Examples drawn from breaches of United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights Users must choose the one answer out of three that shows compassion and empathy By Damien Gayle PUBLISHED:09:06 EST, 9 October 2012| UPDATED:09:06 EST, 9 October 2012 A… Read More ›
Control, Inhibiting Self Determination,
We do not need an internet overlord: ITU is holding a meeting in December to decide whether it – and by implication, the United Nations – should take over the internet.
9 October 2012 Chris Berg The internet should be kept free, not turned into a geopolitical plaything controlled by the United Nations, says Chris Berg. At first glance, the United Nations’ International Telecommunications Union (ITU) seems benign. The agency helps… Read More ›
Selling ‘panic’ on France’s luxury property market as millionaires rush to flee looming tax hikes
More than 400 €1million homes put on the market in Paris since socialist Francois Hollande elected to power France’s super-rich are looking to relocate to ‘wealth-friendly’ countries like Britain Recruitment agency for high-paid banking jobs in London sees increase in… Read More ›
U.S. military aims to prevent suicides by taking soldiers’ private guns away from them
Pentagon and Congress to back policies encouraging the separation of at-risk soldiers from their private weapons Suicide rate among U.S. military staff rising again in 2012, almost half of those committed with personal firearm Likely to spark opposition from gun… Read More ›
Greek crisis is ‘like the Weimar Republic’
Greece is plunging into an economic and social crisis as desperate as Germany under the Weimar Republic, the Greek prime minister, Antonis Samaras, has warned in an emotional appeal for leniency. Greece is plunging into an economic crisis as desperate… Read More ›
California gas prices reach all-time high following drop in supply: They claim because of a power outage Monday at a Southern California refinery
State moves above Hawaii as most expensive place to buy gas, with some drivers paying $5 a gallon, as prices drop elsewhere Associated Press in California guardian.co.uk, Sunday 7 October 2012 10.08 EDT Californians are paying 24 cents… Read More ›
Arkansas legislator says slavery may ‘have been a blessing’
Arkansas legislator, Republican Jon Hubbard, says slavery may ‘have been a blessing’ in new book. News DeskOctober 6, 2012 17:34 US Arkansas legislator makes claims about slavery in new book. (Paula Bronstein/AFP/Getty Images) Arkansas legislator, Republican Jon Hubbard, says slavery… Read More ›
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales marries Tony Blair’s former diary secretary in star-studded ceremony… and Alastair Campbell played the bagpipes!
Ceremony in London attended by Tony Blair and his former spin doctor Alastair Campbell wearing a kilt and playing bagpipes Celebrities including former Simply Red singer Mick Hucknall invited Marriage to Kate Garvey was updated on Jimmy Wales’ Wikipedia page… Read More ›
Sick of intrusive airport security already? Just wait for the next generation of scanners which can read EVERY molecule in your body
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED:13:41 EST, 6 October 2012| UPDATED:13:41 EST, 6 October 2012 Security staff at airports can already force us to go through metal detectors and use X-rays to see under our clothes. But a new technology being… Read More ›
Senators Accuse Obama of ‘Bribing’ Defense Firms
Oct. 2, 2012 – 01:59PM | By JOHN T. BENNETT Republican lawmakers are accusing the Obama administration of “bribing” defense firms in order to avoid massive layoff notices before the election. The White House on Sept. 28 issued guidance… Read More ›
Catholic theologian: Unseat pope and push ‘authoritarian’ church to radical reform
By Kate Connolly, The Guardian Friday, October 5, 2012 14:26 EDT Topics: Joseph Ratzinger ♦ Ratzinger Hans Küng urges confrontation from the grassroots to unseat pope and force radical reform at Vatican One of the world’s most prominent Catholic theologians… Read More ›
National Bank of Canada foreclosing Americans’ homes over credit card debt
By Stephen C. Webster Friday, October 5, 2012 13:15 EDT Topics: California ♦ credit card debt ♦ National Bank of Canada The National Bank of Canada is attempting to foreclose upon hundreds of American families’ homes in California over old… Read More ›
Google admits Middle Eastern governments could be spying on its users as it warns of ‘state-sponsored’ hacking attacks
