Billionaire wealth tops $7 trillion By Judy Martel · Bankrate.com Monday, September 22, 2014 The combined wealth of the world’s billionaires now exceeds the collective market capitalization of all the companies in the Dow Jones industrial average, according to a… Read More ›
Egypt sentences man to 6 years in prison for ‘Liking’ Christian Facebook post
Thursday, 26 June 2014 An Egyptian man was convicted and sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison along with a fine of $840 dollars for violating Egypt’s blasphemy laws, which make illegal any criticism of the Islamic religion. The International… Read More ›
Fired for Helping a Young Cancer Patient
Friday, May 16, 2014 PHILADELPHIA (CN) – The University of Pennsylvania Hospital fired a radiation therapist for helping the mother of a pediatric cancer patient – an Eagles fan – get in touch with the football team to try to… Read More ›
Plans for ‘black mass’ at Harvard anger Boston Catholics
Black mass at Harvard: CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) — A Harvard University student group plans to hold a re-enactment of a satanic ritual on the school’s historic campus, drawing criticism from local Roman Catholic officials, who expressed “deep sadness… Read More ›
Antisocial Network to help users avoid their friends
Friday, 21 March 2014 A pair of U.S. developers have created Cloak, an iPhone “antisocial network” to help users avoid running into their friends. Cloak, created by programmer Brian Moore and former Buzzfeed creative director Chris Baker, is billed as… Read More ›
Turkey may ban Facebook and YouTube
EEV: We have conflicting reports at one point he said he was, than he says no (according to the Irish Times, link below) – Turkey’s Prime Minister Suthep Tayyip Erdogan says these organizations encourage every kind of immorality and espionage… Read More ›
NSDC Declares Mobilization In Ukraine / Says Facebook?
(11:29, Sunday, March 2, 2014) Ukrainian News Agency Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Andrii Parubii has declared the nationwide mobilization.Ukrainian News learned this from his Facebook account. “According to the decision of the NSDC, the mobilization… Read More ›
Even fact will not change first impressions
February 14, 2014 – Knowledge is power, yet new research suggests that a person’s appearance alone can trump knowledge. First impressions are so powerful that they can override what we are told about people. A new study found that even… Read More ›
Microsoft, Facebook, Google and Yahoo release US surveillance requests
• Tech giants turn over data from tens of thousands of accounts • Limited disclosure part of transparency deal made last month Spencer Ackerman in Washington and Dominic Rushe in New York theguardian.com, Monday 3 February 2014 16.40 EST Microsoft,… Read More ›
Austrian rape victim was arrested for having sex outside of marriage in UAE when she reported the crime… and told she had to MARRY her attacker
29-year-old was arrested when she reported that her attacker had raped her She faced a jail sentence for having ‘extra marital sex’ and drinking alcohol Austrian Foreign Ministry put together a crisis team to free her 260,000 people signed a… Read More ›
Facebook app now reads your smartphone’s text messages? THE TRUTH
Blame Android, says social network By John Leyden Posted in Security, 29th January 2014 00:11 GMT Facebook’s updated Android app can read text messages on the user’s smartphone. The tweaked software now demands access to SMS and MMS messages, and the change was… Read More ›
A British businessman has been forced to apologise after scathing Facebook comments he made about Singapore emerged online sparking a fierce backlash
British businessman receives death threats in Singapore over Facebook comments – “Daddy where is your car and who are all these poor people?” – “Ahhhhhhhhh reunited with my baby. Normal service can resume, once I have washed the stench of… Read More ›
‘It’s time to arrest and hang him high’: Florida politician running for office calls for execution of President Obama on his Facebook and Twitter accounts
Local Republican candidate, Joshua Black, said President Barack Obama should be hanged for war crimes Responses to Black’s Facebook post condemned the candidate’s sentiment Black has since been visited by the U.S. Secret Service, though he maintains his comments were… Read More ›
The tiny drone that lets anyone be a SPY: Pocket-sized aircraft lets people film from the air – and it can even automatically follow someone for you
$450 tricopter will fold up to become handbag sized Has a high definition camera that can send back live pictures Controlled via a phone or tablet app – and can even be programmed to follow someone By Mark Prigg UPDATED: … Read More ›
