business-and-politics
The iPhone 5 Will Cause Millions to Junk Perfectly Good Phones But It Will Not Save the Economy
Apple is expected to announce the next generation iPhone 5 today, and as if the usual hype train that accompanies a new Apple release weren't already running off the rails, the "media is now reporting":http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp...
Chinese Students Say They Are Being Forced to Build Your Next iPhone
*With an update* Now that Apple is putting the finishing touches on the most anticipated smartphone in history, Chinese students are again being pressed into service on the factory line inside the single largest internship program in the world.
If You've Got Romney's Tax Records, Larry Flynt Will Pay For Them
Although he has a good deal of hair left, Larry Flynt, legendary pornographer and publisher of _Hustler Magazine_ is beginning to resemble Dr. Evil (if only by virtue of character) as his offers of $1 million become more frequent. As you may recall...
It's Too Quiet: The Eerie Early Morning TV of 9/11
Fashion Week was just getting underway in New York. George W. Bush went for an early morning jog in Florida. Iraq shot down a Predator drone. The weather was still summer and perfect. Until 8.46 AM, September 11, 2001 was another morning in America.
The New Drug Subs Are Fully Submersible
It was only a matter of time. When Motherboard "caught up with the so-called godfather of narco subs":http://motherboard.vice.com/2010/7/4/go-inside-a-drug-submarine-with-the-narco-sub-godfather a few years back, the cartel's seaborne coke craft were...
China To Provide $2.2 Billion In Subsidies For Green Consumer Tech
In 2011, Chinese energy consumption "rose at the fastest pace in four years":http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-22/china-energy-consumption-rises-at-fastest-pace-in-four-years.html, continuing "a decade":http://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=d...
Hot Links: U.S. Wastes 30% of Healthcare Spending, NYC Nixes Taxi Apps, German First Lady Sues Google
*Hot Links is Motherboard's weekly roundup of key weekend stories you need to read.* A new report states that the U.S. wastes about 30 percent of all healthcare spending. Sarah Kliff "helps explain why":http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein...
Sorry Obama, It Isn't "Made in America"
Last night, if you were listening to the President accept his nomination, and were paying any attention to Twitter storm that happened simultaneously, you might have got a little sensitive to those keywords that Mr. Obama hit without fail. If you read...
Watch Marines Turn Vietnamese Villages Into County Fairs In This 1967 Video
In 1965, the U.S. sent 3,500 Marines into Vietnam to support the Air Force's activities and begin the United States' ground war in a region that had already seen decades of fighting. The surge was cause for General William Westmoreland to infamously...
Vermin Supreme Is Still Running For President, So Ponies For Everybody
Vermin Supreme, everyone's favorite OG meme and experimenter in boot fashion, has announced he's still running for president, according to this video from conservative muckraking site The Blaze. I believe he's running on a platform of outright honesty...
Jimmy Wales Won't Stand For the UK's Internet Tracking Bill
Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales is not too pleased with Parliament at the moment. British lawmakers are currently considering a bill known colloquially as the "snooper's charter" that would track the Internet usage, texting habits and email...
Rank War: Cracking Open the Lid On Militarized Stink Bombs
For all the visible horror and concussive din of combat, smell is war's lingering sting. Burning vehicles, fuel, and flesh. Fresh, spent cordite. Salt water. Opium. Sewage. War reeks. And no matter that so much of war is being robotized to the...