August 12, 2012

Park Kyung-sin, one of the few members of the government’s Internet regulatory board appointed by opposition parties, says political elites feel threatened by the openness of the Internet.

SEOUL, South Korea — A government critic who called the president a curse word on his Twitter account found it blocked. An…

August 12, 2012 

In May, when investors tripped over themselves to buy a piece of Facebook, not even the skeptics predicted what has happened. Three months after the offering, shares have lost more than 40 percent of their value, closing at just under $21.81 on Friday, from $38 on May 18.

The stock began to dip immediately after…

August 13, 2012

Two Syrian journalists have been killed in the capital, according to reports on Sunday from Syrian state news agency SANA and Al Arabiya.

SANA said its reporter, Ali Abbas, was killed at his residence in the Jdaidet Artouz area. The report blamed an “armed terrorist group” - the regime’s catch-all term for its opponents - and gave no…

August 13, 2012

Whistleblower site WikiLeaks says it is enduring a week-long attack on its sites, which is rendering them sluggish or inaccessible.

A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack overwhelms a website with bogus requests from thousands of different internet addresses, compromising its ability to reply to legitimate users.

The group has been…

We are writing to inform you that the Immunization Requirements for all rising 6th graders as it appears on your website and sent home letters to the parents is incorrect. Are you willing to understand the truth about the vaccine requirements. Why has the Vestavia Board of Education moved so quickly to correct their misinformation concerning the DTaP vaccines. We placed a call…

Aug 13, 2012

Published: July 25, 2012

BRUSSELS — The European antitrust chief said Wednesday that any changes Google offered to settle concerns that it might be…

August 12, 2012 

Quakes measuring 6.4 and 6.3 magnitude destroy six villages and injure about 1,800 people, according to officials.

August 11, 2012

TEHRAN, Iran - A 6.2-magnitude earthquake killed at least 87 people and injured over 400 others in northwestern Iran on Saturday, state TV said.

Iran's main news channel said the quake hit the towns of Ahar, Haris and Varzaqan in East Azerbaijan province at 4:53 p.m. local time (GMT 12:23), also damaging hundreds of homes.

The TV…

DAMASCUS, Syria – Aug. 11, 2012  

Gunmen detonated back-to-back roadside bombs and clashed with police in central Damascus Saturday in attacks that caused no damage but highlighted the ability of rebels to breach the intense security near President Bashar…

Drop the charges against Pennsylvania’s Occupy movements David C. Gorczynski. He was arrested and charged with two felonies for holding two signs saying “You’re being robbed” and another that said “Give a man a gun, he can rob a bank. Give a man a bank, and he can rob a country.” Gorczunski is being charged with bank robbery and terroristic threatening. He was released…

July 30, 2012 

Take two microchips, call me in the morning!

Digestible microchips embedded in drugs may soon tell doctors whether a patient is taking their medications as prescribed.  These sensors are the first ingestible devices approved by the US Food and Drug…

Financial Giants Put NYPD On Their Payroll

October 10, 2011

Videos are springing up across the internet showing uniformed members of the New York Police Department in white shirts (as opposed to the typical NYPD blue uniforms) pepper spraying and brutalizing peaceful, nonthreatening protestors…

Aug. 11,2012

German officials have lost their tolerance for massive benders coordinated via Facebook. Their solution: make the social network share the burden of six-figure fines that party organizers receive over costly police operations to clean up the mess.

The shock from the biggest ever fine for an illegal party organized via Facebook has yet to…

Aug. 11, 2012

A new report by Food and Water Watch shows that more than 1,000 outside interests and more than $170 million went into the 2008 Farm Bill. With the newest law up for debate, what will Congress and lobbyists do to see their interests met?

For those facing hard times, even the most basic needs are not always met. In Washington DC, the need for…

The US government seems determined to have the power to do away with due process and Americans’ right to a trial.

I am one of the lead plaintiffs in the civil lawsuit against the National Defense Authorization Act, which gives the President the power to hold any US citizen anywhere for as long as he wants, without charge or trial. In May, following a…

It isn't LEGALLY High Treason ... but it's damned sure ECONOMIC Treason!

Obastard at his best!…