By Hugo Gye PUBLISHED:16:41 EST, 3 October 2012| UPDATED:16:41 EST, 3 October 2012 Google has launched a new effort to warn its users that they could be the victims of cyberattacks from hostile governments. Account-holders working in international relations, development… Read More ›
German customs seize Stradivarius violin, demand $1.5 million
By Agence France-Presse Thursday, October 4, 2012 7:49 EDT Topics: Stradivarius violin ♦ Yuki Manuela Janke ♦ Yuzuko Horigome An acclaimed concert violinist has been told to pay $1.5 million in duty to German customs, who confiscated her Stradivarius saying… Read More ›
Multibillion-dollar scheme to set up intelligence ‘fusion centers’ after 9/11 has failed to catch any terrorists, Senate report reveals
77 fusion centers were created to encourage law enforcement agencies to share intelligence Report says the information-sharing effort cost the federal government from $300million-$1.4billon One fusion center reported a Muslim community group’s reading list Congress is likely to keep the… Read More ›
‘Bahrain buys favorable CNN content’
Engineering Evil : This is second confirmation on CNN becoming a propaganda venue for those willing to pay…. Keep in mind RT is the 2nd source, which I do not feel comfortable with yet. (Which is EE’s personal prejudice ) Prior… Read More ›
America’s financial crisis is laid bare as it’s revealed that every newborn owes more than $13,000 in state debt
State governments face combined debt of more than $4trillion When broken down to a per capita basis, every American – including babies born each day – owes an average of $13,425 By Graham Smith PUBLISHED:07:55 EST, 3 October 2012| UPDATED:07:56… Read More ›
Ten more years of pain: World economy will stay in crisis for at least another decade, says IMF chief economist
Olivier Blanchard was speaking to Hungarian website Portfolio.hu He said Germany would have to accept higher inflation and a real strengthening of its purchasing power He said U.S. still has big problems to solve Japan’s crisis ‘may take decades to… Read More ›
Spain’s tax take tumbles as companies go abroad: Spain’s corporate tax take has tumbled by almost two thirds from pre-crisis levels
Spain’s tax take tumbles as companies go abroad By Tracy RucinskiPosted 2012/10/03 at 8:00 am EDT MADRID, Oct. 3, 2012 (Reuters) — Spain’s corporate tax take has tumbled by almost two thirds from pre-crisis levels as small businesses fail and… Read More ›
Hi-tech CCTV can recognise faces from half a mile away
High–definition CCTV cameras that can identify and track faces from half–a–mile away could turn Britain into a Big Brother society if left unregulated, the first surveillance commissioner has warned. CCTV Photo: ALAMY By Telegraph reporters 7:08AM BST 03 Oct 2012… Read More ›
Black Hat hacker details lethal wireless attack on insulin pumps
Engineering Evil: A while ago we posted that Pacemakers can be hacked…. Unfortunately we stress that there is an urgent need to better secure these medical devices A.S.A.P. . Our nightmare scenario, is that wireless signals can be broadcast over… Read More ›
Obama Instructs Defense Contracters to Violate the (WARN) Act and the Federal Gov’t will pay the Legal Bills for their defense
Senators Accuse Obama of ‘Bribing’ Defense Firms Oct. 2, 2012 – 01:59PM | By JOHN T. BENNETT | Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., is among GOP lawmakers accusing the White House of playing politics in order to get defense firms… Read More ›
Debt crisis: troika demand even tougher austerity on stricken Greece
Greece’s international creditors are demanding the imposition of even tougher austerity measures despite the delivery this week of Antonio Samara’s hard-won €13.5bn package of cuts. Protester sitting in wheelchair waits along with other protesters for troika inspectors to arrive Photo:… Read More ›
Several major Chinese banks have canceled participation in the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank to be held in Tokyo next week
China banks pull out IMF Tokyo meet amid island row: WSJ Posted 2012/10/02 at 10:37 pm EDT TOKYO, Oct. 2, 2012 (Reuters) — Several major Chinese banks have canceled participation in the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank… Read More ›
UK hooked on debt, PIMCO boss warns: “warning that the US would turn into Greece within a decade “
UK hooked on debt, PIMCO boss warns Britain is part of a debtor nation “ring of fire” where bondholders are at risk of being “burned to a crisp”, the head of the world’s biggest bond house has warned. The UK… Read More ›