Goldman Sachs made more money from its investment banking division in 2013 than any point in its 145-year history (except 2007 when the credit crunch hit)
EEV : To my Greek friends: It is time to bring forward legal action against Goldman Sachs for the debt manipulation that magnified your financial hardship. The boost fuelled an average gold-plated payout of £234,000 per worker The bank plans to… Read More ›
‘Vegetarians are rapists’: Shocking Facebook posts of U.S. diplomat and his embassy worker wife expelled in slave maid row deepen rift with India
Wayne May and his wife Alicia Muller May were effectively deported last week by Indian authorities The move was apparently in retaliation for the U.S. expulsion of Indian envoy Devyani Khobragade in December But the outrageous comments have only just… Read More ›
Tailored Access Operations (TAO) NSA Was Compromised Months Ago
EEV: Best Intel is always False Intel: In response to a special request, here were the initial press leaks in regards to TAO NSA Accessed Mexican President’s Email OCT 2013 Was ISRAEL behind the hacking of millions of French phones and… Read More ›
Young users see Facebook as ‘dead and buried’
A study of how teenagers use social media has found that Facebook is “not just on the slide, it is basically dead and buried”, but that the network is morphing into a tool for keeping in touch with older family… Read More ›
From Rich Kids of Instagram to kings of cable TV? Six wealthy social media stars turn lives of leisure into television career
By Snejana Farberov PUBLISHED: 11:48 EST, 14 December 2013 | UPDATED: 12:43 EST, 14 December 2013 All those who have enjoyed hate-browsing the popular Tumblr account ‘The Rich Kids of Instagram’ will soon be able to hate-watch it on… Read More ›
Disabled man banned from Walmart for life for trying to price match
Joe Cantrell used to shop twice a day at his favorite Arizona Walmart He scoured circulars for lower prices that he thought Walmart would match He instead was cuffed and served a notice banning him from all Walmart, as well… Read More ›
How the scare tactics of the past shape the Affordable Care Act debate today
The long, lurid tradition of public health propaganda By Kevin Hartnett December 08, 2013 A creepy looking Uncle Sam in anti-ACA ads. The Affordable Care Act has prompted a Supreme Court case, polarized… Read More ›
‘Smashed teeth £900. Broken limbs £1,800’: Russian rent-a-killer website still running despite official claims it had been banned
EEV: As of this posting it is up… Current screen shot – Translated through Bing “We offer several options for contract killings: – Death from natural causes or an accident. The best way to take the life of this man,… Read More ›
British lawmaker calls EU an ‘institution of theft’
Daily Caller News Foundation 9:58 PM 11/22/2013 Member of European Parliament Godfrey Bloom attacked attempts by the international governing body to address tax evasion in Europe, unleashing a volley of criticism that ended in a dire warning for EU lawmakers…. Read More ›
US school basketball coach fired over posting Facebook photo of fiancé holding her breast – but he is allowed to keep job at same school
Laraine Cook was dismissed as Pocatello girls’ basketball coach shortly after this photo of her and boyfriend Tom Harrison was posted on Facebook Laraine Cook coach was sacked from an Idaho high school on grounds that image was ‘immoral’ Tomas… Read More ›
How ‘high-level U.S. government agency’ fell for fake femme fatale created by two hackers
By James Nye PUBLISHED: 00:44 EST, 4 November 2013 | UPDATED: 08:03 EST, 4 November 2013 Two hackers staged a successful cyber-attack on an unidentified U.S. government agency simply by setting up fake LinkedIn and Facebook accounts posing as… Read More ›
‘Noxious odor’ that hospitalized eight students turned out to be six-grader’s AXE body spray
By Ashley Collman PUBLISHED: 08:56 EST, 1 November 2013 | UPDATED: 08:57 EST, 1 November 2013 Let this be a lesson to young men: Any more than a spritz of AXE body spray and you’re more likely to actually… Read More ›
VIDEO: Man dashes back into burning home – to rescue BEER from the fridge
26 Oct 2013 17:44 Walter Serpit made sure his family were safe and well, before returning to the inferno to rescue his prized case of Bud Light A man fought his way back into a burning house to… Read More ›
Are these the most terrifying trousers ever? The 17th century NECROPANTS made from corpse legs – and are supposed to be lucky
EEV: Edited to contain the whole video The Museum of Icelandic Sorcery & Witchcraft in Holmavik houses the only known intact pair of necropants In order to make the necropants, or nábrók, an individual had to get permission from a… Read More ›
For the first time ever, 10chief executives in the US received more than $100m in compensation/ Up to $6 million a day – A new world Record !!!
