Archive for July 26th, 2012

Susanne Posel, Contributor Activist Post.com Thursday, July 26, 2012 The UK government has deployed an extra 1,200 more troops to aid in protection measures at the 2012 Olympic Games. The lack of confidence in the G4S security firm has prompted the use of military forces. The opening ceremony will provide an estimated 18,200 UK... »

Skype makes chats and user data more available to police By Craig Timberg and Ellen Nakashima WashingtonPost.com July 25 Skype, the online phone service long favored by political dissidents, criminals and others eager to communicate beyond the reach of governments, has expanded its cooperation with law enforcement authorities to make online chats and other... »

AAPL, IBM, AMZN, SI will put the robots in power By Jeff Reeves InvestorPlace.com Jul 25, 2012 I recently penned an article about how during the past two decades, tech innovations have gutted our job market, upending industries from media to retailing to manufacturing. The Atlantic also had a story out last week about... »

Face to face with the ‘human barcode’ Julia Johnson FinancialPost.com Jul 25, 2012 Sure, it’s cool and easy to pay for stuff with the wave of a smartphone — but why bother when you could just use your face? Fast-evolving biometric technologies are promising to deliver the most convenient, secure connection possible between you... »

by Tyler Durden ZeroHedge.com 07/26/2012 With the heat-wave in Southern Europe, the missing Monsoon, and the earth-cracking drought in the US, it is no surprise that corn, wheat, and soymeal prices are soaring as crop yields plunge. The level of inventories were already low going in and as Bloomberg notes, consumers around the world... »

TheExtinctionProtocol.com July 26, 2012 LOS ANGELES – In recent years, scientists, first responders and utilities have been preparing for “The Big One,” that inevitable quake that will rock Southern California to its core. It’s coming. For sure. They just don’t know when. But the U.S. Geological Survey and Caltech have been on the ball,... »

By MATTHEW L. WALD and JOHN SCHWARTZ NYTimes.com July 25, 2012 WASHINGTON — From highways in Texas to nuclear power plants in Illinois, the concrete, steel and sophisticated engineering that undergird the nation’s infrastructure are being taxed to worrisome degrees by heat, drought and vicious storms. On a single day this month here, a... »

BBC.co.uk 26 July 2012 Syrian rebels in Aleppo have begun stockpiling ammunition and medical supplies as government forces prepare outside the city for a major battle. Artillery and helicopter gunships have resumed attacking rebel targets and 14 people have been killed, activists say. Troops and tanks are said to be ringing the city and... »

by Charles Hugh Smith Zerohedge.com 07/26/2012 Aldous Huxley imagined a world in which the Status Quo satisfies its lust for power by “suggesting people into loving their servitude.” Yesterday I discussed the Convergence of Marx, Orwell and Kafka as a means of understanding the global crisis. It’s not just financial fraud on a vast... »

SteveQuayle.com July 26, 2012 The financial markets are currently in a whirlwind, with the recent LIBOR scandal, the continued stimulus and bailouts, the Euro collapse, the central banks and the TBTF (Too Big To Fails) are now left with the final solution. The Fed will do a “officially” begin QE3, the fancy way of... »