Archive for April, 2013
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Post 9/11 Domestic Security Spending Exceeds Cost of New Deal
April 28th, 2013Via: CNN / Fortune: Video surveillance is already big business. In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings, expect it to get even bigger. … In response to security concerns after 9/11, Americans witnessed the growth of a massive domestic security apparatus, fueled by federal largesse. According to Tomdispatch’s Mattea Kramer and Chris Heilman, post-9/11 […]
Boston Bombing Suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev Caught on Russian Wiretap
April 28th, 2013He was on the U.S. watch lists, which means that NSA definitely had all of his comms.: The upshot of the American inquiries into Mr. Tsarnaev’s background was that even though he was found to have no connections to extremist groups, his name was entered into two different United States government watch lists in late […]
Spain Is Beyond Doomed
April 28th, 2013Via: The Atlantic: Spain is in a great depression, and it is one of the most terrifying things I have ever seen. Five years after its housing boom turned to bust, Spanish unemployment hit a record high of 27.2 percent in the first quarter of 2013. It’s almost too horrible to comprehend, but 19.5 percent […]
Registry System Being Set Up to Track Your Vaccination Status
April 28th, 2013Via: Vactruth: The Centers for Disease Control has been quietly rolling out a nationwide program called the Immunization Information Systems (IIS), registering your vaccine information into a database. This effort has been run in parallel with state vaccine registry implementations. What is the intention of such programs? My colleague Leslie Manookian, writer and director of […]
Off Topic: Zaner-Bloser
April 27th, 2013Owen wants to learn to write and Becky and I are going to go with Zaner-Bloser. I’ve cobbled together a lot of resources that are available for free and I’ll get the Z-B student editions of the books. I’ll print the manuscript ruled worksheets using Z-B’s generator… All of which should keep us busy for […]
9/11: Part of Aircraft’s Landing Gear Found in Narrow Gap Between Two Buildings
April 27th, 2013Via: Reuters: A piece of landing gear believed to be from one of the commercial airplanes that crashed into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, has been discovered, wedged between two lower Manhattan buildings, police said on Friday. The piece of landing gear found in a narrow alleyway behind 51 Park Place and […]
The Iter Fusion Reactor
April 27th, 2013Fusion power has been 20-years-away since the 1950s. And now, “Commercial reactors could not realistically be built until the second half of the century.” As I was chortling about this, it reminded me of a song from the olden days. The pursuit of this pipedream makes sense, though, if the goal is to keep masses […]
(Update: Fraud) ‘Unclaimed’ Documentary Film About a U.S. Army Veteran Left Behind in Vietnam for 44 Years
April 27th, 2013‘Missing’ U.S. Soldier Story Exposed as Fraud Via: Independent: Had it been true, it would have been one of the most gripping war stories of all time. But sadly it looks as if the man found living in the Vietnam jungle, who a new documentary claims is ‘long dead’ US army veteran Sgt John Hartley […]
‘Israeli Police Head to U.S. to Aid in Boston Marathon Bombing Investigation’
April 27th, 2013Via: Russia Today: The investigation into Monday’s deadly bombing at the Boston Marathon has officially gone international: law enforcement officials from Israel have been sent to the United States to assist in the probe. Israel Police Chief Yohanan Danino says he has dispatched officials to Boston, Massachusetts, where they will meet with Federal Bureau of […]
