Burbia's Blog – April 2016 Archive (7)

TO PROTECT WEED FROM MONSANTO PATENTING, COMPANY BEGINS MAPPING CANNABIS GENOME

Published: April 27, 2016

"According to a report in The New York Times:

The resulting visualization will offer anyone the ability to easily travel in cyberspace through a three-dimensional projection of the genetic information drawn from sequencing samples of the plant, which is increasingly being legalized for medical and recreational use in states throughout the country…

Phylos has created a colorful 3-D map that visually represents the statistical… Continue

Added by Burbia on April 27, 2016 at 10:32am — 2 Comments

When We Mourn The Passing Of Prince But Not 500 Migrants, We Have To Ask: Have We Lost All Sense Of Perspective?

By Robert Fisk

April 23, 2016

Could not one of those dead children among the five hundred souls on the sinking Mediterranean boat become a ‘superstar’?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article44517.htm

Added by Burbia on April 24, 2016 at 10:24am — 1 Comment

POLICE ARE CREATING FAKE SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS TO MONITOR YOU — HERE’S HOW TO ID A FAKE ACCOUNT

"HOW TO IDENTIFY A FAKE USER ACCOUNT…

Account was made recently 2015, 2016.Account has no history published for earlier years, but Facebook says they have been a member since 2009, etc.Most fake accounts have 1 image or no real profile photo of the person. Some may only have a select few photos over a long span of time. A well seasoned user would have more photos posted over a long period of time. A fake account may have 7-10 photos posted on the same day.User has very few friends in… Continue

Added by Burbia on April 24, 2016 at 7:50am — No Comments

REVENGE OF THE VIKINGS — ICELAND WILL CREATE ITS OWN MONEY

Published: April 22, 2016

"The proposal, which would be a turnaround in the history of modern finance, was part of a report written by a lawmaker from the ruling centrist Progress Party, Frosti Sigurjonsson, entitled “A better monetary system for Iceland”.

“The findings will be an important contribution to the upcoming discussion, here and elsewhere, on money creation and monetary policy,” Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson said." ;

"President John F.… Continue

Added by Burbia on April 22, 2016 at 11:32pm — 1 Comment

Charlie Sheen to Star in 9/11 Indie Film

12:10 PM PST 3/7/2016 by Tatiana Siegel

"Directed by Martin Guigui, Nine Eleven revolves around five individuals trapped in an elevator in the World Trade Center during the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and their struggle to survive. Luis Guzman, Wood Harris and Olga Fonda also star."- Quote from Hollywood Reporter article.…

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Added by Burbia on April 7, 2016 at 11:44pm — No Comments

FAMOUS JAILED ICELANDIC BANKERS TO BE FREED - CONTROVERSIAL GOVERNMENT SECRETLY CHANGES LEGISLATION TO SHORTEN SENTENCE

Three jailed Kaupthing bankers will be freed today due to a change in legislation.

http://www.blacklistednews.com/Famous_Jailed_Icelandic_Bankers_To_Be_Freed_-_Controversial_government_secretly_changes_legislation_to_shorten_sentence/50320/0/38/38/Y/M.html

Here is a comment found over at… Continue

Added by Burbia on April 7, 2016 at 6:45pm — No Comments

WhatsApp toughens encryption after Apple-FBI row (Update)

The popular messaging service WhatsApp said Tuesday it had implemented "full end-to-end encryption," a move which steps up privacy but may lead to conflicts with law enforcement agencies.

This means that "when you send a message, the only person who can read it is the person or group chat that you send that message to," the statement said.

"No one can see inside that message. Not cybercriminals. Not hackers. Not oppressive regimes. Not even us."…

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Added by Burbia on April 5, 2016 at 8:34pm — No Comments