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 ›
Strange Behavior – Of Leadership Roles
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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By Ossian Shine | Reuters – Tue, Sep 18, 2012 (Reuters) – China has withdrawn its badminton players from this week’s Japan Open and a Japanese cycling team has been kicked out of a race in China amid a worsening… Read More ›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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
Debt crisis: central bank action is work of the devil, says Germany’s Jens Weidmann
The head of Germany’s Bundesbank has raised eyebrows across Europe after he appeared to compare Mario Draghi’s bond buying programme with the “devil’s work”. Jens Weidmann said that efforts by central banks to pump money into the economy reminded him… Read More ›
Federal court allows top donors to tax-exempt groups to remain secret
By Eric W. Dolan Tuesday, September 18, 2012 17:03 EDT Topics: chris van hollen ♦ court of appeals ♦ FEC The D.C. Circuit Court on Tuesday ruled that tax-exempt groups like Crossroads GPS only had to disclose donors who give… Read More ›
Transsexual wife killer who was granted tax-payer funded sex change will also have his legal fees paid, judge rules
Robert Kosilek was convicted of murdering his wife Cheryl in 1990 In prison, he changed his name to Michelle, sued for the state to pay for a sex change and attempting to castrate herself in custody Massachusetts judge ruled that… Read More ›
The government was mum when China’s heir apparent Xi Jinping went missing, and political jitters persist now that he’s reappeared. How many scandals can the leadership take?
Is China Losing It? Sep 16, 2012 4:45 AM EDT This year has been Beijing’s annus horribilis. The Chinese regime has been pummeled by a steady stream of political controversies, purges and rumor mongering, made all the more nerve-wracking because… Read More ›
$1m an hour to schmooze sheiks? No wonder Mr Blair’s preening like the new peacocks on his country estate
* Engineering Evil Note: This is also filed under Security. Reason being, this Makes Mr. Blair a security risk. By Paul Scott PUBLISHED:18:34 EST, 14 September 2012| UPDATED:18:34 EST, 14 September 2012 Schmoozing sheiks: Former Prime Minister Tony Blair … Read More ›
Berlin rejects Israeli pressure over submarine sales to Egypt
By Agence France-Presse Saturday, September 15, 2012 9:52 EDT German Defence Minister Thomas de Maiziere dismissed Israeli pressure not to sell two submarines to Egypt, while acknowledging the country was “not as stable” as he would like in an interview… Read More ›
Politician ‘plots to get her state senate rival arrested by telling police she bought cocaine’
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED:09:54 EST, 14 September 2012| UPDATED:19:49 EST, 14 September 2012 Politics is a dirty game but one Massachusetts Representative appears to have really upped the ante in the run up to elections. Denise Andrews, a Democrat… Read More ›
Revealed: Harvard cheating scandal which could see over 100 students thrown out of elite college was discovered because of a TYPO
By Hugo Gye PUBLISHED:18:42 EST, 14 September 2012| UPDATED:18:42 EST, 14 September 2012 The Harvard cheating scandal which has rocked the world-famous university and cast doubt on more than 100 students began with a minor typing error, it has been… Read More ›
Mentally ill to be allowed to become MPs, serve on juries and be company directors
MPs have voted to end ‘discrimination’ which stops those suffering from mental illness serving in public life as a rare private members bill is backed by the House of Commons. Charles Walker spoke of his own mental health issues. Photo:… Read More ›
Vladimir Putin admits stage managing animal stunts
Vladimir Putin has admitted to staging some of his most famous stunts, including meeting endangered big cats and the “discovery” of ancient Greek amphorae in the Black sea, a Russian journalist has claimed. Vladimir Putin has acknowledged many of his… Read More ›
White House allocates $376 million in September 2010 for upgrades
White House emerges from $86m two-year makeover… but it doesn’t look like anything has actually changed Four year construction project expected to cost $376 million After two years and $86 million, not much appears to have happened Witnesses say it… Read More ›
Harvard pediatrics professor arrested after police found ‘up to 100 DVDs and 500 images of child porn at his home’
Dr Richard Keller was medical director at Phillips Academy for 19 years Spent almost $3,000 on child porn over two years Some pornographic content was delivered to his office at the boarding school Faces 20 years in jail By Rachel… Read More ›
Bloody hand prints, stolen documents and shocking security failings: Harrowing pictures inside the U.S. consulate as it is revealed ‘officials knew about attack plans 48 HOURS before and did nothing’: Sorry Unedited Includes Graphic Images
Dramatic images of bloody hand prints and crumbling buildings capture horror of Tuesday’s attack on U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, which fell on 11th anniversary of 9/11 terrorist attacks Revealed today that sensitive documents have gone missing from compound, including… Read More ›
