Archive for May, 2016
The Untold Story Behind Saudi Arabia’s 41-Year U.S. Debt Secret
May 31st, 2016Via: Bloomberg: The basic framework was strikingly simple. The U.S. would buy oil from Saudi Arabia and provide the kingdom military aid and equipment. In return, the Saudis would plow billions of their petrodollar revenue back into Treasuries and finance America’s spending. It took several discreet follow-up meetings to iron out all the details, Parsky […]
Neocon Ghoul Announces Plan Underway to Ensure Hillary Clinton Becomes President
May 30th, 2016Wealthy Republicans Planning to Run Third Party Candidate to Stop Trump: Some other flunky Republican-as-3rd-Party candidate would simply take votes from Trump, making it more likely that Clinton would win. These guys don’t think that their candidate will have a snowball’s chance in Hell of winning. In other words, these Republicans would rather have Clinton […]
Building Blocks of Life Found in Comet’s Atmosphere
May 30th, 2016Via: Space: For the first time, scientists have directly detected a crucial amino acid and a rich selection of organic molecules in the dusty atmosphere of a comet, further bolstering the hypothesis that these icy objects delivered some of life’s ingredients to Earth. The amino acid glycine, along with some of its precursor organic molecules […]
Former Zurich Insurance Boss Martin Senn Kills Himself
May 30th, 2016Via: Reuters: Former Zurich Insurance boss Martin Senn has committed suicide six months after leaving the company under a cloud, a tragedy that comes less than three years after Zurich’s finance chief took his own life. Senn, 59, shot himself at his family’s Alpine resort home in Klosters, Swiss newspaper Blick reported. He had quit […]
Rumor: After Dieselgate Disaster, VW Planning Big Move to Electric Vehicles
May 30th, 2016Via: Quartz: VW is in trouble. Its multi-year deception to hoodwink US environmental laws is costing it billions of dollars, in addition to inestimable public good will. Worse, the scandal has threatened the company’s future. Until last year the maker of the world’s best-selling cars, VW has had to pivot away from its long-term strategic […]
One More Time: Facebook Tracks Everyone
May 27th, 20162011: Facebook Is Building Shadow Profiles of Non-Users Countermeasures, EasyPrivacy: EasyPrivacy is an optional supplementary filter list that completely removes all forms of tracking from the internet, including web bugs, tracking scripts and information collectors, thereby protecting your personal data. Via: Gizmodo: There is no escaping Facebook’s advertising reach. The social network has announced that […]
MIT: Gravity Assisted Flow Battery
May 27th, 2016Definitely not coming soon, but very interesting. Via: MIT News: A new approach to the design of a liquid battery, using a passive, gravity-fed arrangement similar to an old-fashioned hourglass, could offer great advantages due to the system’s low cost and the simplicity of its design and operation, says a team of MIT researchers who […]
Britain: Plans to Create an EU Army ‘Kept Secret’ from Voters
May 27th, 2016Via: Telegraph: Plans to move towards the creation of a European army are reportedly being kept secret from British voters until the day after next month’s referendum. Drawn up by the EU’s foreign policy chief, the Global Strategy on Foreign and Security Policy foresees the formation of new European military and operational structures. This first […]
The Fusioneers
May 26th, 2016Via: Washington Post: At first glance, the outbuilding attached to Richard Hull’s Richmond home looks like any lean-to built by a retiree with time on his hands: a slap-dash affair with wood that appears salvaged from home projects gone wrong. But instead of storing a lawnmower and old paint cans, the shed holds a monstrous […]
Secret Text in Senate Bill Would Give FBI Warrantless Access to Email Records
May 26th, 2016Just skip the parallel construction. Via: The Intercept: A provision snuck into the still-secret text of the Senate’s annual intelligence authorization would give the FBI the ability to demand individuals’ email data and possibly web-surfing history from their service providers without a warrant and in complete secrecy. If passed, the change would expand the reach […]
