Snowden's latest leak causes a major uproar | Al Jazeera America

Edard Smowden's latest revelation is extremely frightening to me. Basically, the NSA has developed true artificial "intelligence" in their massive computers. They now have an autonomous program that scans all electronic communications on the globe and filters it looking for cyberattacks on the US and then launches a counterattack instantly, without human intervention. So put that knowledge together with our vast drone program and quick as you can say "Holy Shit!" you have the computer that can take over the world on it's own from the plot of Terminator 3.

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San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant Dismantling Will Cost $4.4 Billion, Take 20 Years - Slashdot

San Onofre Nuclear Power Plant Dismantling Will Cost $4.4 Billion, Take 20 Years - Slashdot:



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So much for the "cheapest way to produce energy". And after Fukushima melt down and massive contamination we know that all the marketing by the industry about safety is just empty words.

A Skeptical View of Israel's Iron Dome Rocket Defense System - Slashdot

A Skeptical View of Israel's Iron Dome Rocket Defense System - Slashdot:



Every time you see great pronouncements about the effectiveness of Israel's so called "Iron Dome" missile defense technology, they are lying. Listen to this interview with Ted Postol, an MIT-based missile defense expert on NPR last Wednesday. He stated at one point  "We can tell, for sure, from video images and even photographs that the Iron Dome system is not working very well at all," Postol said. "It—my guess is maybe [it hits a targeted missile] 5 percent of the time—could be even lower. ... And when you look—what you can do in the daytime—you can see the smoky contrail of each Iron Dome interceptor, and you can see the Iron Domes trying to intercept the artillery rockets side on and from behind. In those geometries, the Iron Dome has no chance, for all practical purposes, of destroying the artillery rocket."


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For a more in depth evaluation of Israel's claims see: This article from the bulletin of Atomic Scientists:
Iron Dome: The public relations weapon.

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J.&J. to Pay $2.2 Billion in Risperdal Settlement - NYTimes.com

I hate to be redundant but Big Pharma is a criminal syndicate gone berserk. This drug gives people diabetes almost instantly and was very aggressively marketed as having essentially no side effects and as the cure for everything from violent kids to nursing home patients who couldn't sleep. People died from the consequences of this drug and yet no one in the company is brought up on criminal charges. That is not justice. Johnson and Johnson made billions and billions of dollars of this crappy drug by lying about it and suppressing drug trials that showed it's problems. 2.2 billion is drop in the bucket to them.
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I, Cringely How Big Data is destroying the U.S. healthcare system - I, Cringely

An excellent overview of the reasons for the Healthcare.gov debacle from a professional IT expert.
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Drug Maker Settles With S.E.C. Over Illegal Payments - NYTimes.com

LIke I said, they are all criminal syndicates.
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How economic growth has become anti-life | Vandana Shiva | Comment is free | theguardian.com

How economic growth has become anti-life | Vandana Shiva | Comment is free | theguardian.com: "An obsession with growth has eclipsed our concern for sustainability, justice and human dignity. But people are not disposable – the value of life lies outside economic development"

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AstraZeneca US drug trial queried | Business | The Guardian

The pharmaceutical industry is a world wide criminal enterprise, period. They lie, cheat and pay off their so called experts to rig studies that lead to FDA approval of new drugs. Then the real test of a new drug begins as it is prescribed to millions of innocent patient's who will unwittingly become the guinea pigs in the real study of the drug's risks and side effects.
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How To Better Verify Scientific Research - Slashdot

Remember the new American way: lying, cheating and stealing.
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Stung by scandal, South Korea weighs up cost of curbing nuclear power | Reuters

The nuclear power industry is corrupt worldwide. They lie every single time there is a leak and they have an immensely powerful lobby.
Stung by scandal, South Korea weighs up cost of curbing nuclear power | Reuters:

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