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"No one has given them permission to do this, nor have they consulted the larger community." Let's be plain, this is not science and these are not scientists. They are pulling a stunt. They are willing to fundamentally alter one of our planet's observable...
"Israeli firms began exporting weapons in the 1950s to Latin America, including to Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic under the Somoza and Trujillo dictatorships. Massive government investment in the arms industry followed the 1967 War and the ensuing...
"Why was the compound attacked? It seems likely that the presence of more than 20 CIA agents had something to do with it. Did an American ambassador die in Benghazi in part because the Obama Administration, like all its executive branch predecessors,...
Al Gore Publicly Admits Chemtrails Aerosol Spraying! Does spraying us with Aluminum and Barium and other toxic gases will save the world!? Does blocking the SUN will save the earth? ! ha ha Ladies and gentlemen these people have taken us for idiots!?...
"Anna Jarvis spearheaded the first Mother's Day events in 1908 to honor her own mother, a Sunday School teacher and caregiver for wounded soldiers during the Civil War. From that point on, she campaigned zealously for the holiday to become official and...
Two Stanford scientists - music researcher Chris Chafe and neurologist Josef Parvizi - have collaborated to build a device they've dubbed a "Brain Stethoscope," which translates human neural signals
"The ability to spy on Bloomberg terminal users came to light recently when Goldman officials learned that at least one reporter at the news service had access to a wide array of information about customer usage, sources said. In one instance, a Bloomberg...
www.huffingtonpost.com At least when it comes to topical application, you have a choice. You can easily buy fluoride-free toothpaste and mouthwash. But you're stuck with whatever your community puts in the water, and it's very difficult to filter out...
"President Obama is reportedly considering moving control of the drone program from the Central Intelligence Agency to the Defense Department, as questions about the program’s legality continue to be asked. But this shift would do nothing to confer legitimacy...
Based on the work of military affairs thinker John Robb.
William Burroughs: Advice for Young People
“We must go forward cautiously and consolidate each acquired position, because already the inferior social stratum of society is giving unceasing signs of agitation… Now, at the present time, using violence would be premature. We are not yet ready to...
Examining the 1963 Civil Rights March on Washington from the ground-level and focusing on the idealistic passion, joy and synergy of the crowds, James Blue's documentary lets us see the event take shape from the planning stage -- with sound checks and...
Many folk have heard that the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. made the comment that the U.S. government [was/is] "the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today". This was in context to a speech delivered on April 4, 1967 at Riverside Church...
japan's crowded
"On one of the remotest islands on our planet, tens of thousands of baby albatrosses lie dead on the ground, their bodies filled with plastic from the Pacific Garbage Patch."
http://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddisalvo/2013/08/22/study-to-the-human-brain-me-is-we/ "A new study from University of Virginia researchers supports a finding that’s been gaining science-fueled momentum in recent years: the human brain is wired to connect...
synthetic biology previously: "Daniel Burd, a Canadian high school student, presented his research on microorganisms that can rapidly biodegrade plastic. Daniel had a thought it seems even the most esteemed PhDs hadn’t considered. Plastic, one of the...
www.c-spanvideo.org In a panel titled, "Who's Watching the Spies: Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans -- A Look Back at the Church Committee Report," the panel members discussed the work of the committee. The "Church Committee" refers...
when in rome http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/22/world/europe/italy-beppe-grillo-profile/ www.cnn.com Italian voters may finally be losing their appetite for Silvio Berlusconi's off-color "jokes," but if the rise of Beppe Grillo is any indication, there's still...
"The documents obtained by EPIC suggest that the program is operational." http://epic.org/2013/01/epic-obtains-documents-on-nsas.html epic.org The NSA has turned over documents on the controversial “Perfect Citizen” program to EPIC in response to a FOIA...
www.psmag.com Ecologists Chelsea M. Rochman and Mark Anthony Browne call for governments to classify plastic like PVC and polystyrene as hazardous waste. Persistent plastics pose problems for the planet. (Say that five times fast!) While many groups and...
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/18/magazine/is-it-nuts-to-give-to-the-poor-without-strings-attached.html "In the past decade it has become increasingly common to give money right to the very poor. After Mexico’s economic crisis in the mid-1990s, Santiago...
http://www.today.com/news/bradley-manning-i-want-live-woman-6C10974915 "I want to thank everybody who has supported me over the last three years. Throughout this long ordeal, your letters of support and encouragement have helped keep me strong. I am forever...
