Engineering Evil

11/2/2012 | Diana Yates, Life Sciences Editor | 217-333-5802; diya@illinois.edu . CHAMPAIGN, lll. — Liberals and conservatives who are polarized on certain politically charged subjects become more moderate when reading political arguments in a difficult-to-read font, researchers report in a… Read More ›

Threat to close Holy Sepulchre over water dispute

03Nov2012 JERUSALEM (AFP) A dispute with an Israeli water company over unpaid bills has led to a Greek Orthodox threat to close Christianity’s holiest site, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Maariv newspaper reported on Friday that the… Read More ›

The Saudis are bulldozing Islam’s heritage. Why the silence from the Muslim world?

By Damian ThompsonWorldLast updated: November 2nd, 2012 Modern Mecca, courtesy of the House of Saud (Photo: AFP/Getty) From Saturday’s Daily Telegraph Imagine that the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem – the traditional site of the crucifixion… Read More ›

American birth rate drops to lowest point ever… and 40 per cent of newborns are to unwed mothers

Per cent of babies born to unmarried women was highest among teens There were 3,953,593 births in the U.S. in 2011, one per cent less than 2010 More older women having newborns as women delay families By Daily Mail Reporter… Read More ›

Armed Forces on stand-by to man prisons in case of strike

British service personnel are on standby to step in for prison and probation officers amid fears of an illegal strike by trade unions over the privatisation of prisons, the Daily Telegraph can disclose. A Ministry of Justice spokesman said last… Read More ›

Anonymous Threatens to Shutdown Facebook – Dude, do you have any Idea ?

By Ralph Turchiano on November 2, 2012 • ( 1 )

Posted by Mohit Kumar on 11/02/2012 05:01:00 AM | Do you believe that it is possible to shut down Facebook with a cyber attack on 5th November 2012, which is not even organised in a proper way ? Few activists… Read More ›

Spain: gov’t to abolish long weekends in 2013

Making the work week more efficient by reforming the calendar (ANSAmed) – MADRID, NOVEMBER 2 – By the end of the year, the Spanish government will move some holidays that fall during the workweek to other days in order to… Read More ›

New Jersey kicks out Sandy volunteers because they aren’t unionized

Published: 2 November, 2012, 19:07 Edited: 2 November, 2012, 19:07 Utility workers from across the US are descending on the Northeastern states left ravaged by Superstorm Sandy, but some volunteers making the trek are being told they can’t pitch… Read More ›

Priorities: Generators brought to power US Media, not NY residents

Friday, 02 November 2012 As hundreds of thousands of Big Apple residents suffer in homes left without power by Hurricane Sandy, two massive generators are being run 24/7 in Central Park — to juice a media tent… Read More ›

Local Reporter Tells TheBlaze: ‘I’m 100 Percent Positive’ Crowds Were Chanting ‘Hail Obama!’ at First Lady Rally

Engineering Evil: If anyone finds a link to the audio of the alleged event…Please post in comments…THX 😉 Posted on November 1, 2012 at 9:25pm by Jason Howerton UPDATE (10:25 p.m. ET): In an exclusive interview with TheBlaze, WOFL… Read More ›

‘Troubling’ Surveillance Before Benghazi Attack “Assuming we don’t die tonight. We saw one of our ‘police’ that guard the compound taking pictures,” he wrote hours before the assault.

Sensitive documents found amid the wreckage of the U.S. consulate shine new light on the Sept. 11 assault that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. BY HARALD DOORNBOS, JENAN MOUSSA |NOVEMBER 1, 2012 BENGHAZI, Libya — More than… Read More ›

Couple arrested after reporting drugs found in rental home

REX, Ga. — A man and his wife were arrested after telling police about drugs they found in a rental property they own. Michael Keeley told Channel 2’s Eric Philips that authorities arrested three men living in his rental property… Read More ›

Chinese man sues wife for being ugly, wins $120,000

Posted on: 8:23 am, October 26, 2012, by Will C. Holden Both of these photos show Jian Feng’s Chinese wife. The shot on the left shows her before she underwent $100,000 of plastic surgery, and the shot on… Read More ›

Who ordered the sweet and sour pussies? Moment truck crammed with FIVE HUNDRED cats was stopped en route to restaurants in China

By David Baker PUBLISHED:16:55 EST, 1 November 2012| UPDATED:17:16 EST, 1 November 2012 These pictures show the disturbing moment a truck crammed with 500 cats was stopped during a routine check – as it made its way to restaurants… Read More ›

Barclays traders rigged American electricity prices to boost their own profits and bragged about it in damning e-mails

By Ralph Turchiano on November 1, 2012 • ( 1 )

Critics said the expletive-ridden correspondence provides further evidence of the ‘rotten culture of casino banking’ that built up under Bob Diamond Bank faces $470million fine for allegedly manipulating energy market in US By James Salmon PUBLISHED:21:09 EST, 1 November 2012|… Read More ›

Second Chinese stealth fighter makes test flight

J-31 aircraft photographed near Shenyang appears to be a smaller version of the J-20 prototype tested last year Associated Press in Beijing guardian.co.uk, Thursday 1 November 2012 08.34 EDT A Chinese J-20 stealth jet. The J-31 spotted this week is… Read More ›

Pigeons set China Congress security plans aflutter, as authorities in China ban the words “death”, “die” or “down” from songs on television.

