Berto Jongman: Malaysian Airlines Identical Aircraft Has Been in Hanger in Israel For Some Time

This story hit the Internet last night. According to reports from plane-spotters, Israel has an identical Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200 in storage in Tel Aviv since November 2013. The only visible difference between the missing plane and the one in Tel Aviv would be its serial number. What do the Israelis have planned with the …

Robin Good: Content Curation Has Been Hijacked by Content Marketing Evil-Doers

Content Curation Has Been Hijacked by Content Marketing Curation adds value. Marketing does not add value. Many content curation startups, and many of the people using curation tools will probably not like what I have written in this article, but I have a hard time behaving as if I couldn’t see a cardboard façade that’s …

Rickard Falkvinge: Has BitCoin “Central Bank” Crashed or Been Robbed? MtGox Failed to Honor $38 Million in Withdrawals

Major Bitcoin Exchange Not Executing Withdrawals; Now Owes Clients $38M In Disappeared Money Cryptocurrency:  MtGox, the oldest and once-largest bitcoin exchange, appears to have a serious problem. Since about a week ago, clients’ bitcoin withdrawals have been deducted from their account, but the clients never received the money – the money withdrawn was effectively disappeared …

Stephen E. Arnold: Been Raped? There’s a List for Sale with Your Name On It…

Data Broker Offered Sensitive Lists for Sale Now this is downright creepy. The Wall Street Journal’s tech site Digits notifies us that “Data Broker Removes Rape-Victims List After Journal Inquiry.” As the headline states, the list has now been removed, but yikes! Medbase200 offered this tragic roster for sale, along with ones listing victims of …

Marcus Aurelius: Snowden NSA Revelations Piss Off Rest of Government As They Realize What They Have NOT Been Getting From NSA or CIA

Who would have thought — tragic farce aka absurdist theater? Other Agencies Clamor For Data N.S.A. Compiles By Eric Lichtblau and Michael S. Schmidt New York Times, August 4, 2013 , Pg. 1 WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency’s dominant role as the nation’s spy warehouse has spurred frequent tensions and turf fights with other …

SchwartzReport: Bad Bees, Ugly Death of Full-Time Jobs, Worse Who We At War With? Classified! End of America: Federal Order for Password Files

BAD: Here is the latest on the plight of the bees. The headline says it all. Scientists Discover What’s Killing the Bees and It’s Worse Than You Thought TODD WOODY – Quartz UGLY: The income of the average American family is nine per cent lower than it was a decade ago, and it gets harder …

Mini-Me: Has Europe Been Castrated? Or Just Gotten a Lobotomy? Snowden Shitstorm Goes Global with “Virtual Kidnapping” of Bolivian President

Huh? Bolivia furious over Snowden jet claims Bolivia plane incident infuriates Latin America Barring of Bolivian Plane Infuriates Latin America as Snowden Case Widens Snowden case: Bolivia condemns jet ‘aggression’ Snowden case: France apologises in Bolivia plane row South American nations discuss Morales ‘virtual kidnapping’ Unasur Confirms Special Summit in Bolivia US admits contact with …