White female high school drop-outs lived to 78.5 years in 1990, 73.5 years in 2008 Females who finished college lived for 83.9 years, males for 80.4 White males who didn’t finish high school reached 70.5 years in 1990 and 67.5 … Read More ›
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MEK decision: multimillion-dollar campaign led to removal from terror list
Revealed: the steady flow of funds to members of Congress, lobbying firms and former officials in support of Iranian group • Exiles, lobbyists and the campaign to delist the MEK • Q&A: what is the MEK? Chris McGreal in Washington… Read More ›
China’s Changbaishan volcano showing signs of increased activity
Roughly 1,100 years ago, the Changbaishan volcano that lies along the border between northeastern China and North Korea erupted, sending pyroclastic flows dozens of kilometers and blasting a 5-kilometer (3-mile) wide chunk off of the tip of the stratovolcano. The… Read More ›
Troika report on Greece may come after U.S. vote: Political Manipulation?
!!!Engineering Evil: Mixed reports are being issued in regards to the White House requesting the report being delayed until after November 6th. In any case, someone has intended to manipulate the timing of the report for private gain. !!! By… Read More ›
Troika report on Greece could be delayed until US election: The Obama administration doesn’t want anything on a macroeconomic scale that is going to rock the global economy before November 6,”
An EU-IMF report on Greece’s debt could be delayed until after November 6, EU officials and diplomats say. The EU politicians want to avoid any shock to the global economy before the US presidential election, Reuters said. The report by… Read More ›
Japanese scientists win spoof Ig Nobel award for ‘SpeechJammer’
Engineering Evil: If anyone gets a video of the speech Jammer at work…Please link in comments…Seems like a little ADD get the best of the AP. Two Japanese researchers won the spoof Ig Nobel acoustic prize for developing the… Read More ›
Google falls flat in China, Baidu remains Dominant: Google to end music search and download service in China
Google to end music search and download service in China By Agence France-Presse Friday, September 21, 2012 12:12 EDT Topics: china ♦ google ♦ Google China US Internet giant Google said Friday that it would stop providing music search and… Read More ›
Nudge or Think: What works best for our society?
If approached in the right way, citizens are willing to change their behaviour and do more to help themselves and others, according to research funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). 21 September 2012 If approached in the… Read More ›
U.S. Government wreckless use of TrapWire May have Compromised highly sensitive private information on Millions of Citizens
*Engineering Evil: Article Needs 2nd Source Confirmation Secretive TrapWire company’s affiliations revealed Published: 20 September, 2012, 02:27 Edited: 20 September, 2012, 06:34 Just discovered documentation concerning the TrapWire secret surveillance system suggests that the San Diego-based Cubic Corporation did… Read More ›
University researchers being funded to find out how many students are charging for sex
University researchers have been given £500,000 of lottery funds to find out how many students are selling sex to pay for their education. A survey published in 2010 found more than a quarter of 315 undergraduates at a London university… Read More ›
50% of students lack basic math / National test results show 6th-graders struggle with decimals, ratios (Japan)
The Yomiuri Shimbun Nearly half of all sixth-grade primary school students do not understand multiplication and division with decimals, which is taught in the fifth grade or earlier, according to a study by the National Institute for Educational Policy Research… Read More ›
Revolutionary life saving Palantir software denied to the 3rd Infantry Division because of Red tape. Even though the company offered its technology on a cost-free basis
Army Investigating 3rd Infantry Division’s Acquisition of Controversial Intel Software Sep. 20, 2012 – 06:16AM | By PAUL MCLEARY An Aug. 16 email from the Army’s acting assistant secretary for acquisition, Heidi Shyu, demanded “immediate corrective action” after she discovered… Read More ›
