In a Special Comment, Countdown’s Keith Olbermann accuses former Vice President Dick Cheney of using made-up statistics and nonsensical reasoning in an effort to extend the Bush administration’s reign of fear over Americans weeks after voters resoundingly rejected Cheney’s un-American worldview.
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Olbermann: Cheney doing the work of terrorists - msnbc tv - Countdown with Keith Olbermann - msnbc.com
Monday, February 7th, 2011
Court: feds don’t need probable cause to track your physical location via cell grid
Monday, February 7th, 2011“When the government sets its sights on gaining a new, technologically-enabled ability to keep better tabs on suspected bad guys, they just don’t take “no” for an answer. They also apparently don’t take “yes, but with strict oversight” for an answer either.”
via Court: feds don’t need probable cause to track your physical location via cell grid.
BBC NEWS | UK | UK Politics | Ministers face torture pressure
Monday, February 7th, 2011
“David Davis said a High Court ruling on Wednesday alleged that Binyam Mohamed, a UK resident held in the Guantanamo Bay camp in Cuba, had been tortured.”
via BBC NEWS | UK | UK Politics | Ministers face torture pressure.
Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor (COFEE)
Monday, February 7th, 2011Microsoft is giving cops free COFEE - a ‘magical’ USB drive designed to automatically collect/store personal information from a PC
Copyright Bullies | Music | SPLICETODAY.com
Monday, February 7th, 2011
“Let’s also be honest about something: young people are not stealing. They are sharing, like those who once made VCR recordings of TV shows for friends (a court-approved practice the industry originally opposed).”
State may compensate juveniles sentenced by judges in Luzerne
Monday, February 7th, 2011State may compensate juveniles sentenced by judges in Luzerne. A judge in Pennsylvania took kickbacks for sending juvenile offenders to one of these private prisons.
DEA Thumbs Nose at Obama With 4 More Medical Cannabis Raids - Brinna Nanda - Open Salon
Monday, February 7th, 2011ThinkProgress » Wall Street Insiders Whine Over Obama Executive Pay Limits: ‘$500,000 Is Not A Lot Of Money’
Monday, February 7th, 2011“Today, President Obama announced that top executives’ pay at companies accepting TARP funds would be capped at $500,000, with any additional compensation coming only in the form of stock options that could not be cashed until the government had been repaid.”
Buttonwood: The bonus racket | The Economist
Monday, February 7th, 2011Buttonwood: The bonus racket | The Economist. ”Impossible, the banks might say: our star employees will never tolerate such restrictions. But if there is ever going to be a time to reorganise the incentive structure now must be it. A threat to quit will be pretty hollow, given the state of investment banking. And few traders will have the clout to set up their own hedge funds in today’s market conditions. In any case, the greediest employees may be the ones most likely to usher in the next banking crisis. Better to wave them goodbye and wish good luck to their next employer.”
Science flies you to the moon. Religion flies you into buildings. - Victor Stenger - RichardDawkins.net
Monday, February 7th, 2011
YouTube - Cloning passport card RFIDs in bulk for under $250
Sunday, February 6th, 2011YouTube - Cloning passport card RFIDs in bulk for under $250. Ethical hacker Chris Paget demonstrates a low-cost mobile device that surreptitiously reads and clones RFID tags embedded in United States passport cards and enhanced drivers’ licenses.
Iraq’s Shocking Human Toll: About 1 Million Killed, 4.5 Million Displaced, 1-2 Million Widows, 5 Million Orphans | World | AlterNet
Sunday, February 6th, 2011The Raw Story | UN official: Enough evidence to prosecute Rumsfeld for war crimes
Sunday, February 6th, 2011“Monday, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak told CNN’s Rick Sanchez that the US has an “obligation” to investigate whether Bush administration officials ordered torture, adding that he believes that there is already enough evidence to prosecute former Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld.”
via The Raw Story | UN official: Enough evidence to prosecute Rumsfeld for war crimes.
Global Warming Is Irreversible, Study Says : NPR
Sunday, February 6th, 2011
Researchers find traces of mercury in high-fructose corn syrup
Sunday, February 6th, 2011“The source of the metal appears to be caustic soda and hydrochloric acid, which manufacturers of corn syrup use to help convert corn kernels into the food additive.”
via Researchers find traces of mercury in high-fructose corn syrup.