Bitcoin Foundation Receives Cease And Desist Order From California

[Disclosure: Author serves on Board of Directors for Bitcoin Foundation. via Pocket http://www.forbes.com/sites/jonmatonis/2013/06/23/bitcoin-foundation-receives-cease-and-desist-order-from-california/

4,800 mink released from Idaho farm

TWIN FALLS, Idaho — Officials in Cassia County are investigating the release of more than 4,800 mink from a farm southeast of Burley over the weekend. The activists said they targeted the mink farm because it is owned by Fur Commission USA board member Cindy Moyle. via Pocket http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2013/07/4800_mink_released_from_idaho.html

Terrence Jones arrested; Portland police accuse NBA Houston Rockets player of harassment

Portland police early Wednesday arrested NBA Houston basketball player Terrence A. Jones on an allegation of harassment. Jones is accused of stomping on the leg of a sleeping homeless man along Northwest Third Avenue about 2 a.m. Wednesday, Portland police said. via Pocket http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/index.ssf/2013/07/portland_police_accuse_nba_hou.html

Halliburton’s Criminal Repertoire

Abby Martin remarks on the news that Halliburton has plead guilty to destroying evidence related to the 2010 BP oil spill, calling out the petro-giant for its long list of criminality and heavy influence over the US government. via Pocket http://disinfo.com/2013/07/halliburtons-criminal-repertoire/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+disinfo%2FoMPh+%28Disinformation%29

Bank of England helped the Nazis to sell plundered gold

The Bank of England has admitted its role in one of the most controversial episodes in its history - helping the Nazis sell gold plundered from Czechoslovakia months before the outbreak of the Second World War. via Pocket http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/bank-of-england/10212234/Bank-of-England-helped-the-Nazis-to-sell-plundered-gold.html

Warrantless Cellphone Tracking Is Upheld

In a significant victory for law enforcement, a federal appeals court on Tuesday said that government authorities could extract historical location data directly from telecommunications carriers without a search warrant. via Pocket http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/07/31/technology/warrantless-cellphone-tracking-is-upheld.html

Mysterious Dancing Lights In Afghanistan

This isn't a painting. It's not from a movie. It's not a strange astronomical event. This is real — what you can see when certain helicopters in Afghanistan touch down on sandy ground, raising dust, causing mysterious arcs of light to loop and dance through the air. This doesn't always happen. via Pocket http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2013/07/30/206946740/mysterious-dancing-lights-in-afghanistan

Woman Finds 7-Foot KFC Bucket on Front Lawn

Embed CodePlays: 4519 (Embed: 0)Aleena Headrick discovered the huge KFC bucket on her front lawn on Thursday and took some photos of it to post on her Facebook page. The mysterious arrival of the red and white striped bucket has also attracted Headrick's neighbors to take photos of bizarre sight. via Pocket http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=34d_1375224294

Radio's Art Bell returning with Sirius XM show

NEW YORK (AP) — Art Bell, radio's master of the paranormal and outward edges of science, will return to the microphone on Sept. 16 with a new nighttime show on Sirius XM Radio. via Pocket http://bigstory.ap.org/article/radios-art-bell-returning-sirius-xm-show

How I Taught Myself to Code in Eight Weeks

'; if (google_ads[0].bidtype == 'CPC') { /* insert this snippet for each ad call */ google_adnum = google_adnum + google_ads.length; } document. via Pocket http://lifehacker.com/how-i-taught-myself-to-code-in-eight-weeks-511615189

Retired FBI Agent Tells Militias Feds Have Set Up 30,000 Guillotines

Might as well give a bit of background, anyways. PROMIS ties data together. via Pocket http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6308302

Famed hacker Barnaby Jack dies a week before hacking convention

By Jim Finkle (Reuters) - Barnaby Jack, a celebrated computer hacker who forced bank ATMs to spit out cash and sparked safety improvements in medical devices, died in San Francisco, a week before he was due to make a high-profile presentation at a hacking conference. via Pocket http://townhall.com/news/sci-tech/2013/07/26/hacker-barnaby-jack-unexpectedly-dies-ahead-of-hacking-conference-n1649803

