– In the 2 days immediately after influenza immunization, study participants socially encountered almost twice as many other humans as they did in the 2 days before immunization CHRIS REIBER, PHD, MPH, ERIC C. SHATTUCK, MS, SEAN FIORE,… Read More ›
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Home Depot founder hits out at Pope Francis claiming the pontiff ‘fails to understand rich Americans’
EEV: ” anonymous donor might not contribute a seven-figure sum to the restoration of Manhattan’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral because of this” Bribing the Pope, as he is trying to bring attention to wealthy corrupt individuals, and not people who worked ethically for their… Read More ›
Turkish govt fending off ‘mini-coup attempt’ – minister
Turkey’s government said Tuesday it was fending off an “attempted mini-coup” by elements in the police and judiciary, Reuters reported. The ruling AK Party had in the past survived military coup plots, Deputy Prime Minister Ali Babacan said, adding that… Read More ›
Arms deals fixer Ziad Takieddine refused entry and returned to France
– confessed to paying kick-backs to an aide of the former French President Nicolas Sarkozy – Claims late Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi paid up to £40m towards Mr Sarkozy’s successful 2007 presidential election bid Tom Harper Tuesday, 31 December… Read More ›
Shipping companies largely silent on NSA intercepting packages
– the National Security Agency intercepts electronics packages to install spyware Posted By Giuseppe Macri On 11:56 AM 12/31/2013 In Shipping giants FedEx and UPS haven’t said much since it was revealed Sunday that the National Security Agency intercepts electronics… Read More ›
Chinese leaders will not speak with Abe / the Chinese people will certainly not welcome him
(Xinhua) 07:11, December 31, 2013 BEIJING, Dec. 30 — Chinese leaders will not have any dialogue with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said here Monday. “In regard to such a Japanese leader, the Chinese people… Read More ›
NSA seizes full control of targeted iPhones via DROPOUTJEEP malware
Dec 30, 2013 Will Conley The NSA developed in 2008 a software program for iPhones that can selectively and stealthily deliver data from iPhones to the NSA. The program is called DROPOUTJEEP. News of the malware is the… Read More ›
Turkey: woman detained for protesting Erdogan with shoebox
30 December, 13:03 (ANSAmed) – ANKARA, DECEMBER 30 – Turkish police detained a woman in the western province of Manisa yesterday after she protested against Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan with a shoebox, in a reference to money… Read More ›
Tailored Access Operations (TAO) NSA Was Compromised Months Ago
EEV: Best Intel is always False Intel: In response to a special request, here were the initial press leaks in regards to TAO NSA Accessed Mexican President’s Email OCT 2013 Was ISRAEL behind the hacking of millions of French phones and… Read More ›
Michael Bloomberg ‘spent $650 million of own money’ as New York mayor
– ” The mayor’s free-spending ways are also being felt in London, where he has been cultivating political leaders and the cultural elite and is expected to spend much of his post-mayoral time “ Outgoing mayor spent vast amounts of personal… Read More ›
Our Safari through TOR – Espionage, Assasination, and Private Armies
EEV: Nothing Special Here . Just posting up a few Common easy to find TOR posts, for our Non TOR users. Often the media makes solicitations for subversive dealings appear unusual or uncommon, but they are not. I will post web page… Read More ›
Attrition: Fighter Pilots Doomed By Poverty
December 30, 2013: The political battles over chronic deficit spending in the United States has led to sharp and often unexpected cuts in the military budget over the last few years. This has forced the U.S. Air force… Read More ›
Second blast in Russia’s Volgograd kills 14 on trolleybus
Source: Reuters – Mon, 30 Dec 2013 08:26 AM Author: Reuters * Trolleybus bombing follows Sunday’s railway station attack * Bombings underscore Russia’s vulnerability ahead of Sochi Games * Explosion guts bus, leaves bodies in street * More attacks… Read More ›
Eli Lilly and Zyprexa Under the Spotlight / (( Employees WROTE the MEDICAL STUDIES ))
Public release date: 16-Jun-2009 – Reposted at request here, so it can be permalinked… – was done despite Lilly’s access and knowledge of at least seven studies that showed the drug was apparently ineffective for the treatment of dementia –… Read More ›
The thrifty terrorists: Receipts reveal how al-Qaida records every expense down to 60 cents for cake and a $1.60 pot of mustard
The extremists left more than 100 receipts in a building occupied by al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb in Timbuktu earlier this year They assiduously tracked their cash flow, recording purchases as small as a single light bulb The often tiny… Read More ›
