February 2012
CODE.X.ENOC: The (Not-So-Shocking) Truth about... →
xenoc:
Adapted from http://jhaines6.wordpress.com (2012: What’s the ‘real’ truth):
The March/April issue of the CFA Magazine has a fascinating article titled “The Financial Psychopath Next Door.”
A shocking statistic jumped out at us. From the article:
Studies conducted by Canadian forensic…
100,000,000 workers grind #India to a halt in one... →
One of the world’s largest ever strikes began at midnight on Monday 27th Feb and will end at midnight tonight. Up to 100,000,000 Indian workers from different sectors and industries are calling for a national minimum wage, permanent jobs, and much more.
As reported by libcom blogger working class self organisation in January:
Quote: Over a dozen of India’s largest trade unions...
#PowerOfTheIntrovert An Introverted Call to Action... →
Susan Cain, the author of The Power of Introverts, is an introvert. So as she gets up to present from the TED2012 stage, bag in hand, it is not a comfortable experience. But it’s an important one, and that’s the point.
Her family grew up reading — they would read together and bring books on trips. That’s how they were social. She tells a story of going to camp at age 9. Her mother packed her...
Why Anti-Authoritarians are Diagnosed as Mentally... →
In my career as a psychologist, I have talked with hundreds of people previously diagnosed by other professionals with oppositional defiant disorder, attention deficit hyperactive disorder, anxiety disorder and other psychiatric illnesses, and I am struck by (1) how many of those diagnosed are essentially anti-authoritarians, and (2) how those professionals who have diagnosed them are not.
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Mysterious Tubular Clouds Defy Explanation... →
These long, crazy-looking clouds can grow to be 600 miles long and can move at up to 35 miles per hour, causing problems for aircraft even on windless days.
Known as Morning Glory clouds, they appear every fall over Burketown, Queensland, Australia, a remote town with fewer than 200 residents. A small number of pilots and tourists travel there each year in hopes of “cloud surfing” with the...
#USA Attorney General Holder Could Be Jailed for... →
Tensions are rising quickly in the investigation of the deadly federal gun-running operation “Fast and Furious” as Attorney General Eric Holder’s Department of Justice continues to unlawfully withhold subpoenaed documents. The persistent stonewalling prompted Congress to renew its warning that contempt proceedings against top Obama administration officials are imminent if the cover-up does not...
Spanish police pretending to be Anonymous, are...
#OperationExposure leads to over 20 arrests of... →
anonymissexpress:
By @anonreports, 02.28.2012
It was already noted through Twitter that several accounts were warning as soon as the 12th of February1 that the Police was launching a fully fledged operation against Anonymous in Spain. At first Police forces would not “confirm neither deny it”2 and this was mostly thought to be because the operation was still on it’s feet and they feared that...
Marijuana Legalization In Colorado: Pot Activists... →
weedporndaily:
A group of marijuana activists seeking recreational use legalization for adults in Colorado expects to hear if they gathered enough signatures for a pot legalization question to appear on the 2012 ballot,the Associated Press reports.
In January, the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol turned in more than 160,000 signatures in favor of the legalization initiative — nearly...
Wealthier People More Likely To Lie or Cheat... →
Maybe, as the novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald suggested, the rich really are different. They’re more likely to behave badly, according to seven experiments that weighed the ethics of hundreds of people. The “upper class,” as defined by the study, were more likely to break the law while driving, take candy from children, lie in negotiation, cheat to increase their odds of...
Syrian Activists: 64 Bodies Found Near Homs in One... →
Beirut - The bodies of dozens of men were found dumped on wasteland on the outskirts of the stricken city of Homs on Monday in what appeared to be one of the worst instances of mass killing since the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began last March. The Local Coordination Committees, an opposition group, said that the bodies of 64 men were taken to the National Hospital in Homs and...
“Hey, #NWO - This U? #EtherSecHistory #WomanPower #WARNING Message only safe for...”
– Erica Jong (Fear of Flying)
Foxes and Reptiles: Psychopathy and the Financial... →
The present financial meltdown may only be the latest example of the incalculable harm done to civilization, and countless individual lives, by psychopaths, a subspecies of Homo sapiens. The purpose of this essay is twofold. First, I will provide a brief tour of the psychopath subspecies so that you understand who they are and how they operate. You probably already know psychopaths, and it...
Race to the Stone Age: Standings update for Feb.... →
anonymissexpress:
cacophonouschoas:
racetothestoneage:
Another day, another update. Several states, pretty much all in the South and all with strong Republican-dominated governments, have joined Tennessee in the triple-digits for ass-backwards points. And speaking of Tennessee, man, that state just doesn’t quit. Just when you think a competitor could…
I’m just reblogging this because this...
“There is no truth to seek, just answers to realize. All things reveal themselves...”
– Almine (via peacetranquility)
