BBC faces pressure to apologise after Jo Brand insinuated on Have I Got News For You that Prince Harry took cocaine Prince Harry is a captain with the Army Air Corps and has served on two tours of duty in… Read More ›
Month: October 2013
Thousands of protesters demand answers on HKTV decision
Leung declines to address rally on government decision to reject HKTV PUBLISHED : Friday, 25 October, 2013, 9:45pm UPDATED : Saturday, 26 October, 2013, 3:34am Vivienne Chow, Amy Nip and Tanna Chong Black-clad protesters at government HQ last night. Photo:… Read More ›
VIDEO: Man dashes back into burning home – to rescue BEER from the fridge
26 Oct 2013 17:44 Walter Serpit made sure his family were safe and well, before returning to the inferno to rescue his prized case of Bud Light A man fought his way back into a burning house to… Read More ›
Michelle Obama’s Princeton classmate is executive at company that built Obamacare website ( no-bid contract )
Posted By Patrick Howley On 4:57 PM 10/25/2013 In | First Lady Michelle Obama’s Princeton classmate is a top executive at the company that earned the contract to build the failed Obamacare website. Toni Townes-Whitley, Princeton class of ’85, is… Read More ›
‘We’ve reached the end of antibiotics’: Top CDC expert declares that ‘miracle drugs’ that have saved millions are no match against ‘superbugs’ because people have overmedicated themselves
By Snejana Farberov PUBLISHED: 00:30 EST, 26 October 2013 | UPDATED: 01:17 EST, 26 October 2013 Health crisis: Dr Arjun Srinivasan, the associate director of the CDC, told PBS’ Frontline that misuse and overuse of antibiotics over the… Read More ›
Euro Parliament axes data sharing with US – the NSA swiped the bytes anyway
Hacking claims now probed by Continent’s cops By Iain Thomson Posted in Government, 24th October 2013 18:24 GMT The European Parliament has voted to halt the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP), an agreement to share data on financial transactions… Read More ›
How The NSA Deploys Malware: An In-Depth Look at the New Revelations
We’ve long suspected that the NSA, the world’s premiere spy agency, was pretty good at breaking into computers. But now, thanks to an article by security expert Bruce Schneier—who is working with the Guardian to go through the Snowden documents—we… Read More ›
NSA Denies Website Outage Is The Result Of A Cyberattack ( Still down as of 7:30pm PST)
Brian Jones and Paul Szoldra Oct. 25, 2013, 6:10 PM Arturo Rodriguez / Associated Press Despite speculation that mystery hacker-group “Anonymous” is behind it, the NSA has denied their official website being down is the result of… Read More ›
How does ursolic acid induce neural regeneration after sciatic nerve injury? ( In Apples / Rosemary )
Contact: Meng Zhao eic@nrren.org 86-138-049-98773 Neural Regeneration Research Ursolic acid (chemical name 3-hydroxy-12- ursen-28-oic acid) is a triterpenoid extracted from natural plant-based drugs, and has anti-oxidative, anti-inflammatory, anti-apoptotic, and anti-scarring effects, and it regulates the immune system and promotes the… Read More ›
Food additive may prevent spread of deadly new avian flu
Contact: Sharon Parmet sparmet@uic.edu 312-413-2695 University of Illinois at Chicago A common food additive can block a deadly new strain of avian influenza virus from infecting healthy cells, report researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine… Read More ›
Coffee consumption reduces risk of liver cancer / By over 40%
Contact: Aimee Frank media@gastro.org 301-941-2620 American Gastroenterological Association Bethesda, MD (Oct. 22, 2013) — Coffee consumption reduces risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type of liver cancer, by about 40 percent, according to an up-to-date meta-analysis published in… Read More ›
WSU researchers link DDT and obesity / Effects seen across generations
Contact: Michael Skinner skinner@wsu.edu 509-335-1524 Washington State University PULLMAN, Wash.—Washington State University researchers say ancestral exposures to environmental compounds like the insecticide DDT may be a factor in high rates of obesity. The finding comes as DDT is getting a… Read More ›
UWM researchers help reveal how specific wavelengths of light can heal
