From Jenna Orkin in New York
Headlines
US risks Beijing's ire with cruise
IoS investigation: The great British energy rip-off
Putin Leads Russia's Biggest Nuclear Tests In Decades
Big Stars Sign On To 9/11 Conspiracy Movie
It remains to be seen whether this is a poison pill. - JO
Survey: 40 Percent Of Americans Have $500 Or Less In Savings
Brain-Controlled Full Body Suit to Be Used In Fukushima Cleanup
Belgium: Exxon-Mobil Manager Shot Dead
Obama officials conducted 'secret exchanges' with Iran since 2009
Economy
Those banking problems just keep on coming ...
Rick Santelli: ‘Do the Math! Zero Jobs Created!’
Student Loan Debt Hits Record High
Foxconn Says Underage Workers Used in China Plant
Australian Government Wants to Outlaw Inexpensive Alcoholic Beverages
Wealthy Advised to Sell for Gains Before Unfriendly 2013
Energy/Resources
Study: boys reaching puberty earlier
'Too expensive' cystic fibrosis drug is blocked due to expense
Kudos to the Huffington Post for publishing an article on this topic. However, the article doesn't go far enough to truly lay out the hurdles against sustainably feeding 7+ billion people. The article makes no mention of the fact that beef is the least sustainable protein in terms of energy return (calories) on energy invested (food, land, or water). As our global population rises any increase in beef production is a direct threat on the Earth's natural resources. One of the major causes of deforestation today is to clear land to raise beef. This land only remains productive for only a fear years as the verdant forests art reduced to dry and plantless wastelands.
As humanity eats through the large protein animals remaining on Earth, perhaps we should be considering weaning ourselves off of beef altogether or at least significantly reducing our red meat intake. Beef could be sustainable if it were a smaller portion of the world's protein diet. But as long as economic growth and population growth continue unchecked then we will continue clear-cutting the world and dumping untold resources all for the next Big Mac. What a waste. -- Collapse Network Staff
Clinton Cites Energy in Diplomacy From Oil to Climate
Madagascar palm trees at risk of extinction, study finds
"Madagascar's rain forests have shrunk to less than a quarter of their original size, the IUCN said"
The Beef story above is one good example of why this is happening. This is one of those stories that people have heard many times, they agree it is horrible, and then quickly forget as they go about their consumerism lives. They do not make the link that the choices in their lives have an impact on mother nature. A new deck, furniture set, or wood floor sound great and reasonable to buy, because the ecological costs are being paid by others and then eventually shared by all organisms on Earth.
In the distant future, if any sentient being were to look back on our current paradigm it would look dysfunctional and resemble an addict destroying everything around them to feed their addiction (free energy, endless population growth, unchecked consumption, etc...). Humans have become resource junkies and Madagascar is a track mark. We must stop enabling each other and start saying, "Hello, I am an Earthling. I have a problem." And then make concrete steps to stop our addictions. If we don't, then we will end up consuming everything for short term pleasure and doom all life on Earth. Humans have the potential to become the ecological equivalent of the giant asteroid that hit Mexico 65 million years ago that put an end to that epoch's paradigm. CollapseNet members know where we stand; where do you? -- Collapse Network Staff
Military/Intelligence
Israel intercepts Gaza-bound ship
Murdoch considers bid for LA Times
The Shining - Heeere's a Conspiracy Theory
"US documentarist Rodney Ascher records a number of outré but erudite takes on the film. The idea that Kubrick was part of a conspiracy to fake Apollo 11 footage is the wildest, but theories about the Overlook's paradoxical geography, or the presence of Holocaust themes, or the idea that the film is really about the massacre of the Native Americans … well, it's not such a jump to buy those hypotheses. They're just the tip of the iceberg – Ascher tells me of another truly arcane theory that the film is really about America's abandonment of the gold standard, based on the fact that much of the film's action takes place in the hotel's opulent Gold Room."
Supreme Court Terminates Warrantless Electronic Spying Case
Crimes by ATF and DEA Informants Not Tracked by Feds
‘You’re not going to hear about the Windows 8 upgrade cycle. This is the end of Windows.’
