11 Jun 2013 WASHINGTON (AFP) A US watchdog has launched an inquiry into claims that diplomatic security officials tried to cover up alleged sex-and-drugs charges against agents and diplomats, an official said. State Department diplomatic security agents are responsible for… Read More ›
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Scandal flares up over State Department manipulated investigations/ “called off cases of illegal behavior of diplomatic staff.”
Photo: EPA The State department is trying to cover up a scandal over allegedly altered or dismissed investigations into illegal behavior of multiple government officials worldwide. A memo obtained by CBS from the State Department inspector general showed incidents when… Read More ›
Assemblyman Vito Lopez accused of trying to pimp out a young staff member to a man on the governor’s staff to get a housing bill passed
Lurid Complaint Against New York Politicos By ADAM KLASFELD MANHATTAN (CN) – Assemblyman Vito Lopez tried to pimp out a young staff member to a man on the governor’s staff to get a housing bill passed, two women claim… Read More ›
Militants attack NATO headquarters in Kabul International Airport
Afghan security forces inspect the site of a car bomb attack in the capital, Kabul. (File photo) Mon Jun 10, 2013 3:12AM GMT Kabul International Airport is home to the NATO Joint Command headquarters. Militants have attacked a US-led military… Read More ›
Denver airport security learn to always let the Wookiee win after confiscating Chewbacca actor’s light saber walking cane
Actor Peter Mayhew uses force of Twitter to get his cane returned Star Wars cast member was returning from Denver Comic Con By Jessica Jerreat PUBLISHED: 13:58 EST, 8 June 2013 | UPDATED: 13:59 EST, 8 June 2013 It’s… Read More ›
BREAKING NEWS: Defense contractor, 29, who leaked NSA documents reveals himself
Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old former CIA technical assistant, says he passed the classified information to The Guardian The documents blew open a number of intense NSA surveillance operations and caused a firestorm over the government’s actions Snowden, a high school… Read More ›
Police reveal scale of Elm Guest House investigation into alleged paedophile ring for VIPs
Cahal Milmo, Paul Peachey Sunday, 9 June 2013 Scotland Yard is pursuing more than 300 lines of inquiry in its investigation into allegations that a VIP paedophile ring abused children in care during the 1980s. The figure suggests that Operation… Read More ›
Sebastian Pinera, President Of Chile, Breaks White House Protocol By Sitting At Barack Obama’s Desk (VIDEO)
The Huffington Post | Posted: 06/07/2013 4:34 pm EDT | Updated: 06/07/2013 5:37 pm “I’m going to sit at the President of the United States’ desk,” said Chilean President Sebastián Piñera as he sat down at the Resolute Desk in the Oval… Read More ›
Parents outrage as school cuts off valedictorian’s microphone as he makes unauthorised remarks about the value of freedom of speech
Remington Reimer was to make the Valedictory speech All speeches had to be pre-approved by the school Reimer deviated from the script and his mic was pulled Continued speak even after being muted although nobody could hear him By James… Read More ›
Turkey protest turns Massive – Besiktas, Galatasaray, Fenerbahce… fans join forces
Saturday, 08 June 2013 taksim-1- Turkish media reports this evening that history is being written at the Taxim square in Istanbul, after more than 170,000 protesters joined the 20,000 protesters already at the square. Certainly not a good sign… Read More ›
Goldman Sachs janitor ‘was fired by drunk boss and had to wade home through flooded streets during Hurricane Sandy’
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 16:43 EST, 7 June 2013 | UPDATED: 16:43 EST, 7 June 2013 Scene: Mefit Zecevic, a janitor at the Goldman Sachs building, was forced to walk home after Sandy A former janitor who… Read More ›
Our Japanese reporter’s encounter with American school lunch
4 days ago by Michelle Many people in Japan think that American school lunches are unhealthy. For the most part, they are right. When photos of the greasy fried foods and brown piles of slop that are served to students… Read More ›
School Lunch in Japan 【You, Me, And A Tanuki】
Oct 7, 2012 by Michelle You, Me, And a Tanuki is a weekly featured blog run by Michelle, a Californian who is currently one of only two foreigners living in Chibu, a tiny fishing village on one of the Oki islands in Japan…. Read More ›
Italy risks social ‘revolt’ say young employers
Call for ‘statesmen rather than miracles’ and lower taxes 07 June, 21:28 (by Denis Greenan) (ANSAmed) – Santa Margherita Ligure – Soaring jobless rates and the lack of prospects for young people mean politicians face a social “revolt”… Read More ›
COLUMN – Why the government wants your metadata
Source: Reuters – Fri, 7 Jun 2013 02:23 PM Author: Reuters (Jay Stanley and Ben Wizner are Reuters columnists but their opinions are their own.) By Jay Stanley and Ben Wizner June 7 (Reuters) – In the wake of The… Read More ›
Middle-aged males suffering from epidemic of wife-induced disease
Kuchikomi Jun. 07, 2013 – 06:44AM JST ( 91 ) TOKYO — In Japanese, “kogen-byo” is connective tissue disease (previously referred to as collagen disease), and used to describe systemic autoimmune diseases such as lupus. But Japanese males may also… Read More ›
US Media not allowed to report on Obama scandals?