Pigeons set China Congress security plans aflutter By Sui-Lee Wee and Michael Martina BEIJING |Thu Nov 1, 2012 11:27pm EDT (Reuters) – Potentially sinister threats to China’s ruling Communist Party sit unnoticed in cages perched on a rooftop above a… Read More ›

Albright lashes out in Prague: “Disgusting Serbs”

Friday, 02 November 2012 Clinton-era Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, confronted by pro-Serbian protesters who called her a war criminal during a recent book signing in her native Prague, pushed them aside as “disgusting Serbs” in a confrontation going viral… Read More ›

The Chinese premier’s defense of his family’s ‘hidden riches’ may have unexpected effect.

By Ralph Turchiano on November 1, 2012 • ( 1 )

How Wen Jiabao undermined the Party’s legitimacy Benjamin Carlson November 1, 2012 05:37 HONG KONG — If Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao was hoping to make the story about his family’s $2.7 billion fortune go away, his response is only making… Read More ›

Aid for displaced Somalis stolen

Thu, 1 Nov 2012 15:22 GMT Source: alertnet // Katy Migiro By Katy Migiro NAIROBI (AlertNet) – ‘Gatekeepers’ are siphoning off food aid intended for internally displaced people living in squalid camps in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, Refugees International said… Read More ›

Secret Service agent found dead, apparent suicide: source

A U.S. Secret Service agent was found dead on Saturday in an apparent suicide, a law enforcement source said on Thursday. The agent, Rafael Prieto, was under investigation for having an unreported romantic relationship with a foreign national,… Read More ›

Fighting erupts between Syrian rebels and Kurds

By Liz Sly, Published: October 31 BEIRUT — Nearly a week of fighting between Kurds and Arab rebels in northern Syria risks opening a new front in the already bloody battle for control of the country, underscoring the complexity… Read More ›

Greek publisher cleared of breaking the law by printing alleged list of Swiss bank depositors

Published November 01, 2012 | Associated Press ATHENS, Greece – A magazine publisher was acquitted on Thursday of breaching privacy laws by printing a list allegedly naming Greeks with bank accounts in Switzerland. The list has touched off… Read More ›

Greek Journalists Arrested for Exposing How Bad Economy Is

Thursday, 01 November 2012 Another Greek journalist was arrested after threatening to expose damaging information about the country’s economy. This move comes in amid public protests against government media censorship following two high-profile cases. Facing public discontent and mass protests,… Read More ›

Turkey using anti-terrorism law to quash debate -UN : ” has jailed more reporters than Iran, China or Eritrea “

Thu, 1 Nov 2012 15:43 GMT Source: reuters * UN experts review Turkey’s rights record, anti-terror law * Decry high number of prosecutions of activists, journalists * Govt says right to lawyer guaranteed, torture not tolerated By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA,… Read More ›

Crisis: Pensions measures unconstitutional, Greek court

01 November, 17:53 (Refile with correct slug) (ANSAmed) – ATHENS, NOVEMBER 1 – Greece’s Supreme Court of Audit ruled that austerity measures that include cut to pensions and an increase in the retirement age are unconstitutional, state-run Athens News Agency… Read More ›

Pakistani couple kill daughter who talked to a boy

A Pakistani couple killed their teenage daughter by pouring acid on her face and body after they caught her talking to a boy, police and a doctor said on Thursday. The parents of the 16-year-old confessed to police in Kotli,… Read More ›

Poland found explosives on wreckage of president’s plane: report ( TNT and nitroglycerin )

By Ralph Turchiano on November 1, 2012 • ( 1 )

Polish investigators found traces of explosives on the wreckage of the government jet that crashed in Russiatwo years ago, killing Poland’s president and 95 others, daily Rzeczpospolita reported on Tuesday. Without citing sources, the newspaper said prosecutors and explosive experts… Read More ›

Navy spy prepared threat assessments for Canadian ships

Navy spy Sub-Lt. Jeffrey Delisle, who has pleaded guilty to selling vast amounts of top secret material to the Russians, had access to top-level files while performing his job preparing threat assessments for navy ships. In his confession interview… Read More ›

Canada lawmakers ban masks at protests

By Agence France-Presse Wednesday, October 31, 2012 21:23 EDT Topics: black bloc ♦ Blake Richards ♦ massive student protests OTTAWA — Parliament passed a ban on wearing masks at riots that punishes violations with up to 10 years behind bars… Read More ›