Obama waives sanctions on countries that use child soldiers
Posted By Josh Rogin Monday, October 1, 2012 – 1:48 PM U.S. President Barack Obama issued a new executive order last week to fight human trafficking, touting his administration’s handling of the issue. “When a little boy is kidnapped, turned… Read More ›
European Central Bank and the Federal Reserve succesful in their plan to devalue the Dollar to protect the Euro
US Dollar takes a Hit Sunday, 30 September 2012 The Dollar Index fell by the most since the first quarter of 2011 after the European Central Bank pledged to protect the euro from unraveling and the Federal… Read More ›
Macedonian in Greece killed for refusing to change last name ( ? )
Please Refer to Current Story Update: “Samardziev” case, nice work of the Greek Secret Service https://engineeringevil.com/2012/10/01/samardziev-case-nice-work-of-the-greek-secret-service/ *Enginnering Evil: There are now questions to whether Samardziev had been killed, please read with reserve Sunday, 30 September 2012 Aleksandar Samardziev, an… Read More ›
‘I was addicted to stealing… and everyone else did it too’: Ex-TSA agent reveals epidemic of thefts from passengers as he admits he took almost $1MILLION in possessions
By Laura Cox PUBLISHED:20:13 EST, 28 September 2012| UPDATED:01:12 EST, 29 September 2012 It was a scandal that rocked the nation – a New York Transport Security Agency security officer found guilty of stealing close to $1million worth of belongings… Read More ›
Trial starts for Pope’s butler who ‘stole and leaked’ papal letters to expose ‘evil and corruption’ in Roman Catholic church
By Ruth Whitehead PUBLISHED:11:11 EST, 29 September 2012| UPDATED:11:11 EST, 29 September 2012 The Vatican today opened the trial of the Pope’s butler for allegedly stealing and leaking papal correspondence to a journalist, the worst security breach to occur in… Read More ›
Revealed: Army scientists secretly sprayed St Louis with ‘radioactive’ particles for YEARS to test chemical warfare technology
By Emily Anne Epstein PUBLISHED:09:16 EST, 29 September 2012| UPDATED:11:21 EST, 29 September 2012 The United States Military conducted top secret experiments on the citizens of St. Louis, Missouri, for years, exposing them to radioactive compounds, a researcher has claimed…. Read More ›
Italian unions strike against Monti, close Colosseum 1 of 7. A protester covers himself with a CGIL union flag during a rally in downtown Rome September 28, 2012. Two of Italy’s biggest unions marched through Rome on Friday to protest… Read More ›
‘Worst copyright law in history:’ Panama set to crack down on piracy
Published: 28 September, 2012, 06:43 Edited: 28 September, 2012, 06:43 Panama’s legislature has approved a draconian file sharing law that gives law enforcements free hand to pursue and punish file sharers directly, and grants officials bonuses based on fines levied…. Read More ›
Spain must leave the euro: ” Spain is damned if it leaves, but damned for eternity if it stays”
Mario Draghi’s promise to do “whatever it takes” to save the euro never did look like inducing any more than a temporary lull in the storm; still less did the German Constitutional Court’s thumbs up to the European bail-out fund… Read More ›
Help! Pop music really is slower and sadder than when the Beatles and Abba ruled the charts
Researchers say modern music has lost the ‘feelgood factor’ Claim the only artist to have carried on the tradition of ‘pure pop’ is Lady Gaga By Fiona Macrae Science Correspondent PUBLISHED:10:58 EST, 27 September 2012| UPDATED:11:00 EST, 27 September 2012… Read More ›
Teachers suspected of abuse given anonymity
Maths teacher Jeremy Forrest, who disappeared with one of his 15-year-old pupils, might not have been identified to the public under controversial laws that come into force next week. Megan Stammers, left, and hand in hand with Jeremy Forrest on… Read More ›
More than 1,000 Nigerian women stranded for fifth straight day at Saudi airport because they were not accompanied by men
By Agence France-Presse Thursday, September 27, 2012 7:13 EDT Topics: Nigerian officials ♦ Nigerian President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan ♦ Nigerian women More than 1,000 Nigerian women pilgrims remained stranded at a Saudi airport for a fifth straight day Thursday after… Read More ›
US rapidly increased electronic surveillance
