Facebook Admits Accidentally Releasing Phone Numbers and Email Addresses For SIX MILLION Users In Year-Long Data Breach Link: Facebook has admitted accidentally giving out the phone numbers and email addresses of six million users in a data breach which has been going on for around a year.
Need An LA Song? Take Your Pick Of Nearly 200 Link: For a city that has argued for decades over what its official song ought to be, Los Angeles has never lacked for serious contenders.
Where Do House Cats Go All Day? GPS Maps Reveal Their Secret Lives Link: About a year ago, we reported on new KittyCam technology that uncovered just how much wildlife our house cats kill. Turns out they’re murderous little buggers.
Australians Forced to Answer Questions About Sex Life Link: A survey conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has gone from a voluntary survey regarding economical issues such as employment, to mandatory personal questions regarding one’s sex life.
The Top Secret Rules That Allow NSA To Use US Data Without A Warrant Link: Top secret documents submitted to the court that oversees surveillanceby US intelligence agencies show the judges have signed off on broad orders which allow the NSA to make use of information “inadvertently” collected from domestic US communications without a warrant.
The Top 9,486 Ways Jay Carney Won’t Answer Your Questions Link: Jay Carney doesn’t have an answer for that. He hasn’t discussed that subject with the president. He will refer you to the Department of [insert agency here]. He refuses to speculate on that. He’ll have to get back to you.
Cloud Computing Is A Trap, Warns GNU Founder Richard Stallman Link: Web-based programs like Google’s Gmail will force people to buy into locked, proprietary systems that will cost more and more over time, according to the free software campaigner
The Other Drone Question: Is Obama Building A Federal Police Force? link: Less than two weeks ago, Sen. Rand Paul’s demanded to know whether the president believed he had a right to kill an American citizen on American soil with a drone, finally getting an answer that had to be dragged out Attorney General Eric Holder.
DNA Study Clarifies Relationship Between Polar Bears And Brown Bears Link: Unusual population of brown bears on Alaskan islands turns out to have a remarkable and revealing history.
Another Judge Rules National Security Letters (NSLs) Unconstitutional Link: A federal district court judge on March 15 ruled thatNational Security Letters (NSLs) are unconstitutional not only under the First Amendment but also under the “separation of powers” principle. As Alex Johnson, a staff writer for NBC News, put it, those NSLs are “the supersecret mechanism[s] by which the FBI can get your private information without a warrant in the name of counterterrorism.”
Devouring Freedom: Can Big Government Ever Be Stopped? Link: Big government is an unstoppable force. That’s the most common objection faced when one talks about cutting spending or rolling back regulations.
Why Does The Devil In ‘The Bible’ Look Exactly Like President Obama? Link: Sunday evening’s episode of the History Channel’s hit series ‘The Bible’ threw up an awkward coincidence when viewers noticed that Satan bore a remarkable resemblance to President Obama.
5 Examples Of How The Languages We Speak Can Affect The Way We Think Link: Economist Keith Chen starts today’s talk with an observation: to say, “This is my uncle,” in Chinese, you have no choice but to encode more information about said uncle. The language requires that you denote the side the uncle is on, whether he’s related by marriage or birth and, if it’s your father’s brother, whether he’s older or younger.
Obama’s CDC Has Stackable Coffins Ready Link: FEMA clearly is fast becoming the Obama administration’s secret in-country military operations that is scaring citizens out of their wits.
Why Is Obama’s Growing DHS Army Buying Armored Vehicles? Link: In addition to stockpiling over a billion bullets and thousands of semiautomatic weapons the feds would deny U.S. citizens, the vehicle of choice for fighting the counterinsurgency war in Iraq is appearing on U.S. streets.
Google To Pay $7 Million To US States For Wi-Fi Eavesdropping Link: Google will pay $7 million to settle complaints from dozens of U.S. states about its unauthorized collection of personal data transmitted over Wi-Fi networks.
Seattle Dive Bar Becomes First To Ban Google Glass Google Glass won’t be available to consumers for months, but there’s at least one Seattle bar where the eyewear will not be welcome.
Muslim Beheads Christians In NJ, Mainstream Media Silent Yusuf Ibrahim, a Muslim man, targeted and murdered two Coptic Egyptian Christian men who lived and worked in New Jersey. He beheaded them and cut off their hands.
Jackson Admits Misusing Campaign Funds A remorseful and emotional Jesse L. Jackson Jr. faced the criminal charges against him in federal court on Wednesday, admitting to misusing campaign funds to benefit himself and his wife.
It’s The Devil, Stupid! Like it or not, our country was founded on and sustained by the notion of a Creator.
Heartbreaking Photo of a Man Holding His Dog’s Paw Through a Pound Cage Prompts Well-Wishers to Donate the $400 to Free Mim After It Was Secretly Posted on Facebook This is the heartbreaking photo taken of a man weeping as he comforts his beloved dog through cage bars after he could not afford to have his pet released from the city pound.
Hillary Clinton to Charge ‘$200,000 a Speech Hillary Clinton has wasted no time cashing in on the lecture circuit as it was revealed today that she will be charging $200,000 per speech.
Democratic Senator Pushing Higher Taxes Faces Outstanding $1,200 Tax Penalty Just last week, Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu argued during a Capitol Hill hearing that the government needs more tax revenue.
Why Is Mexico Asking the U.S. Senate for a Registry of U.S. Gun Owners? Mexican lawmakers will ask the U.S. Senate to create a registry of all commercialized firearms in border states, which includes California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. Mexico says it will make it easier to trace guns used in violent attacks.
