Archive for June, 2013
Chimeras: Japan Lifting Ban on Growing Human Organs in Animals
June 20th, 2013Via: Asahi Shimbun: The government plans to lift a ban on basic scientific research to grow human internal organs in the bodies of other animals for potential use in transplants, raising concerns about compromising the dignity of human beings. The proposed policy change was presented June 18 during a meeting of an expert panel under […]
Gold, Silver Hammered to 2.5-Year Lows
June 20th, 2013Right now: Gold: -$90.40 -6.58% Silver: -$1.85 -8.57% [!!!] Via: Forbes: Gold and silver futures prices are sharply lower and have careened to better-than-2.5-year lows in early U.S. trading Thursday. The market place sees traders and investors in a keen “risk-off” mentality following Wednesday’s U.S. Federal Reserve events. Fresh, serious technical damage has been inflicted […]
Never Give Stores Your Zip Code
June 20th, 2013Via: Forbes: Why make such a big deal over five digits that only records that someone lives in the same area as many thousands of others? Because along with other information, the ZIP code may provide the final clue to figuring out your address, phone number and past purchasing details, if a sales clerk sees […]
U.S. and Russia: Cyberwar Hotline
June 20th, 2013Via: Ars Technica: As leaked details of ongoing network surveillance and espionage programs by the National Security Agency (NSA) continue to stir up international concern about how deep US intelligence is reaching into IT operations worldwide, Russia and the US have taken steps to cooperate on cybersecurity—or at least prevent an accidental cyberwar. During talks […]
India: Central Monitoring System
June 20th, 2013Via: Times of India: India has launched a wide-ranging surveillance program that will give its security agencies and even income tax officials the ability to tap directly into e-mails and phone calls without oversight by courts or parliament, several sources said. The expanded surveillance in the world’s most populous democracy, which the government says will […]
U.S. Scrapping Billions of Dollars Worth of Military Equipment in Afghanistan
June 20th, 2013The U.S. Government borrowed money of China and did what with it? Via: Washington Post: Facing a tight withdrawal deadline and tough terrain, the U.S. military has destroyed more than 170 million pounds worth of vehicles and other military equipment as it rushes to wind down its role in the Afghanistan war by the end […]
‘KKK Member, Accomplice Created Lethal X-ray System, FBI Says’
June 20th, 2013Via: CNN: Two New York state men have been charged in a bizarre plan to develop a mobile X-ray system that would be used from afar to silently kill people that they deemed “undesirable,” federal officials said. Glendon Scott Crawford, 49, and Eric J. Feight, 54, were arrested Tuesday after an undercover operation by the […]
70 Percent Of Americans On Prescription Drugs
June 20th, 2013Via: CBS: Researchers find that nearly 70 percent of Americans are on at least one prescription drug, and more than half receive at least two prescriptions. Mayo Clinic researchers report that antibiotics, antidepressants and painkiller opioids are the most common prescriptions given to Americans. Twenty percent of U.S. patients were also found to be on […]
Former TWA Flight 800 Investigators Claim Coverup
June 19th, 2013Via: ABC News: In a new documentary, former investigators who looked into the mysterious crash of TWA Flight 800, which killed 230, are breaking their silence to claim that the explosion that brought down the plane in 1996 was likely no accident, and that the final report on the cause of the blast was falsified. […]
Journalist Michael Hastings Dies In Car Crash
June 19th, 2013Update: Autopsy Shows Journalist Michael Hastings Had Meth, Pot In System At Time Of Fiery Auto Crash Via: The Smoking Gun: The family of journalist Michael Hastings was trying to get him into drug rehab at the time he died in a fiery Los Angeles car wreck, according to a coroner’s report released today. Hastings, […]
