So much for “don’t be evil.” On Tuesday of this week, Internet search (and just about everything else) giant Google announced a new unified privacy policy for 60 of its online services, including Gmail, Google+, Google Maps, and YouTube. The policy states that as of March 1, Google will be able to use data it collects about users from [...]
Archive for January 26th, 2012
Internet Users Up in Arms Over Google’s Orwellian New Privacy Policy That it’s Forcing on All of Us
Posted in Uncategorized on January 26, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Japan’s stricken nuclear operator set for $13 bln bailout – sources
Posted in economics, government, science, tagged Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, Nuclear, NuclearPower, TEPCO, Thursday, Tokyo Electric Power Company on January 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Gee, looky here! The same corpora-terrorists who made a killing on the bank bailouts are poised to make a killing on killing us w. their radioactive nuclear power plants. Isn’t *that* convenient! –Tepco’s share price soared on the bail-out news, jumping as much as 8 percent in heavy trade. 26 Jan 2012 Japan is set [...]
‘US Enticing Pakistan with Cheap Gas’
Posted in economics, government, military, tagged International Herald Tribune, Iran, Islamabad, Liquefied natural gas, Pakistan, Pipeline transport, United States, Washington on January 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
‘An article published by the International Herald Tribune says Washington is trying to lure Islamabad away from the Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline project by offering cheaper gas to the country. The article says the US has stepped up efforts to lobby Pakistan to abandon not only the IP gas pipeline project, but also liquefied natural [...]
Fukushima: A Nuclear War without a War – The Unspoken Crisis of Worldwide Nuclear Radiation
Posted in enviroment, government, health, history, media, tagged Asia, Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, Nuclear power, Nuclear warfare, Public health, Tokyo on January 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
‘What prevails is a well organized camouflage. The public health disaster in Japan, the contamination of water, agricultural land and the food chain, not to mention the broader economic and social implications, have neither been fully acknowledged nor addressed in a comprehensive and meaningful fashion by the Japanese authorities. Japan as a nation state has [...]
DNA Sample to be Taken From Students Before Allowed to Take SAT College Entrance Exams
Posted in education, law, tagged ACT (test), DNA, Entrance examination, Identity document, New York, SAT, Standardized test, Student on January 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
‘Standardized testing is a common method by which colleges and universities evaluate the competency of applying high school students. But an increasing amount of students are cheating on such tests, which has caused lawmakers in New York to consider actually harvesting “digital DNA” from students and applying it to special ID cards that students would [...]
Elites Pushing Class Warfare is Just Another False Paradigm
Posted in economics, government, media, tagged Billionaire, Class conflict, CLASS WARFARE, Daily Beast, George Soros, MIDDLE CLASS, United States, Warren Buffett on January 26, 2012 | 3 Comments »
‘Why is it when the rich super class speaks about class warfare, the downtrodden applaud? When billionaire Warren Buffett said, “There’s class warfare all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning,” the struggling middle class treated him like one of them, as if he’s on their side. More [...]
Super Hero-Bama! Another Staged Rescue Right On Cue
Posted in foreign policy, government, media, military, politics, tagged Batman, DC Comics, Flickr, Games, Justice League, Lego, Lego Batman, Superhero on January 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
‘Give me a break. Wag the dog ministries brings you Super Prez! He can do it all, and with one hand tied behind his back. He makes it look so smooth and easy it’s like he’s not really doing anything! Here he is seemingly participating in this daring rescue operation by distracting the world with [...]
US to Grant Extension of $3.8 Billion in Loan Guarantees to israel
Posted in economics, foreign policy, government, military, tagged Danny Ayalon, Foreign Minister, Haaretz, Israel, Israeli government, Obama administration, Thomas R. Nides, Washington on January 26, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The financial backing is yet another example of Washington’s tacit endorsement of illegal, inhumane treatment of Palestinians The Obama administration told Israeli officials this week that the U.S. plans to extend for three years $3.8 billion in loan guarantees to Israel. The Israeli government was reportedly worried that the extension would not be granted after several [...]