Katie Pavlich

Wednesday during a speech at Knox College in Illinois, President Obama referred to the many scandals surrounding his White House as "phony. via Pocket http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2013/07/26/family-of-murdered-border-patrol-agent-nothing-phony-about-deaths-linked-fast-and-furious-n1649746

US tech firms losing business over PRISM: poll

Revelations about the US government's vast data collection programs have already started hurting American technology firms, according to an industry survey released this week. via Pocket http://phys.org/news/2013-07-tech-firms-business-prism-poll.html

Human hybrids: a closer look at the theory and evidence

There was considerable fallout, both positive and negative, from our first story covering the radical pig-chimp hybrid theory put forth by Dr. Eugene McCarthy, a geneticist who's proposing that humans first arose from an ancient hybrid cross between pigs and chimpanzees. via Pocket http://phys.org/news/2013-07-human-hybrids-closer-theory-evidence.html

People with mental health problems hit harder by recession

Since the start of the recession, the rate of unemployment for people with mental health problems has risen more than twice as much than for people without mental health problems, according to new research from King's College London. via Pocket http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-07-people-mental-health-problems-harder.html

Bananas, pain killers do trick for world's oldest man

A US drug company said Friday it was considering a banana-flavored version of its pain reliever after the world's oldest man attributed his longevity to the fruit and the drug. via Pocket http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-07-bananas-pain-killers-world-oldest.html

Scotland lunar-calendar find sparks Stone Age rethink

Archeologists have discovered a lunar calendar in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, that is nearly ten thousand years old. Their findings show that the calendar makers (1) thought about time and (2) figured out a means to follow it at a period in history that was still in the Stone Age. via Pocket http://phys.org/news/2013-07-scotland-lunar-calendar-stone-age-rethink.html

How to slaughter a patent troll in 5 steps

A few weeks ago, I got a letter from the scum of the earth: a patent troll. As an entrepreneur, I’m no stranger to having to deal with patent trolls, but it still gets me fired up every time. via Pocket http://pandodaily.com/2013/07/26/how-to-slaughter-a-patent-troll-in-5-steps/

Fed Economist Fired for Investigating Suspicious 9-11 Cash Transfers;

via Pocket http://911blogger.com/news/2013-07-25/fed-economist-fired-investigating-suspicious-9-11-cash-transfers

How Chinese Ingenuity Destroyed Salad Bars at Pizza Hut

You had one trip to the salad bar. So dammit, you had to make it count. In China, Pizza Huts are either take-out only or somewhat upscale sit-down restaurants that even serve steak. A while back, it became a fad of sorts to build enormous fruit and vegetable structures at Pizza Hut salad bars. via Pocket http://kotaku.com/how-chinese-ingenuity-destroyed-salad-bars-at-pizza-hut-834835079

'Diabetes-cure' operation explained

The reason some patients are cured of type-2 diabetes after a gastric bypass may have been answered by US researchers. Their animal study showed bypassing the stomach made the intestines work harder, use more energy and keep blood sugar levels under control. via Pocket http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23453330#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Isolated Turkmenistan bows to Internet age

When Turkmen mother Selbi Dzhafarova wanted to buy a toy car for her son's birthday, he burst into tears. "He asked us to buy him a computer instead," she said. via Pocket http://www.google.com/gwt/x?u=http%3A%2F%2Fphys.org%2Fnews294024263.html

The Very First Website Returns to the Web

Twenty years ago today CERN published a statement that made the World Wide Web freely available to everyone. To celebrate that moment in history, CERN is bringing the very first website back to life at its original URL. via Pocket http://www.webmonkey.com/2013/04/the-very-first-website-returns-to-the-web/

Washington DC Could Soon Be Defended By Blimps

What's the Latest Development? via Pocket http://bigthink.com/ideas/washington-dc-could-soon-be-defended-by-blimps

Bank Wrongfully Repossesses Ohio Woman Katie Barnett's Home, Refuses To Pay Her Back

