www.techdirt.com You may recall a couple weeks ago the discovery that the IRS believed that it did not need a warrant to view emails over 180 days old. That got a fair bit of attention, and recently, Senator Wyden asked the IRS about this.

sustainablepulse.com A new peer-reviewed scientific paper has been released in the US stating that glyphosate-based herbicides such as Roundup are contributing to the modern diseases that are reaching epidemic proportions in recent decades. A direct link...

www.aljazeera.com The "new direction" newly-elected Horacio Cartes has promised for Paraguay is hardly new at all.

In this episode of the Keiser Report, Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert follow the ounces not the prices in the precious metals market and discuss the psyops of the gold war where sales of 1100 tons (45% of annual new supply) is sold into the market at once...

www.salon.com A digitally altered photo of the flooding in Pyongyang is not the first -- or worst -- of government tampered pics

www.wsws.org Emergency manager Kevyn Orr claims he is under no legal obligation to participate in bargaining with public safety employees, including police, firefighters and emergency medical responders.

WATERTOWN, MA -- On Friday, April 19, 2013, the small Boston suburb of Watertown was completely locked down. Governor Deval Patrick ordered that people stay in their homes and that businesses close, as droves of police and soldiers closed down the city....

“It’s likely that there will be a crematorium,” said CEO Bas Lansdorp. “It’s up to the people on Mars to decide what to do with their dead.” ktla.com Step right up and prove why you should get a one-way ticket to Mars! Well, wait -- you might want to...

io9.com It happens all the time in science fiction stories: aliens park their vessels in Earth orbit, and things go pear-shaped. But what if this scenario unfolded in real life? What would be the best thing for us to do? We asked several anthropologists...