Sweden pays jobless youth to move to Norway

Thursday, 01 November 2012 Under a scheme organised by the local authorities in the town of Soderhamn and by Sweden’s national employment office, anyone aged between 18 and 28 can volunteer to take a “Job Journey”… Read More ›

Email spam filter could cost Oakland police chief his job

Abuse messages were news to him after he blocked all comments about Occupy unrest Guy Adams Thursday, 1 November 2012 The chief of Oakland’s police, who faces legal action that could imminently remove him from office, says that he failed… Read More ›

Greek death spiral raises heat for German-bloc creditors: Public debt will reach 189pc of GDP

Greece’s debt-load is rising much faster than expected as the country spirals into a sixth year of depression, ratcheting up the pressure on Germany and Europe’s creditor states to accept debt-forgiveness for the first time. Greek trade unions have called… Read More ›

Facebook censors Navy SEALs who said Obama denied them backup as forces overran Benghazi and killed U.S. Ambassador

Message was taken down by Facebook TWICE SEALS claim it was attempt to ‘quietly squelch’ opposition to President Obama’s alleged failures By Rachel Rickard Straus PUBLISHED:06:26 EST, 31 October 2012| UPDATED:12:42 EST, 31 October 2012 A message posted on Facebook… Read More ›

China’s Twitter-like Weibo poses danger, opportunity for new leaders

By Ralph Turchiano on October 31, 2012 • ( 3 )

5:22pm EDT By Melanie Lee SHANGHAI (Reuters) – As China prepares for a generational power shift in the next two weeks, a similar shift is happening online that is testing the limits and displaying the evolution of China’s legions of… Read More ›

Journalist’s arrest spreads fear in debt-stricken Greece

By Ralph Turchiano on October 31, 2012 • ( 2 )

Critics say prosecution over a list of Swiss bank account holders reflects deeper erosion of individual freedoms. Barry NeildOctober 31, 2012 08:23 Some believe Kostas Vaxevanis’s arrest will hurt Greece’s reputation in the eyes of its international creditors. (Costas Metaxakis/AFP/Getty… Read More ›

Where’s the Science? The Sorry State of Psychotherapy ” not grounded in science”

By Ralph Turchiano on October 31, 2012 • ( 1 )

2009 study posted for filing The prevalence of mental health disorders in this country has nearly doubled in the past 20 years. Who is treating all of these patients? Clinical psychologists and therapists are charged with the task, but… Read More ›

Beijing brands Tokyo’s “persistent defiance” in territorial dispute as “self-deception”: urged Tokyo to abandon its illusion of occupying the islands.

China bins Japan’s claim of easing tension Zhang Yunbi and Zhao Shengnan China Daily Publication Date : 31-10-2012 Beijing yesterday hit back at claims by Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba that Tokyo was trying to calm tensions with… Read More ›

France makes billion euro tax claim against Google: report

31Oct2012 PARIS (AFP)French tax authorities have made a billion-euro ($1.3 billion) claim against Google to pressure it in a dispute over compensation to media websites, a French newspaper reported, a claim denied by the US Internet giant’s local arm. The… Read More ›

Monsanto and others conspired with an Army experiment to secretly poison people with toxic chemicals in the 1950s, a class action claims

Army Poisoned People in ’50s, Class Claims By JOE HARRIS ST. LOUIS (CN) – Monsanto and others conspired with an Army experiment to secretly poison people with toxic chemicals in a giant segregated housing complex in the 1950s, a class… Read More ›

U.S., Japan to hold joint military drill amid island row with China

NATIONAL OCT. 31, 2012 – 06:30AM JST ( 26 ) TOKYO — Japan and the United States will hold a biennial joint military exercise in Japan in November in a move likely to further anger China amid heightened tensions between the two Asian giants… Read More ›

Chinese intruders tell coast guard to get out “leave” the area as it is “in China’s jurisdictional waters” and that the Japanese vessel was “violating the law,”

Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012 Kyodo NAHA, Okinawa Pref. — Four Chinese surveillance ships entered Japan’s territorial waters Tuesday near the Senkaku Islands and then left the area around 1:10 p.m., the Japan Coast Guard said. This is the eighth time… Read More ›

U.S. Army Sponsored Artiﬁcial Intelligence Surveillance System Attempts to Predict The Future

10/29/2012 @ 5:12AM |4,088 views In something that looks straight out of the CBS show “Person of Interest“, the science website Phsy.org is reporting on a potentially important breakthrough from researchers at Carnegie Mellon. In research sponsored by… Read More ›

Mother who killed 14-month-old daughter and 10-week-old son while in grip of postnatal depression will not face prison… as banker husband stands by her

By Ralph Turchiano on October 30, 2012 • ( 1 )

Jeff Boots still supports wife Felicia after she smothered their two babies He discovered tiny bodies in walk-in wardrobe and screamed: ‘Oh my God’ Mother insists she is ‘good person and mum’ in heartbreaking court letter She pleads guilty to… Read More ›

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