Thursday, 06 June 2013 As reported be John Nolte: Well, if it is Thursday, there must be a new Obama scandal. But one thing is for damn sure, whatever that scandal is, you can bet the American mainstream media… Read More ›
NSA collecting phone records of millions of Americans daily – revealed
Exclusive: Top secret court order requiring Verizon to hand over all call data shows scale of domestic surveillance under Obama • Read the court order in full here Glenn Greenwald The Guardian, Wednesday 5 June 2013 Under the terms of the… Read More ›
Web firms will be told to block terror sites and pornography
Culture Secretary orders internet crackdown in wake of Woolwich attack and April Jones killing Andrew Grice Thursday, 6 June 2013 Internet and telecom companies will be ordered by the Government to block “harmful” content such as extremist material and pornography … Read More ›
Michelle Obama loses her cool: First Lady threatens to leave fundraiser after lesbian protester heckles her – and the White House deletes exchange from official transcript
By David Martosko PUBLISHED: 22:39 EST, 4 June 2013 | UPDATED: 00:20 EST, 5 June 2013 First lady Michelle Obama, usually upbeat and positive in public, turned sour Tuesday night and threatened to leave after a gay-rights heckler… Read More ›
Eastern European immigrants to Britain show more “aptitude and commitment” to work than British people, the Commons Speaker has said.
John Bercow: migrants are better workers Mr Bercow appeared to give his support for policies allowing eastern Europeans to travel to Britain and work Photo: PA By James Kirkup, Deputy Political Editor 10:00PM BST 04 Jun 2013 The arrival of… Read More ›
US officials found to be using secret government email accounts
AP investigation finds some agency chiefs relying on secondary private accounts, complicating attempts at record-keeping Associated Press in Washington guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 4 June 2013 10.57 EDT Google can’t find any reference on the internet to the secret address for… Read More ›
Turkey: protest spreads to Northern Cyprus
Students in Turkish-occupied sector rally against Erdogan 04 June, 17:22 (ANSAmed) – NICOSIA, JUNE 4 – The violent anti-government protests ongoing in several Turkish cities spread on Saturday to Northern Cyprus, which has been under Turkish occupation since… Read More ›
Tiananmen Square online searches censored by Chinese authorities
Banned search terms include ‘today’, ‘tomorrow’ and date references in attempt to quell protest Jonathan Kaiman in Beijing guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 4 June 2013 08.55 EDT Twitter image mocking Chinese censorship of Tiananmen Square, adapted from AP’s 1989 photograph (the search… Read More ›
Bill Clinton is being paid $500,000 to speak at Israeli President Shimon Peres’ 90th birthday party
By Meghan Keneally PUBLISHED: 17:53 EST, 3 June 2013 | UPDATED: 17:55 EST, 3 June 2013 Hillary Clinton isn’t the only one in their powerful family to be raking in cash on the speakers circuit as former President Bill… Read More ›
2013 Bilderberg Attendee List released
Monday, 03 June 2013 FRA Castries, Henri de Chairman and CEO, AXA Group DEU Achleitner, Paul M. Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Deutsche Bank AG DEU Ackermann, Josef Chairman of the Board, Zurich Insurance Group Ltd GBR Agius, Marcus… Read More ›
Turkey: ‘sultan’ Erdogan trips over 600 trees
‘People of Ataturk’ against Islamic premier’s absolute power 03 June, 19:46 (by Francesco Cerri) (ANSAmed) – ANKARA, JUNE 3 – ‘Erdogan is not all-powerful’ observes, almost with surprise, Hurriyet’s analyst Murat Yetkin. A protest which began as a… Read More ›
Egypt court rules upper house of parliament elected illegally
Supreme constitutional court ruling expected to widen rift between Egypt’s judiciary and Islamist-dominated government Louisa Loveluck in Cairo guardian.co.uk, Sunday 2 June 2013 09.11 EDT Egyptian security forces outside the supreme constitutional court in Cairo on Sunday. Photograph: Khaled Elfiqi/EPA… Read More ›
