Canada’s new citizenship bill a Trojan horse
"... it would also give Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative government unprecedented authority to strip Canadians — including thousands born in this country — of their citizenship."
Russian Ships & Planes Carrying Soldiers Said To Be En Route To Sevastopol
"Those tracking the developments in the Ukraine, and specifically the Russian response to this weekend's coup, will be interested to note that according to the Russian flot.com website, the large landing ship Nikolai Filchenkov, previously known for its participation in the Syrian naval arms build up, is expected to arrive in the Crimean port of Sevastopol carrying 200 armed soldiers, sent from the nearby Black Sea town of Temryuk."
Website of Bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox offline
"The website of major bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox is offline Tuesday amid reports it suffered a debilitating theft, a new setback for efforts to gain legitimacy for the virtual currency.
The URL of Tokyo-based Mt. Gox was returning a blank page. The disappearance of the site follows the resignation Sunday of Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles from the board of the Bitcoin Foundation, a group seeking legitimacy for the currency."
The URL of Tokyo-based Mt. Gox was returning a blank page. The disappearance of the site follows the resignation Sunday of Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles from the board of the Bitcoin Foundation, a group seeking legitimacy for the currency."
Brazil, Europe plan undersea cable to skirt U.S. spying
"Brazil and the European Union agreed on Monday to lay an undersea communications cable from Lisbon to Fortaleza to reduce Brazil's reliance on the United States after Washington spied on Brasilia.
At a summit in Brussels, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said the $185 million cable project was central to "guarantee the neutrality" of the Internet, signaling her desire to shield Brazil's Internet traffic from U.S. surveillance."
At a summit in Brussels, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said the $185 million cable project was central to "guarantee the neutrality" of the Internet, signaling her desire to shield Brazil's Internet traffic from U.S. surveillance."
'I'm dying': Volunteer medic, 21, posts desperate message on Twitter after she was shot in the throat, as Kiev plunges into new savagery with bodies littering the streets
"Olesia Zhukovska, 21, was able to send the message just moments before she lost consciousness and was rushed to hospital for an emergency lifesaving operation.
A shocking photograph of Ms Zhukovska being led from the protests on Independence Square with blood seeping from a neck wound has since gone viral, being shared thousands of times."
A shocking photograph of Ms Zhukovska being led from the protests on Independence Square with blood seeping from a neck wound has since gone viral, being shared thousands of times."
SHE'S OK NOW.
HOPE THE VIOLENCE HAS STOPPED FOR GOOD.
German Gold Manipulation Blowback Escalates: Deutsche Bank Exits Gold Price Fixing
"Germany's blowback against gold manipulation is accelerating.... possible manipulation of precious metals "is worse than the Libor-rigging scandal", today the response has trickled down to Germany and Europe's largest bank, Deutsche Bank, which announced that it would withdraw from the appropriately named gold and silver price "fixing", as European regulators investigate suspected manipulation of precious metals prices by banks. As a reminder, Deutsche is one of five banks involved in the twice-daily gold fix for global price setting and said it was quitting the process after withdrawing from the bulk of its commodities business."
Dead sea creatures cover 98 percent of ocean floor off California coast as result of Fukushima nuclear fallout
"Though the researchers involved with the work have been reluctant to pin Fukushima as a potential cause — National Geographic, which covered the study recently, did not even mention Fukushima — the timing of the discovery suggests that Fukushima is, perhaps, the cause. According to the data, this sudden explosion in so-called “sea snot,” which is the name given to the masses of dead sea creatures that sink to the ocean floor as food, has skyrocketed since the Fukushima incident occurred."
State of New Jersey salt shortage continues
"New Jersey's U.S. senators are pressing the federal government to intervene in the Garden State's failed efforts to receive road salt.
USE SAND INSTEAD.
USE SAND INSTEAD.
Spy Agencies Tap Data Streaming From Phone Apps
"When a smartphone user opens Angry Birds, the popular game application, and starts slinging birds at chortling green pigs, spies could be lurking in the background to snatch data revealing the player’s location, age, sex and other personal information, according to secret British intelligence documents.
...agencies have traded recipes for grabbing location and planning data when a target uses Google Maps, and for vacuuming up address books, buddy lists, telephone logs and the geographic data embedded in photographs when someone sends a post to the mobile versions of Facebook, Flickr, LinkedIn, Twitter and other Internet services."