Published: 27 September, 2012, 21:51 The US Justice Department has wiretapped the phones of more Americans in the last two years than the entire decade before it, and federal surveillance targeting the Internet usage of US civilians has surged wildly,… Read More ›
10 Things the Food Industry Doesn’t Want You to Know
2008 study posted for filing By Adam Voiland Adam Voiland Two nutrition experts argue that you can’t take marketing campaigns at face value With America’s obesity problem among kids reaching crisis proportions, even junk food makers… Read More ›
Rent-to-own computers secretly recorded users having sex: FTC
By Eric W. Dolan Wednesday, September 26, 2012 19:53 EDT Topics: Aspen Way Enterprises Inc. ♦ Designerware ♦ Rental Purchase Several rent-to-own computer companies illegal used software on their computers to secretly record their customers having sex, according to the… Read More ›
U.S. Army General who ‘had forced sex and inappropriate relationships with female soldiers’ in Afghanistan flown home in disgrace
Jeffrey Sinclair returned to Fort Bragg after being posted with Airborne Division in 2010 Sinclair has been in the Army for 27 years and served in first Gulf War Charges include possessing pornography and alcohol while deployed By Daily Mail… Read More ›
Anti-cuts protests erupt on streets of Athens and Madrid: ” 70,000 people marched to the Greek parliament chanting “EU, IMF Out!”
5:32pm EDT By Renee Maltezou and Julien Toyer ATHENS/MADRID (Reuters) – Demonstrators have clashed with police on the streets of Athens and Madrid in an upsurge of popular anger at new austerity measures being imposed on two of the euro… Read More ›
German court rules Catholics must pay tax to remain in church
By Agence France-Presse Wednesday, September 26, 2012 12:41 EDT Topics: catholics ♦ roman catholics ♦ the Catholic Church A top German court ruled on Wednesday that Roman Catholics must pay their church tax in order to remain a member of… Read More ›
Science warns that your voting choices may be completely irrational
By David Ferguson Wednesday, September 26, 2012 13:47 EDT Topics: Leonard Mlodinow ♦ Scientific American Are you voting for the more attractive candidate to represent your district in Congress? Are you backing Barack Obama for president because you prefer the… Read More ›
Israeli ex-PM Olmert spared jail in corruption case “I leave court today walking tall,” ?
By Dan WilliamsPosted 2012/09/24 at 9:20 am EDT JERUSALEM, Sep. 24, 2012 (Reuters) — An Israeli court spared former prime minister Ehud Olmert a prison term for breach of trust on Monday, opening the door to a political comeback if… Read More ›
Christian Copt to face trial in Egypt for blasphemy
Posted 2012/09/24 at 6:09 pm EDT CAIRO, Sep. 24, 2012 (Reuters) — An Egyptian Copt arrested on suspicion of posting an anti-Islam video online that ignited Muslim protests around the world will stand trial next Wednesday on charges of insulting… Read More ›
Brokers lobby for authority to control clients accounts when they are concerned with their mental capacity
Rising dementia among U.S. clients seen risky for brokers Fri, Sep 21 2012 By Suzanne Barlyn (Reuters) – Taking direction from elderly clients whose mental capacity is on the decline causes some sticky problems for Wall Street’s brokers. Among them:… Read More ›
Gary Johnson files anti-trust lawsuit to appear in presidential debates
By Jonathan Terbush Sunday, September 23, 2012 13:17 EDT Topics: gary johnson ♦ presidential debates ♦ the White House Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson filed an anti-trust lawsuit suit in federal court Friday alleging that the Democratic and Republican parties… Read More ›
White House, DHS, FBI Drafting Executive Order on Cybersecurity
Sep. 21, 2012 – 09:28AM | By NICOLE BLAKE JOHNSON Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told a Senate committee that that an executive order dealing with cybersecurity threats will be less effective than legislation. (Jim Watson / AFP via… Read More ›
So that’s why children love burger and chips: Fast-food logos are ‘branded’ on their brains, claims study
Appetite and pleasure centres light up when shown advertising images ‘Majority of foods marketed to children are unhealthy’ says scientist By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED:10:00 EST, 23 September 2012| UPDATED:11:05 EST, 23 September 2012 Parents have long suspected their… Read More ›
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