Ohio resident Katie Barnett is understandably furious after she came home from a two-week trip only to find her house had been accidentally repossessed. Barnett became suspicious of something when her key would no longer open her door. She was forced to crawl through a window into her house. via Pocket http://www.opposingviews.com/i/society/headlines/bank-wrongfully-repossesses-ohio-woman-katie-barnetts-home-refusing-pay-her-back

Ohio Bank Forecloses On Wrong Home, Sells Owner Katie Barnett's Belongings (VIDEO)

Katie Barnett only wants her stuff back. via Pocket http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/24/ohio-bank-forecloses-wrong-home-katie-barnett_n_3644246.html

Tell First National Bank to pay Katie Barnett restitution for breaking into her house

An Ohio woman returned from vacation to find that all of her belongings had been stolen, taken right out of her house. She knows who did it, but the local police aren't helping her. via Pocket http://campaigns.dailykos.com/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=504

Good Cop Fired for Speaking Out Against Ticket and Arrest Quotas

Auburn, Alabama is home to sprawling plains, Auburn University (which includes the Mises Institute), and a troubling police force. After the arrival of a new police chief in 2010, the department entered an era of ticket quotas and worse. via Pocket http://www.ingeniouspress.com/2013/07/25/good-cop-fired-for-speaking-out-against-ticket-and-arrest-quotas/

Hackers Demonstrate How Easy it is to Carjack a Vehicle Remotely Alex Jones' Infowars

Demonstration supports theory that journalist Michael Hastings car was remotely hijacked Adan Salazar Infowars. via Pocket http://www.infowars.com/hackers-demonstrate-how-easy-it-is-to-carjack-a-vehicle-remotely/

Government "Investment" Of the Day

Over the course of Lance Armstrong's career, the US Postal Service paid him over $40 million in sponsorship money (at least according to the radio report I heard this morning). But I do find this expenditure odd in the extreme for a couple of reasons. via Pocket http://www.coyoteblog.com/coyote_blog/2013/07/government-investment-of-the-day.html

India: Army 'mistook planets for spy drones'

India's army reportedly spent six months watching "Chinese spy drones" violating its air space, only to find out they were actually Jupiter and Venus. via Pocket http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-23455128

House Rejects NSA Spying Restrictions after White House outcry

The US House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to reject an attempt to reign in domestic spying by the National Security Agency following a storm of lobbying by the White House against the measure. In a 205-217 vote the House defeated an amendment introduced by Rep. via Pocket http://worldtruth.tv/house-rejects-nsa-spying-restrictions-after-white-house-outcry/

What Gold Nationalization Really Means

Gold owners are almost universally familiar with the story of Franklin Roosevelt criminalizing the ownership of gold back in 1933. Roosevelt further ordered that citizens in the Land of the Free surrender their gold to the Federal Reserve in exchange for $20. via Pocket http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-07-25/what-gold-nationalization-really-means

These Are The 217 People Who Voted To Preserve NSA Surveillance

Presenting the full roll call breakdown of the Amash Amendment (as described previously) to shutter the NSA's surveillance function. First the Ayes, or those who voted to end the NSA's surveillance activity. Republicans in roman, Democrats in italic, Independents underlined. via Pocket http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-07-24/these-are-217-people-who-voted-preserve-nsa-surveillance

California tries to mandate retirement savings for private workers

Is it another case of the nanny state, or an innovative way to help you save? California lawmakers are pushing a controversial, first-in-the-nation plan that would require private-sector employers to remove 3 percent from every worker's paycheck. via Pocket http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/07/25/california-tries-to-mandate-retirement-savings-for-private-workers/

Feds tell Web firms to turn over user account passwords

The U.S. government has demanded that major Internet companies divulge users' stored passwords, according to two industry sources familiar with these orders, which represent an escalation in surveillance techniques that has not previously been disclosed. via Pocket http://m.cnet.com/news/feds-tell-web-firms-to-turn-over-user-account-passwords/57595529

Feds: Halliburton agrees to plead guilty in Gulf oil spill

WASHINGTON Halliburton Energy Services has agreed to plead guilty to destroying evidence in connection with the 2010 Gulf oil spill, the Department of Justice said Thursday. via Pocket http://feeds.cbsnews.com/~r/CBSNewsMain/~3/sDuvMeXVBTs/

