelves and walk out again, without ever having to stand in a checkout line. Customers tap their cellphones on a turnstile as they walk into the store, which logs them into the store’s network […]
#familyreasons: Prime Minister John Key Named as Ideal Candidate to Head International Monetary Fund
December 6th, 2016Unbelievable. Alternate tag: #mrleesgreaterhongkong Via: New Zealand Herald: Outgoing Prime Minister John Key has been tipped as a potential candidate to head the International Monetary Fund, an appointment signed off by US President Barack Obama. An article on MSC Newswire says Key’s background in international finance would make him an ideal candidate to replace Christine […]