Craig Alexander: NHS boss on £250,000 a year fired after colleague discovered he had been jailed for armed robbery
Craig Alexander lied to land a job as an NHS executive earning a quarter of a million a year Heather Saul Friday, 31 May 2013 An armed robber talked NHS staff into giving him a £250,000 a year position without… Read More ›
Top 1% Control 39% of World’s Wealth
Published: Friday, 31 May 2013 | 11:30 AM ET By: Robert Frank | CNBC Reporter & Editor The Rich Get Richer Friday, 31 May 2013 | 2:52 PM ET The top 1 percent now controls 36 percent of the world’s wealth,… Read More ›
Top Democratic spokesman causes Twitter explosion with complaint about news organizations boycotting ‘off the record’ briefing with US attorney general
‘Some in the media refuse to meet with’ Eric Holder, wrote top DNC flack Brad Woodhouse. ‘Kind of forfeits your right [to] gripe.’ The DO staff ‘can just find how [reporters] feel via subpoenaed email and phone records,’ snarked one… Read More ›
US genetically modified wheat stokes fears, Japan cancels tender
Reuters — May 31 A strain of genetically modified wheat found in the United States fuelled concerns over food supplies across Asia on Thursday, with major importer Japan cancelling a tender offer to buy U.S. grain. Other top… Read More ›
U.S. embassy to Americans: Stay away from Giza’s pyramids
Posted By Elias Groll Thursday, May 30, 2013 – 6:50 PM The American embassy in Cairo has bad news for anyone traveling to Egypt: For now, the pyramids in Giza should be considered off limits — at least if… Read More ›
Records: Top official in charge of embattled IRS visited the Obama White House far more than any cabinet official
Douglas Shulman made 157 visits to the Obama White House, while his boss, the treasury secretary, was there only 43 times Congressional staffer on ‘best-case scenario’: Shulman gave the White House ‘a heads-up about the possible illegality of what they… Read More ›
Twelve minutes’ exercise per week ‘enough to stay fit’: Just 4 minutes 3 times a week
*EEV Note: Hmmm, I think we have a different opinion on what is meant by Fit. Just 12 minutes of intensive exercise per week is enough to improve your health if you are overweight, a study has found. 12 minutes… Read More ›
British assisted Rigby murder suspect after arrest in Kenya
British security services gave a “clean bill of health” to the suspect in the Woolwich attacks after he was detained allegedly trying to join Islamic militants in Somalia, it emerged tonight. (Lt-Rt) Michael Adebolajo is seen in a 2010… Read More ›
Are we born to be bad?: A new book explores the link between biology and breaking the law
Predicting who’ll commit crime is a moral minefield, as Clint Witchalls discovers. Clint Witchalls Wednesday, 29 May 2013 Do you have high cheekbones, full lips and large eyes? If you do, you might consider yourself lucky. However, to the 19th-century… Read More ›
Syria: Christians greatest victims of bloodshed, Chacour
Arab Spring betrayed, danger of Sharia, says bishop 28 May, 14:25 (By Nina Fabrizio). (ANSAmed) – Haifa – Archbishop Elias Chacour, head of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in Israel, said Christians had suffered the greatest bloodshed since… Read More ›
Coming to your local supermarket soon: Chicken à la maggots
Tom Bawden Wednesday, 29 May 2013 “Our chicken, pork and fish dishes are fed only the finest protein-rich maggots that have been reared on a diet of cow and pig excrement, washed down with a wee dram of whisky.”… Read More ›
Report: Chinese Hackers Breach Top Weapons Designs
May. 28, 2013 – 05:59PM | By DOUG STANGLIN USA Today and the Defense News staff | Cyber Attack Targets Australia Spy Headquarters: Hackers traced to a server in China have stolen the floor plans for the new Australia… Read More ›
With “reckless disregard,” the Oklahoma League for the Blind ordered a worker to use a power saw, the now one-handed man claims in court.
