Rumours swirl about ‘Mossad man’, Ben Zygier, found dead in Israeli jail Alistair Dawber Sunday, 17 February 2013 He was “a double agent working for Iran”; he was “responsible for the botched operation in a Dubai hotel in 2010” in… Read More ›
Month: February 2013
Ministers were alerted as long ago as 2011 that illegal horsemeat was entering the food chain
Witch-hunt at Defra over 2011 warning about horsemeat Iceland boss blames councils over ‘poor meat quality’ Oliver Wright Sunday, 17 February 2013 The Government is tonight urgently investigating allegations that ministers were alerted as long ago as 2011 that illegal… Read More ›
Foreigners arrested for trying to spread Christianity in Libya: ” We are a 100 percent Muslim country and this kind of action affects our national security”
Feb 17, 2013 01:43 Moscow Time Photo: EPA Four foreigners have been arrested in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on suspicion of being Christian missionaries and printing books about Christianity, a security official said on Saturday. “They were arrested on… Read More ›
Russian nuclear bombers intercepted over Guam
Bear Bombers Over Guam Russian nuclear bombers circle Guam Russian Tu-95 Bear long rang bomber aircraft / AP BY: Bill Gertz February 15, 2013 4:04 pm Two Russian nuclear-armed bombers circled the western Pacific island of Guam this week… Read More ›
Wal-mart sales a ‘total disaster’ ” Where are all the customers? And where’s their money?”
Wal-mart sales a ‘total disaster’, say leaked emails Wal-Mart has said sales this month have been a “total disaster”, according to leaked internal emails. Shares in Wal-Mart fell 2.1pc on Friday, marking their biggest fall since mid-December Photo: Alamy By… Read More ›
CCTVandalism: ‘Camover’ game pokes Big Brother’s eye in Germany
Published: 16 February, 2013, 16:45 Scores and bonuses for destroying CCTV cameras – that’s what you get if you play a new ‘reality-game’ in Germany. The ‘Camover’ movement is spreading across the country, despite the fact that there’s no real… Read More ›
North Korea seen preparing for rocket launch
Song Sang-ho The Korea Herald Publication Date : 16-02-2013 Seoul, Washington, Tokyo speed up talk on anti-Pyongyang sanctions North Korea appeared to be preparing for another long-range rocket launch at its northeastern Musudan-ri… Read More ›
Ultranationalist politician suggests 10-tonne meteorite was in fact a new American weapon
Hundreds hurt in Russia after meteorite falls to Earth Howard Amos in Moscow The Guardian, Friday 15 February 2013 15.53 EST Galina Zaglumyonova was woken in her flat in central Chelyabinsk by an enormous explosion that blew in the balcony… Read More ›
Tiffany v Costco
MANHATTAN – Costco is advertising and selling bogus Tiffany jewelry, Tiffany claims in a federal trademark complaint. http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/02/15/54910.htm
Study finds that ‘Big Pharma’ fails at self-policing ED drug advertising: Sex, lies and television?