French court approves 75 percent company tax on high salaries / one million euros ($1.35 million)
France’s top court on Sunday approved a proposal for companies to pay 75 percent tax on annual salaries exceeding one million euros in line with President Francois Hollande’s drive to limit executive pay at a time of economic hardship. The… Read More ›
US corn trade rocked by fresh mainland China GM scrutiny
US grain sales plunge as Chinese screening of yet-unapproved variety is stepped up PUBLISHED : Sunday, 29 December, 2013, 5:04am Reuters Mainland quarantine authorities refused to accept 545,000 tonnes of US corn in November and December. Photo: Xinhua Corn exporters… Read More ›
FBI informants allowed to break the law astonishing 5,939 times last year
The FBI supplies the Justice Department with a list of authorized ‘otherwise illegal’ activities committed by informants every year The mandate was put in place after it was revealed that mobster Whitey Bulger was a bureau snitch According to the… Read More ›
Space trips open to Chinese travelers
(Xinhua) 09:47, December 28, 2013 – Travelers will pay a minimum of 580,000 yuan (about 95,000 U.S.dollars) to board the Lynx Mark I spacecraft produced by the U.S. private aerospace company XCOR – The Lynx Mark I spacecraft, which is… Read More ›
Residents form ‘vigilante groups’ after cuts to sheriff department’s budget mean police only respond to life-threatening incidents
12-strong ‘response team’ armed with guns will operate around the clock Follows government cuts, and residents refusing tax hike, forcing state-funded departments to scale back operations Josephine County police dept has had to release prisoners and cut hours By Mia… Read More ›
Turkey rocked by corruption scandal
Turkey’s government is in crisis: Within a few hours, three ministers resigned over a corruption scandal. Prime Minister Erdogan claims his government is victim of a plot. 2013 has not been a good year for Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip… Read More ›
NSA mass collection of phone data is legal, federal judge rules
• Dragnet program deemed ‘controversial but lawful’ • Lawsuit brought by ACLU dismissed • NSA phone data collection deemed legal: full ruling Dan Roberts in Washington theguardian.com, Friday 27 December 2013 11.52 EST Judge said the phone data-collection system… Read More ›
China must retaliate for Japanese prime minister’s war shrine visit: official media
Official media warns China will become a ‘paper tiger’ if countermeasures against Japan are not taken over Yasukuni visit PUBLISHED : Friday, 27 December, 2013, 11:46am UPDATED : Friday, 27 December, 2013, 12:16pm Agence France-Presse in Beijing Japan’s ambassador to… Read More ›
China to become world largest economy in 15 years: research report
(Xinhua) 09:18, December 27, 2013 LONDON, Dec. 26 — China is expected to overtake the United States in 2028 to become the world’s largest economy, according to a research report released Thursday.
Russia’s bitter relationship with Chechnya will be in the spotlight during Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics in February
In truth, this guerrilla war is just the latest stage in a cycle of oppression and resistance lasting centuries as Islamist leader and self-styled Emir of the Caucasus promises to use ‘maximum force’ to stop these Games Michael Church Thursday,… Read More ›
Hidden Obamacare taxes will appear on health insurance bills starting in 2014
Blue Cross Blue Shield subscribers in Alabama noticed added fees That state’s portion of the company decided to itemize the fee and directly attribute it to the Affordable Care Act
Two-thirds of Americans say this is the worst Congress EVER
A new poll by CNN found that two-thirds of Americans believe this is the worst Congress ever A further three-quarters believe the 113th Congress has done nothing to address the country’s problems Both Republicans and Democrats share the pessimistic view… Read More ›
Thousands urge Turkish PM’s resignation as graft scandal shakes gov’t
Edited time: December 26, 2013 01:28 Demonstrators run away as they clash with riot police (unseen) during a protest against corruption in the Kadikoy district of Istanbul on December 25, 2013 (AFP Photo / Bulent Kilic) Thousands of demonstrators… Read More ›
The Nationwide Network Working to Bring Mobile Biometrics to Your Community
December 18, 2013 A video from Alcatel-Lucent demonstrating mobile facial recognition technology that would be used with the FirstNet network. Public Intelligence A federal law passed in February 2012 to help middle class families by creating jobs and cutting payroll… Read More ›
Navy sailors have radiation sickness after Japan rescue
nypost.com — Dec 23 Navy sailor Lindsay Cooper knew something was wrong when billows of metallic-tasting snow began drifting over USS Ronald Reagan.
