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Venezuela inflation soars to record monthly high 6.1%; 35% annualized

“Last month’s consumer price rises, up from 4.3 percent in April, took Venezuela’s annualized inflation rate to a startling 35.2 percent, the highest in the Americas. A lack of hard currency has left businesses struggling to import key consumer products. Long queues at shops, and even scuffles, have become common as Venezuelans face shortages of basic goods from toilet paper to wheat flour. A devaluation of the bolivar currency in February, and heavy government spending throughout 2012 when Chavez won re-election, have exacerbated price pressures in Venezuela, which has for decades suffered high inflation.” Continue reading →

Have a Gmail Account? Want to See what NSA ‘Metadata’ Really Means?

“Learn about your relationships and what the NSA may know about you at a very base level, if they just have access to your header email data. Try this: https://immersion.media.mit.edu/ ” Continue reading →

Police Commandeer Homes, Get Sued

“Henderson police arrested a family for refusing to let officers use their homes as lookouts for a domestic violence investigation of their neighbors, the family claims in court. The Mitchell family’s claim includes Third Amendment violations, a rare claim in the United States. The Third Amendment prohibits quartering soldiers in citizens’ homes in times of peace without the consent of the owner. Police took Anthony and Michael Mitchell to jail and booked them for obstructing an officer. They were jailed for at least nine hours before they bailed out, they say in the complaint.” Continue reading →

Israeli security strip searches Arab journalist at U.S. July Fourth party

“Security guards for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu strip searched an Arab journalist working for the U.S.-funded Alhurra network at the the U.S. ambassador’s Fourth of July celebration in Tel Aviv, the network said on Thursday. The AP report said that Jallad was forced to remove his shoes and sit in the sun for half an hour. He was then taken to a room and ordered to remove his pants and submit to a body inspection. After 90 minutes, he was allowed to enter the event. The network said that Jallad had previously covered Netanyahu on many occasions and had a government-issued press card.” Continue reading →

Ex-Marine Arrested for Wearing Wrong T-Shirt at Supreme Court

“Police had probable cause to arrest a Marine Corps veteran in the Supreme Court building for wearing a jacket that said ‘Occupy Everywhere,’ a federal judge ruled. Deputy Chief Timothy Dolan approached him and told Scott that he could not wear the jacket in the building because it was comparable to a sign or demonstration. Dolan told Scott he must either take off the jacket or leave the building. When Scott refused to do either, Dolan instructed another officer to place Scott under arrest for unlawful entry. Scott was released the same day, and charges against him were later dropped.” Continue reading →

Use of garages as social gathering place spurs action by officials

“More patio than parking place or storage for power tools, Mariam Khalaf said her garage is primarily for ‘chilling purposes’ — including smoking, eating and watching TV with family and friends, including next-door neighbors Muheeb Nabulsy and his wife, Fatima Mkkawi. Now, officials in the Detroit suburb are looking at changing an ordinance on garage use, arguing that as people get a little too comfortable hanging out in the garage, more cars are clogging side streets. Dearborn officials say the ordinance-tightening is not meant to target Arabs or anyone else. They say the structures are not meant to be living spaces, so building permits cannot be issued to convert them.” Continue reading →

Coke cans toxic caramel coloring but Pepsi still packs 8 times the ‘safe’ amount

“Coke products no longer contain 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI), whereas Pepsi has only changed the products it sells in California. Research showed that 10 out of 10 Pepsi products purchased outside of California during the month of June 2013 still contain 4-MEI at levels ‘four to eight times higher than the safety thresholds set by California.’ Pepsi assured NPR reporter Allison Aubrey that there is nothing dangerous about their products. ‘The FDA and other regulatory agencies around the world, including the European Food Safety Authority and Health Canada, consider our caramel coloring safe for use in foods and beverages,’ a spokesperson insisted.” Continue reading →

Whole milk may be better for kids than skim milk

“‘We just don’t see any benefit for focusing on reducing fat,’ Ludwig said. ‘We think it’s a holdover from a paradigm that evolved in the late 20th century based on the relatively simplistic idea that fat has the most calories per gram and that eliminating fat will reduce weight gain.’ Another study in the Archives of Disease in Childhood in March echoed the JAMA study and showed that children who drank lower-fat milk were more likely to be overweight later in life.” Continue reading →