Europe Scraps Airports Scanners… cause cancer
Monday, 17 September 2012 Controversial airport ‘strip-search’ scanners are to be scrapped after they failed to get approval from European bosses. Experts feared the ‘naked’ body scanners, which use X-ray technology to show up hidden explosives or weapons, could emit… Read More ›
Distortion in Tax Code Makes Debt More Attractive to Banks
By JESSE EISINGER, ProPublica Luke Sharrett for The New York TimesPresident Obama’s tax proposals note the tax code’s favoring of debt over equity, but do not offer specific fixes. Thanks to a leaked video, we know that Mitt Romney divides… Read More ›
China government’s hand seen in anti-Japan protests : U.S. Ambassador to China footage
The last week’s anti-Japan demonstrations in China have been a spectacular display of just how easily the ruling Communist Party can harness the power of protest. In the aftermath of nationwide protests, in which mobs trashed Japanese-owned businesses and set… Read More ›
Neural implants could spark better decisions
18:00 19 September 2012 by Douglas Heaven Magazine issue 2883. Ever wish you could make better choices? That could one day be possible thanks to an electronic brain implant that can enhance short-term memory and decision-making in primates. The implant can… Read More ›
Catholics call for Israeli hate-crime crackdown
Published: 20 September, 2012, 20:29 Edited: 20 September, 2012, 20:29 A spate of hate crimes against Christian places of worship in Israel has prompted usually reticent Roman Catholic officials to speak out, hoping that intervention by authorities might bring an… Read More ›
Pakistani retailer faces blasphemy charges after not joining film protest
Published: 20 September, 2012, 11:12 Edited: 20 September, 2012, 11:12 Pakistani police are probing a local businessman over alleged blasphemy. His refusal to close his shops in solidarity with demonstrators against an Islam-insulting film led to a standoff which could… Read More ›
The More People Rely On Their Intuitions, the More Cooperative They Become: ” stopping to think encourages selfishness “
It’s an age old question: Why do we do good? What makes people sometimes willing to put “We” ahead of “Me?” Harvard scientists are getting closer to an answer, showing that people’s first response is to cooperate and that stopping… Read More ›
Author defends Monsanto GM study as EU orders review; Claims ” people are responsible and guilty of authorizing this GMO after only three months,”
Author defends Monsanto GM study as EU orders review Posted 2012/09/20 at 11:56 am EDT BRUSSELS, Sep. 20, 2012 (Reuters) — The French author of a study linking a type of genetically modified corn to higher health risks in rats… Read More ›
Creepy UK installs CCTV in School’s bathrooms
Wednesday, 12 September 2012 Over 200 UK state schools have installed cameras in bathrooms and changing rooms to monitor students, a recent surveillance survey reported. British parents will likely be shocked by the study’s findings. The survey is based on… Read More ›
Sen. Jay Rockefeller pitches cybersecurity bill to top CEOs: Offers them immunity from liability in the event of a cyberattack
By The Christian Science Monitor Thursday, September 20, 2012 7:02 EDT Seeking to overcome opposition from the US Chamber of Commerce and other business groups to a cybersecurity bill, Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D) of West Virginia took the unusual… Read More ›
Man who cooked and served his genitals is handed over to prosecutors
Engineering Evil Comment: It is not the self Mutilation, It is not the Art, It is not the artist statement. It is that 71 good people paid for the opportunity to consume Human Flesh. . . . . Thursday, Sep. 20, 2012 …. Read More ›
Territorial row is a ticking time bomb for Asia
Thursday, Sep. 20, 2012 By MICHAEL RICHARDSON SINGAPORE — As the struggle to control disputed islands and valuable offshore resources has intensified in the East and South China Seas over the past few years, the United States has said… Read More ›
Economic crisis fuels Separatist movement in Spain ” The EU says an independent Catalonia seceded it would have to reapply for membership of the bloc.