Contact: Chukuka Enwemeka enwemeka@uwm.edu 414-229-4712 University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee Light as medicine? Multiple sclerosis (MS) causes progressive paralysis by destroying nerve cells and the spinal cord. It interrupts vision, balance and even thinking. On a suggestion from a colleague,… Read More ›
Breast milk protein may be key to protecting babies from HIV infection
DURHAM, N.C. – A substance in breast milk that neutralizes HIV and may protect babies from acquiring HIV from their infected mothers has been identified for the first time by researchers at Duke Medicine. The protein, called Tenascin-C or TNC,… Read More ›
Entangled toy universe shows time may be an illusion
20:22 25 October 2013 by Jacob Aron For similar stories, visit the Quantum World Topic Guide Time is an illusion – at least in a toy model of the universe made of two particles of light. The experiment shows… Read More ›
Are these the most terrifying trousers ever? The 17th century NECROPANTS made from corpse legs – and are supposed to be lucky
EEV: Edited to contain the whole video The Museum of Icelandic Sorcery & Witchcraft in Holmavik houses the only known intact pair of necropants In order to make the necropants, or nábrók, an individual had to get permission from a… Read More ›
Soros backs push for Hillary Clinton for US presidency
Billionaire adds his influence to unofficial Ready for Hillary campaign to back moves for her to run for the White House in 2016 PUBLISHED : Friday, 25 October, 2013, 9:07pm UPDATED : Friday, 25 October, 2013, 9:07pm Reuters in Washington… Read More ›
Maryland Attorney General claimes he ‘was sending a text and NOT taking a picture’ of dancing teens at his underage son’s booze-filled party
Doug Gansler, 50, is the Attorney General for Maryland and he is currently running to be the next Democratic governor of the state His son Sam and his classmates were having a ‘beach week’ graduation party at a rented home… Read More ›
Eric Schlosser on US nuclear weapons: ‘People are getting sloppy’
Q&A: Author of Command and Control discusses recent incidents involving those responsible for the US nuclear arsenal Ed Pilkington in New York theguardian.com, Friday 25 October 2013 11.35 EDT American author Eric Schlosser. Photograph: REX/FoxSearch/Everett For… Read More ›
Was ISRAEL behind the hacking of millions of French phones and NOT the U.S.? Extraordinary twist in spying saga revealed
Agents said to have intercepted 70 million calls and text messages a month France had previously blamed the United States of America US was first suspected of hacking into Nicolas Sarkozy’s phone in 2012 By Nabila Ramdani PUBLISHED: 11:32 EST,… Read More ›
Senator Dianne Feinstein claims eavesdropping on phone callls is not surveillance, nor is it protected under the Fourth Amendment, which prohibits unreasonable searches.
‘No phone call, no Internet transaction, isn’t recorded by the NSA’: Edward Snowden fires back at U.S. government surveillance denials Senator Dianne Feinstein claimed that the NSA’s phone-tracking is benign Whistle-blower Snowden said in a statement that it is pervasive… Read More ›
Malware infected International Atomic Energy Agency Computers
Wang Wei, The Hacker News – Tuesday, October 22, 2013 Hackers and malware are everywhere, waiting for you around every corner of the Internet. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which holds highly sensitive information and plays a key… Read More ›
Russian Brigades Brace For The Chinese Threat
October 24, 2013: Russia recently announced that it would accelerate its plan to create 40 more combat brigades by the end of the decade. This conversion was first announced in 2009, and since then 70 brigades have been created. Not… Read More ›
Mozilla’s Lightbeam tool will expose who is looking over your shoulder on the web
Adam Sherwin Thursday, 24 October 2013 Just who is looking over your shoulder when you browse the Internet? Tomorrow, web users will be given a new tool to shine a light on the commercial organisations which track your every… Read More ›
Italian mobsters work with Egyptian crime syndicates to imprison migrants and extort cash
Revealed: Mafia’s prime role in human-trafficking misery Michael Day Thursday, 24 October 2013 The role of Italian mobsters in human trafficking – of the kind that saw more than 350 African migrants perish off the coast of Lampedusa in… Read More ›
