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E-passports allow real time tracking -- Computer scientists in Britain have uncovered weaknesses in electronic passports issued by the US, UK, and some 50 other countries that allow attackers to trace the movements of individuals as they enter or exit buildings.
The 12 worst cars ever built -- These cars all have shoddy engineering, questionable taste, or poor manufacturing quality. Or all of the above.
Price of US wars: 1 Trillion & rising -- The spending was divided between $708 billion for the Iraq War, $345 billion for the Afghan War, and $22 billion for assorted other war activities in other countries.
Vatican bank charged with money-laundering -- The Bank of the Vatican has been accused of laundering USD 200 million by proxy through an Italian creditor, a report indicates.
New Hampshire passes bill banning bank fingerprinting -- HB Bill 299 would add that single line to the state law that dictates what is acceptable required identification when presenting a “negotiable instrument” for payment. Fingerprints would no longer be acceptable if the bill were to become law.
CIA: Terrorists to Nuke US Cities -- Within this context, we find the statements of former CIA agent Rolf Mowatt-Larssen (as so generously reported by Newsmax) perfectly comprehensible and even predictable. Whatever else it may be, it is certainly an attempt to remind American citizens that they must live in terror forever, never knowing when or whether their cities are about to be blown into near nothingness along with their families. And what is indisputable, we believe, is that within this terror-context, Americans (and Western citizens in general) are being driven toward surrendering more and more freedom and privacy.
Gold Bottom is US $1,000? -- There are some very big players who have indicated an appetite for continued purchases - of gold too. China especially seems somewhat disenchanted with its trillions in paper asset reserves and is said to be seeking virtually any alternative. Heck, officials recently announced that China would diversify into the Canadian loonie of all things - and we can only assume that this is actually a backdoor play on that country's abundance of commodities and precious metals.
US banks face risks, could spark downgrades -- Commercial real estate losses could erode capital at U.S. banks, and ongoing government support may be necessary, especially if the economy worsens, Standard & Poor's said on Wednesday.
Court forces Swiss rethink in UBS tax deal with US -- the Swiss government said Wednesday it may have to renegotiate a carefully wrought deal with the United States to hand over thousands of files on suspected tax cheats in return for an end to U.S. legal proceedings against Switzerland's biggest bank, UBS AG.
Karzai Says Afghanistan May Need Foreign Troops for 15 Years -- Governments at the conference will pledge about $500 million, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said, to provide jobs, homes and farming help for Taliban fighters who return to civilian life. Alexander Dobrindt, deputy leader of Merkel’s sister party, the Christian Social Union, dubbed the plan a “Taliban cash-for-clunkers” program.
US judge grants German homeschooling family asylum -- An American judge on Tuesday granted asylum to a German couple who wanted to homeschool their children, bringing international attention to the debate in Germany over the rights of parents to freely educate their children.
Drug firms drive swine flu pandemic warning to recoup money spent on research -- Drug companies manipulated the World Health Organization into downgrading its definition of a pandemic so they could cash in on a swine flu outbreak, it is claimed .
Police, military products execs arrested in historic case -- Twenty-two executives and employees of companies in the military and law enforcement products industry have been indicted for engaging in schemes to bribe foreign government officials to obtain and retain business, according to a report and documents obtained by the National Association of Chiefs of Police's Fraud Committee.
Revealed: see who was paid off in the AIG bailout -- Goldman Sachs alone, for instance, got $14 billion in government money for assets worth $6 billion at the time -- a de facto $8 billion subsidy, courtesy of taxpayers.
Is our food supply the next terrorist target? -- Imagine for a moment a fleck the size of a grain of sand toxic enough to kill an adult — in fact, the most toxic substance on Earth. Now imagine a barrel full of that substance mixed into a shipment of, say, corn, which is then turned into several of the eight zillion processed foods that we so love and shipped to supermarkets all over the country.
30% 0f Americans approach poverty or are already there -- Poverty grew at twice the rate of U.S. population growth from 2000 – 2008, and now encompasses 39.1 million Americans
Pennsylvania House panel approves anti shackling bill -- A legislative panel yesterday took the first step toward ending what critics call a medieval procedure of shackling inmates as they give birth.
Feds remind pilots: Screen Haiti passengers -- Business aircraft operators planning to assist directly in the Haiti relief effort are being alerted by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) that they are required to screen all passengers before boarding flights to the United States.
Crowds seeking aid in Haiti met with rubber bullets and pepper spray -- The UN’s Brazilian troops are experienced — they have been stationed in Haiti for years — but they were struggling to hold the line. As they began deploying the pepper spray, the crowd broke up and ran back across the road coughing, eyes streaming.
Toxic wastes & Haiti -- Two decades ago, the garbage barge, the Khian Sea, with no place in the U.S. willing to accept its garbage, left the territorial waters of the United States and began circling the oceans in search of a country willing to accept its cargo:14,000 tons of toxic incinerator ash.
WHO slams swine flu critics as "irresponsible" -- The World Health Organization on Monday slammed as "irresponsible" critics who claim swine flu is a fake pandemic created for the benefit of drug companies.
Teen's charity draws ire of McDonalds -- You couldn't blame Lauren McClusky of Chicago if she were a bit squeamish about using her last name in this story without fear of reprisal from Ronald McDonald and his legal posse.
Web censorship in China? No problem says Bill Gates -- Microsoft founder plays down Beijing's attempts to stifle dissent on the internet as 'very limited'.
Turmeric treats candida & colorectal cancers -- Candida infection is caused by a yeast overgrowth in the intestines. It can cause gas, bloating, indigestion and even chronic disease. Known by its Latin name, curcumin, turmeric shows promise as an antifungal for Candida as well as many other fungal infections. According to the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, the herb turmeric may be useful in inhibiting the Candida infection. Research at the Linus Pauling Institute also points to turmeric's curative value in treating colorectal cancers.
20% of US households struggle to afford food -- Nearly one in five U.S. households ran out of money to buy enough food at least once during 2009.
Deadly VHS virus found in Lake Superior killing fish -- Researchers say a fatal fish virus has been found in Lake Superior for the first time, meaning it has spread to all the Great Lakes.
As technology surges radiation safeguards lag -- there is also a growing realization among those who work with this new technology that some safety procedures are outdated.
Bases, missiles, wars: US consolidates global military network -- The advanced Patriot theater anti-ballistic missile batteries in place or soon to be in Egypt, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Japan, Kuwait, the Netherlands, Poland, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates describe an arc stretching from the Baltic Sea through Southeast Europe to the Eastern Mediterranean Sea and the Caucasus and beyond to East Asia.
Subway transit workers sport RFID to improve safety -- Bombardier Transportation, McMaster RFID Applications Lab and Ontario Centres of Excellence are teaming up to develop location awareness technology that can be used to notify subway operators of the exact location of track inspectors and workers.
Obama's war for oil in Columbia -- While the U.S. has claimed for years that it is fighting a drug war in Colombia, though having to sheepishly admit year after year that its ostensible efforts have not yielded any decrease whatsoever in the amount of coca grown in Colombia or cocaine exported to the U.S., the real reason for the war has always been the control of Colombia’s rich oil resources.
Wall St Journal: Ivins not the anthrax killer
Could Vancouver 2010 be the next 9-11? -- false flag attack coming?
Housing vacancy in Orlando at 28% -- Orlando had more vacant houses, condos and apartments than any other major U.S. city during the third quarter, driving down rents and sparking landlord concessions just five years after finding an apartment was virtually impossible.