US CEOs break pay record as top 10 earners take home at least $100m each Pay gaps within companies widen as top two earners, led by Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, earn billion-dollar paychecks Dominic Rushe in New York theguardian.com, Tuesday… Read More ›
Drug-running cat caught smuggling pot into prison
21 Oct 2013 03:09 The grey and white feline nipped through the jail’s perimeter fence with bags of pot tied to its decorative collar This drug-running cat was snared by prison guards – as it attempted to… Read More ›
One in three women remove wedding rings fearing they will ‘damage employment prospects’
A third of women remove rings when it isn’t necessarily normal to do so Of those, 35% remove them at work and 29% at job interviews 22% do so when out socialising More than half who ditch ring when socialising… Read More ›
Why you can’t trust the wide boys: Men with broad faces like North Korean leader are more likely to cheat on their partners and lie
Study shows men wide-faced are less trustworthy than thinner counterparts They also tend to be aggressive, violent, bigoted and exploitative But the research also shows they are likely to be more successful By Stuart Woledge PUBLISHED: 05:00 EST, 19 October… Read More ›
Blank check: The U.S. government borrowed $328billion on the first day after a debt deal without a debt ceiling was agreed upon
The new debt deal has no debt ceiling, giving the federal government a blank check until February The previous one day borrowing record was $238billion By Ryan Gorman PUBLISHED: 23:27 EST, 18 October 2013 | UPDATED: 23:27 EST, 18 October… Read More ›
Why the Germans can’t help being rude: Historic divisions mean they are used to being surrounded by enemies
EEV: ??? Germans like ‘stability and structure’ because of nation’s fractured past Respected German institute produce video showing the difference between them and their foreign counterparts By Hayley O’keeffe PUBLISHED: 23:40 EST, 17 October 2013 | UPDATED: 07:20… Read More ›
Exercise-loving mother-of-three branded a ‘fat shaming bully’ after showing her flat abs and asking ‘what’s your excuse?
