Month: November 2011

Science & Technology

Facebook Hijacked By Porn and Gore.

You may have noticed a slight difference when logging into your Facebook account yesterday: namely, the addition of streaming porn in your newsfeed. An exploit in the Facebook programming has allowed for the streaming of hardcore porn and gore to be shown in a user’s newsfeed. Not only are the images guaranteed to be be […]

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News

Links Between Neo-Nazi Gang and German Secret Service?

Ties linking the Neo-Nazi “National Socialist Underground” gang responsible for a string of terror bombings in Germany to Germany’s own secret service have been revealed in the wake of the suicides of two suspected members. The group is believed to be responsible for the murder of  a policewoman and nine immigrant street vendors with gun […]

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Science & Technology

iPhone Outsells All Android Competitors.

According to CNET, the top selling phones in the US for the third quarter of 2011 are: 1. Apple iPhone 4 2. Apple iPhone 3GS 3. HTC EVO 4G 4. Motorola Droid 3 5. Samsung Intensity II   The iPhones by Apple run the iOS operating system while the rest of the field operates under […]

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News

Violence Against Bashar al-Assad’s Regime Intensifies in Syria.

According to Al Jazeera at least 70 people have been killed in the “bloodiest day” in the uprising against Bashar al-Assad’s government, many of the victims in the province of Deraa. Syrian Security Forces are responsible for the majority of the killings according to human rights groups in Syria. Regional condemnation of Assad’s regime continues, […]

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News

Russian Ambassador to NATO Dmitri Rogozin Asks for UK’s Help with Proposed Missile Defense Shield.

Russian ambassador to NATO Dmitri Rogozin has been making the rounds to the alliance’s member states in an effort to persuade them to pressure the U.S. to change its stance with regard to the proposed European missile defense shield. In London last Friday, Rogozin tried to persuade the U.K. to use its special relationship with […]

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European Pessimism and German Ambitions: Reasons for Worry?

The recent financial crises spreading throughout debt heavy European sovereigns has called into question the viability of the common currency and the whole European project. In its initial stages, the European Coal and Steel Community was proposed by French foreign minister Robert Schuman on May 9, 1950 as a way to prevent future war from […]

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News

Der Spiegel Interview with Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi.

Der Spiegel interviewed Iran’s Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi regarding Iran’s reported nuclear weapons program and its deteriorating relations with the U.S. and Israel. In refuting the International Atomic Energy Agency report, Salehi cites Ayatollah Khamenei’s fatwa on nuclear weapons that declared them ‘haram’ or forbidden according to Islamic law. Yet Der Spiegel does not […]

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Science & Technology

Video of Earth from the International Space Station.

  Music: Jan Jelinek – Do Dekor (Loop-Finding-Jazz-Records) | ~scape 007 cd janjelinek.com | scape-music.de Editing: Michael König | koenigm.com Image Courtesy of the Image Science & Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center, The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth eol.jsc.nasa.gov Shooting locations in order of appearance: 1. Aurora Borealis Pass over the United States […]

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Television

The Walking Dead: Season 2, Episode 5 – ‘Chupacabra’ Review and Synopsis.

  [Previously, The Walking Dead: Season 2, Episode 4 – ‘Cherokee Rose’ Review and Synopsis]   Spoilers ahead.   The first scene is of a flashback to the beginnings of the zombie apocalypse. The audience sees the group prior to all hell breaking loose. We see Sophia’s abusive father back for a cameo as well as […]

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News

Soldier Convicted of Civilian Deaths.

  Staff Sgt. Calvin Gibbs, 26, the alleged ringleader of a rogue group that slaughtered three Afghan civilians, was found guilty of three counts of murder among other charges levied against him by a military court. The verdict was reached after less than a day of deliberation by the five person panel. Of the five […]

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