Monthly Archives: May 2013
Some US lawmakers wary of Google Glass
Eight members of Congress on Thursday formally demanded that Google address a range of privacy concerns about its new wearable technology device, Google Glass.“We are curious whether this new technology could infringe on the privacy of the average American,” http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/17/technology/lawmakers-pose-questions-on-google-glass.html?ref=technology The glasses, which are not yet for sale to the public, connect to the Internet […]
FBI wants access to internet phone and video messages
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has made it clear it wants to intercept Internet audio and video chats. And that, according to a new report being released Friday by a group of technologists, could pose “serious security risks” to ordinary Internet users, giving thieves and even foreign agents a way to listen in on Americans’ […]
Secret fracking fluids in groundwater
The Obama administration on Thursday issued a new set of proposed rules governing hydraulic fracturing for oil and gas on public lands, moving further to address industry concerns. The new rule allows oil companies to keep some components of their drilling fluids secret and will allow them to run well integrity tests on one representative […]
US trained Guatemala for genocide
In 1999, President Bill Clinton went to Guatemala and apologized. Just two weeks earlier, a United Nations truth commission found Guatemalan security forces responsible for more than 90 percent of the human rights violations committed during the country’s long civil war. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/17/world/americas/trial-on-guatemalan-civil-war-carnage-leaves-out-us-role.html?ref=world Mr. Clinton’s apology was an admission that the Guatemalan military had not acted […]
NWO, “War on Terror suits us very well”
A top Pentagon official said Thursday that the evolving war against Al Qaeda was likely to continue “at least 10 to 20 years” and urged Congress not to modify the statute that provides its legal basis.“As of right now, it suits us very well,” The assistant secretary of defense for special operations, said, referring to […]
Kurzwell, Google to create artificial intelligence
And you think that dramatically extended life is possible? “I think we’re only 15 years away from a tipping point in longevity, because up until very recently you could not make a plausibly sound argument where life could be indefinitely extended.” said Ray Kurzwell, who is out to build an artificial “Google Brain?” Kurzweil is […]
Scientists closer to cloning human babies
Scientists have finally succeeded in using cloning to create human embryonic stem cells, a step toward developing replacement tissue to treat diseases but one that might also hasten the day when it will be possible to create cloned babies. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/16/science/scientists-use-cloning-to-create-embryonic-stem-cells.html?ref=us The researchers, at Oregon Health and Science University, took skin cells from a baby with […]
EU looks at oil price fixing scheme
On Wednesday, the European Commission ramped up its inquiry into the potential manipulation of oil and biofuel prices, as investigators continued to question BP, Royal Dutch Shell and Statoil about their trading activities. Oil is one of the murkiest markets. Much of the vast global oil trade occurs away from regulated financial exchanges, as companies […]
Turkish court finds state conspiracy in journalist death
A Turkish appeals court ruled Wednesday that the killers of an ethnic Armenian journalist did not act alone but were part of a criminal conspiracy. “We have strong evidence that state officials were involved in the conspiracy, and that evidence is even in the prosecutor’s report,” http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/16/world/europe/turkish-court-sees-conspiracy-in-the-journalist-hrant-dinks-death.html?ref=world The journalist was shot to death in broad […]
Julian Assange: Why Wikileaks
“Let me first frame this. I looked at something that I had seen going on with the world. Which is that I thought there were too many unjust acts. And I wanted there to be more just acts, and fewer unjust acts. http://wikileaks.org/Transcript-Meeting-Assange-Schmidt?nocache And one can sort of say, well what are your philosophical axioms […]
Wal-Mart sweat shops kill another 1100
Newly found documents indicate that apparel had been produced for Wal-Mart at one of the operations in the factory building that collapsed last month, killing more than 1,100 workers. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/15/business/six-retailers-join-bangladesh-factory-pact.html?ref=world The Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity has provided The New York Times with photos of several documents not disputed by Wal-Mart that were recovered in […]
CA cops beat man to death, confiscate video
A half-dozen Kern County sheriff’s deputies were across the street beating a man with clubs and kicking him. A witness whipped out her mobile phone and began to video the episode, announcing to the officers what she was doing. For about eight minutes, the man screamed and cried for help. Then he went silent, making […]
Robot bartenders mixing drinks
The Makr Shakr robot will be serving cocktails to delegates at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco this week. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22523822 It consists of three robotic arms which mimic the actions of a bartender from shaking a martini to slicing a lemon. The robots are linked to an app which allows users to create their […]
German court finds Google offensive and defamatory
A German federal court has told Google to clean up the auto-complete results an its search engine suggestions and said Google must ensure terms generated by auto-complete are not offensive or defamatory. The court case was started by an unnamed German businessman who found that Google linked him with “scientology” and “fraud”. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22529357 A person’s […]
US assails press, violating 4th amendment
Federal investigators secretly seized two months of phone records for reporters and editors of The Associated Press in what the news organization said Monday was a “serious interference with A.P.’s constitutional rights to gather and report the news.” http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/us/phone-records-of-journalists-of-the-associated-press-seized-by-us.html?hp&_r=0 the Justice Department informed it on Friday that law enforcement officials had obtained the records for […]
CIA Red Herring in Moscow
Russia’s Federal Security Service announced Tuesday that it had detained an agent of the Central Intelligence Agency during an attempt to recruit a Russian agent. Ryan Christopher Fogle, had been “working under the guise of” third secretary in the political department of the United States embassy in Moscow. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/15/world/europe/russia-detains-american-saying-he-is-cia-agent.html?hp Items evidently confiscated from him: a […]
israeli voters get the Bait & Switch on austerity
The Israeli government approved a two-year austerity budget early Tuesday that would cut spending and raise taxes, outraging many Israelis who voted in a new government this year after promises of economic relief. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/15/world/middleeast/after-citizen-protests-israel-approves-austerity-budget.html?ref=world 12,000 Israelis took to the streets Saturday night in a show of anger reminiscent of the vast social protests that rocked […]
UN, “Let them eat bugs”
The report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization says that eating insects could help boost nutrition. Wasps, beetles and other insects are currently “underutilised” as food for people. “Insects are everywhere and they reproduce quickly, and they have high growth and feed conversion rates and a low environmental footprint,” The authors point out that […]
Google + Bilderberg = Global Technocracy
The secretive Bilderberg Group is currently undergoing a major transformation that will see it and other high profile networks merge under the banner of Google as the elite accelerates its plan to consolidate its technocratic agenda. http://www.infowars.com/google-berg-global-elite-transforms-itself-for-technocratic-revolution/ On the New World Order agenda this year: – Targeting Iran’s nuclear processing facilities for destruction via air […]
Robot insects for surveillance and assassination
Researchers have developed a remote-controlled robot about the size of a fat housefly that mimics a fly’s aerial prowess. Developing a robot to do the same took more than a decade and a variety of technologies. It weighs just 80 milligrams and is controlled remotely. Each wing can be controlled independently. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/07/science/a-remote-controlled-robot-the-size-of-a-fly.html?ref=science The robot fly […]
Dirty Babylon 