“The mechanism set up by PhRMA for consumers to make complaints does not function: the FAX machine is typically not connected and complaints go unanswered.” Contact: Buffie Stephens buffiestephens@uncc.edu 704-687-5830 University of North Carolina at Charlotte CHARLOTTE, N.C. –Feb…. Read More ›
Building healthy bones takes guts : Lactobacillus reuteri, significant increase in bone density after four weeks
Building healthy bones takes guts Contact(s): Andy McGlashen Media Communications office: (517) 355-5158 cell: (517) 420-1908 andy.mcglashen@cabs.msu.edu, Laura McCabe Physiology and Radiology office: (517) 884-5152 mccabel@msu.edu In what could be an early step toward new treatments for people with osteoporosis,… Read More ›
Yale study links common chemicals to osteoarthritis : perfluorinated chemicals
Contact: Michelle Bell michelle.bell@yale.edu 203-432-9869 Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies New Haven, Conn. – A new study has linked exposure to two common perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) with osteoarthritis. PFCs are used in more than 200 industrial processes and… Read More ›
What you think, feel, and learn has cross-generational effects
Contact: Rhiannon Bugno Biol.Psych@utsouthwestern.edu 214-648-0880 Elsevier Life experiences put their stamp on the next generation: New insights from epigenetics A review from Biological Psychiatry Philadelphia, PA, February 14, 2013 – The 18th century natural philosopher Jean-Baptiste Lamarck proposed that the… Read More ›
England’s dire record on language learning laid bare in international study ( Can you spot the spelling Error ? )
EEV: We all make silly mistakes, but this one is just so Ironic I can’t resist ( Obviously a Typo ) . Please be Kind to the Independent. They are one of the best publications out there. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/englands-dire-record-on-language-learning-laid-bare-in-international-study-8497038.html
JFK secretly freed rapists, drug dealers and Mafia hitmen to kill Castro and curb threat of Communism, claims explosive new book
Revelations made by journalist Bill Deane in new book ‘Smooth Criminal’ It tells story of alleged CIA spy and ‘one-man crime wave’ Dave Riley Claims criminals allowed on ‘crime sprees’ in US when not working for CIA Deane: ‘Riley was … Read More ›
North Korea may stage two more nuclear tests this year, source says
Fourth test would be much larger than third, staged this week, and there could also be another rocket launch Reuters in Beijing guardian.co.uk, Friday 15 February 2013 09.37 EST North Korean soldiers and civilians in Pyongyang celebrate the success… Read More ›
Serb Mafia attempting to take out Presidential Aircraft
Friday, 15 February 2013 Mafia-linked criminal gangs have been trying to sabotage a Serbian government aircraft with the country’s top officials on board, Serbia’s Interior Ministry announced. A special investigation has produced evidence that the mafia is planning to hire… Read More ›
Another nuke test on Pyongyang’s plans
Feb 15, 2013 18:41 Moscow Time Photo: EPA According to Reuters, North Korea has notified China of its plan to carry out another nuclear test this year, with a yield of about 10 kilotons TNT. Last Tuesday, it detonated a… Read More ›
Meteorite hits Russian Urals: Fireball explosion wreaks havoc, up to 500 injured
Published: 15 February, 2013, 08:36 Edited: 15 February, 2013, 13:07 Russia’s Urals region has been rocked by a meteorite explosion in the stratosphere. The impact wave damaged several buildings, and blew out thousands of windows amid frigid winter weather. Hundreds… Read More ›
Meteorite crash in Russia: UFO fears spark panic in the Urals (VIDEO, PHOTOS) Update ? Military Claims Intercepted the Meteor ?
EEV: Raw Footage Linked Here: https://engineeringevil.com/2013/02/14/russian-meteor-raw-footage/ Published: 15 February, 2013, 08:36 Edited: 15 February, 2013, A series of explosions in the skies of Russia’s Urals region, reportedly caused by a meteor shower, has sparked panic in three major cities. Witnesses… Read More ›
Greek Unemployment: 60% of young out of work
Thursday, 14 February 2013 Tensions are running high in Greece as the country’s workers suffer from unemployment rates that are double the rest of the eurozone’s. More than 60 percent of Greece’s young workers are unemployed, according to new data.The… Read More ›
Saint Valentine: Egyptian Salafists say it’s a sin
Anyone in red or giving heart-shaped balloons is going to hell 14 February, 18:23 (ANSAmed) – CAIRO, FEBRUARY 14 – Saint Valentine’s is a Christian feast and therefore ”haram”, a sin, according to Egypt’s main Salafist movements. Jamaa Islamiya and… Read More ›
Emerging cancer drugs may drive bone tumors
