The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has launched a review of whether it should take North Pacific humpback whales off the endangered species list. NOAA Fisheries is responding to a petition filed by a group of Hawaii fishermen saying the whale should no longer be classified as endangered because its population has steadily grown since […]
Archive for August, 2013
US studies humpback whale endangered list removal
Taiwan probes HTC staff over secrets theft
Taiwanese prosecutors are investigating allegations that three employees at leading smartphone maker HTC stole trade secrets to sell to Chinese firms, reports said Saturday. Investigators Friday searched HTC’s research and development centre as well as the suspects’ offices and homes after the company accused them of stealing key interface technology, according to the Taipei-based China […]
First papal ‘selfie’ goes viral on social media
Pope Francis has broken protocol once again, appearing with a puzzled look on his face in a “selfie” photo taken with a group of teenagers visiting the Vatican. The picture appeared on the Facebook page of one of the youngsters, who used it as his profile picture, and was going viral on social media on […]
Microsoft joins Google in US spying suit
Microsoft says that a battle to shed light on secret US government requests for Internet user data will play out in court after failed peace talks. Microsoft and Google filed suits in federal court in June, arguing a right to make public more information about user data requests made under the auspices of the Foreign […]
Microsoft strikes agreement with ValueAct Capital
Microsoft says it will begin holding regular meetings with San Francisco investment firm ValueAct Capital and potentially give the investor a seat on its board. ValueAct owns less than 1 percent of the software company’s outstanding shares, but is one of its largest shareholders. Under the agreement announced Friday, ValueAct’s President Mason Morfit will […]
Anthony Albanese, Julie Bishop, Adam Bandt host Rage election special
Updated August 31, 2013 12:52:06 Photo: Anthony Albanese, Julie Bishop and Adam Bandt each chose 20 songs for Rage’s election special. (ABC) Deputy Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Deputy Opposition Leader Julie Bishop and Greens deputy leader Adam Bandt have taken time out from the federal election campaign to host a special edition of the ABC’s […]
My Immediate Calls for Help Unanswered, All of My Dire Predictions Regarding Fukushima Have Come True 2.5 Years Later
Even after the Jews bombed them, Japan chose to make nuclear reactors, one of which used plutonium as fuel. They also chose to store spent fuel rods, which contain plutonium, and to build nuclear power plants, in insane locations. Did they make these choices out of greed or were they led to make them on […]
How the Jews Managed Dissent Following Obama’s Threats Against Syria
The jews very carefully and effectively managed your dissent after Obama threatened to illegally wage war on Syria. The jews did not want you to protest the decision. Rather they wanted to direct your outrage into several avenues which lead nowhere. The jews congratulated you on knowing that Obama would someday attack Syria. This […]
While Palestinians talk, Israel creates facts on the ground
The Palestinian Authority, the Associated Press tells us, are making special efforts to reach out to Israel “in an attempt to jump-start recently renewed peace efforts”. It’s a pity, then, that the feeling is not mutual. According to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, The number of Israeli construction projects in the West Bank […]
A victory for the butcher of Damascus
By Nureddin SabirEditor, Redress Information & Analysis We commiserate the Syrian people and everyone who is able to put himself or herself above the cynics’ dictum of “my enemy’s enemy is my friend. As the former Middle East editor of the Guardian newspaper, Brian Whitaker, says in a blogpost today: Following last week’s meeting […]
Remember US War Crimes
Let’s face some hard facts about the vicious conflict in Syria. If the US directly attacks Syria, the real cause will not be the recent chemical attacks. What are 300 or so dead in a 2-year old war fuelled by the western powers that has so far killed over 100,000? Chemical weapons are horrible. […]
The US Uses Gas To Kill Civilians
One point that needs to be made, but rarely if ever mentioned, is that in the supposed rationale for US attack on Syria to avenge/prevent claimed civilian deaths by government gas attacks, the US government itself has used similar weapons openly as recently as the FBI/ATF attack on the Branch Davidian compound near Waco […]
No Jobs for Teenagers
Economists for 40 years have written a steady stream articles on how the minimum wage law creates high unemployment for teenagers, especially black males. Liberals pay no attention. They prefer laws that overturn the law of supply and demand. “Employers must pay more to hire teenagers than teenagers are worth. That’s only fair!” But […]
The War Criminal-in-Chief
Obama, pushed by his Israeli and neocon masters, especially his National SecurityAdvisor, Susan Rice, who, in effect, functions as an Israeli agent, crawled far out on the limb, only to have it sawed off by the British Parliament. In response, the “socialist” president of France, Hollande, who lacks French support forFrance’s participation in a […]
Totalitarian America
Listen to the Podcast ROCKWELL: Well, good morning. This is the Lew Rockwell Show. And how great it is to have as our guest this morning, Mr. Doug Casey. I always think of Doug by the title of my favorite book of his, The International Man. Way back before, in my view, others were […]
Danone discloses impact of NZ scare
French food giant Danone says the NZ botulism scare will impact sales of their infant formula. Source: AAP FRENCH food giant Danone says third-quarter sales of its baby nutrition division will be lower because of the New Zealand milk powder botulism scare and it is considering compensation options. The owner of the Nutricia brand released […]
Mystery over GMO wheat in US
FARMERS in the US state of Oregon are moving ahead with plans to start planting their next crop as questions remain about the source of a patch of genetically modified wheat in a farmer’s field last spring that threatened trade between the Pacific Northwest and several Asian countries. Speculation about the origin of the unapproved […]
Dunkin' Donuts apologises for 'racist' Thai ad
Dunkin’ Donuts has apologised for the “insensitivity” of an advertising campaign in Thailand featuring a woman in blackface makeup to promote a new chocolate flavoured doughnut. The Dunkin’ Donuts franchise in Thailand came under criticism on Friday after Human Rights Watch called the advertisements “bizarre and racist.” The company’s chief executive in Thailand initially defended […]
Comment: Bo Xilai's trial by Chinese social media
By Yanshuang Zhang The trial of former official Bo Xilai is a significant benchmark for social media’s role in increasing transparency in the Chinese justice system, at least when it comes the trials of party officials. Who is Bo Xilai? Bo Xilai is one of the princelings of Chinese politics. After successful tenures as the […]
Boys charged after man kicked down train station stairs
Posted August 31, 2013 19:18:42 A man is in hospital in a serious condition after being kicked down stairs at a train station in Sydney’s west. Police say the 39-year-old victim was standing at the top of the stairs at Revesby Station in the early hours of this morning when he was attacked by two […]