Congressional rules on trading had their start in 1789 - The Washington Post

Washington Post

Congress has been doing it since 1789

By Kimberly Kindy, Published: June 23

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It was 1789, and state-backed revolutionary war bonds had become virtually worthless. Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton moved in to shore up the investments.
 
Before word spread, members of Congress secretly scooped up thousands of the bonds from unsuspecting farmers and war veterans, paying pennies on the dollar.
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In response to the scandal, lawmakers prohibited Hamilton and future Treasury secretaries from buying or selling government bonds while in office.
But members of Congress did not extend the ban to themselves, a pattern that persists to this day.

.... Congressional rules on trading had their start in 1789 - The Washington Post

U.S., Israel developed Flame computer virus to slow Iranian nuclear efforts, officials say - The Washington Post

The Washington Post

>U.S., Israel developed Flame computer virus to slow Iranian nuclear efforts, officials say

By Ellen Nakashima, Greg Miller and Julie TateTuesday, June 19, 12:07 PM

The United States and Israel jointly developed a sophisticated computer virus nicknamed Flame that collected critical intelligence in preparation for cyber-sabotage attacks aimed at slowing Iran’s ability to develop a nuclear weapon, according to Western officials with knowledge of the effort.

The massive piece of malware was designed to secretly map Iran’s computer networks and monitor the computers of Iranian officials, sending back a steady stream of intelligence used to enable an ongoing cyberwarfare campaign, according to the officials.

.... U.S., Israel developed Flame computer virus to slow Iranian nuclear efforts, officials say - The Washington Post

Sioux Group Asks Officials to Reopen ’70s Cases - NYTimes.com

Tribe Seeks Reopening of Inquiries in ’70s Deaths 

By TIMOTHY WILLIAMS

Published: June 15, 2012

PINE RIDGE INDIAN RESERVATION, S.D. — Forty years after the siege at Wounded Knee by members of the American Indian Movement, the Oglala Sioux tribe has demanded that the federal government reopen dozens of cases it says the F.B.I. may have mishandled decades ago.

Tribal leaders say that as many as 75 people were killed on Pine Ridge during a three-year period of internecine violence that followed the 71-day Wounded Knee standoff with federal troops in 1973, a time that came to be known on the reservation as the “reign of terror.” 

The federal government has declined so far to re-examine the cases.

.... Sioux Group Asks Officials to Reopen ’70s Cases - NYTimes.com

'English Person' C-Word was NOT a Google Bomb - Explained

By Marcos – June 17, 2012

 The Google Bomb

A Google Bomb happens when people put links on websites with the intention of matching words with  a specific page which is not relevant. This is usually done as a joke or out of spite.

Why This Was Not A Google Bomb

No one was linking the words english person to the wikipedia entry.

.... 'English Person' C-Word was NOT a Google Bomb - Explained

Face distortion illusion

Start the video and stare at the cross in the middle. The faces to the left and right look distorted. But if you look directly at the faces, they are all normal.


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