11.Oct.2012 - Atheism's Growing Pains, Housing Market Hype, Government Not Going Broke, Wall Street's Next Scheme, Bias Against Women Scientists, Federal Reserve Given Glock 22s Against Occupiers, Affirmative Action Takes a SCOTUS Beating, America Losing Its Religion, Palestinian Food and Water Crisis, Native American Rights
oes Romney still have bushels of money stashed away in offshore accounts in the Cayman Islands? He certainly appears to, with $30 million in Bain Capital funds alone in the Cayman Islands,according to Vanity Fair. How bizarre that no one in the corporate media is talking about that. Perhaps they don't have time with all the attention they are paying to the Obama Style Points Deficiency Scandal.
he pace of Wall Street's war against the 99% is quickening in preparation for the kill. Having demonized public employees for being scheduled to receive pensions on their lifetime employment service, bondholders are insisting on getting the money instead. It is the same austerity philosophy that has been forced on Greece and Spain - and the same that is prompting President Obama and Mitt Romney to urge scaling back Social Security and Medicare.
The Unbelievable Ways Schools Are Now Monitoring Children
he digital tracking and surveillance of school-aged kids has been growing. Much attention has been given to the phenomenon of corporate tracking of kids' online activities, activities that violate the Children's Online PrivacyProtection Act(COPPA). The law, originally adopted in 1998, requires Web sites aimed at kids to get parental consent before gathering information about those users who are under 13 years. Many companies, including a Disney subsidiary, have violated it. Corporate marketing interests, most notably Facebook, are fighting proposed revisions to COPPA.
The Bias Against Women in Science: Why Women, As Well As Men, Are at Fault
According to Wikipedia’s self-published statistics, only 9% of Wikipedia Editors identify as female. The perspectives of such a widely-resourced database are actually being generated by a single gender, not representative of their diverse readership. The shocking imbalance has inspired the Royal Society to host an “edit-a-thon” on October 19th in order to pump up Wiki’s coverage of inspiring female leaders in the sciences and engineering fields.
Affirmative Action Takes A Beating Before The Supreme Court
Supporters of affirmative action in higher education were dealt a tough blow on Wednesday in blockbuster oral arguments before the Supreme Court, according to legal experts. The question now is whether the impact will be narrow, or whether the Court will toss out affirmative action’s broader legal underpinnings.
YouTube will start experimenting with charging subscription fees for some of its branded content following its partnerships, announced at Mipcom, with European TV content providers to feed 60 new channels.
Supporters of affirmative action in higher education were dealt a tough blow on Wednesday in blockbuster oral arguments before the Supreme Court, according to legal experts. The question now is whether the impact will be narrow, or whether the Court will toss out affirmative action’s broader legal underpinnings.