February 12, 2013 By Julia Evangelou Strait Chang Yang, MD, PhD Investigational cancer drugs, IAP antagonists, may increase the risk of tumors spreading to bone. Tumors often cause bone loss, but IAP antagonist treatment accelerates the problem. Cancer drugs… Read More ›
Facial Structure May Predict Endorsement of Racial Prejudice
February 13, 2013 For Immediate Release Contact: Anna Mikulak Association for Psychological Science 202.293.9300 amikulak@psychologicalscience.org The structure of a man’s face may indicate his tendency to express racially prejudiced beliefs, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of… Read More ›
Vision restored with total darkness
Contact: Mary Beth O’Leary moleary@cell.com 617-397-2802 Cell Press IMAGE: Depriving normal visual experience in one eye early in life produces a reduction in visual acuity (amblyopia) for that eye (blue circles) while the acuity of the other… Read More ›
Mood-modifying drugs for humans also alter fish behavior
Contact: Natasha Pinol npinol@aaas.org 202-326-6440 American Association for the Advancement of Science Trace amounts of pharmaceuticals in rivers and streams inspire changes in wildlife This release is available in Arabic, French, Japanese, Spanish, Swedish, and Chinese. IMAGE: … Read More ›
Indian plant could play key role in death of cancer cells
Contact: Danielle Moores dwongmoores@yahoo.com 706-496-5956 Georgia Health Sciences University AUGUSTA, Ga. – Scientists at the Georgia Regents University Cancer Center have identified an Indian plant, used for centuries to treat inflammation, fever and malaria, that could help kill cancer cells…. Read More ›
Vitamin C is beneficial against the common cold: one gram per day or higher
Contact: Dr. Harri Hemilä harri.hemila@helsinki.fi 358-919-127-573 University of Helsinki Vitamin C seems to be particularly beneficial for people under heavy physical stress. In five randomized trials of participants with heavy short-term physical stress, vitamin C halved the incidence of the… Read More ›
‘Masked’ mold toxins ( greater than the potential health threats from pesticides and insecticides ) in food should be included in safety regulations
Contact: Michael Bernstein m_bernstein@acs.org 202-872-6042 American Chemical Society ‘Masked’ mold toxins in food should be included in safety regulations Government limits on mold toxins present naturally in grain crops should be expanded to include so-called “masked mycotoxins” that change from… Read More ›
Eurozone recession deepens in fourth quarter
14 Feb 2013 BRUSSELS (AFP) The recession in the 17-nation eurozone recession deepened sharply in the fourth quarter of 2012, with the economy shrinking by 0.6 percent from output in the three months to September when it dropped 0.1 percent, official… Read More ›
Greece: 27% unemployed in Nov 2012, new record high
Up from 26.6% in October 14 February, 12:44 A woman knitting caps on a pavement in central Athens [ARCHIVE MATERIAL 20111212 ] (ANSAmed) – ATHENS, 14 FEB – Unemployment levels in Greece reached record new highs in November 2012… Read More ›
Europe and US pledge to create world’s biggest trading bloc
The European Union and America are to open negotiations with the aim of creating the world’s biggest free trade area worth €86bn (£75bn) within two years. David Cameron pledged that Britain, which currently chairs the G8 group of countries, would… Read More ›
Teenager wins $109MILLION lawsuit after 90 percent of her skin falls off and she goes blind from allergic reaction to Children’s Motrin
Samantha Reckis was given Children’s Motrin to treat fever when she was seven years old However, quickly developed Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis, which caused 90 percent of her skin to fall off; she also lost her vision Jury awarded her and… Read More ›
Egyptian police go on strike
Feb 14, 2013 02:02 Moscow Time Photo: © Flickr.com/Gigi Ibrahim/cc-by In Egypt thousands of police officers went on strike on Wednesday demanding the resignation of Interior Minister Mohammed Anwar Ibrahim they believe is too closely associated with the country’s ruling… Read More ›
Top military officials have qualified immunity from 12 veterans who claim to have been raped during active duty
Military Clears Claims Over Raped Veterans By RYAN ABBOTT WASHINGTON (CN) – Top military officials have qualified immunity from the claims of 12 veterans who claim to have been raped during active duty, a federal judge ruled. In a 2012… Read More ›
Fired for Reporting ICU Risks, Kaiser Nurse Says
By WILLIAM DOTINGA OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) – A nurse claims that Kaiser Permanente managers fired her after she complained about sub-standard conditions in the neonatal intensive care unit of a newly-opened facility. Dawn Smith sued the Permanente Medical… Read More ›
New study finds neither HFCS nor table sugar increases liver fat under ‘real world’ conditions !!! STUDY designed to FAIL !!!