Thursday, 20 September 2012 Spain’s economic crisis is exposing deep regional fault lines. Among Catalans on Barcelona’s boulevards the talk is of independence, and Madrid is worried. This week the king and prime minister called… Read More ›
Navy submarine commander faked own death to end affair
By David Ferguson Thursday, September 20, 2012 15:14 EDT Topics: Michael P. Ward II ♦ Pittsburgh On Sept. 5, U.S. Navy Cmdr. Michael P. Ward II was found guilty of conduct unbecoming of an officer and a gentleman, dereliction of… Read More ›
Fear can be erased from the brain
Contact: Thomas Ågren thomas.agren@psyk.uu.se 46-018-471-2124 Uppsala University Newly formed emotional memories can be erased from the human brain. This is shown by researchers from Uppsala University in a new study now being published by the academic journal Science. The findings… Read More ›
How far 20 Euros go in EU member countries? That Wild and Crazy Euro
Tuesday, 18 September 2012 The 17 Eurozone members use the same currency, the “Euro”, however 20 euros goes very far in certain EU members and it will get you nowhere in other EU member countries. For example, with 20… Read More ›
‘Psychopaths’ have an impaired sense of smell
New York / Heidelberg, 20 September 2012 Study suggests that a poor sense of smell may be a marker for psychopathic traits People with psychopathic tendencies have an impaired sense of smell, which points to inefficient processing in the front… Read More ›
Chinese General: Prepare for Combat with Japan
Tuesday, 18 September 2012 China’s most powerful military leader, in an unusual public statement, last week ordered military forces to prepare for combat, as Chinese warships deployed to waters near disputed islands and anti-Japan protests throughout the country turned violent…. Read More ›
Chinese miss Japan Open as diplomatic row rages
By Ossian Shine | Reuters – Tue, Sep 18, 2012 (Reuters) – China has withdrawn its badminton players from this week’s Japan Open and a Japanese cycling team has been kicked out of a race in China amid a worsening… Read More ›
Billionaires meet behind closed Doors, to discuss how they are going to better society
!!!This is a Link to the First 2009 Meeting of the Billionaires club with Sir Paul Nurse. It is not what you think.!!! https://engineeringevil.com/2012/09/20/notes-from-the-first-billionaire-club-billionaire-club-in-bid-to-curb-overpopulation-2009/ Big hearts but even bigger bank balances: Forbes announces list of America’s richest people… and the… Read More ›
Notes from the First Billionaire Club ” Billionaire Club in Bid to Curb Overpopulation ” 2009
Billionaire club in bid to curb overpopulation John Harlow The Sunday Times Published: 24 May 2009 SOME of America’s leading billionaires have met secretly to consider how their wealth could be used to slow the growth of the world’s… Read More ›
Rockefellers and Rothschilds unite…
Reposted at Request: Wednesday, 30 May 2012 Two of the best-known business dynasties in Europe and the US will come together after Lord Jacob Rothschild’s listed investment trust and Rockefeller Financial Services agreed to form a strategic partnership. RIT Capital… Read More ›
Invasion. Genocide. An utter lack of remorse. and why there could be a terrifying new war between Japan and China
!!! Engineering Evil Statement: I am only posting articles that bring attention to the seriousness of this escalation. Which this crisis is currently being played down by most western diplomats. They are not my views… By Max Hastings PUBLISHED:19:02 EST, 19 September 2012| UPDATED:19:02 EST,… Read More ›
White House staffers ‘DID bring Colombian hookers back to hotel where president later stayed’
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED:22:14 EST, 19 September 2012| UPDATED:22:15 EST, 19 September 2012 A new report is likely to reveal that White House staffers were involved in the Colombian prostitution scandal, with two members of the president’s advance team… Read More ›
Japan-related book publishing ‘banned’ in Beijing
By HIROKO NAKATA Staff writer Intensifying political tensions have begun to affect a wider range of Japan-related businesses in China through an apparent ban on book publishing in Beijing that may spread to other areas, Japanese publishing sources said Wednesday…. Read More ›
New Philippines law bans ‘cybersex’
