Australian journalist wins prestigious award for exposing flu vaccine scandal

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MB Comment: Natasha Bita, a journalist for The Australian has just won a Walkley Award (the Australian equivalent of a Pulitzer Prize) for an in-depth article series on the CSL Afluria flu vaccine, a shot that caused convulsions in one percent of Australian infants who received it. To put this vaccine scandal in perspective, the [...]

UM Coach: Bomb Sniffing Dogs, Spotters on Roofs Before Explosions

University of Mobile’s Cross Country Coach, who was near the finish line of the Boston Marathon when a series of explosions went off, said he thought it was odd there were bomb sniffing dogs at the start and finish lines.   “They kept making announcements to the participants do not worry, it’s just a training [...]

Anonymous hackers cripple Aussie government websites

ShareThis Anonymous hackers cripple Aussie government websites –Hackers took 10 sites offline, said more attacks are imminent [<g>] 25 Jul 2012 International hacking group Anonymous took at least 10 Australian government websites offline in a series of escalating attacks over proposed changes to privacy laws. The Australian arm of the group has warned it will [...]

Anaheim Police Shootings Spark National Protests

ShareThis Anaheim Police Shootings Spark National Protests 26 Jul 2012 A series of protests sparked after two fatal police shootings in Anaheim have caught on nationally, as several cities including New York, San Francisco and Seattle have planned demonstrations in solidarity. The protests planned for Thursday night in San Francisco and Friday at various locations [...]

Drones vulnerable to terrorist hijacking, researchers say

ShareThis Drones vulnerable to terrorist hijacking, researchers say 25 Jun 2012 A small surveillance drone flies over an Austin stadium, diligently following a series of GPS waypoints that have been programmed into its flight computer. Then, as if some phantom has given the drone a self-destruct order, it hurtles toward the ground… Professor Todd Humphreys [...]

Plume-Gate Tales from the Script: Data Mining, a “CNN Moment” and ‘Teflon’ Obama

Tony Muga | In a series of emails contained within the NRC FOIA Documents, I have found an excellent example of how the industry monitors what the public knows, in this case in the form of public opinion via local news articles, so they can do their best at damage control. They want to know [...]

Hackers shut down Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, El Al websites

ShareThis Hackers shut down Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, El Al websites –The hack comes in the wake of a series of cyber attacks over the past two weeks. 16 Jan 2012 Hackers shut down both the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) and El Al’s respective websites on Monday, one day after a hacker network threatened [...]

Hackers shut down Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, El Al websites

ShareThis Hackers shut down Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, El Al websites –The hack comes in the wake of a series of cyber attacks over the past two weeks. 16 Jan 2012 Hackers shut down both the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) and El Al’s respective websites on Monday, one day after a hacker network threatened [...]

NORAD to Conduct Training Over National Capital Region

ShareThis NORAD to Conduct Training Over National Capital Region –Fighter jets flying over Annapolis overnight from Tuesday into Wednesday 10 Jan 2012 The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) will be conducting a series of training flights to practice its rapid response capability, according to a release. The testing, known as exercise Falcon Virgo 12-04, [...]

US marine in dock for murdering Iraqis

ShareThis US marine in dock for murdering Iraqis 10 Jan 2012 A US marine has appeared in a court martial in California for an investigation into his role in the killing of two dozen Iraqi civilians in 2005. The trial of US Staff Sergeant Frank Wuterich is the last in a series of hearings involving [...]