Dan Rather on the Corruption of the Media

With the media now owned by stockholders, the media has changed. Profits are what drive the media, not the actual delivery of honest news that bring about democracy. Listen to someone who knows about the media, Dan Rather.

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Psychiatrists Peddling Drugs

As you look at modern psychiatry, there is a HUGE push toward using drugs to solve problems. Basic emotional problems that arise in the normal course of living life are so often diagnosed with names like ADHD, Bipolar and Anxiety Disorder. Then drugs are prescribed to solve these problems. Hundreds of billions of dollars are involved, yet drugs may just not be the answer in many cases. Here is a documentary that makes that case very well.

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Adam Yamaguchi Talks About Greenland Visit

Here Adam Yamaguchi talks about his journey to Greenland, which he says is one of the most expensive places to travel because of the logistics. Everything is convered with ice so there are no roads, and towns are situated in the few places where there is not a glacier covering it.

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Homeless Teens

Mostly just testing how Hulu videos can be inserted into a website. Here is a special from ABC's 20/20 about homeless teens.

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Earthquake in Virginia

You don't hear about earthquakes striking the East Coast USA very often, but surprisingly there was a 5.9 in Virginia that was felt in places like Washington DC where they evacuated the Pentagon and the Capitol, as well as Philadephia, New York City and even Toronto. Based on reports so far, there were maybe a few cracked windows, but no injuries.

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Hurricane Irene 2011?

It looks like we could have a Hurrican Irene, or at least a Tropical Strom Irene. It is the ninth named storm of the season and multiple models suggest it will head straight toward South Florida. We shall see. The weather is not easy to predict.

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National Debt and a Deadlocked Congress

The majority of people that can afford to have any significant amount of gold are the ones that are paying less taxes thanks to Reagan and Bush, especially those in the top 2%.

The deficit really took off as the wealthy stopped paying the 70% of their income that had been the norm Pre-Reagan. Contrary to the hopes of many, they are NOT investing the money they are saving in America. Instead they choose to send jobs overseas and horde money they don't even need. 

We now have a deadlocked Congress thanks to the lobbying that is paid for by the top 1% or by the corporations for which they serve on the board. We also have unlimited contributions to political campaigns local and national to insure that nothing gets done in Congress in the years to come, and any attempt at change will just get watered down.

The only "growth" investors are currently hoping for is in profits. They could care less how those profits are earned. For example, its pretty easy to move a plant to China and layoff Americans to please stockholders. Worse still is many of the stockholders now don't even reside in the United States, yet are investing in our elections.

I sure hope people are going to figure out this is not a Democratic or Republican issue. We need to take back our election process, and send the lobbyists packing. This is not Obama's fault, or Boehner's fault or Pelosi's fault or the Fed's fault. It is a problem with the political process being hijacked. Until people understand this we are going to be in a period of tough times for the middle class and America as a whole.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/facts-about-the-deficit-2010-3#13-a-trillion-10-bills-if-they-were-taped-end-to-end-would-wrap-around-the-globe-more-than-380-times-thats-still-less-than-the-national-debt-13#ixzz12Sywp9MP

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Science Nobel Prize goes to pair of Russian scientists

Two Russian-born scientists shared the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for "groundbreaking experiments'' with the thinnest, strongest material known to mankind, a carbon vital for the creation of faster computers and transparent touch screens.

Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov, professors at the University of Manchester in Britain, in 2004 isolated graphene, a form of carbon only one atom thick but more than 100 times stronger than steel, and showed it has exceptional properties, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said.Experiments with graphene could lead to the development of new superstrong materials to make satellites, airplanes and cars, as well as innovative electronics, the academy said in announcing the 10 million kronor ($1.5 million) award.

Caltech scientists have been conducting experiments with nano-graphenes to create paper thin solar cells, among other things, that will revolutionize technology in the years to come.

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Music Industry Hobbles Digital Sales

The music industry went insane back when napster came on the scene, angry that someone was stealing their profits. They finally started joining up with giants like Amazon and Apple, which was a bad choice. These businesses' livelihoods depend 99% on things other than music. With a new joint partnership with Google, things are looking grim. Investors don't want to fork over cash to invest in new music technologies that will only be ripped apart later by music execs and their brother organizations. Industry insiders note there will be no more new music devices coming into the market place for quite some time. The dark age of digital music seems to be upon us.

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Trump Considering 2012 Republican Presidential Bid

Donald Trump, who said today that he thinks America has lost all global respect, says he's been asked to run as a Reform party candidate. He said though, that if he were to toss his hat in the ring, he would run as a Republican candidate.