By Stephen C. Webster Wednesday, September 19, 2012 13:01 EDT Topics: EFF ♦ electronic frontier foundation ♦ New Philippines law bans The president of the Philippines signed a cyber crime bill into law on Tuesday that, much to the chagrin… Read More ›
Only one in six ‘baby boomers’ in good health
Only one in six ‘baby boomers’ is retiring in good health, with most succombing to a range of conditions and diseases including high cholesterol, osteoporosis or cancer, a study has found. The ‘baby boomer’ generation is likely to dictate the… Read More ›
New picture emerging of “terrorist attack” in Benghazi: “We had no military personnel there”
9:47pm EDT By Tabassum Zakaria and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi apparently was not troubled at first by a smattering of protesters on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks last week, but that changed… Read More ›
Revealed: Ringleader behind ‘al-Qaeda attack that killed U.S. ambassador was former Guantanamo inmate handed over to Libya by America’
Sufyan Ben Qumu was classified as a ‘medium to high’ national security risk before his release from American custody Qumu reportedly was Osama bin Laden’s driver and worked for the al-Qaeda founder’s company in Sudan Libyans promised to keep him… Read More ›
U.S. finance industry warned of cyber attacks
By Agence France-Presse Wednesday, September 19, 2012 20:22 EDT Topics: bank of america ♦ cyber attacks ♦ Site Intelligence Group NEW YORK — A US financial industry group warned banks and other institutions to beware of cyber attacks Wednesday, after… Read More ›
How to confuse a moral compass
Survey ‘magic trick’ causes attitude reversal. Zoë Corbyn 19 September 2012 People can be tricked into reversing their opinions on moral issues, even to the point of constructing good arguments to support the opposite of their original positions, researchers report today… Read More ›
China rounds up and puts its beggars in CAGES … so they couldn’t spoil the fun at town fair
Temple fair in Nanchang, Jiangxi place beggars in ‘zoo-like’ cages Ceiling of cages so low the ‘inmates’ are forced to sit If the beggars chose to leave they are banished from the city By Sara Malm PUBLISHED:08:05 EST, 19 September… Read More ›
Monica’s revenge: Lewinsky ‘to publish secret love letters to Clinton revealing his insatiable desire for threesomes and how he trashed Hillary’
Former White House intern, now 39, ‘will detail encounters in new book’ She ‘will describe how he went on about his desire for threesomes’ Clinton ‘said he thought Hillary was also looking for love outside marriage’ Lewinsky will also detail… Read More ›
Rising levels of ARSENIC in rice ‘could be toxic and pose cancer risk’ – and there are NO federal standards over how much is allowed in food
Inorganic arsenic – found in some pesticides and insecticides – can be toxic Arsenic is higher in rice than most other foods because it is grown in water on the ground FDA officials are studying 1,200 samples to test for… Read More ›
State newspaper China Daily: That open war with Japan should be a last resort
China to cripple Japan with financial war over isles row? Published: 19 September, 2012, 15:19 A Chinese demonstrator shouts slogans during a protest against Japan’s “nationalizing” of Diaoyu Islands, also known as Senkaku in Japan, in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang… Read More ›
Richest Americans’ net worth jumps to $1.7 trillion: 13% increase last year
By Dan BurnsPosted 2012/09/19 at 3:08 pm EDT NEW YORK, Sep. 19, 2012 (Reuters) — The net worth of the richest Americans grew by 13 percent in the past year to $1.7 trillion, Forbes magazine said on Wednesday, and a… Read More ›
Psychological Science in the Public Interest claims those that question popular belief lack cognitive effort: Recommends “debiasing” Campaigns
Engineering Evil: A very entertaining article in the venue of double speak. To question scientific conformity is to be in question yourself. 😉 PRESS RELEASE September 19, 2012 For Immediate Release Contact: Anna Mikulak Association for Psychological Science 202.293.9300 amikulak@psychologicalscience.org Misinformation: Psychological… Read More ›
Documentary Evidence Reveals Motives of Pharmaceutical “Seeding” Trials
Re-Post for filing 2008 Clinical studies that are designed by pharmaceutical companies to promote use of their drugs are called “seeding” trials. While much has been written about the marketing tactics of the pharmaceutical industry, seeding trials have not been… Read More ›
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