Keshe Foundation
September 19th, 2012Many of you are submitting the one about the Keshe Foundation’s alleged energy technology. Click through to that link if you haven’t heard about this.
Briefly, because this one is very definitely in the put-up-or-shut-up category: I emailed them and asked why they were dealing with governments when, in fact, the governments, in service to corporations, caused this situation in the first place.
Produce a product. Let me buy it. Why deal with governments when they’re in on it?
I received no response.
Beijing Hints at Bond Attack on Japan
September 19th, 2012My guess is that this is, at present, little more than bloviation.
But tomorrow, or next week… Who knows…
Via: Telegraph:
Jin Baisong from the Chinese Academy of International Trade – a branch of the commerce ministry – said China should use its power as Japan’s biggest creditor with $230bn (£141bn) of bonds to “impose sanctions on Japan in the most effective manner” and bring Tokyo’s festering fiscal crisis to a head.
Writing in the Communist Party newspaper China Daily, Mr Jin called on China to invoke the “security exception” rule under the World Trade Organisation to punish Japan, rejecting arguments that a trade war between the two Pacific giants would be mutually destructive.
Separately, the Hong Kong Economic Journal reported that China is drawing up plans to cut off Japan’s supplies of rare earth metals needed for hi-tech industry.
The warnings came as anti-Japanese protests spread to 85 cities across China, forcing Japanese companies to shutter factories and suspend operations.
Fitch Ratings threatened to downgrade a clutch of Japanese exporters if the clash drags on. It warned that Nissan is heavily at risk with 26p of its global car sales in China, followed by Honda with 20pc. Sharp and Panasonic both have major exposure. Japan’s exports to China were $74bn in the first half of this year. Bilateral trade reached $345bn last year.
Warp Drive Might Be Possible
September 19th, 2012Via: Space:
A warp drive to achieve faster-than-light travel — a concept popularized in television’s Star Trek — may not be as unrealistic as once thought, scientists say.
A warp drive would manipulate space-time itself to move a starship, taking advantage of a loophole in the laws of physics that prevent anything from moving faster than light. A concept for a real-life warp drive was suggested in 1994 by Mexican physicist Miguel Alcubierre; however, subsequent calculations found that such a device would require prohibitive amounts of energy.
Now physicists say that adjustments can be made to the proposed warp drive that would enable it to run on significantly less energy, potentially bringing the idea back from the realm of science fiction into science.
Cyber Clues Link U.S. to New Computer Viruses
September 18th, 2012Via: Reuters:
Researchers have found evidence suggesting that the United States may have developed three previously unknown computer viruses for use in espionage operations or cyber warfare.
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For now, the two firms know very little about the newly identified viruses, except that one of them is currently deployed in the Middle East. They are not sure what the malicious software was designed to do.
‘Britons must work harder if the country is to compete with China and India’
September 18th, 2012I didn’t watch the piece, but one of my filters found this comment by Guardian reader, DivineColours:
Via: Guardian:
Britons must work harder if the country is to compete with China and India.
Oh my aching sides.
Currently under development is a robot which can work a sewing machine.
Pretty soon the garment industry will be returning to the west but alas there will be fewer jobs for Americans, Europeans or Chinese.
The end of the working classes due to the rise of the machines is the Elephant in the room but as far as some people are concerned it might as well be hiding behind the sofa.
Two American Companies Layoff Hundreds Of Workers: Military Uniform Contracts Awarded To Prison Inmates
September 17th, 2012Via: Inquisitr:
Two American companies which make military uniforms are laying off hundreds of workers as the federal government decides to use prison inmates to make soldier fatigues. American Apparel currently charges $29.44 per uniform. The cost will increase by 15 percent when Federal Prison Industries (FPI) convicts begin sewing the clothing at a cost of $34.18 each. FPI also functions under the name UNICOR.
When the American Power Source government contract runs out in October, the work will shift from private sector employees to inmates. A 1930s federal laws allows Federal Prison Industries the first right of refusal on all United Stated government contracts, according to Fox News.
Widow of Flight 93 Pilot Died of Alcohol and Drug Caused Heart Failure
September 17th, 2012Via: NBC:
The widow of the pilot of United Flight 93 on Sept. 11, 2001, died of heart failure caused by accidental alcohol and drug overdose, according to an autopsy released Friday.
Sandy Dahl, the wife of Captain Jason Dahl, died in May, at the age of 52 near Denver. The autopsy report from the Jefferson County Coroner’s office in Colorado said alcohol, painkillers, anti-depression drugs and anti-anxiety drugs were found in her system, The Denver Post reported. The coroner’s office found that Dahl’s death was “consistent with the combined impact of alcohol and multiple drug toxicity,” according to the Post.
PANASONIC, CANON CLOSE FACTORIES IN CHINA DUE TO VIOLENT PROTESTS
September 17th, 2012Via: NBC:
Major electronics firms Panasonic and Canon have temporarily suspended production at factories in China after a territorial dispute over a group of uninhabited islets in the East China Sea triggered violent anti-Japanese protests.
Sites linked to auto manufacturers Toyota and Honda have also been attacked in the unrest, which has forced frightened expatriates into hiding and sent relations between Asia’s two biggest economies into crisis.
Ratcheting up tensions further on Monday, Chinese state media warned Japan it could suffer another “lost decade” if trade ties soured. Japan counted China as its top trade partner last year, with total two-way trade of more than $340 billion.
Fewer Than 100 Adult Cod Left in the North Sea
September 17th, 2012Via: Telegraph:
A survey of catches at European ports has found that fishermen did not catch a single cod over the age of 13 last year.
The findings raise concerns for future stocks of cod, which become more fertile as they age. The fish can live as long as 25 years and grow to 6ft.
Researchers warned a lower life expectancy meant a lower birth rate and a faster decline.
Callum Roberts, professor of marine biology at York University, told the Sunday Times that intense industrial fishing meant that few fish survived beyond the age of four, when they reach sexual maturity.
“This means that there are fewer eggs and larvae to perpetuate future generations,” he said.
Related: Feds Declare Fishery Disaster in New England [h/t almaverdad2]
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