Month: February 2014
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EU Commission Report: Corruption Across EU ‘Breathtaking’
from bbc.co.uk: The extent of corruption in Europe is “breathtaking” and it costs the EU economy at least 120bn euros (£99bn) annually, the European Commission says. EU Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem has presented a full report on the problem. She said the true cost of corruption was “probably much higher” than 120bn. Three-quarters of…
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U.S. Plans Car-to-Car Warning System
from nytimes.com: The federal government said on Monday that it planned to require all new cars to broadcast their location, speed, direction and other data, and to receive similar data from other vehicles, to warn drivers of impending collisions. But regulators cautioned that any new rules would be years away. The National Highway Traffic Safety…
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4,600-Year-Old Step Pyramid Uncovered In Egypt
from foxnews.com: Archaeologists working near the ancient settlement of Edfu, in southern Egypt, have uncovered a step pyramid that dates back about 4,600 years, predating the Great Pyramid of Giza by at least a few decades. The step pyramid, which once stood as high as 43 feet, is one of seven so-called “provincial” pyramids built…
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Eat More Sugar, Die More Likely
from forbes.com: If the torrent of studies suggesting that sugar is bad for our health wasn’t quite enough, new research again suggests that added dietary sugar increases the risk of death from heart disease. Among the health concerns of eating or drinking too much sugar have been a higher risk of obesity, high blood pressure,…
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Total Drone Deaths in Pakistan Top 2,000
from allgov.com: More than 2,200 people have been killed by U.S. drones operating in Pakistan since 2006, according to a report obtained by the U.K.-based group The Bureau for Investigative Journalism. The document, compiled by the Pakistani government, lists the date and time of each strike, the number of people killed and injured in each…
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Libya’s Cache of Toxic Arms All Destroyed
from nytimes.com: Even as the international effort to destroy Syria’s vast chemical weapons stockpile lags behind schedule, a similar American-backed campaign carried out under a cloak of secrecy ended successfully last week in another strife-torn country, Libya. The United States and Libya in the past three months have discreetly destroyed what both sides say were…
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EFF, ACLU Lawsuit Against LAPD ALPRs Begins
from blacklistednews.com: Last Friday the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the American Civil liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California filed the opening brief in their lawsuit against the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles Sheriff Department. The lawsuit deals with how the law enforcement agencies are using Automatic License Plate Readers (ALPR) to…
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Australia Agrees to Dumping Near Great Barrier Reef
from aljazeera.com: Australia has approved a plan to dump millions of tonnes of sediment near the Great Barrier Reef as part of a major coal port expansion – a decision that environmentalists say will endanger one of the world’s most fragile eco-systems. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority rubber-stamped the federal government’s approval of…
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Gnosticism is Satan’s Tool
Marcos from Brazil offers enlightened perspective on Gnosticism in article and podcast – good stuff! A description of ancient philosophy in Makow article shows tradition goes beyond simple Christian heresy circa 200 AD: “Gnosticism doesn’t recognize sin or the need for salvation…it substitutes salvation with an awakening of spiritual powers and a transcendence from the…
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@PumpUpThaVolume: Episode096 – Take Me To Church
“♫Makin’ a soundtrack for another planet to hear♫ on Episode096 – Take Me To Church which features brand new sounds from James Vincent McMorrow, Pixies, James Supercave, SKATERS, Black Hollies, Hurray For The Riff Raff, Wild Cub, Belle Brigade, Gambles, Drowners, Hospitality, Hozier, Painted Palms, Haley Bonar, Neil Finn, Peggy Sue and Benjamin Verdoes… Download/Subscribe…
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Sochi Security Force to Be 40,000 Strong
from cbsnews.com: Officials in Russia are dealing with perhaps the only sporting event with even bigger security concerns than the Super Bowl – the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. Security has tightened with the start of the games days away.
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Does Humanity Even Want Freedom?
from ZenGardner.com: The most precious gift given to humanity besides its very existence and innate connectivity to universal Source is the gift of free will. We can choose. We ultimately have the power to make decisions for ourselves. Unfortunately this concept is buried under the rubble of ignorance and social engineering and of course becomes…
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NASA to Study Almost Absolute Zero Matter at ISS
from RT.com: NASA has revealed its plans to create the coldest spot in the known universe on board the International Space Station in 2016. The researchers are preparing to study matter at temperatures near absolute zero, revealing the world of quantum mechanics. The US space agency has announced that its researchers are currently working on…
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Florida Woman, 81, Behind Bars for Feeding Bears Too Much Dog Food
from cnn.com: Don’t feed the bears! It’s an admonishment heard over and over again from wildlife officials. But Florida resident Mary Musselman didn’t listen, officials said. And it got her arrested at age 81. She is being held without bond, CNN affiliate WFTS reported. “I think it is outrageous,” said Karen Tedder. She and other…
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Legalize Illegal Drugs to Save the Rain Forests
from guardianlv.com: The trafficking of illegal drugs is causing deforestation in Central America to occur at an increased rate, according to a report published today in Science, whose authors suggest that reforming current U.S. drug policy and perhaps legalizing illegal drugs could help save the rain forests.