U.S. intelligence agencies didn’t issue high alert about Mideast unrest threat : They had 3 days
By Mark HosenballPosted 2012/09/13 at 9:02 pm EDT WASHINGTON, Sep. 13, 2012 (Reuters) — Although U.S. authorities believe anti-American violence that erupted on Tuesday in Libya and Egypt was triggered by an Arabic talk-show broadcast three days earlier, U.S. officials… Read More ›
Safe house where Ambassador died had no Marine guard and his body was missing for five hours: Full scale of chaos surrounding Libyan killings revealed
Benghazi consulate was not protected by the contingent of Marines that usually safeguard embassies and instead was guarded by Libyan and State Department security officers Embassy was ‘an interim facility’ lacking bulletproof glass, reinforced doors or other features common to… Read More ›
Oops! Democrats forced to apologize for using picture of SOVIET warships in tribute to American troops
By Toby Harnden In Washington PUBLISHED:14:31 EST, 12 September 2012| UPDATED:15:53 EST, 12 September 2012 Organisers of the Democratic National Convention have said sorry for using an image of Soviet-era Russian warships as a backdrop for a tribute to veterans… Read More ›
Identity of anti-Muslim filmmaker called into question: Update: Film’s consultant confirms “Sam Bacile” is not real
Identity of anti-Muslim filmmaker called into question By Stephen C. Webster Wednesday, September 12, 2012 14:12 EDT Update (below): Film’s consultant confirms “Sam Bacile” is not real A man who claimed he’s the creator of an anti-Muslim film that’s sparked… Read More ›
The Deafness Before the Storm : IT was perhaps the most famous presidential briefing in history
Op-Ed Contributor By KURT EICHENWALD For Op-Ed, follow @nytopinion and to hear from the editorial page editor, Andrew Rosenthal, follow @andyrNYT. On Aug. 6, 2001, President George W. Bush received a classified review of the threats posed by Osama bin… Read More ›
Where is China’s president-in-waiting? Mystery surrounds absent politician who hasn’t been seen for a week
By Anna Edwards PUBLISHED:10:15 EST, 10 September 2012| UPDATED:10:19 EST, 10 September 2012 Xi Jinping, Vice President of the People’s Republic of China, has had his meetings cancelled China’s president-in-waiting Xi Jinping has not been seen in public for more… Read More ›
Greece scraps police protection for far-right lawmakers
Posted 2012/09/10 at 11:31 am EDT ATHENS, Sep. 10, 2012 (Reuters) — Greece scrapped police protection for lawmakers from the far-right Golden Dawn party on Monday after the bodyguards did nothing while the deputies went on a rampage destroying street… Read More ›
BP executives sought to blame “blue collar rig workers”: U.S.: “”This was a decision designed to ensure that the public and legal lines of accountability would be focused exclusively on blue collar rig workers and other contractor/defendants – but at all cost, not upon BP management and the inexplicable behaviors that coursed through the pages” of the internal BP emails.”
By David IngramPosted 2012/09/06 at 7:25 pm EDT WASHINGTON, Sep. 6, 2012 (Reuters) — BP executives wanted to concentrate blame for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster on “blue collar rig workers” in order to save themselves, U.S. government lawyers… Read More ›
IOM States ” roughly $750 billion — was wasted on unnecessary services, excessive administrative costs, fraud, and other problems” in 2009
Date: Sept. 6, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Transformation of Health System Needed to Improve Care and Reduce Costs WASHINGTON — America’s health care system has become too complex and costly to continue business as usual, says a new report from… Read More ›
Harvard psychology professor ‘faked data and fudged results in monkey experiments’
Marc Hauser, 52, researched evolutionary roots of human abilities Probe by Office of Research Integrity found Hauser responsible for six cases of scientific misconduct Allegedly fabricated data in a paper on monkeys’ ability to learn syllables Currently works with at-risk… Read More ›
Banks plan outside spending group to influence elections
By Alina SelyukhPosted 2012/09/05 at 4:54 pm EDT WASHINGTON, Sep. 5, 2012 (Reuters) — A major banking industry trade group is planning a foray into the U.S. elections by creating a tax-exempt organization capable of raising unlimited anonymous funds, the… Read More ›
Hackers steal details of a MILLION Apple users… but why did the FBI have the information anyway?: Includes FBI’s response below in Post
Questions raised over why the FBI had the data, which is believed to include user names, device names and phone numbers Antisec group claims to have over 12 million IDs – but has not released the most personal data By… Read More ›
Mass. judge approves sex-change for transgender prison inmate: Serving life in prison for murder
By Eric W. Dolan Tuesday, September 4, 2012 17:00 EDT A federal judge in Massachusetts on Tuesday ordered the state’s Department of Correction to provide a transgender inmate serving life in prison for murder with sex-change surgery. U.S. District Judge… Read More ›
