links for 2007-09-26

• Parallel universes exist – study – tech & gadgets
  Parallel universes really do exist, according to a mathematical discovery by Oxford scientists described by one expert as “one of the most important developments in the history of science”.
  (tags: science parallel+universe physics)
• Activist silenced for fear of surveillance — Newsday.com
  On the day before a rally by the New York City AIDS Housing Network at the 2004 Republican National Convention – a rally by an organization Flynn co-founded, and a rally that the NYPD had approved – she experienced something straight out of a spy novel.
  (tags: 9/11 activism auto censorship dissent fascism future government police surveillance)
• Vanishing Point: How to disappear in America without a trace
  I found some of the information provided to be interesting enough to agree to the request to post it. There are many good reasons to run and hide from people (or the government) just as there are many bad reasons. Please don’t take the existence of this w
  (tags: advice alternative amusing anonymity anonymous archive article survival conspiracy paranoia reference security disappear privacy howto)
• Germs Taken to Space Come Back Deadlier – New York Times
  It sounds like the plot for a scary B-movie: Germs go into space on a rocket and come back stronger and deadlier than ever. Except, it really happened.
  (tags: disease health medicine epidemiology nytimes space science)
• Consumers face record winter heating costs | Reuters
  WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. consumers are expected to pay record prices for heating oil, electricity and propane to warm their homes this winter, and low-income families will need government help to cover those bills, government energy officials said on T
  (tags: economy winter energy heating estimates)
• S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index Falls 3.9% in July | Bloomberg.com: U.S.
  Home prices in 20 U.S. metropolitan areas fell the most on record in July, indicating the threat to consumer spending was rising even before credit markets seized up in August, a private survey showed today.
  (tags: housing subprime+meltdown foreclosures sales market recession)
• Ten Other Things That Surprise Bill O’Reilly About Black People: The Rude Pundit
  (tags: bill+o’reilly racism funny)
• U.S. Warrantless Spying Program Targeted Americans, Which Violates Constitution, Chief Spy Says | Threat Level – Wired Blogs
  That is the program seems to have targeted the international communications of Americans who the government suspected of ties to terrorist groups, but who the government did not have enough information to get court approval to spy on.
  (tags: aclu civil+liberties democracy hypocrisy neocons nsa privacy spying surveillance police+state fascism)
• FCC proposes ‘fake news’ fine – Yahoo! News
  The Federal Communications Commission is proposing a $4,000 fine against Comcast Corp. for airing a pitch for a sleep aid without telling viewers that the spot was financed by the maker of the product.
  (tags: advertising fcc media news)

~ by SAP on 26 September 2007.