EEV: This study must be faulted in two area’s immediately: 1. Length of Study 10 Weeks, like Huh? 2. “Not only is it safe to consume caloric sweeteners at recommended levels, it is important for consumers to understand that high… Read More ›
Folic acid supplements early in pregnancy may reduce child’s risk of autism by 40 percent
Contact: Timothy S. Paul tp2111@columbia.edu 212-305-2676 Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health Large study in Norway finds early timing of supplements is critical Prenatal folic acid supplements appear to reduce the risk for autistic spectrum disorders, according to a… Read More ›
Commonly used painkiller ‘should be banned over heart risk’
A painkiller used by at least a million people in Britain a year should be banned because it raises the risk of heart attack and stroke by almost half, say British academics. Daily doses of painkillers can increase the risk… Read More ›
Exclusive: Cash for academies: Michael Gove ‘bribes’ schools to change their status
Claims taxpayers’ money is being spent on ‘buying off’ critics of the Education Secretary’s pet project James Cusick, Richard Garner Tuesday, 12 February 2013 Officials from Michael Gove’s department are offering £65,000 “bribes” to convince reluctant headteachers to convert their… Read More ›
Satire: How Europeans see the US
EEV: Alright I will link the other NON PC one also… Monday, 11 February 2013 http://macedoniaonline.eu/content/view/22687/55/
FDA withheld documents of defective defibrillator device to avoid embarrassing the manufacturer – and itself, a union claims in court.
Union Says FDA Is Hiding Document By ELIZABETH WARMERDAM LOS ANGELES (CN) – The FDA wrongfully redacted “almost every portion” of a crucial report on problems with an implanted heart defibrillator, to avoid embarrassing the manufacturer – and itself, a… Read More ›
State Department must explain the secrecy surrounding its plans to give Mexican nationals Social Security benefits
Mexican Social Security Deal Gets Another Look By DAN MCCUE (CN) – The State Department must explain the secrecy surrounding its plans to give Mexican nationals Social Security benefits, a federal judge ruled, siding with a group of senior citizens…. Read More ›
Prisoner X unveiled? Man who killed himself in Israeli jail-within-a-jail ‘was Australian Mossad agent’
Martin King Tuesday, 12 February 2013 A prisoner so anonymous that apparently not even his jailers knew his name or why he was locked up was a 34-year-old who had been recruited by Mossad, according to the Australian Broadcasting… Read More ›
European wages: Danish earn 25 Eur/hr, Bulgarians 1.5 Eur/hr …
Monday, 11 February 2013 There are massive discrepencies in earning power among European countries shows the latest report from Eurostat. The Danish are doing quite well for themselves, earning a net average of 25 Eur/hr ($34/hr). The Bulgarians on the… Read More ›
Satire: How Americans see Europe
EEV: I am a Proud U.S. Citizen, but I can’t help but laugh at this. Monday, 11 February 2013 http://macedoniaonline.eu/content/view/22686/55/
North Korea carries out third atomic test
AP Tuesday, 12 February 2013 North Korea said today it had tested a “miniaturised” nuclear device, defying the United Nations’ orders to stop building atomic weapons. The underground explosion could take North Korea a big step closer to its… Read More ›
Iran ‘mass producing’ copies of U.S. drone after reverse engineering design from machine it claims to have captured
State television claims Iran has already deployed the home-brew models Revolutionary Guards said they had brought down a ScanEagle last year By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 21:56 EST, 11 February 2013 | UPDATED: 22:01 EST, 11 February 2013 Iran… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 