terrorism
Random Stuff
Somali Terrorists Ban Musical Ringtones
10:13PM Danny Allen | Seriously, how messed up is this. Al Shabaab insurgents in Somalia (Al Qaeda’s proxy in the region) are going around flogging teenagers for listening to music and watching videos on their phones. Not to mention the senseless killings and amputations. More »
Random Stuff
Nintendo Wii Balance Boards to Fight Aircraft Terrorism?
12:20AM Danny Allen | A $US20 million project funded by US Homeland Security is researching ways to detect how suspicious you are by tracking your temperature, breathing and eye movements. And get this: they’ve modified a Wii Balance board to check for nervous fidgeting/weight-shifting. More »
Random Stuff
Large Hadron Collider Scientist Arrested For Al Qaeda Links
6:12AM Jesus Diaz | Police have arrested a 32-year-old physicist at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, linking him to an Al Qaeda terrorist group. Just fraking great. As if we didn’t have enough with the morons predicting Apocalypse and the thing failing on its own. More »
Random Stuff
8:00AM Jesus Diaz | Is it a communist naval mine? A communist robot? A communist giant ashtray? A communist trashcan? What? In the name of Mao Zedong I ask you: What are you, you weird ironclad device you? More »
What Is This?
8:00AM Jesus Diaz | Is it a communist naval mine? A communist robot? A communist giant ashtray? A communist trashcan? What? In the name of Mao Zedong I ask you: What are you, you weird ironclad device you? More »
Vehicles
US Government Plans To Use 747 To Clean Cities After Attacks
11:20AM Jesus Diaz | I don’t know about you, but this makes me nervous: US government agencies are now looking at the possibility of using the impressive Boeing 747-100 Supertanker for dirty radioactive and biological bombing clean-up. In fact, it’s already being tested. More »
Vehicles
“We’re Going To Need A Bigger Boat”
2:30AM Jack Loftus | A scene from my neighborhood: The “wall” the Coast Guard is protecting with their tiny little machine gun is actually the LNG tanker Suez Matthew. LNG tankers are a hot button issue in Massachusetts due to terrorism concerns. [Universal Hub] More »
Online
Google Earth Head Responds to Allegations of Aiding Terrorists
9:00AM Mark Wilson | Sure, Google Earth’s satellite view of the world is expected to keep secretive governments nervous, but when both Hamas militants in Gaza and Pakistan-based terrorists have reportedly endorsed Google Earth, director John Hanke must respond. More »
Weapons
Al Qaeda Schooled in Making Detonators Out of Sega Cartridges
8:20AM Sean Fallon | Apparently, escaping from Guantánamo Bay is not quite as easy as Harold and Kumar made it seem. As the NYT points out, the prison still harbors terrorists that the government claims are highly trained and resourceful—including at least one detainee that was taught how make detonators out of old SEGA cartridges. In all likelihood, the individual they were referring to was Hassan Bin Attash—a teenage detainee that human rights organisations believe was tortured before doing time in Gitmo. It’s just like stuffing an NES into a cartridge—only more scary and depressing. [NYT via DasGamer via Kotaku] More »
Gadgets
London Getting Bomb-Proof, News-Delivering Trash Cans
1:20AM Adam Frucci | In London, public trash cans are hard to come by, as they’re an easy receptacle for bombs. Which makes it hard to throw things away properly! Now, the city is going to bring trash cans back, but they’re going to be big, hulking masses, totally bomb-proof and equipped with LCD screens to tell you the days news as you throw away your coffee cup. More »
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