Report: Shell gushed cash on Nigeria security – Central & South Asia – Al Jazeera English

Leaked documents reveal oil giant spent nearly 40 per cent of its $1bn security budget to guard assets in Nigeria.   Original post on aljazeera.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Lying on your resume – Steve Blank

It’s not the crime that gets you, it’s the coverup. Richard Nixon and Watergate Getting asked by reporter about where I went to school made me remember the day I had to choose whether to lie on my resume. I Badly Want the Job When I got my first job in Silicon Valley it was…   Original post on steveblank.com    Comments on reddit.com   

Astronaut and physicist Sally Ride passed away this week, her partner to receive NO federal benefits – Eclectablog

THIS is how we treat our heroes? Astronaut and Stanford physicist Sally Ride passed away this week from pancreatic cancer. She was the first American* woman and the youngest American of either gender to travel into space. My family has a small but imp…   Original post on eclectablog.com    Comments on digg.com   

Ron Paul To Ben Bernanke: “People Lose Trust In The Government Because You Lie To Them About Inflation” – ZeroHedge

Anytime Ron Paul sits across from Ben Bernanke you know sparks will fly. Sure enough, they did: starting 3 mins 50 seconds into the clip below, Ron Paul, guns blazing, asks the Chairman if he does his own shopping, if he is aware of what true inflation is, and if he knows that Americans don’t trust the government because they are being lied to about inflation. And it only gets better, once Paul starts brandishing a silver coin. The punchline:   Original post on zerohedge.com    Comments on digg.com