Chinese journalists obliged to take refresher course in Marxist reporting techniques
Kuchikomi Oct. 25, 2013 – 07:00AM JST ( 15 ) TOKYO — Journalists and reporters employed by the media in the People’s Republic of China are said to number about 250,000. The Chinese government recently announced that in order to… Read More ›
White House admits it was behind rumor that GOP leader told Obama ‘I cannot even stand to look at you’ during tense government shutdown meeting
By David Martosko, U.s. Political Editor PUBLISHED: 09:28 EST, 24 October 2013 | UPDATED: 15:11 EST, 24 October 2013 Senator Dick Durbin claimed that a senior Republican House member blew up at President Obama during tense government-shutdown talks… Read More ›
NSA monitored calls of 35 world leaders after US official handed over contacts
• Agency given more than 200 numbers by government official • NSA encourages departments to share their ‘Rolodexes’ • Surveillance produced ‘little intelligence’, memo acknowledges James Ball The Guardian, Thursday 24 October 2013 14.14 EDT The NSA memo suggests… Read More ›
Japan readies huge island war games amid YouTube PR push – Senkaku islands / Diaoyus ( Major Escalation )
By Shigemi Sato National Oct. 24, 2013 – 05:20PM JST TOKYO — Destroyers, fighter jets and 34,000 troops will take part in a huge exercise aimed at bolstering Japan’s ability to protect its remote islands, the government said Thursday, amid… Read More ›
Secret tomb belonging to an Ancient Egyptian ‘Priest of Magic’ discovered 4,500 years after it was sealed off from the world
Archaeologists at Abusir Archaeological Cemetery at Giza have found the tomb of Shepseskaf ‘ankh The vast tomb belonged to the Head of Physicians of Upper and Lower Egypt in the Fifth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom – 4,500 years ago… Read More ›
Europe Furious Over US Spying Allegations ” Worse than Orwell’s 1984 ” Emergency meeting Called
‘Out of Hand’ The newest allegations of US spying have unleashed a torrent of criticism and concern in Europe. If suspicions unearthed by SPIEGEL that the US tapped Chancellor Merkel’s cell phone turn out to be true, the ramifications for… Read More ›
Aircraft carrier sold for 1 cent
Wednesday, 23 October 2013 Here’s a penny for your thoughts: One red cent could’ve landed you the Navy’s first supercarrier, the decommissioned Forrestal. The U.S. Navy sold the 1,067-foot behemoth to a Texas company, All Star Metals, to be… Read More ›
Call yourself a ‘hacker’, lose your 4th Amendment right against seizures
Court rules coder’s PC can be snatched in ‘software knockoff’ spat By John Leyden Posted in Law, 23rd October 2013 23:19 GMT A US district court has ruled that anyone calling themselves a “hacker” loses their Fourth Amendment protections… Read More ›
Russia begins testing of hypersonic weapons
Artists rendering of an American hypersonic glider (AP Photo/ DARPA) IRKUTSK, October 23. (Itar-Tass) – Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin announced that Russia initiated tests of a new hypersonic weapon. “I can say that field tests are being conducted: they’re… Read More ›
Russian representative denies US media claims of his involvement in espionage – Rossotrudnichestvo exchange program
Photo EPA/CJ GUNTHER WASHINGTON, October 24 (Itar-Tass) – Representative of Russia’s Federal Agency for Cooperation with Fellow-Countrymen Abroad /Rossotrudnichestvo/ in Washington, Yury Zaytsev, has expressed astonishment over publications in the U.S. media saying that the FBI suspects him of working… Read More ›
78 percent of Americans say they weren’t inconvenienced by government shutdown: survey
Only 11 percent of Americans reported being ‘majorly inconvenienced’ by the shutdown Experts warn that another shutdown could be on the horizon in coming months By Associated Press and Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 18:08 EST, 23 October 2013 | UPDATED:… Read More ›
Btitain’s Monarchy will now regulate the country’s Press
Press curbs ‘will damage Queen’s standing’ Politicians’ “repressive” plans to regulate press will undermine country’s international standing, free speech groups warn Culture Secretary Maria Miller has unveiled her plans to regulate the press Photo: STEFAN ROUSSEAU/PA By James Kirkup, Political Editor… Read More ›
Computer Scientists ‘Prove’ God Exists