Christians should ‘leave their beliefs at home or get another job’:” such as wearing a cross, means they might have to resign and get another job, government lawyers have said”
Christians should leave their religious beliefs at home or accept that a personal expression of faith at work, such as wearing a cross, means they might have to resign and get another job, government lawyers have said. Nadia Eweida Photo:… Read More ›
Elite SEALs taken off duty to deal with aftermath of Bin Laden book as whole command is ‘put on the bench’
By Daniel Bates PUBLISHED:13:18 EST, 3 September 2012| UPDATED:16:40 EST, 3 September 2012 Several Navy SEALs have been pulled off active duty and are ‘on the bench’ to deal with the fallout from the controversial book about the killing of… Read More ›
Security rules for Democratic National Convention cause concern: Banned: handbags, backpacks, soda cans, drink coolers, scarves, bike helmets, baby strollers, and non-service animals” within the hundred-square-block event zone
By Muriel Kane Sunday, September 2, 2012 20:19 EDT A new ordinance for “extraordinary events” put in place by the city of Charlotte, North Carolina, which is hosting the Democratic National Convention this week, have left attendees as well as… Read More ›
Keeping Your Site Alive
In Appreciation to our Friends at the EFF…Engineering Evil Denial of service (DoS) and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are increasingly common phenomena, used by a variety of actors—from activists to governments—to temporarily or indefinitely prevent a site from functioning efficiently. Often, the… Read More ›
Harvard Students in Cheating Scandal Say Collaboration Was Accepted: A Lesson in Entitled Behavior
By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA published: August 31, 2012 Harvard students suspected in a major cheating scandal said on Friday that many of the accusations are based on innocent — or at least tolerated — collaboration among students, and with help from… Read More ›
The truth about Harry’s Vegas host: Steve Wynn was barred from running casino over ‘Mafia links’ and drug dealing (and don’t ask about the naked girl who died on his boat trip)
Encore Wynn owner Steve Wynn has never shaken off accusations that he was linked to the mobsters The tycoon is believed to be worth $2.5 billion Wynn himself has vigorously denied any involvement with the Mob By Tom Leonard PUBLISHED:16:15… Read More ›
Harvard University probes plagiarism outbreak involving 125 students
Half the students in Ivy League college’s Introduction to Congress class may have copied each other’s Paul Harri guardian.co.uk, Thursday 30 August 2012 19.59 EDT The scandal may be the largest cheating ring to have hit an elite Ivy… Read More ›
World’s richest woman says those who are jealous of her wealth should ‘stop drinking, stop smoking and work harder’
World’s richest woman urges Aussies to ‘spend less time drinking, smoking and socialising’ She has amassed wealth from $20 billion-plus mining empire inherited from her father By Frank Thorne PUBLISHED:08:40 EST, 30 August 2012| UPDATED:10:18 EST, 30 August 2012 The… Read More ›
My doctor’s orders? Crisps, doughnuts and strictly no veg
*If we have a contest for worst medical advice EVER!!! I think we have a pretty good contender here – Engineering Evil By Jo Waters PUBLISHED:20:07 EST, 27 August 2012| UPDATED:20:07 EST, 27 August 2012 When Justin Hansen was told… Read More ›
Investigator who cleared Obama in scandal is his campaign donor
August 26, 2012 By: Jim Kouri The financial institution executive who was in charge of the “independent probe” that ended up absolving the Obama Administration for wasting billions of taxpayers’ dollars spent on green energy schemes was neither bi-partisan or… Read More ›
Ryan on abortion exceptions: Rape is just another ‘method of conception’
* I Keep no Political Affiliation: Pro or Free Choice, this statement in the WAY it was said requires greater clarification….Ralph Turchiano Vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan says that he personally believes that rape is just another “method of conception”… Read More ›
Deutsche Bank executive ‘bared his teeth, adopted a martial arts stance and snarled at officers in middle of traffic’ amid claims ‘he was high on bath salts’
Deutsche Bank Managing Director of Media Brian Mulligan claims he was assaulted by two LAPD officers who wanted to steal $5,000 cash from him Officers reported Mulligan appeared ‘under the influence’ and ‘out of it’ Mulligan suffered several facial injuries… Read More ›
Disgraced Democrat drops re-election bid after he was caught having oral sex with boy, 17, in bushes at public rest stop
By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED:01:15 EST, 23 August 2012| UPDATED:01:21 EST, 23 August 2012 Representative Kerry Gauthier was found engaging in oral sex on July 22 Found teen on Craigslist after advertising for ‘no strings attached’ sex Withdrew bid… Read More ›
Child Porn, Coke Smuggling: Hundreds of DHS Employees Arrested Last Year (U.S.)
By Robert Beckhusen Email Author August 22, 2012 | Categories: Crime and Homeland Security Border Patrol agents smuggling weed and coke. Immigration agents forging documents and robbing drug dealers. TSA employees caught with child porn. Those are just a few of the… Read More ›