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European Parliament Rips Global IP Accord

Joshuah — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:16:03 +0000

The European Parliament delivered a political blow to Hollywood and the Obama administration, voting Wednesday 663 to 13 in opposition to a proposed and secret intellectual property agreement being negotiated by the European Union, United States and a handful of others. Wednesday’s developments concerning the Anti-Counterfeiting and Trade Agreement are substantial because the European Union’s 27 [...]

Violence Mars Greek Protest

Joshuah — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:15:55 +0000

Flights were grounded and trains suspended amid a nationwide general strike Thursday, as Greek police fought running street battles with anarchist youths in fresh and violent signs of anger at the government’s austerity plans. Unions called a strike to protest wage and benefit cuts being put in place to trim Greece’s swollen budget deficit as the [...]

Thailand braces for massive political protests

Joshuah — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:15:54 +0000

Thailand braced for anti-government demonstrations that began Friday and were expected to peak over the weekend with as many as 150,000 protesters on the streets. In anticipation, the government has mobilized 50,000 security forces, said acting spokesman Panitan Wattanayakorn. The mass rallies are expected to be peaceful but Army spokesman Col. Sansern Kaewkumnerd said that crowd-control measures [...]

Brain scan can read people’s thoughts

Joshuah — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:15:54 +0000

A scan of brain activity can effectively read a person’s mind, researchers said Thursday. British scientists from University College London found they could differentiate brain activity linked to different memories and thereby identify thought patterns by using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). The evidence suggests researchers can tell which memory of a past event a person is [...]

CDC uses shopper-card data to trace salmonella

Joshuah — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:15:52 +0000

As they scrambled recently to trace the source of a salmonella outbreak that has sickened hundreds around the country, investigators from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention successfully used a new tool for the first time — the shopper cards that millions of Americans swipe every time they buy groceries. With permission from the patients, [...]

US mulls ‘black box’ as mandatory for all new vehicles

Joshuah — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:15:48 +0000

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration chief David Strickland told a congressional hearing on Thursday that the regulator is considering whether to make “black boxes” mandatory for all new vehicles. [ID:nN11246251] The devices can capture data on speed, braking effort and other details which can be vital in reconstructing accidents. Toyota has recalled more than 8 million vehicles [...]

Obama Supports DNA Sampling Upon Arrest

Joshuah — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:15:45 +0000

Josh Gerstein over at Politico sent Threat Level his piece underscoring once again President Barack Obama is not the civil-liberties Knight In Shining Armor many were expecting. Gerstein posts a televised interview of Obama and John Walsh of America’s Most Wanted. The nation’s chief executive extols the virtues of mandatory DNA testing of Americans upon arrest, [...]

Obama Supports DNA Sampling Upon Arrest

Joshuah — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:15:45 +0000

Drudge Virus Warning Blasted as Latest Free Speech Incursion

Joshuah — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:15:45 +0000

The unusual e-mail sent to Senate staffers this week warning them not to visit The Drudge Report for fear of a virus has some critics crying foul, suggesting the missive is the latest attempt by Democrats to stifle dissent in the media. The Drudge Report, a popular Web site which aggregates news links, often trumpets [...]

Drudge Virus Warning Blasted as Latest Free Speech Incursion

Joshuah — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:15:44 +0000

Chief exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth says Devil is in the Vatican

Joshuah — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:15:44 +0000

Sex abuse scandals in the Roman Catholic Church are proof that that “the Devil is at work inside the Vatican”, according to the Holy See’s chief exorcist. Father Gabriele Amorth, 85, who has been the Vatican’s chief exorcist for 25 years and says he has dealt with 70,000 cases of demonic possession, said that the consequences [...]

Chief exorcist Father Gabriele Amorth says Devil is in the Vatican

Joshuah — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:15:44 +0000

Remington Shotguns for The U.S. Department of Education

Joshuah — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:15:43 +0000

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) intends to purchase twenty-seven (27) REMINGTON BRAND MODEL 870 POLICE 12/14P MOD GRWC XS4 KXCS SF. RAMAC #24587 GAUGE: 12 BARREL: 14″ – PARKERIZED CHOKE: MODIFIED SIGHTS: GHOST RING REAR WILSON COMBAT; FRONT – XS CONTOUR BEAD SIGHT STOCK: KNOXX REDUCE RECOIL ADJUSTABLE STOCK FORE-END: SPEEDFEED SPORT-SOLID – 14″ [...]

Remington Shotguns for The U.S. Department of Education

Joshuah — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:15:42 +0000

Study shows 43 percent of Americans have less than $10K saved for retirement

Joshuah — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:15:41 +0000

The number of Americans with little or no retirement savings increased for the third straight year, according to an annual survey released Tuesday. Those who socked away less than $10,000 for their nest egg jumped to 43 percent this year, up from 39 percent in 2009, the Employee Benefit Research Institute’s 20th-annual Retirement Confidence Survey found. [...]

Food product recall jumps by 1.7M pounds

Joshuah — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:15:39 +0000

The recall of products containing a potentially salmonella-tainted flavoring ingredient ballooned this week with the addition of 1.7 million pounds of ready-to-eat beef taquito and chicken quesadilla products from a Houston firm. Ruiz Foods of Denison, Texas, also recalled 115,700 pounds of Tornados Ranchero Beef & Cheese roll-ups. All the recalled products contained hydrolyzed vegetable protein (HVP). [...]

Greece warns of worse downturn as strikes loom

Joshuah — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:15:38 +0000

The Greek economy is set to shrink by more than expected this year, the government said on Wednesday, as it braced for nationwide strikes protesting its plans for bringing the country’s budget deficit under control. Greece, grappling with a ballooning deficit and a 300 billion euro (272 billion pound) debt pile, told the European Union that [...]

“Rather than monitoring hate groups, the Southern Poverty Law Center has become one.”

Joshuah — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:15:14 +0000

A funny thing happened on the way to this week’s column — I got “targeted,” “frozen,” “personalized” and “polarized.” In other words, I got lumped in with the majority of Americans as the “radical right” — you know, the scary people who believe in God, the Constitution, family values, and an honest day’s work for an [...]

“Rather than monitoring hate groups, the Southern Poverty Law Center has become one.”

Joshuah — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:15:14 +0000

UK: Crackdown on dangerous dogs to make microchips compulsory for all

Joshuah — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:15:13 +0000

All dogs are to be compulsorily microchipped so that their owners can be more easily traced under a crackdown on dangerous dogs to be unveiled today. The package will include extending the dangerous dogs law to cover attacks by dogs on private property to protect postmen, and making third-party insurance compulsory so that victims can be [...]