...agencies have traded recipes for grabbing location and planning data when a target uses Google Maps, and for vacuuming up address books, buddy lists, telephone logs and the geographic data embedded in photographs when someone sends a post to the mobile versions of Facebook, Flickr, LinkedIn, Twitter and other Internet services."
Injured Canadian ex-soldier battles Veterans Affairs after eight district offices closed
"...one of scores of angry Canadian veterans across the country vowing to continue making noise until the offices are reopened. As part of that campaign, many veterans are threatening to help unseat Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative government in the 2015 election over the issue.
It’s become a supercharged political topic with the Conservatives staring down one of their most loyal constituencies in a heated war of words and facts. The government argues it has actually increased services to vets."
REALLY?
It’s become a supercharged political topic with the Conservatives staring down one of their most loyal constituencies in a heated war of words and facts. The government argues it has actually increased services to vets."
REALLY?
Venezuela applies double standard to bolivar exchange rate
"There have been a flood of Twitter debates calling the government move nothing more than disguised devaluation that will increase the cost of living, with the underlying problems remaining unresolved.
"It looks like a devaluation, it quacks like a devaluation, it hurts like a devaluation: it's a devaluation," as Reuters quotes one of the Twitter users.
Critics also say the measures could further boost inflation in Venezuela that stood at 56.2 percent in 2013 - already the highest in the Americas."
"It looks like a devaluation, it quacks like a devaluation, it hurts like a devaluation: it's a devaluation," as Reuters quotes one of the Twitter users.
Critics also say the measures could further boost inflation in Venezuela that stood at 56.2 percent in 2013 - already the highest in the Americas."
QUE EL MUNDO SEPA: ¿What’s going on in Venezuela? (en ingles) - (video - in English)
"Este video es un breve resumen de lo que ocurre en Venezuela, esta en ingles y tiene como objetivo que el mundo se entere de lo que esta ocurriendo. Por favor, COMPARTE en TODAS tus redes sociales, amigos, email. Es URGENTE!"
TRANSLATION:
This video is a brief summary of what happens in Venezuela, is in English and is aimed at making the world aware of what is happening. Please share all your social networks, friends, email. It is urgent!
Scary 1929 market chart gains traction
"There are eerie parallels between the stock market’s recent behavior and how it behaved right before the 1929 crash.
That at least is the conclusion reached by a frightening chart that has been making the rounds on Wall Street. The chart superimposes the market’s recent performance on top of a plot of its gyrations in 1928 and 1929."
OH OH - SOONER THAN LATER.
That at least is the conclusion reached by a frightening chart that has been making the rounds on Wall Street. The chart superimposes the market’s recent performance on top of a plot of its gyrations in 1928 and 1929."
OH OH - SOONER THAN LATER.
Retail Apocalypse? Major Chains (US) Closing Hundreds Of Stores
"Sears, K-Mart, Best Buy and JC Penney are among the big names in American retail that could disappear in the coming years, according to investment analysts. If or when these chains collapse, thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars in sales tax revenue will disappear."
Canadian government minimising the risks of seafood radiation?
"Physician: Canadian gov’t withholding testing data; “Less confident about eating Pacific seafood now.”
Top Scientist: “Sense of potential widespread disaster” from Fukushima."
Top Scientist: “Sense of potential widespread disaster” from Fukushima."
Power Takeover: Are Smart Meters Part of the Largest Corporate Scam in History?
"“Smart” meters and grids typically use more energy, they are extremely hackable, (making the entire power grid vulnerable, and customers suffer increased utility bills virtually across the board immediately following a “smart” meter installation – a fact even openly acknowledged now by some utilities."
“Police will have access to data that might be used to track residents’ daily lives and routines while in their homes, including their eating, sleeping, and showering habits, what appliances they use and when, and whether they prefer the television to the treadmill, among a host of other details.”-US Government Congressional Research Service report, “Smart Meter Data: Privacy and Cybersecurity”, 2012
“Police will have access to data that might be used to track residents’ daily lives and routines while in their homes, including their eating, sleeping, and showering habits, what appliances they use and when, and whether they prefer the television to the treadmill, among a host of other details.”-US Government Congressional Research Service report, “Smart Meter Data: Privacy and Cybersecurity”, 2012
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