The HTC 7 Pro has launched as the HTC Arrive in the US. It runs WinPhone7 and includes a QWERTY keyboard that pulls out at the side. The downside, Microsoft apparently didn't envision this style of keyboard. This review includes a 10-minute video showi... Read more »
Nuke Pills Top $200 Per Pack On Auction Sites; Prices up 1900% in Just a Few Days
As the effects of the nuclear disaster in Japan remain unclear, panicked US residents are doing whatever they can to get their hands on Potassium Iodide pills.SHTFplan.comRead full article »» Read more »
iPhone’s Daylight Saving Time Bug Bites Again
Sunday marked the US move to Daylight Savings Time. With the change-over came a lot of complaints about iPhones changing the time in the wrong direction. There is a fix - other than abolishing the time changes.Read | Permalink Read more »
Judge Rules For Government In Twitter Case
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Latest Wikileaks News
WikiLeaks: EADS execs briefed U.S. on internal feud PARIS (Reuters) – A litany of back-stabbing at Europe’s leading aerospace group is exposed in leaked U.S. cables, which show American diplomats avidly collecting details on the cracks in U.S. planemaker Boeing’s main rival. Read a lot more on Reuters via Yahoo! India News WikiLeaks suspect kept [...] Read more »
WikiLeaks’ Manning still on suicide watch
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20-Year-Old Police Chief, Marisol Valles, Flees Mexico, May Apply for Asylum in the U.S.
An update to this story: a case of one young woman’s great courage meeting pragmatism, or rather, survival. What this illustrates (again) for me is the severity of the drug-related violence in Mexico. (An issue President Obama addressed in a joint-press conference with Mexico’s President Felipe Calderon this week. She had to take relatives with her. Nick Allen reports in the Telegraph:
Read more »Marisol Valles was hailed as “Mexico’s bravest woman” after she agreed to take the job in Praxedis Guadalupe Guerrero, a no-man’s-land close to the Texas border, in October.
But she has since been targeted by a criminal gang that wanted to make her work for them. After several months in the job she was forced to flee, along with two relatives, and will seek asylum in the US.
In December Erika Gandara, 28, the only police office left in the nearby town of Guadalupe was kidnapped and her house was set on…
Viva Viva
Viva Viva I am saddened to see that such a fine charity as Viva House would be asked to sign a form stating it is in compliance with the PATRIOT Act provisions on terrorism funding (“Anti-Terrorism Begins at Home,” Mobtown Beat , Jan. 19). This law, which is slowly taking away our constitutional rights, is [...] Read more »
Decade after 9/11, Chicago comes into focus as target
Decade after 9/11, Chicago comes into focus as target Obscured by the Blizzard of February 2011 was a far more potent threat: the Communiqué of February 2010. “FBI hunts the 9/11 gang that got away” was the headline in Britain’s Every day Telegraph newspaper, which broke the story of a mysterious trio that purportedly scouted [...] Read more »
Wind Turbines Disturb Radar Signals Integral to Security
Do wind turbines pose a credible threat to national security, the US allocates $50 million toward offshore wind research and NASCAR ready ... tags: advanced_glass_industries disturbing doe doi doppler_effect energy energy_audit Recent Posts tagged ra... Read more »
