A teenager has been jailed for 16 weeks after he refused to give police the password to his computer. I generally admire the Brits, but every now and again they really screw things up. via BBC News – Man jailed over computer password refusal.
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Walt Disney, Monsanto discovered among Blackwater’s hidden clients | Raw Story
No comment. Just relaying the message. The company, long in the public eye, has been known for brutal tactics and as a mercenary for the US State Department in countries where the US has boots on the ground. What hasnt been known, however, is that the same company was handling intelligence ops for publicly-traded USContinue reading “Walt Disney, Monsanto discovered among Blackwater’s hidden clients | Raw Story”
DoD Announces DARPA IPO on NASDAQ
This is what the headline would read if the US did what Great Britain’s Ministry of Defence did in 2006. QinetiQ is the British equivalent of Area 51, D.A.R.P.A., Los Alamos, Sandia, and M.I.T. all rolled into one . They are often referenced as the inspiration for the James Bond “Q-Division” from the Ian FlemingContinue reading “DoD Announces DARPA IPO on NASDAQ”
Protein that destroys HIV discovered | KurzweilAI
Super cool. But still a little scary, considering it’s a protein. I worry about prions. Loyola University researchers have identified the key components of a protein called TRIM5a that destroys HIV in rhesus monkeys.The finding could lead to new TRIM5a-based treatments that would knock out HIV in humans, said senior researcher Edward M. Campbell, PhD,Continue reading “Protein that destroys HIV discovered | KurzweilAI”
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