SOPA, PIPA Blackouts Are Working
After months of discussion between and among 1,800 contributors to Wikipedia, the online information source, it decided to “go black" on Wednesday to...
Science & Technology
Homeland Security Is Reading and Recording Every Keystroke
With so many of our most essential liberties under attack from the oligarchy on the Potomac, it is little wonder that the freedom...
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Oil Companies Fined for Not Buying Nonexistent Cellulosic Ethanol
In 2007, Congress passed and President George W. Bush signed the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA). In keeping with Bush’s 2006 State...
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Google’s New Personal Search Results Feature Raises Concerns
Google announced Tuesday a new social networking maneuver that will rummage through photos and commentary on its budding social network, Google+, so search...
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Interior Sec’y Puts 20-year Ban on New Uranium Mining Near Grand Canyon
Interior Department Secretary Ken Salazar has imposed a 20-year ban on new uranium mining claims on one million acres of public land near...
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Dozens of Power Plants Closing Due to New EPA Rules
Due to new federal air pollution regulations, more than 32 power plants across the country will be forced to close their doors, according...
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Microsoft’s Allen Launches New Space Company
The field of private space ventures is gaining a new competitor, Stratolaunch Systems, the brainchild of former Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen. According to...
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Homeland Security Committee Unveils Cybersecurity Bill
Members of the House Homeland Security Committee unveiled legislation Thursday that would authorize the cybersecurity functions of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)...
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Is the FBI Using Smartphone Spyware For Law Enforcement Purposes?
The narrative continues over smartphone privacy issues involving the data logging program Carrier IQ, which was recently found to be installed on about...
Read moreN.D. Oil Boom Produces Labor Shortage
The current political debate over “jobs” ignores a vital component of jobs and the economy: Government make-work jobs are simply another form of...
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WikiLeaks Exposing “Mass Surveillance Industry”
The anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks began releasing documents last week related to what it calls the “mass surveillance industry,” a little-known but expansive underworld...
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EPA Regulations Cost Jobs and Cause Blackouts
Reports indicate that the predominant costs of implementing the Environmental Protection Agency’s new "green" economy regulations are job loss (as coal plants are...
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Smartphones Are Secretly Tracking Users’ Movements & Keystrokes
Here’s a headline the world’s 400 million-plus users of smartphones don’t want to read: “Your smartphone is probably spying on you.” ...
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UN Hacked by Anti-“New World Order” Group
A group of anti-world government hacker activists or “hacktivists” under the banner of “TeamPoison” hacked the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), releasing hundreds...
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Facebook Settles Privacy Dispute with FTC
Facebook is in trouble once again over possible privacy breaches. According to government officials, Facebook has misled over 800 million users regarding the...
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