background preloader

Odd Stories

Facebook Twitter

Drugs, porn, and counterfeits: the market for illegal goods is booming online. $2 Trillion Underground Economy May Be Recovery's Savior. Shadow economies are usually associated with illegal activity, such as drug dealing.

$2 Trillion Underground Economy May Be Recovery's Savior

But anecdotal evidence indicates that off-the-books work in today's job market includes personal and domestic workers, such as housekeepers and nannies. "The jobs are in service industries from small food establishments to landscaping. " said David Fiorenza, an economy professor at Villanova University. "Even the arts and culture industry is not immune to working off the books in areas of music and entertainment. " ORLANDO, Fla.: Lawyer: Zimmerman prosecutor withheld evidence - Trayvon Martin - MiamiHerald.com. Www.miamiherald.com ORLANDO, Fla.: Lawyer: Zimmerman prosecutor withheld evidence - Trayvon Martin - MiamiHerald.com ORLANDO, Fla. -- A court employee who retrieved photos and deleted text messages from Trayvon Martin's cellphone has been placed on administrative leave after an attorney testified that prosecutors didn't properly turn over the evidence to the defense, an attorney said Wednesday.

ORLANDO, Fla.: Lawyer: Zimmerman prosecutor withheld evidence - Trayvon Martin - MiamiHerald.com

Former prosecutor Wesley White said he was ethically obligated to reveal that Fourth Judicial Circuit Information Technology Director Ben Kruidbos retrieved the data that weren't turned over. Kruidbos was placed on leave shortly after White testified during a hearing in George Zimmerman's second-degree murder case on Tuesday.

Chicago Confronts Urban Blight, 1954: A Great City at a Crossroads. Surfing in Zulu. Culture, Sport by Mahala High Five Brigade / Images by Jon Ivins / 30.11.2012.

Surfing in Zulu

A Drug That Could Give You Perfect Visual Memory. Civil Rights. Dr. Benjamin Carson Addresses National Prayer Breakfast, Criticizes Obamacare. Famed Baltimore neurosurgeon Dr.

Dr. Benjamin Carson Addresses National Prayer Breakfast, Criticizes Obamacare

Benjamin Carson addressed the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday morning on healthcare. Dr. Carson often criticized Obamacare and government intrusion in healthcare while President Obama sat in the audience. Dr. Carson encouraged a program where newborn babies are given health savings account as an alternative to Obamacare. DR. Feds admit: Gun laws won’t slow crime. Text smaller Text bigger By Garth Kant. Aaron Swartz.

Aaron Hillel Swartz (November 8, 1986 – January 11, 2013) was an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, writer, political organizer and Internet hacktivist who was involved in the development of the web feed format RSS[3] and the Markdown publishing format,[4] the organization Creative Commons,[5] the website framework web.py[6] and the social news site, Reddit, in which he became a partner after its merger with his company, Infogami.

Aaron Swartz

[i] He committed suicide while under federal indictment for data-theft, a prosecution that was characterized by his family as being "the product of a criminal-justice system rife with intimidation and prosecutorial overreach".[7] Swartz's work also focused on sociology, civic awareness and activism.[8][9] He helped launch the Progressive Change Campaign Committee in 2009 to learn more about effective online activism. Swartz declined a plea bargain under which he would have served six months in federal prison. Life and works[edit] W3C[edit] Markdown[edit] 1,100 Green Berets set record straight on guns. Text smaller Text bigger Politicians, pundits and private citizens have been sounding off on Barack Obama’s new push for gun bans, but what do the professionals whose job it is to use guns in the protection of their nation, their fellow countrymen and themselves say?

1,100 Green Berets set record straight on guns

Watch out. An open letter has been posted on the Professional Soldiers blog that has been signed as of this writing by more than 1,100 current and former U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers, the Green Berets. Guard shoots at boy, 15, at FDA office in Bothell. SEATTLE - Security guards at a Food and Drug Administration laboratory in Bothell called police to say they had fired gunshots just a few minutes after contacting a suspicious person in a car in the parking lot Friday morning, police said.

Guard shoots at boy, 15, at FDA office in Bothell

Highway patrol gave feds Missouri weapon permits data - Columbia Daily Tribune : News. 14 Remaining Thanks for visiting The Columbia Daily Tribune .

Highway patrol gave feds Missouri weapon permits data - Columbia Daily Tribune : News

You're entitled to view 15 free articles every 30 days. Then, if you enjoy our site and want full access, we'll ask you to purchase an affordable subscription. 14 Remaining Thanks for visiting The Columbia Daily Tribune . You're entitled to view 15 free articles every 30 days, and you currently have 14 remaining. Then, if you enjoy our site and want full access, we'll ask you to purchase an affordable subscription. 14 Remaining Thank you for visiting ColumbiaTribune.com! 14 Remaining We hope you will enjoy this free article on The Columbia Daily Tribune . 14 Remaining Enjoy unlimited access to articles! 14 Remaining Thank you for reading The Columbia Daily Tribune . Gdixierose. Loretto Chapel miraculous staircase - Santa Fe, New Mexico. Prayer for Myers Briggs Types. Prayers for Myers Briggs Types.

Prayer for Myers Briggs Types

Godsdebris.pdf. Fallacies. Dr.

Fallacies

Michael C. Labossiere, the author of a Macintosh tutorial named Fallacy Tutorial Pro 3.0, has kindly agreed to allow the text of his work to appear on the Nizkor site, as a Nizkor Feature. It remains © Copyright 1995 Michael C. Labossiere, with distribution restrictions -- please see our copyright notice.

If you have questions or comments about this work, please direct them both to the Nizkor webmasters (webmaster@nizkor.org) and to Dr. Other sites that list and explain fallacies include: Oregon Company to Sell Drone Defense Technology to Public. Do you want to keep drones out of your backyard? An Oregon company says that it has developed and will soon start selling technology that disables unmanned aircraft.

The company, called Domestic Drone Countermeasures, was founded in late February because some of its engineers see unmanned aerial vehicles—which are already being flown by law enforcement in some areas and could see wider commercial integration into American airspace by 2015—as unwanted eyes in the sky.