TED Talks, a group that promotes some of the world’s greatest
thinkers in a traveling presentation series, recently refused to publish
a “controversial” examination of income inequality in societies
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Liberal economists and financial wonks say that we need to stimulate more to avoid falling back into an economic abyss.
FAA investigating “extremely dangerous” incident
Military intervention in the sovereign affairs of other states may
lead to outright war, including nuclear war, Russian Prime Minister
Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday.
The credit rating on Greece's government debt was downgraded deeper into junk bond territory on Thursday.
The British government is making urgent preparations to cope with
the fallout of a possible Greek exit from the single currency, after the
governor of the Bank of England, Sir Mervyn King, warned that Europe
was “tearing itself apart”.
Italy increased security Thursday at 14,000 sites, and assigned
bodyguards to protect 550 individuals after a nuclear energy company
official was shot and letter bombs directed to the tax collection
agency.
Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has a status update for Facebook
co-founder Eduardo Saverin: Stop attempting to dodge your taxes by
renouncing your U.S. citizenship or never come to back to the U.S.
again.
Everyone driving on Interstate 15 in southwest Utah may soon have their
license plate scanned by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration.
Reports suggest local law enforcement agencies are considering
shutting down cell phone services in the city over the weekend and while
it will most likely be very effective, many are questioning if the move
is legitimate.
An American tax exile living in the Cayman Islands has emerged as a
winner from the chaos engulfing Greece, even as the political and
economic turmoil in the beleaguered nation deepened yesterday, with
Athens putting a senior judge in charge of an emergency government to
lead it to fresh elections.
"The Metropolitan Police has rolled out a mobile device data
extraction system to allow officers to extract data 'within minutes'
from suspects' phones while they are in custody. 'Ostensibly, the system
has been deployed to target phones that are suspected of having
actually been used in criminal activity, although data privacy
campaigners may focus on potentially wider use.'"
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Opponents of a U.S. law they claim may subject them to indefinite
military detention for activities including news reporting and political
activism persuaded a federal judge to temporarily block the measure.
An 844-foot-long U.S. Navy assaultship collided with a refueling
tanker Wednesday in the Pacific Ocean, causing damage to both ships, but
there were no injuries or fuel spills, military officials said.
Syrian rebels battling the regime of President Bashar al-Assad have
begun receiving significantly more and better weapons in recent weeks,
an effort paid for by Persian Gulf nations and coordinated in part by
the United States, according to opposition activists and U.S. and
foreign officials.
Money is being pulled out of Greek banks at an alarming rate, and
if something dramatic is not done quickly Greek banks are going to start
dropping like flies.
The United States has completed its planning for a military strike
on Iran, the US Ambassador to Israel Daniel Shapiro said in remarks at a
closed conference in Tel Aviv that were broadcast on Israel TV on
Wednesday night.
Denied no longer, US officials admit US-Saudi cash & logistical support arming terrorists in Syria.
The bank runs that we are watching right now in Greece are shocking, but they are only just the beginning.
Europe’s financial crisis lurched into a perilous new phase as dire
predictions emerged of a collapse in Greece’s economy, with a run on
its banks bringing an inevitable end to its membership of the euro.
Norman and Oriane Rousseau were one more couple pushed by a huge,
greedy bank to the brink of homelessness. On Sunday, desperate and with
nowhere to go, Norman Rousseau shot himself.
Oops! Another couple billion dollars lost. Oh well, no biggie;
nothing to get too concerned about. That, in essence, was the reaction
of Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, America’s biggest bank, to the
news that Morgan had lost $2 billion in derivatives trading.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) and Merrill Lynch & Co. employees
discussed helping naked short-sales by market-maker clients in e-mails
the banks sought to keep secret, including one in which a Merrill
official told another to ignore compliance rules, Overstock.com Inc.
(OSTK) said in a court filing.
