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Guantanamo camp burns through $900,000 a year per inmate

“It’s been dubbed the most expensive prison on Earth and President Barack Obama cited the cost this week as one of many reasons to shut down the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, which burns through some $900,000 per prisoner annually. The Pentagon estimates it spends about $150 million each year to operate the prison and military court system at the U.S. Naval Base in Cuba. By comparison, super-maximum security prisons in the United States spend about $60,000 to $70,000 at most to house their inmates, analysts say. And the average cost across all federal prisons is about $30,000, they say.” Continue reading →

South Korean toddler gets first ever windpipe transplant

“An international team of surgeons has successfully given a South Korean-Canadian toddler a life-saving windpipe transplant made from plastic fibers and some of her own stem cells. Hannah Warren, 2, was born without a trachea and is now the youngest person to ever receive a bio-engineered organ, after an operation in the United States. She had spent her life in an intensive care unit in Seoul, with a feeding tube keeping her alive. Doctors had initially given her little chance of surviving. The nine-hour transplant was a life-saving surgery for the child, who was unable to breathe, speak, swallow, eat or drink on her own since birth.” Continue reading →

World on the verge of a new industrial revolution: Mass 3D printing

“As potentially game-changing as the steam engine or telegraph, 3D printing could herald a new industrial revolution. The prospect of printers turning out any object you want at the click of a button may seem like the stuff of science fiction. But 3D printing is already here, is developing fast, and looks set to leap from the labs and niche industries onto the wider market. ‘There are still limits imposed by the technology available today,’ said Olivier Olmo, operational director of Switzerland’s EPFL research institution. ‘But I’m certain that within 10 or 20 years, we’ll have a kind of revolution in terms of the technology being available to everyone.'” Continue reading →

India central bank introduces more policies to curb gold imports

“India’s central bank announced more stringent measures for gold imports by banks in it’s annual monetary statement. Analysts said the move is likely to impact country’s gold imports this year. The central bank said banks will be allowed to import bullion on a consignment basis to meet only genuine needs of exporters of gold jewelry. RBI will issue detailed guidelines on gold imports by authorized banks by the end of this month after it sees banks also import gold on an unfixed price basis and loan basis, according to the central bank.” Continue reading →

Lying Swiss Bankers Have Trapped American Clients: “Sell Your Gold. Now.”

“Approximately five weeks ago, I was notified by my bank in Geneva that they would no longer be providing private banking services to clients in the United States and Canada. After looking at the options for the liquidation of a portfolio that consisted of about 80% physical gold bullion, I made the request to take physical possession. I have certificates for each bar purchased over a period of two years but was told this morning that they would not permit me to take physical delivery. I had previously been assured that physical delivery was possible but since they have decided to close out these accounts, my previous representative has left the bank.” Continue reading →

‘Patriot Garden’ Under Attack In Orlando

“Jennifer and Jason Helvenston of Orlando, Fla. built their home with naturally sourced materials, harvest eggs from their backyard chickens and grow vegetables in their front yard. Not only does their garden provide them with their own food, but it has become a community attraction where the couple teaches local youth about homegrown vegetables. But the Orlando City Council—which aspires to be ‘the greenest city in America’—claimed that the Helvenstons’ harmless, well-tended front yard garden was in non-compliance with the city code, and threatened to fine the couple $500 a day unless they uprooted it and replaced it with lawn.” Continue reading →

Sam Brownback digs in on “Made in Kansas” gun exemption law

“Dozens of states are considering bills that attempt to nullify federal gun laws. One such bill became a law last month in Kansas. It exempts ‘Made in Kansas’ guns from federal regulation and makes it a crime for federal agents to enforce federal law. Attorney General Eric Holder said the law is ‘unconstitutional,’ and that the U.S. is prepared to sue Kansas to prevent the state from ‘interfering with the activities of federal officials.’ In a letter to Holder yesterday, Brownback wrote: ‘The people of Kansas have clearly expressed their sovereign will. It is my hope that upon further review, you will see their right to do so.'” Continue reading →

Number of names on U.S. terrorist watch list jumps to 875,000

“The number of names on a highly classified U.S. central database used to track suspected terrorists has jumped to 875,000 from 540,000 only five years ago, a U.S. official familiar with the matter said. Maintained by the National Counterterrorism Center, the highly classified database is not a ‘watchlist’ but instead is a repository of information on people whom U.S. authorities see as known, suspected or potential terrorists from around the world.” Continue reading →