By Sadie Whitelocks PUBLISHED: 16:54 EST, 15 October 2013 | UPDATED: 17:43 EST, 15 October 2013 An exercise-loving, mother-of-three has come under fire after posting a photograph of her toned body to Facebook, captioned ‘What’s your excuse?’ Maria Kang,… Read More ›
White House blocks stamps meant to commemorate Michelle’s Let’s Move campaign because ‘skateboarding’ is unsafe
USPS destroys stamps, concerned they show kids doing unsafe activities The USPS stamps were created as part of the President’s Council on Fitness Sports and Nutrition First Lady Michelle Obama had the final say as they were designed to compliment… Read More ›
Do you really need a helmet to play soccer? New Jersey school district says all students must wear headgear to prevent concussions
By Michael Zennie PUBLISHED: 11:19 EST, 9 October 2013 | UPDATED: 16:30 EST, 9 October 2013 A New Jersey school district is ordering all students who play soccer – and other non-contact sports – to wear helmets on the … Read More ›
X Factor producers are deliberately creating crueller twists because viewers are becoming ‘immune to the sob stories’, claims psychologist
By Anna Hodgekiss PUBLISHED: 11:29 EST, 8 October 2013 | UPDATED: 14:03 EST, 8 October 2013 The X Factor producers are forced to create cruel twists to the competition because viewers are becoming immune to sob stories, a psychologist… Read More ›
Twitter pays just £5,000 to tackle images of child abuse online – and is unhappy about being asked to contribute more
Industry-funded charity Internet Watch Foundation is raising the fees paid by members, but have met resistance from the social media giant Adam Withnall Sunday, 6 October 2013 As Twitter prepares for an estimated $1.1 billion flotation on the stock market,… Read More ›
China pays 2 million people to monitor Internet
05 Oct 2013 Beijing (AFP) China is employing two million people to keep tabs on people’s Internet use, according to state media, in a rare glimpse into the secret world of Beijing’s vast online surveillance operation. Many of the employees are… Read More ›
Saudi court jails four young men for up to TEN YEARS and sentences them to thousands of lashes for naked dance on car
One of the men was jailed for 10 years and sentenced to 2,000 lashes Another got seven years and 1,200 lashes while two others received three years and 500 lashes By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 08:30 EST, 4 October 2013… Read More ›
American women’s wages won’t be equal to those of American men for another 45 years, says a recent study
Women earned 77 cents for every dollar men earned last year Most full-time employed women will be retired by the time wages are equal between women and men Stagnant wages may have to do with poor family and medical leave… Read More ›
Teenager becomes first victim of China’s new ‘anti-gossip’ law after blog
Boy publicly questioned police investigation into death of local businessman Internet censors have ordered bloggers to ‘keep social order’ By Anna Edwards PUBLISHED: 04:16 EST, 20 September 2013 | UPDATED: 06:07 EST, 20 September 2013 A draconian measure… Read More ›
The deadly network: Revealed – guns for sale on Facebook
As Libya’s Prime Minister asks Britain for help in ridding his country of weapons, The Independent discovers a flourishing online arms market Omar Kibrisli Tripoli Tuesday 17 September 2013 Libyan rebels celebrate taking Tripoli in 2011 AP… Read More ›
Yahoo chief Marissa Mayer said she feared winding up in prison for TREASON if she refused to comply with US spy demands for data
Yahoo CEO fears defying NSA could mean prison 12 Sep 2013 SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) Yahoo chief Marissa Mayer said she feared winding up in prison for treason if she refused to comply with US spy demands for data. Her comments… Read More ›
NSA paid millions to cover Prism compliance costs for tech companies
• Top-secret files show first evidence of financial relationship • Prism companies include Google and Yahoo, says NSA • Costs were incurred after 2011 Fisa court ruling Ewen MacAskill in New York The Guardian, Thursday 22 August 2013… Read More ›
Internet Companies Paid Millions for Spying Activity
By NICK DIVITO (CN) – The National Security Agency paid millions of dollars to Internet companies like Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft and Facebook to cover costs of its PRISM surveillance program, according to secret documents obtained by The Guardian and… Read More ›
Cocaine doesn’t just curb appetite, it suppresses the body’s ability to store fat too, find scientists
EEV: Science sometimes is not politically correct. This is in no way a promotion of drugs. In addition there are very deadly side effects as well as a nasty rebound effect. Previously thought coke caused loss because it suppressed the… Read More ›
Anti-American (Obama) music video from Egypt goes viral [VIDEO]
EEV: This is posted not just because it is anti-American. It is posted to fully comprehend the firestorm this administration has unleashed for its unwavering support of the Muslim Brotherhood. Morsi was democratically elected, but that does not give any political official the right… Read More ›
Pressure mounts on Obama as he REFUSES to pay his interns (while campaigning to raise the minimum wage)
By Hayley Peterson PUBLISHED: 21:17 EST, 22 July 2013 | UPDATED: 21:48 EST, 22 July 2013 As President Obama campaigns to increase the minimum wage, his own interns aren’t getting paid a cent to work a minimum of 45 … Read More ›
Engineering Evil 