Facebook to kick off IPO the hacker way: reports
May 16, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook will go public hacker style with an all-night software bending bash to culminate with co-founder Mark Zuckerberg remotely ringing the Nasdaq opening bell... Read more »
Senate rejects budgets by Obama, Republicans
May 16, 2012
WASHINGTON — The US Senate unanimously rejected President Barack Obama’s proposed 2013 budget Wednesday and shot down a series of Republican alternatives, assuring a prolonged... Read more »
Federal judge blocks indefinite detention provision of NDAA
May 16, 2012
A federal judge has temporarily blocked enforcement of a controversial provision in last year’s National Defense Authorization Act regarding the detention of terrorism suspects.... Read more »
The F-22 Whistleblower Case: Does the Chair Force Really Give a Damn About its Raptor Personnel?
May 16, 2012
By Benji Yossarian, SV Correspondent Ground crew and pilots alike complain of strange hypoxia like symptoms. For those who have seen the Battlestar Gallactica or Jurassic Park you know... Read more »
Silver Price Update 5-16-12: Twelve Out of Last Thirteen Days Has Silver Gone Down
May 16, 2012
Anyone heard a good joke lately? I have one: (Read more…) One Year US Dollar Chart That’s pretty funny. Anyone want to see something totally ridiculous? I do: ... Read more »
RFK Jr.’s estranged wife, Mary, found dead in NY
May 16, 2012
Can a Better Vibrator Inspire an Age of Great American Sex?
May 16, 2012
Andy Isaacson investigates the possibility that technology could end sexual repression in The Atlantic: The offices of Jimmyjane are above a boarded-up dive bar in San Francisco’s... Read more »
Obama Budget: 99 Senators Against, 0 For
May 16, 2012
Two months ago, Congress voted down the “Obama budget” by a vote of 414-0. Today, the Senate chimed in. The result was just as definitive. Final outcome, between the Congress... Read more »
G20 report slams police for ‘excessive’ force
May 16, 2012
Poor planning by the RCMP, OPP and Toronto police for the G20 summit, along with orders by a Toronto deputy police chief to “take back the streets,” are to blame for the more... Read more »
The ECB Presents: Inflation Island
May 16, 2012
After a day full of depressing news, what is the best way to unwind? By pretending one is former Goldman employee Mario Draghi and having to grapple with 4 make believe scenarios, of... Read more »
Breaking: Judge Blocks Controversial NDAA
May 16, 2012
A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction late Wednesday to block provisions of the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act that would allow the military to indefinitely detain... Read more »
Nuclear Cheerleaders Use Voodoo Science to Pretend Low Levels of Radiation Are Safe … Or Even Good For You
May 16, 2012
Department of Energy Pretends that Low Levels of Radiation Are Safe Dr. Peter Karamoskos – a nuclear radiologist and a public representative on the radiation health committee... Read more »
Howard Dean gets in car accident during radio interview
May 16, 2012
Former Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean had to cut a radio interview short on Wednesday after the car he was riding in got in an accident in Montreal. “What it means... Read more »
USS Carl Vinson, another experimental image
May 16, 2012
Paul Cameron: I acquired homosexual feelings as a 3-year-old
May 16, 2012
Family Research Institute chairman Dr. Paul Cameron revealed Wednesday on The David Pakman Show that he became attracted to men after being raped as a child, but said he eventually... Read more »
Has The Simple Retail Investor Become Smarter Than Sophisticated QIBs?
May 16, 2012
There was a time when retail investors were mocked and derided by all: after all whenever the big boys needed to unload they jest blew the whistle, and like obedient lap dogs retail... Read more »
ISRAEL- PALESTINE: “Peace-making” without “Mediators”
May 16, 2012
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Bill Maher mocks Romney over ‘traditional marriage’
May 16, 2012
Comedian Bill Maher on Tuesday night described his reaction to President Barack Obama’s recent endorsement of same sex marriage, and used the event to lampoon Obama’s opponent... Read more »
DRONES: From “Military Use” to “Civilian Use”. Towards the Remote UAV Policing of Civil Society?
May 16, 2012
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Lew Rockwell Attacked
May 16, 2012
Writes Republican congressional aide Benjamin Rothenberg: Hi Lew, your an idiot just like your Paulitard and OWS friends. Have a nice day and remember, nobody gives a damn what you... Read more »
Sen. Leahy: House version of VAWA would ‘leave victims unprotected’
May 16, 2012
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT), who introduced the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act to the Senate, said Tuesday he was disappointed in House Republicans. The House voted 222-205... Read more »
Tom Palmer’s Idea of a “Gleaming Headquarters of the Liberty Movement”
May 16, 2012
A friend just received an invitation from Cato’s Tom Palmer, which begins: I’m writing in the hope that we can meet this summer, July 29-August 3, in the new and gleaming headquarters... Read more »
Watchdog blasts ‘excessive’ policing at G20 Toronto summit
May 16, 2012
OTTAWA — Canadian police used “excessive force,” ignored civil rights and made “unlawful” mass arrests in cracking down on unruly protests at a G20 summit... Read more »
Google searches get smarter
May 16, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO — Google on Wednesday began making its search engine smarter in a major upgrade that looks beyond query words to figure out what people are actually seeking online.... Read more »
Intel leaks like al Qaeda plot endanger lives: FBI chief
May 16, 2012
WASHINGTON — The FBI has launched a probe into leaks about a plot to blow up a US airliner, the agency’s chief Robert Mueller said Wednesday, warning such tip-offs endanger... Read more »