Infinite Unknown

- Fukushima Doctor: We need outside help, Japanese people not listening — We are now in very bad condition, especially for children — Please help (VIDEO) (ENENews, May 18, 2012)

Tags: Children, Environment, Fukushima, Global News, Government, Health, Japan, Nuclear, Nuclear reactors, Politics, Radiation, Society

- “The Truth Gets Out Eventually” (ZeroHedge, May 18, 2012):

Some look at today’s FaceBook IPO flop, the ongoing market rout, and the situation in Europe with disenchantment and disappointment. We, on the other hand, view it with hope: because more than anything, the events of the past few days show that the truth is getting out – the truth that capital markets simply can not exist under the authoritarian rule of central planners, the truth that the stock market is a casino in which the best one can hope for a quick flip, and finally the truth that our entire socio-economic regime, whose existence has been predicated by borrowing from the uncreated wealth of the future, and where accumulated debt could be wiped out at the flip of a switch if things go wrong in the process obliterating the welfare of billions (of less than 1%ers), is one big lie. Continue reading »

Tags: Bank of England, Ben Bernanke, cds, ECB, Economy, EU, Europe, Fed, Federal Reserve, Global News, Government, Politics, Society, U.K., U.S.

- Student Loan Debt Collector Gets Paid $454,000 In Taxpayer Money (Huffington Post, May 17, 2012):

Debt collectors may have a worse reputation in the eyes of the public than members of Congress, ambulance-chasing lawyers and even sleazy tabloid journalists. And some recent headlines won’t improve their standing anytime soon.

The earnings of some student-loan debt collectors raised eyebrows when it was revealed this week that some of them make over $450,000, more than twice the pay of the U.S. Secretary of Education. Seven employees at Educational Credit Management, a Minnesota nonprofit group that works with the government to collect on loans in default, earned more than $400,000 through commissions up to 31 percent, reports Bloomberg News. ECM, whose CEO Richard Boyle earned $1.1 million in 2010, is one of 32 groups that oversee student loans for the government.

One of the debtors contacted by ECM is Susan Raposa, a special-education teacher in Massachusetts, who is struggling to pay off her $47,000 student loan balance. “I absolutely want to pay my fair share,” Raposa tells Bloomberg News. “But I’m going to live poorer than people on welfare.”

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Tags: Debt, Education, Global News, Government, Politics, Society, Students, U.S.

YouTube Added: 17.05.2012

Tags: ACLU, Austin, Dictatorship, Drones, Global News, Government, New World Order, Police, Police State, Politics, Society, Surveillance, Texas, U.S.

YouTube Added: 15.05.2012

Tags: Dictatorship, Fascism, Global News, Government, New Jersey, New World Order, Police, Police State, Politics, Society, Tennessee, U.S.

Added: 17th May 2012

Tags: 1984, Big Brother, Dictatorship, Drones, George Orwell, Global News, Government, New World Order, Police State, Politics, Society, Surveillance, U.S.

YouTube Added: 13.05.2012

Tags: 1984, Barack Obama, Big Brother, Chicago, Dictatorship, Drones, George Orwell, Global News, Government, New World Order, Obama administration, Police State, Politics, Society, Surveillance, Technology, U.S.

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- Rogue Penguin Resurfaces in Tokyo Bay (ABC News, May 17, 2012):

A Humboldt penguin that made a daring escape from a Tokyo aquarium has resurfaced two months later.

The year-old feathered creature was spotted in a Japanese Coast Guard video, swimming in Tokyo Bay and looking healthy, even though it had been on its own for an extended period.

The bird, known only as Penguin Number 337, escaped Tokyo Sea Life Park in March by scaling a 13-foot rock wall and squeezing through a barbed wire fence. Keepers at Tokyo Sea Life Park launched a daily penguin-hunt, fearing the bird could get sick from the pollution in Tokyo Bay. They appealed to residents to look out for the rogue penguin. There were dozens of sightings reported, but none turned out to be true.

Earlier this month, Penguin 337 appeared near Tokyo’s Rainbow Bridge. The clip by the Coast Guard shows the bird happily splashing around in the waters, showing no signs of weakness. Directors at the Tokyo Sea Life Park confirmed it was theirs after they saw its facial patterns and a unique ring around its flipper.

The young creature remains in Tokyo Bay waters for now, but there are concerns about its long-term safety.  People are worried about radiation levels in the bay, a year after the meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant.

Tags: Fukushima, Global News, Japan, Nuclear, Nuclear reactors, Pollution, Radiation, Society

- Police will have immediate access to data on handset (Computerworld, May 16, 2012):

The Metropolitan Police has rolled out a mobile device data extraction system to allow officers to extract data “within minutes” from suspects’ phones while they are in custody.

The capability would be particularly useful if the police force were to face a similar situation to the riots last August, which were reportedly coordinated mainly via BlackBerry Messenger (BBM). At the time, there appeared to be confusion around whether or not police could access the data from rioters’ phones, although BlackBerry owner RIM promised to co-operate fully with the police.

The new system being used by the Met is Radio Tactics’ ACESO data extraction system across 16 boroughs in the capital.

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Tags: Cell Phone, Dictatorship, Global News, Government, Mobile Phone, New World Order, Police, Police State, Politics, Society, Technology, U.K.

- DHS Considers Collecting DNA From Kids; DEA and US Marshals Already Do (Electronic Froniter Foundation, May 14, 2012):

Documents just released by US Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) in response to one of EFF’s Freedom of Information Act requests show that DHS is considering collecting DNA from kids ages 14 and up—and is exploring expanding its regulations to allow collection from kids younger than that.

The proposal appears to be working its way through DHS in the wake of regulations from the Department of Justice that require all federal agencies—including DHS and its components such as ICE—to collect DNA from individuals arrested for federal crimes as well as “from non-United States persons who are detained under the authority of the United States,” whether or not they have been involved in criminal activity.  While the law specifically exempts a few classes of “aliens,” the documents we received show DHS may start DNA collection from anyone it fingerprints.  Currently, that’s any child over 14 who’s detained, but we also found records that show ICE could lower that age even more.

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Tags: Children, DEA, Department of Justice, DHS, Dictatorship, DNA, Eric Holder, Fascism, Global News, Government, Homeland Security, ICE, Janet Napolitano, New World Order, Politics, Society, U.S.