Ted Talks: David Anderson: Your brain is more than a bag of chemicals
Ted Talks Lilly and Pfizer don’t want you to know this. And some of us have been feeling this way for years, however, this guy puts the science in the forefront. Modern psychiatric drugs treat the chemistry of the whole brain, but neurobiologist David Anderson believes in a more nuanced view of how the brain [...]
Guangzhou, China replicates Hallstatt, Austria
Video at BBC World Europe. So the story is the didn’t ask, they just did it. A town is not a handbag. HUIZHOU, Guangdong, June 8 (Xinhua) — A Chinese copy of a scenic town in Austria has shown great potential for business opportunities despite controversy over the project’s alleged plagiarism. Located in suburban Boluo [...]
what is up? drones. not the good kind.
Can’t see the video? click here. Or here. Oh no read all about it at infowars.
Police Can View Email Without Warrant
If you value your privacy, you may want to know that your e-mail and other online communication is no longer private. US Police increasingly view private email and instant messages. Yes, law enforcement has to get a wiretap and warrant for “real-time” interception (which can cost thousands of dollars). However, there is no such requirement [...]
Ai Weiwei’s New York Project to Go Forward, With or Without Him
Can’t see the video? Click here. Ai Weiwei’s surgery in Munich: Ai Weiwei’s surgery in Munich apparently went smoothly – two holes drilled in his head on Tuesday (or Monday evening?) to remove 30 ml of fluid from his skull. He says the pressure in his head has gone and so has the pain. He’d [...]
Sagittarius? NO thanks. gay sea frollic in space.
I think this is bullshit but here the article regardless. New Delhi: If the star doctors are to be believed, there is a new Zodiac sign jostling for space with its 12 more popular brothers in the astrological chart. Say hello to Ophiuchus, Zodiac No. 13. Ophiuchus is a rarely used astrological sign that is [...]
Well, These New Zuckerberg IMs Won’t Help Facebook’s Privacy Problems
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his company are suddenly facing a big new round of scrutiny and criticism about their cavalier attitude toward user privacy. An early instant messenger exchange Mark had with a college friend won’t help put these concerns to rest. According to SAI sources, the following exchange is between a 19-year-old Mark [...]
Twitter – new terrorists’ favourite tool?
The U.S. intelligence community is concerned that terrorists might use micro-blogging tool Twitter to coordinate attacks, according to a purported draft Army intelligence report posted on the Web. The report–present by the 304th Military Intelligence Battalion and posted to the Federation of American Scientists Web site–examines the possible ways terrorists could use mobile and Web [...]
Japanese Rape Club.
I knew women’s rights in Japan were on the low end of the stick, but I did not know their most scholarly schools had established “rape clubs”. Shit is out of control. if video does not play do to copyright click here
The End of America: A Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot
From one free human to another. Should one fear terrorism.. or a police state? We would like to restore democracy, but we’re afraid to face the state that we allowed ourselves to cook in. Naomi Wolf, author of The Beauty Myth, has written of “End of America”, which I haven’t put a dent in yet, [...]
RIAA says your sister sells rock
I just uploaded this video today, so I wont be surprised if some powers that be take it down before too long. If so I’ll find something besides youtube. look at that fat fucker. This is a leaked official RIAA training video produced with the National District Attorneys Association telling U.S. prosecutors why they should [...]
Kwame’s Party at the Manoogian Mansion and the murder of Tamara Greene
Kilpatrick’s first controversy started as rumors of a wild party in the fall of 2002 involving strippers at the the official residence of the mayor—the city-owned Manoogian Mansion. It is alleged by former members of the mayor’s Executive Protection Unit that the mayor’s wife, Carlita Kilpatrick, came home unexpectedly and upon discovering Kwame with the strippers [...]
Kwame Kilpatrick, Public Broadcasting and Statements
During a broadcast from his family’s church on January 30th, 2008, Kilpatrick said that he apologized to the city and to his supporters in the city. He also said that he was apologizing to his family, his three sons and his wife Carlita, who also spoke after Kilpatrick. The First Lady of Detroit, Carlita Kilpatrick, [...]
Kwame Kilpatrick – Whistleblower Trial
In August, 2007, Kilpatrick was sued by two ex-members of his bodyguard staff for violation of the Whistleblower Law. It was claimed that he fired them in retaliation for them investigating his personal actions. The trial ended on September 11, 2007, after three hours of jury deliberation in a verdict awarding the plaintiffs $6.5 million in damages. Minutes [...]
Kwame Kilpatrick – Infidelity and Perjury Investigation
According to text messages obtained by the Detroit Free Press and published January 23, 2008, Kilpatrick and his then chief of staff Christine Beatty lied about the sexual nature of their relationship and their involvement in the firing of Deputy Police Chief Gary Brown.[23] The text messages that were obtained were exchanged between Kilpatrick and Beatty on their city issued [...]
MPAA officially admits mistakes in piracy study
Hollywood laid much of the blame for illegal movie downloading on college students. Now, it says its math was wrong. In a 2005 study it commissioned, the Motion Picture Association of America claimed that 44 percent of the industry’s domestic losses came from illegal downloading of movies by college students, who often have access to [...]
iRing, wtf
With a stylish design and wireless Bluetooth connectivity with your iPod and iPhone, the iRing allows you to control playback and volume on any of your Apple media devices. iRing features a bright OLED status display with touch-sensitive function strip, and a rechargeable battery life of up to 2 days. Conveniently recharge your iRing using [...]
Kwame Kilpatrick Slander Suit
As of January 2008, Beatty, Kilpatrick, and police chief Ella Bully-Cummings are also named in a slander lawsuit. The lawsuit was brought about by two police officers that claimed to have been slandered in the media by city officials. The lawsuit stems from a 2004 incident in which the two police officers pulled Kilpatrick’s chief [...]
Big Old Deceitful and expensive phone company
Remember October’s news of Comcast throttling Bit Torrent traffic? The debacle not only created a firestorm of bad press for the nation’s largest cable provider but also re-ignited the nationwide debate about Net Neutrality. We had numerous signs that Comcast was inhibiting our use of this legal and legitimate file transfer protocol, but to have [...]
Kwame Kilpatrick – Red Lincoln Navigator
For the sake of documentation, this a referenceable article concerning the former mayor of Detroit, Original article came from the Detroit Free Press, May 8th, 2005 In 2005, WXYZ-TV reporter Steve Wilson reported that the city had entered an expensive one year lease for a luxury SUV. It was to be used to chauffeur the mayor’s family. The [...]
Kwame Kilpatric – Civic Fund Controversy
On May 8, 2007, WXYZ reported that Kilpatrick used $8,600 from his secret Kilpatrick Civic Fund to take his wife, three sons and babysitter on a week long vacation to a five-star California resort, the La Costa Resort and Spa.[18] The fund, controlled by Kilpatrick’s sister and friends, was created to improve the city of Detroit [...]