Google’s Chromecast No Longer Comes With Free Netflix Because Demand Got Too Nuts

In what is a solid example of the best sort of problem to have, Google’s just-announced Chromecast video streaming dongle is already proving too damned popular for its own good. via Pocket http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/25/chromecast-no-longer-comes-with-free-netflix-because-demand-got-too-nuts/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29

'The New H.A.A.R.P. Beat' w/ Dr. Nick Begich - July 22, 2013

As the summer heats up, Ground Zero cools you off with the truth! The Criminals In Action at the CIA want to control the weather and the rumors surrounding the closure or even sale of H.A.A.R.P. have been blowing in the breeze. via Pocket http://soundcloud.com/groundzeromedia/2013-07-22

Tiesto - I'll Be Here (Jack5on remix)

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The Secrets Behind Intelligence Gathering

Preface from Washington’s Blog: We like this graphic, but think that it only shows the tip of the iceberg. What do you think? We read all emails sent to us, but are too busy to respond to many. We greatly appreciate the feedback and leads. Learn more about us here. via Pocket http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/07/21244.html

Royal baby worth his weight in gold to the Firm

LONDON (Reuters) - The Firm, as Britain's royal family calls itself, has a new asset. via Pocket http://mobile.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSBRE96M0QJ20130723?irpc=932

Judge Says Apple Conspired to Raise Prices on E-Books

In a decision that could reshape how books are sold on the Internet, a federal judge ruled that Apple Inc conspired to raise the retail prices of e-books in violation of antitrust law, and called for a trial on damages. The decision by U.S. via Pocket http://www.newsmax.com/US/apple-ebooks-prices/2013/07/10/id/514286

Missouri Driver Sues City Over Ticket for Speed-Trap Warning

A Missouri man says his free-speech rights were violated when he was given a ticket for flashing his headlights to warn oncoming drivers of a speed-trap. Michael J. Elli was driving in Ellisville, Mo., last year when he saw a police officer parked alongside the road tracking speeds with a radar gun. via Pocket http://abcnews.go.com/US/missouri-driver-sues-city-ticket-speed-trap-warning/story?id=19735737

CIA wants to control the weather, climate change

The CIA is funding a study examining various ways mankind can geo-engineer the planet -- blocking or limiting the sunlight that reaches the Earth, stripping carbon dioxide from the skies, seeding the clouds and so on. via Pocket http://www.foxnews.com/science/2013/07/23/cia-wants-to-control-weather-climate-change/

George H.W. Bush shaves his head to support his security detail's adorable 2-year-old son who is battling cancer

A heartwarming snap shows the now-bald 89-year-old former president grinning with his arms wrapped around 2-year-old Patrick, who is battling leukemia Bush's act of kindness comes nearly 60 years after he and his wife, Barbara Bush, lost their 4-year-old daughter Robin to leukemia. George H.W. via Pocket http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2377158/George-H-W-Bush-shaves-head-support-security-details-adorable-2-year-old-son-battling-cancer.html

Liberty Slipping: 10 Things You Could Do in 1975 That You Can't Do Now

9. You could open a stock brokerage account without having to explain where the money came from. 10. You could open a Swiss bank account with ease. All Swiss banks were willing and happy to open accounts for Americans. via Pocket http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2013/07/liberty-slipping-10-things-you-could-do.html

10 Outrageous Facts Most People Don't Know

Once you go down the rabbit hole, you will discover things that most people don't know. Here are 10 outrageous facts that most people are clueless about. “We are on the verge of a global transformation. All we need is the right major crisis and the nations will accept the New World Order. via Pocket http://www.whydontyoutrythis.com/2013/07/10-outrageous-facts-most-people-dont-know.html?m=1

ZERO An Investigation Into 9/11 (FULL documentary)

Please visit http://zero911movie.com/site/ and purchase the whole movie to help support the people who worked hard to produce such an outstanding film. ZERO:... via Pocket http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XRMrMdn0NQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player