By David Knight Two scientists have formalized a theorem regarding the existence of God penned by mathematician Kurt Gödel. But the God angle is somewhat of a red herring — the real step forward is the example it sets of… Read More ›
Berlin Complains Chancellor Merkel’s Mobile Phone may of been tapped by US intelligence agencies for years
Did US Tap Chancellor Merkel’s Mobile Phone? By Jacob Appelbaum, Holger Stark, Marcel Rosenbach and Jörg Schindler Berlin is taking seriously indications that Chancellor Angela Merkel’s mobile phone might have been tapped by US intelligence, according to SPIEGEL information. Merkel spoke with President… Read More ›
Saudi Arabia severs diplomatic ties with US over response to conflict in Syria
Saudi Arabia is an important ally to the U.S. as it provides a secure source of oil Saudi diplomats now promise a ‘major shift’ in relations with the U.S. over inaction in the conflict in Syria Secretary of State… Read More ›
NSA-friendly cyber-slurp law CISPA back on the table with new Senate bill
Unsurprisingly with spooks’ full support By Iain Thomson Posted in Law, 22nd October 2013 19:33 GMT The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), which allows private companies to share customer information with the NSA and others in the… Read More ›
‘Kill everyone in China’: Outrage over comment during Jimmy Kimmel skit
Comedian Jimmy Kimmel has angered Americans with a skit that many did not find funny PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 23 October, 2013, 10:21am UPDATED : Wednesday, 23 October, 2013, 12:48pm Jeremy Blum jeremy.blum@scmp.com A screenshot of the segment on Kimmel’s show…. Read More ›
White House official fired over anonymous tweets ( Claimed Hillary was Whitewashing Benghazi )
Source: Reuters – Wed, 23 Oct 2013 03:50 AM Author: Reuters (Fixes Twitter links) By Roberta Rampton and Steve Holland WASHINGTON, Oct 22 (Reuters) – A senior White House official who was helping negotiate nuclear issues with Iran has been… Read More ›
Chessmaster Garry Kasparov suggests Putin behind Russia bombing
4:06 PM 10/22/2013 Brendan Bordelon Russian chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov — no stranger to strategic deception — thinks there’s something fishy about Monday’s suicide bus bombing in Volgograd, Russia. “Very suspicious details from the Volgograd bus bombing,” Kasparov tweeted… Read More ›
South Korean Cyber Unit Probed Over Election Meddling
Oct. 22, 2013 – 07:26PM | By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE | South Korean President Park Geun-Hye attends the 16th ASEAN-Korea summit in Brunei on Oct. 9. The country’s defense ministry has acknowledged that four members of the cyber unit had posted… Read More ›
For the first time ever, 10chief executives in the US received more than $100m in compensation/ Up to $6 million a day – A new world Record !!!
US CEOs break pay record as top 10 earners take home at least $100m each Pay gaps within companies widen as top two earners, led by Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, earn billion-dollar paychecks Dominic Rushe in New York theguardian.com, Tuesday… Read More ›
TSA searching passengers before they even arrive at the airport by using property, work and car records
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 16:10 EST, 22 October 2013 | UPDATED: 17:26 EST, 22 October 2013 The Transportation Security Administration is expanding its searches to check a number of personal records before passengers even arrive at the airport,… Read More ›
Penalty flag? Super Bowl champs Baltimore Ravens are being PAID $130,000 to promote Obamacare in Maryland
By David Martosko, U.s. Political Editor PUBLISHED: 15:57 EST, 22 October 2013 | UPDATED: 16:25 EST, 22 October 2013 The Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens inked a sponsorship agreement in September with Maryland Health Connection, the state’s Obamacare insurance… Read More ›
EU getting ready to destroy the banks yet again?
Draghi: ‘please don’t destroy Europe’s banks yet again’ By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard Economics Last updated: October 22nd, 2013 El Pais has obtained the devastating letter by the ECB’s Mario Draghi warning Europe’s authorities not to set off yet another conflagration with… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 