Archive for July, 2008

Liquid flowing on surface of Saturn moon: NASA

Posted by me on July 30th, 2008

NASA:
NASA scientists said Wednesday they had found liquid on Saturn’s moon Titan, only the second body in the solar system after Earth to have fluid on its surface. The groundbreaking discovery was made after analysis of instruments on the US-European Cassini probe, the spacecraft that has been orbiting Saturn since 2004 following a 3.5 billion-kilometer […]

China Tapping all Hotel Internet Traffic

Posted by me on July 29th, 2008

guardian.co.uk
China has installed Internet-spying equipment in all the major hotel chains serving the 2008 Summer Olympics, a U.S. senator charged on Tuesday.
“The Chinese government has put in place a system to spy on and gather information about every guest at hotels where Olympic visitors are staying,” said Sen. Sam Brownback.
The conservative Republican from Kansas, citing […]

U.S. to help Israel with missile detection

Posted by me on July 29th, 2008

Yahoo News UK:
The United States will soon link Israel up to two advanced missile detection systems as a precaution against any future attack by a nuclear-armed Iran, Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak said on Tuesday.
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U.S. to help Israel with missile detection

Posted by me on July 29th, 2008

Yahoo News UK:
The United States will soon link Israel up to two advanced missile detection systems as a precaution against any future attack by a nuclear-armed Iran, Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak said on Tuesday.
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Memphis Commercial Appeal:
Memphis Police Director Larry Godwin and the city of Memphis have filed a lawsuit to learn who operates a blog harshly critical of Godwin and his department.
The lawsuit asks AOL to produce all information related to the identity of an e-mail address linked to MPD Enforcer 2.0, a blog popular with police officers […]

Protesters rally against immigration raid in Iowa

Posted by me on July 27th, 2008

Yahoo! News:
About a thousand protesters descended on a small town in northeastern Iowa on Sunday, decrying the raid of a meatpacking plant that arrested nearly 400 residents and calling for a change in federal immigration policies.
Postville, a town with about 2,200 residents, was pushed to the forefront of a national debate when federal immigration officials […]

wcbstv.com:
They can be popular because they’re sweet, they give you a lift and they have hip-sounding names like Red Bull and Spike Shooter.
But school officials across the country aren’t as buzzed about caffeinated energy drinks as some of their students. They’re worried about young people gulping down too much caffeine—and getting so hyper that they […]

wcbstv.com:
They can be popular because they’re sweet, they give you a lift and they have hip-sounding names like Red Bull and Spike Shooter.
But school officials across the country aren’t as buzzed about caffeinated energy drinks as some of their students. They’re worried about young people gulping down too much caffeine—and getting so hyper that they […]

wcbstv.com:
They can be popular because they’re sweet, they give you a lift and they have hip-sounding names like Red Bull and Spike Shooter.
But school officials across the country aren’t as buzzed about caffeinated energy drinks as some of their students. They’re worried about young people gulping down too much caffeine—and getting so hyper that they […]

Are the Feds Buying Up All the Survival Food?

Posted by me on July 24th, 2008

WND:
A Wall Street Journal columnist has advised people to “start stockpiling food” and an ABC News Report says “there are worrying signs appearing in the United States where some … locals are beginning to hoard supplies.” Now there’s concern that the U.S. government may be competing with consumers for stocks of storable food.
“We’re told that […]

Anticipation, Griping Increases Before Obama Speech in Berlin | Germany | Deutsche Welle | 23.07.2008
In the build-up to what is probably the most anticipated American campaign speech ever held on foreign soil, one of Berlins main city magazines offered its readership cut-out American flags to wave at Barack Obamas planned address.
The presumed Democratic nominee plans […]

American Press Fawn Over Child Killer Terrorist!

Posted by me on July 21st, 2008

McClatchy Press:
Samir Kuntar is sitting under a photo of himself standing next to Hassan Nasrallah and telling friends that he almost didn’t come home.
As Israel was getting ready to free Kuntar last Wednesday, the Lebanese militant told guards that he didn’t want to walk to freedom in a prison uniform.
When the Israeli guards refused, Kuntar […]