If you needed one more example of how DNA will soon cease to exist
as a private piece of information, you need look no further than the
latest product launch by Applied DNA Sciences.
The world's prison capital is not the United States, per capita,
although it leads the world for its overall prison population. One state
far outdoes America itself and incarcerates nearly double the national
average.
Balancing power with an informed, active, pragmatic citizenry is key to thwarting neo-imperialism in all its forms.
Stocks faded in the final hour of trading Tuesday to finish lower
after a transcript from the Greek meeting showed deposits leaving the
nation's banking system and after the Greece's leaders failed to agree
on a coalition government.
Documents just released by US Immigration & Customs Enforcement
(ICE) in response to one of EFF’s Freedom of Information Act requests
show that DHS is considering collecting DNA from kids ages 14 and up—and
is exploring expanding its regulations to allow collection from kids
younger than that.
Israel is using bases in the Sunni Kurdish portion of northern Iraq
to launch missions inside Shi’ite Iran to gather intelligence on the
Islamic republic’s nuclear program, according to a number of informed
sources.
A U.S. judge has refused to release a draft conclusion by a CIA
historian that blames the Kennedy administration for the Bay of Pigs
fiasco.
‘Intellistreets’ system now being installed with DHS backing
CBS 60 Minutes recently aired a fascinating session with former CIA
spy Hank Crumpton, who had Osama bin Laden in his sights two years
before 9/11, but couldn't get permission to kill him.
Being a Western-backed insurgency engaged in a bloody war of regime
change isn’t as easy as it sounds, and hoping to get some pointers on
the techniques involved. Top Syrian rebel leaders have been in Kosovo
since last month, picking the brains of the former Kosovo Liberation
Army (KLA) forces.
Greece abandoned a nine-day hunt for a government on Tuesday and
called a new election that threatens to hasten the nation's slide
towards bankruptcy and a future outside the euro zone.
Authorities say a Newark, N.J., airport security supervisor
arrested on a charge he pretended to be someone else to hide his status
as an illegal immigrant used the identity of the victim in an unsolved
murder case.
Moody's Investors Service downgraded the long-term debt and deposit
ratings for 26 Italian banks on Monday, citing the country's recession
and rising bad debt levels.
As the U.S.-Canada action plan implementation process continues,
there still remains many concerns with the further integration and
militarization of the northern border
Admitting that the chances for negotiations between the Syrian
authorities and the political opposition remain slim, Russia’s Deputy
Foreign Minister added that the world’s premier terrorist group is
responsible for wreaking havoc in the Arab Republic.
European Union expanded its Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) to cover all airlines, including non-European airlines.
The US government will assist the pharmaceutical corporations in finding prescription drugs to treat new diseases.
Oil transactions are usually settled in dollars but US sanctions
make it difficult for Iran to accept payments in the US currency.
Ha!
Don't be fooled—it's flexible at the top.
JPMorgan Chase announced Monday that Ina Drew, the firm's chief
investment officer, has left the bank after revelations of a $2 billion
loss sustained over the past six weeks.
A dramatic and well written parable of the insane and despotic nature of our current society.
They’re shifting assets to pound denominated British real estate in an attempt to hide from the euro wreck.
Suspected drug gang killers dumped 49 headless bodies on a highway
near Mexico’s northern city of Monterrey in one of the country’s worst
atrocities in recent years.
Amid recent reports that the bodies of four Mexican journalists
were discovered in a canal in the port city of Veracruz, less than a
week after another journalist based in that city was found strangled in
her home, the U.S. State Department "plans to award a contract to
provide a Mexican government security agency with a system that can
intercept and analyze information from all types of communications
systems," NextGov reported.
Britain has become a nation of sleeping pill addicts since the start of the economic downturn, figures revealed yesterday.
Even the police are protesting in Euroland.
Hmmm....
The policemen lost their jobs when their security clearance was
revoked by senior officers after checks were carried out because of
fears of “sleepers” in the ranks.
