Month: September 2011

News

Massachusetts man arrested for trying to plot terrorist attack on the Capitol Building and Pentagon.

The planned “attack” was going to use remote controlled toy planes laden with C4 explosives targeted at the Capitol Building and the Pentagon. 25-year old Massachusetts resident Rezwan Ferdaus was arrested by the FBI today after giving them plans and indications that he was serious about his plot. Reportedly Rezwan began his “jihad” against the […]

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Science & Technology

How to Enable Facebook’s New TimeLine feature.

Facebook has yet another update to its appearance coming soon and this one is vastly different than the current Facebook layout everyone is used to seeing. If you would like to enable this feature on your Facebook profile page before the official release, here’s how to do it (nothing wrong with it either, I’ve been […]

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Communism in Romania: The Department of State Security, or the Securitate.

In Romania, the Department for State Security (Departamentul Securității Statului) is most vividly associated with the terrors and excesses of the Ceauşescu dictatorship. The Securitate was founded on August 30th, 1948 with help from the Soviet NKVD, the precursor to the Soviet’s infamous KGB. Romania’s State Security had a heavy presence in civil society, with some […]

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Science & Technology

New Dodge Hornet to be based on Alfa Romeo Giulietta.

The new 40-mpg compact Dodge Hornet will be based on the beautiful Alfa Romeo Giulietta model according to Left Lane News. As part of Fiat’s purchase of Chrysler the company had to make guarantees to the U.S. government that a compact car capable of netting 40-mpg would be developed and that it would be built […]

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War Without the Euro? Not likely.

The European Union and the Eurozone project represent world geopolitical paradigms that are the legacies of World War II and the Cold War era. Beginning as the European Coal and Steel Community, the European Union had its stated aims in the supranationalist spirit of the ECSC’s founding organizers as well as in the principle of […]

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Pepperidge Farm recalls Sesame Sticks because of Small Wires Found in Snack.

Pepperidge Farm, maker of the beloved gold fish snack among other things, is recalling Sesame Stick snacks with a sell by date of November 20, 2011 through November 20, 2012 and a yellow “20% More!” banner across the top of the box. The recall has been issued because Pepperidge Farm was receiving complaints from customers about […]

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Pepperidge Farm recalls Sesame Sticks because of Small Wires Found in Snack.

Pepperidge Farm, maker of the beloved gold fish snack among other things, is recalling Sesame Stick snacks with a sell by date of November 20, 2011 through November 20, 2012 and a yellow “20% More!” banner across the top of the box. The recall has been issued because Pepperidge Farm was receiving complaints from customers about […]

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The Intrigues Surrounding Iran’s Nuclear Program.

Just read an awesome article on Yahoo, of all places, about the intrigues surrounding Iran’s nascent nuclear power facilities. This led to follow-up research where I discovered this story about an alleged nuclear scientist gunned down by a motorcyclist. Darioush Rezaie was a university professor with a PhD in physics, but it is unclear if he was […]

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California Democrats Need Money after Kinde Durkee.

The California Democrats who were tied to Kinde Durkee are now in need of money as many of the accounts managed by the accused embezzler have been frozen. Because accounts have been frozen some campaigns do not even know how much has been taken from them nor what the account balances are. The Los Angeles […]

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Communism in Romania: Nicolae Ceauşescu.

Born January 26, 1918 and raised in  Scornicești, a large village in Olt County, Romania, Nicolae Ceauşescu became Romania’s second communist leader and one of Eastern Europe’s most virulently Stalinist dictators until his violent overthrow in 1989 in a popular revolution. The son of a peasant, Ceauşescu initially joined the illegal Communist Party of Romania in […]

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