Even a Blind Man Could Have Seen That Coming By CAMERON LANGFORD (CN) – With “reckless disregard,” the Oklahoma League for the Blind ordered a worker to use a power saw, the now one-handed man claims in court. Steve Theis… Read More ›
Israel ‘will know what to do’ over Russia missiles deliveries to Syria
S – 300. Photo: RIA Novosti Israel “will know what to do” if Russia delivers anti-aircraft missiles to Syria, its defence minister said Tuesday, in an apparent allusion to another air strike on the war-torn neighbouring country. “The deliveries have… Read More ›
Has China hacked into Australia’s new spy HQ – before it’s even finished being built?
TV investigation claims important government departments were also hacked James Legge, Agencies Tuesday, 28 May 2013 Australian officials have refused to confirm or deny a report that Chinese hackers stole blueprints for the country’s new spy agency headquarters. The Australian… Read More ›
Spy on your neighbours, says former MI5 head Stella Rimington
People who suspect their neighbours may be extremists should inform the security services because “the enemy is everywhere”, the former head of MI5 has said. Dame Stella Rimington Photo: CLARA MOLDEN Tom Whitehead and Hannah Furness 10:00PM BST 27 May 2013… Read More ›
Dead sea scrolls go up for sale as family sells off fragments it secretly stashed in a Swiss safety deposit box
Palestinian family who originally sold them admits if kept fragments in a Swiss safe deposit box Scraps are postage-stamp-sized, and some are blank By Mark Prigg PUBLISHED: 05:19 EST, 27 May 2013 | UPDATED: 05:20 EST, 27 May 2013 … Read More ›
The Obama administration Warns Britain if it tries to exit the E.U.
EU exit would put US trade deal at risk, Britain warned Obama officials say that the UK would probably be excluded from a trade agreement worth billions a year if it leaves the EU Julian Borger, Diplomatic editor guardian.co.uk, Monday 27… Read More ›
FACEBOOK censors pictures of children rallying against GMOs
Monday, 27 May 2013 In one of the most devastating acts of destruction of its own credibility, Facebook engaged in yet more censorship of Free Speech with the suspending of an account that posted a photo of children rallying against… Read More ›
Revealed: Suspect who ‘tried to behead British soldier in London’ was held on terror charges in Kenya… and DEPORTED to UK
Appeared in court on suspicion of planning to fight for terrorist group Adebojalo was heading for Somalia, to be recruited by Al-Shabaab It is claimed that soon after he was targeted by MI5 as a possible informant He resisted attempts… Read More ›
Stockholm riots leave Sweden’s dreams of perfect society up in smoke
A week of disturbances in Sweden’s capital has tested the Scandinavian nation’s reputation for tolerance, reports Colin Freeman Photo: REX FEATURES By Colin Freeman, Husby 1:36PM BST 25 May 2013 Like the millions of other ordinary Swedes whom he now… Read More ›
Goldman Sachs purchased the Massachusetts Treasurer’s Office in 2008
Banker Fined $100,000 in Political Scheme WASHINGTON (CN) – Former Goldman Sachs investment banker Neil M.M. Morrison was fined $100,000 for his role in a pay-to-play scheme involving secret campaign contributions to former Massachusetts Treasurer Timothy Cahill’s campaign for governor,… Read More ›
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