U.S. Mercenaries Drunk, Shooting IV Drugs in Afghanistan
Reverse-Engineered Pacemaker Transmitter Enables ‘Anonymous Assassination’
Couple that with: Medical Equipment Riddled with Malware - JO
Switzerland Prepares Army for Euro Zone Fallout
Civil Unrest/Politics
UK trade unions march against cuts
Austerity brings out the protesters
UK austerity protests challenge government cuts
Green Party Presidential Candidate Arrested Outside Debate Site
From Rice Farmer in Japan
Global Ponzi meltdown/House of Cards
U.S. stocks nailed by disappointing earnings
Moody’s Skeptical of German Banks
You can see $1,900 Gold by October end, if QE history repeats: Deutsche Bank
Australia's Nine Network on brink of collapse
Swiss banks closing U.S. accounts
Hong Kong Defends Its Currency Peg for First Time Since 2009
Ten Nations That Control the World’s Gold
Airline Death Spiral
Tighter security sees long queues at Heathrow
India could face shortage of air traffic control officers
Southwest Curbs Labor Spending After 13% Cost Growth
DGCA suspends Kingfisher licence
Fault lines/flashpoints/powder kegs/military/war drums
U.S. joins Turkey, Iran in call for brief cease-fire in Syria’s civil war
Cease-fire imposed as rival Libyan forces square off outside Bani Walid
E.U. ‘regrets’ Israeli settlement plan
Israel seizes pro-Palestinian activist ship off Gaza
Eleven killed in Iraq bombings and shootings - officials
Six Afghan police killed in insider attack, officials say
Police in Azerbaijan arrest dozens of opposition activists
The Alliance From Hell (US and Pakistan)
Japan, U.S. to cancel drill to retake island
"The governments are set to cancel the drill as it could provoke further anger from China after a row escalated when Japan last month nationalised some of the disputed islands, also claimed by Beijing, Jiji Press reported Saturday."
Could the U.S. Become the Next Japan for China?
US Behind Turkish Downing of Syrian Passenger Plane
Global unrest/mob rule/angry people/torches and pitchforks
Italian workers rally against job losses, spending cuts
"Thousands of Italian trade unionists rallied in central Rome on Saturday to protest against public spending cuts, job losses and factory closures, urging Mario Monti's government to do more to help workers hit by recession."
Protesters block roads in Lebanon after car bomb
London protesters bash Britain's austerity drive
Energy/resources
India To Maintain Oil Imports From Iran At Current Level
Canada blocks Petronas' $5.2 billion bid for Progress Energy
Canada takes hard line on natural resources, no matter the cost
Syria Turns to Iran for Electricity, Leaves Regional Power Grid
Blackout Averted: Crisis meeting averts more blackouts (Antigua)
Economy still threatened by power cuts due to vandalism (Kenya)
Gevo, Syntroleum Vying for Military Biofuel Supply Deals
Nigeria’s crude oil export to the US slumps
Big Oil Isn't as Profitable as Everyone Thinks
Infrastructure scavenging
Thieves Across US Stealing SUV Seats
Scrap metal dealers doubt local laws will stop thefts from buildings
Got food?
Labor Shortage Hits Some Apple Growers Hard (US)
Nigeria: Food Scarcity Looms Afer Devasting Floods
Soaring Food Prices: The Reason behind Malnutrition
Rising food prices kept 8 million Indians chained to poverty: UN report
Environment/health
Mobile phones can cause brain tumours, court rules.
"A landmark court case has ruled there is a link between using a mobile phone and brain tumours, paving the way for a flood of legal actions."
High winds create Dust Bowl effect over Wichita area
Boys in USA, like girls, showing signs of early puberty
Study: Heat prolonged ancient extinctions
Fungal meningitis outbreak tied to steroid shots isn't the first, reports show
CDC: Meningitis Mold In Tainted Drug Can Incubate For Months
U.S. CDC Says Meningitis Death Toll Rises to 23; 284 Sickened
Ocean fertilization experiment alarms marine scientists
Intelligence/security/internet/cyberwar
Future surveillance technology will read your brain waves
Web users turn on trolls in what may be a new Internet age
Russian opposition "election" hit by cyber attack: organizers
Police protection or citizen censorship? Spain to ban photos and videos of cops
Record 36% Concerned About Online Human Rights Abuses: Survey (Japan)
Conflicting images emerge of NY terror suspect
Systemic breakdown
O2 UK to plough £10m into network after latest outage
Japan
Hokkaido Electric fears up to 10% power shortfall in winter
Japan utilities' Sept gas consumption rises 3.2 pct y/y
Robot suit offers hope for nuclear clean-up work
Japan eyes 200 bil. yen stimulus to boost slowing economy
Mitsubishi Fuso recalls 58,000 vehicles globally
Japan fails to win support on Senkakus issue from Europe's 'Big 3'
China
Chinese steelmakers to suffer as property sector shrinks
China Unlikely to Replicate US Shale Gas Boom
UK
Roll up your sleeves and find jobs, minister tells unemployed
"Jobless people who do not make enough of an effort to find work face a 'rude awakening' from tomorrow under new rules which could see them stripped of their benefits for three years."
US
NRC Whistleblowers: Risk of Nuclear Melt-Down In U.S. Is Even HIGHER Than It Was at Fukushima
"Massive Cover-Up of Risks from Flooding to Numerous U.S. Nuclear Facilities"
40 Percent Of Americans Have $500 Or Less In Savings
The Strangely True Tale Of Johnny Appleseed
TSA Removes X-Ray Body Scanners From Major Airports
GulfSouth Private Bank of Fla. fails, 44th of year
And finally…
Photo: The 'grossest' Zombie Walk make-up ever for Halloween (This is gross!)
