Archive for July, 2011
Turkey’s Military Chiefs Quit
July 29th, 2011Via: Reuters: Turkey said on Friday its top four military chiefs were all seeking retirement, in what appeared to reflect a deep rift between the secularist military and a government with roots in political Islam. State-run Anatolian news agency said head of the armed forces General Isik Kosaner and the heads of the ground, naval […]
Primary Bond Dealers Said to Meet With Treasury on Debt Ceiling
July 29th, 2011Warning: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. I’m sticking with my initial guess on this: No default. The U.S. is dealing with a $14 trillion clusterfuck. No way that thing hits the wall. Not like this. There’s way too much potential for something to go super-critical. I have […]
Gold Breaks Higher Again, Another New Record High
July 29th, 2011Warning: This is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold any financial instrument. $1632.79, new high intraday.
House Panel Approves Broadened ISP Snooping Bill
July 29th, 2011Via: Cnet: Internet providers would be forced to keep logs of their customers’ activities for one year–in case police want to review them in the future–under legislation that a U.S. House of Representatives committee approved today. The 19 to 10 vote represents a victory for conservative Republicans, who made data retention their first major technology […]
Google Offers To Re-Write Your Webpages On The Fly
July 29th, 2011If you think that this is just about speed, I’d urge you to consider Beware Online “Filter Bubbles”: As web companies strive to tailor their services (including news and search results) to our personal tastes, there’s a dangerous unintended consequence: We get trapped in a “filter bubble” and don’t get exposed to information that could […]
TSA Readying New Behavior Detection Plan for Airport Checkpoints
July 29th, 2011Via: Politico: The federal government is planning to introduce new behavior detection techniques at airport checkpoints as soon as next month, Transportation Security Administration chief John Pistole said Thursday. TSA already has “behavior detection officers” at 161 airports nationwide looking for travelers exhibiting physiological or psychological signs that a traveler might be a terrorist. However, […]
Malnourished American Children Face Long Term Learning and Developmental Problems
July 28th, 2011Via: Boston Herald: Doctors at a major Boston hospital report they are seeing more hungry and dangerously thin young children in the emergency room than at any time in more than a decade of surveying families. Many families are unable to afford enough healthy food to feed their children, say the Boston Medical Center doctors. […]
Bank ‘Activity’ Required For Wisconsin Voter ID
July 28th, 2011Via: disinfo.com: In the state of Wisconsin, you may be denied the ability to vote for lack of sufficient recent “bank activity”. A woman surreptitiously filmed the interactions as her 18-year-old son leaps through hurdle after hurdle in an attempt to get a constitutionally-guaranteed state ID so that he could vote. At the DMV, the […]
Scientists Think They’ve Figured Out The “Uncanny Valley”
July 27th, 2011Via: Digital Trends: Researchers from the university of California, San Diego, have discovered that a mismatch between movement and humanoid traits could be causing the uncanny valley effect, or the uneasiness we feel when we look at humanoid robots or CGI creations.
46% of Voters Think Most in Congress Are Corrupt
July 27th, 2011This isn’t maintaining appearances. Via: Rasmussen: Voters are more convinced than ever that most congressmen are crooks. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 46% of Likely U.S. Voters now view most members of Congress as corrupt. That’s up seven points from June and the highest finding yet recorded. Just 29% think most […]
