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A measure for the multiverse
By Escape The Illusion on March 3, 2010 | No Comments
WHEN cosmologist George Ellis turned 70 last year, his friends held a party to celebrate. There were speeches and drinks and canapés aplenty to honour the theorist from the University of Cape Town, South Africa, who is regarded as one of the world’s leading experts on general relativity. But... -
Joe Stack’s LetterBy Escape The Illusion on February 23, 2010 | 2 Comments
Here at ETI we do not know if this is Joe Satck’s actual letter, but we thought we should share what we found. If you’re reading this, you’re no doubt asking yourself, “Why did this have to happen?” The simple truth is that it is complicated and has been coming for a long time. The wri... -
Totally Corrupt TV: Corporate Lobbyists Pose as Disin...By Escape The Illusion on February 19, 2010 | 1 Comment
Covert corporate influence-peddling is taking over cable news. President Obama spent most of December 4 touring Allentown, Pennsylvania, meeting with local workers and discussing the economic crisis. A few hours later, the state’s former governor, Tom Ridge, was on MSNBC’s Hardball With... -
Big Banks Are Feeding Like Parasites on the Govt.R...By Escape The Illusion on February 4, 2010 | No Comments
Big bank CEOs like to trumpet free-market ideology, but they depend on the government for survival in good times and bad. Wall Street bankers, along with the rest of the players in the financial industry, like to think of themselves as swashbuckling capitalists. They battle cutthroat competition wit... -
A new approach to ChinaBy Escape The Illusion on January 12, 2010 | No Comments
Like many other well-known organizations, we face cyber attacks of varying degrees on a regular basis. In mid-December, we detected a highly sophisticated and targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure originating from China that resulted in the theft of intellectual property from Google. Howev... -
While U.S. debates gay marriage, Uganda considers dea...By Escape The Illusion on January 8, 2010 | 2 Comments
KAMPALA, Uganda – Proposed legislation would impose the death penalty for some gay Ugandans, and their family and friends could face up to seven years in jail if they fail to report them to authorities. Even landlords could be imprisoned for renting to homosexuals. Gay rights activists say the... -
Opponents of House Health Reform Bill Received 15 Per...By Escape The Illusion on November 9, 2009 | No Comments
The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed its version of a landmark health insurance reform bill Saturday night, 220-215, and opponents of the measure have received an average of 15 percent more from health industry and health insurance interests over the past 20 years, a Center for Responsi...
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4 Prisoners Facing Executions or Serving Extreme Jail...By Escape The Illusion on October 27, 2009 | No Comments
By Liliana Segura Recent evidence shows that an executed Texas man was innocent. There are others who still might avoid that fate. For the full article: http://www.alternet.org/rights/143499/4_prisoners_facing_executions_or_serving_extreme_jail_sentences_who_very_well_may_be_innocent ...
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