2012, TEOTWAWKI, Survival, Food Storage, Economic Collapse, Self Defense, Stockpile food, First Aid, Prepping
July 22, 2010 WND.com by Nat Hentoff In May of last year, David Kilcullen, a counterinsurgency adviser to Gen. David Petraeus from 2006 to 2008, co-authored a strategic analysis (“Death From Above, Outrage Down Below,” New York Times, May 17, 2009). He emphasized that the “public outrage” among Pakistan’s civilians caused by our drone attacks… [Continue Reading]
July 22, 2010 LA Times by Kristena Hansen A multistate investigation is raising more questions about how Google Inc. may have improperly gathered people’s private information through their unsecured wireless networks while collecting data for its Street View feature. Connecticut Atty. Gen. Richard Blumenthal, who has been leading the month-old investigation, sent a third letter… [Continue Reading]
July 21, 2010 CBS News by Charles Cooper The U.S. Navy has used a laser weapon to shoot down four unmanned aerial vehicles in a test that rings up memories of Ronald Reagan’s “Star Wars” missile defense shield in the 1980s. The successful test of the Laser Weapon System off the coast of California was… [Continue Reading]
July 19, 2010 PR Newswire Citing new information about Google’s classified government contracts and the Internet giant’s admitted Wi-Spying activity, Consumer Watchdog today said it is more imperative than ever for the Energy and Commerce Committee to conduct hearings into possible privacy violations by Google. In a letter to Committee Chairman Henry Waxman and Ranking… [Continue Reading]
July 19, 2010 TampaBay.com by Leonora LaPeter Anton There’s been lots of talk lately about body scanners — the new airport security tool that allows screeners to see through clothes. People are concerned about privacy, delayed flights, health effects. Now there’s another concern. What about kids? Do they have to go through this, too? And… [Continue Reading]
July 16, 2010 Washington Times by Shaun Waterman President Obama on Wednesday briefly dropped by and addressed a meeting at which industry figures were being updated on U.S. cybersecurity efforts, acknowledging more progress was needed on the issue but blaming George W. Bush administration efforts as inadequate. The meeting was led by White House Cybersecurity… [Continue Reading]
July 16, 2010 Politico by Kim Hart Google’s aggressive tactics have put it on top of the business world, and now the Internet giant is looking to leverage the high profile and sterling connections of its CEO to achieve similar power in the political sphere. Google boss Eric Schmidt is one of the nation’s most… [Continue Reading]
July 13, 2010 Breitbart.com Germany’s consumer minister, who vowed to delete her Facebook account in protest at the networking site’s privacy policies, called Monday for an Internet “honour code” to protect personal data. “We need an honour code… 10 golden rules — short, sharp and clear,” Ilse Aigner told Die Welt daily in an interview…. [Continue Reading]
July 12, 2010 10News.com A popular skate park in Poway, Calif. unveiled a new security measure Friday that is being met with some opposition. At the Poway Skate Park, surveillance cameras capture the every move of every visitor. Additionally, motion detectors are also present and a wrought iron fence surrounds the park. Some visitors said… [Continue Reading]
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday called for cooperation among world states to forge a new world order. “The conditions we are experiencing today need planning for new orders in the world and (our) cooperation and co-thinking for organizing the conditions,” Ahmadinejad told reporters before departing for Istanbul, Turkey to take part in the Conference… [Continue Reading]
Dr. Mark Gasson, a cybernetics expert at the University of Reading, infected himself with a computer virus. Dr. Gasson while conducting an experiment to show how implantable bionic devices are susceptible to computer viruses, he contaminated a computer chip which was then inserted into his hand. The device in Gasson’s arm was an RFID (radio-frequency… [Continue Reading]
The Obama administration’s crackdown on leaks to the press has snared a high-profile conviction of an FBI linguist, who was sentenced to 20 months in prison Monday after pleading guilty to giving classified information to a blogger. The sentence for Shamai Leibowitz is likely to become the longest ever served by a government employee accused… [Continue Reading]
The United States has launched an investigation into allegations that a number of American soldiers were responsible for the “unlawful deaths” of at least three Afghan civilians, the U.S. military said on Thursday. “There are also allegations of illegal drug use, assault and conspiracy,” the military said in a statement, adding that while no charges… [Continue Reading]
UC Berkeley is adding something a little different this year in its welcome package — cotton swabs for a DNA sample. In the past, incoming freshman and transfer students have received a rather typical welcome book from the College of Letters and Science’s “On the Same Page” program, but this year the students will be… [Continue Reading]
Authorities on both sides of the Atlantic on Monday moved towards investigating Google following the internet group’s disclosure that it had recorded communications sent over unsecured wireless networks in people’s homes. Peter Schaar, the German commissioner for data protection, called for a “detailed probe” by independent authorities into the practice by Google. He said the… [Continue Reading]
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