“I’m a Republican so if I did anything, I’d do it, I guess, as a Republican,” Trump said. “I’m totally being serious because I can’t stand what’s happening to the country. First time I am being serious about it. I’ve been asked for years to do it. And I had no interest. This is the first time I am — at least I’m considering it. That doesn’t say I’m going to do it …  but I am seriously considering it.”

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Times Square Bomber Sentenced To Life

The 31 year old Pakistani American warned the court today during his sentencing that Americans should "brace yourself, the ward with Muslims has just begun." and "The defeat of the U.S. is imminent, inshallah," He continued to ask people to embrace Islam, and terror would stop. The judge who sentenced him, Judge Miriam Cedarbaum, noted that he failed to show regret for any of his actions. "Hopefully such a steep penalty will deter others from following in his footsteps."

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Microsoft's Internet Explorer reaches new low, less than 50% market share

According to reports from several visitor tracking companies, IE has reached a new user low globally. In most countries, it still holds the top place, in the US it's 60% followed by Firefox and then Google Chrome. In Asia it holds a steady 60% share of the browsing market, but in Europe it has dropped to 40%. Just two years ago, IE dominated the marketplace with a 67% rating, so many analysts see this as a milestone in the browser wars.

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Atlanta Federal Judge Charged With Buying Drugs For A Stripper

A Georgia federal judge has been arrested on drug and weapons charges after he bought drugs from an undercover agent for a stripper he was having an affair with.

Senior U.S. District Judge Jack Camp Jr. has been charged with possession of cocaine, marijuana and narcotic painkillers roxicodone, according to court documents. He had a firearm on him when he was busted, so he's being charged with possession of a firearm and user of controlled substances, and aiding and abetting the possession of drugs by his stripper girlfriend, who has prior drug convictions.

Judge Camp was arrested on Friday after federal agents said he bought the drugs from an undercover agent, and was released the following Monday on a $50,000 bond.

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Toshiba Unveils Glasses-Free 3D TV

At the end of 2010, Toshiba will begin selling 3D TVs that won't require glasses to watch. They will offer two versions, a 12" and 20" which will cost $1400 and $2900 respectively. There's no word on when these TVs will be available outside of Japan, but no doubt crafty consumers will find a way to get their hands on them.

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FCC Still Investigating Verizon Overcharges

"We can confirm reports of an FCC investigation into mystery fees that appeared on Verizon Wireless bills costing over 15 million Americans tens of millions of dollars," Michele Ellison, FCC enforcement bureau chief, said in a statement. 

Verizon issued a refund to 15 million customers this weekend, and most of those customers will see a $2 to $6 credit on their November bills. Complaints have been filed with the FCC for over three years now, and many wonder why it took that long to issue the refunds and fix their faulty billing system. It looks like the refunds won't be enough for Verizon now.

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Virgin Launching Space Tourism In Mid-2012

With the completion of "Spaceship One" and "Spaceship Two" Richard Bronson announced that his commercial space flights will begin in mid-2012, and that the fares will be at $200,000. Bronson has already collected $45M in deposits from 300 people who want on a suborbital flight. Bronson also noted that he wants to build hotels on the moon, and launch some satellites into space for the benefit of schools and universities. 

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Neurosurgeons Find New Way To Remove Inoperable Brain Tumors

Scientists have discovered that cancerous brain tissue can be cooked out of the brain, without harming healthy benign tissues, offering patients who had little or no options before a chance. Last month, they performed a successful procedure where a small hole was drilled into the skull the size of a pencil, and then used live MRI to guide a laser towards the cancerous tissue. 

Once in position, the laser "cooked" and melted the cancer cells, destroying them. The method and tool was approved in 2009 by the FDA for surgical use. More information on this procedure here.

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What would happen if you put your hand inside the LHC?

There's a lot of hypothesis, but no one is terribly sure. Very entertaining!

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Police Storm Yale Party, 5 arrested, 1 tasered

Police stormed a Yale party with what witnesses described as assault rifles and riot gear, at about 12:50am, forcing students to get on the ground, be quiet, and hand over their IDs. Once it was all over dozens of students still had no idea what had occurred. Five were arrested, and one tasered, who had to be taken to the hospital and was later was released, under unknown charges. The police said it was part of their "Operation Nightlife" and gave no further details. The dean of Yale said in a statement: "This is a serious situation and we do not yet know all the facts," Gentry said. "I have asked Assistant Chief Ronnell Higgins of the Yale Police to assist us in gathering information."

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Miami federal prosecutor arrested after swimming in his boxers

A Miami federal prosecutor was arrested Sunday afternoon after swimming in his boxers at a Miami after a young girl and her mom accused him of indecency. When an officer came to arrest him, he jumped multiple fences in a ditch to escape. The prosecutor has tried many federal narcotics cases. Charges have yet to be filed.

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