Isn’t there an old saying, “Anything that requires secrecy, leave off immediately.” A hidden world, growing beyond control |
The top-secret world the government created in response to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, has become so large, so unwieldy and so secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs, how many programs exist within it or exactly how many agencies do the same work. |
These are some of the findings of a two-year investigation by The Washington Post that discovered what amounts to an alternative geography of the United States, a Top Secret America hidden from public view and lacking in thorough oversight. After nine years of unprecedented spending and growth, the result is that the system put in place to keep the United States safe is so massive that its effectiveness is impossible to determine. Read more at projects.washingtonpost.com |
Is this greedy, or just evil? I mean, come on….chocolate! Mystery trader buys all Europe’s cocoa |
The purchase was enough to move the entire global cocoa market, sending the
price to the highest level since 1977, and triggering rumours and intrigue
in the City.
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We’ve always had sinkholes in Florida. But, when they start taking your ride, man! That’s just out of line. Florida sinkhole swallows car, endangers condominium |
TEMPLE TERRACE, FL (NBC) — A big sinkhole at a condominium complex in Florida has swallowed a car and it might not be done yet. |
The sinkhole opened up Sunday morning near Tampa and claimed a Toyota Camry, pulling it down beneath its shifting sands. |
This could be an inch off the top of the world’s oceans that will not be contaminated with oil. Always look for the silver lining. Giant Dams Mess With Global Sea Level Rise |
After building one of the world’s largest dams, the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River, China is getting ready to outdo itself by building a massive structure on the Brahmaputra River that would be the largest hydroelectric project in the world. |
If built, it will alter global sea level. But it won’t be alone. |
If the oil disaster was plugged today, we would still see more closings, just from the oil already moving. But, the oil is still gushing out. Some say this could get bad enough to merit evacuating the coast. Perdido Pass closed as tarballs threaten inland waters at Perdido and Pensacola Pass |
The closure is the first in Florida waters due to the Deepwater Horizon spill and the booms will impede boat traffic. All boom has been lighted to be visible to boaters and 24-hour crews will be mobilized to assist boaters tonight. Read more at www.palmbeachpost.com |
I go with the explanation from Anurag Sagar by Kabir. The three gods were swirling around the proto matter in the higher plane. It crystalized in the material plane and the universe began. That’s my story and I’m sticking with it. | “There Was No Big Bang!” Say Several Leading Cosmologists (A Galaxy Classic) |
Several of the worlds leading astrophysicists believe there was no Big Bang that brought the universe and time into existence. Before the Big Bang, the standard theory assumes, there was no space, just nothing. Einstein merged the universe into a single entity: not space, not time, but spacetime. Read more at www.dailygalaxy.com |
Students can ask themselves, do they really need college to do what they dream of doing. Glenn Reynolds: Higher education’s bubble is about to burst |
College has gotten a lot more expensive. A recent Money magazine report notes: “After adjusting for financial aid, the amount families pay for college has skyrocketed 439 percent since 1982. … Normal supply and demand can’t begin to explain cost increases of this magnitude.” |
First — as with the housing bubble — cheap and readily available credit has let people borrow to finance education. They’re willing to do so because of (1) consumer ignorance, as students (and, often, their parents) don’t fully grasp just how harsh the impact of student loan payments will be after graduation; and (2) a belief that, whatever the cost, a college education is a necessary ticket to future prosperity. Read more at www.washingtonexaminer.com |
Specifically, what kind of beam weapon was used? ¿Qué generó el profundo cráter en Guatemala? |
You might say this is another “kill the Messenger” deal. Why the Government would want to trivialize the worst eco-disaster we’ve ever seen is a puzzlement. A prominent oceanographer, who was among the first to say official estimates understated the volume of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, charged Tuesday that a federal agency is punishing scientists whose findings disagree with government figures. |
Ian MacDonald, an oceanographer with Florida State University, who more than two weeks ago said the oil spill was likely five times as large as the 5,000 barrel-a-day estimate from the National Oceanic Atmospheric and Administration, said the agency is attacking scientists who challenged government estimates, while itself doing little to glean new information about the spill size. |
“The scientific community in the Gulf of Mexico is fairly small … and we’ve been very dedicated for a long time and not only is nobody listening to us in this, but it seems like they really want us to shut up,” MacDonald said. “It’s very, very punitive and anybody who is doing this is getting attacked by NOAA.” Read more at www.chron.com |
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