Mao Zedong remembered: China’s multi-faceted deep-thinking leader
EEV: What is significant, this enlightening article was reported by the BBC. – More, because Mao is the George Washington figure, the founder of the People’s Republic of China, the great unifier of his ancient, far-flung and multifarious people. Sidney Rittenberg met Mao… Read More ›
Doctors Sue United Healthcare for Bad Faith
BROOKLYN (CN) – A 22,000-member physicians’ group sued United Healthcare Insurance, claiming the money-grubbing, multibillion-dollar insurance company is illegally terminating them from its Medicare network on Jan. 1 to cut its losses from reduced federal payments under the Affordable Care… Read More ›
Pregnant nurse, 29, is FIRED after she refuses to have flu shot to protect her unborn child
Dreonna Breton from Pennsylvania, became alarmed after the packaging for a number of major brands of the flu vaccine warned it ‘should be given to a pregnant woman only if clearly needed She showed no symptoms of having the flu… Read More ›
Leadership: The Road To War Is Paved With Chinese Intentions
December 22, 2013: China continues to aggressively confront American ships and aircraft that come close to Chinese ships in international waters. The latest incident was on December 5th when a Chinese destroyer cut in front of an American cruiser… Read More ›
Phone companies might have to store snoop data instead of NSA, Obama says
PUBLISHED : Sunday, 22 December, 2013, 5:49am UPDATED : Sunday, 22 December, 2013, 5:49am The Washington Post US President Barack Obama winds up a press conference on possible NSA reforms. Photo: AFP US… Read More ›
The gathering storm: A look back on middle-class Europe’s last carefree Christmas before the onset of World War One
From the following summer, Britain, mainland Europe and a large part of the rest of the world changed for ever ” There are “striking and unsettling parallels”, Emmerson says, with the “geopolitics of the world today”. He does not go… Read More ›
US Aircraft Attacked, Fighting Escalates In South Sudan
Dec. 21, 2013 – 04:33PM | By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE | Reports indicate three V-22 Ospreys were fired on while conducting an evacuation mission in South Sudan. (Bell Helicopter) JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN — US aircraft flown into South Sudan to help… Read More ›
Scientists creating viruses deadlier to humans
Sunday, 22 December 2013 Some of the world’s most eminent scientists have severely criticised the arguments used by some influenza researchers who are trying to make the H5N1 bird-flu virus more dangerous to humans by repeatedly infecting laboratory ferrets. More… Read More ›
Russia to block websites that call for rioting, ‘extremism’ without court ruling
Published time: December 21, 2013 09:54 Russia’s lawmakers have passed a bill authorizing prosecutors to issue emergency orders without a court ruling that block websites promoting rioting, racial hatred or extremism. Critics fear the law may infringe… Read More ›
New study shows that more than half of consumers will choose a health-care plan that costs too much
– more than 80% of consumers may be unable to make a clear–eyed estimate of their needs and will unknowingly choose a higher cost plan than needed. New research from Columbia Business School warns that consumers will make mistakes totaling… Read More ›
Just THREE kids in Camden, N.J. scored college-ready
Posted By Eric Owens On 2:26 PM 12/20/2013 The new superintendent of public schools in Camden, N.J. announced this week that only three — THREE! — students in the entire district who took the SAT during the 2011-12 academic year… Read More ›
Top US General fired for drunken Moscow trip with mysterious women
Michael Carey: The US general with a finger on the button – and a foot in his mouth Report claims Air Force general displayed behaviour ‘unbecoming to a gentleman’ on official trip to Russia Craig Whitlock Friday, 20 December 2013… Read More ›
Global Arctic wars already started
Adrian Salbuchi is a political analyst, author, speaker and radio/TV commentator in Argentina. Published time: December 19, 2013 11:02 RIA Novosti / Anna Yudina Today’s globalized geopolitical grand chessboard often plays out in interestingly complex and roundabout ways. Such… Read More ›
How GCHQ Monitors Germany, Israel and the EU
– suspicion arising from the documents that their organization engages in large-scale industrial espionage By Laura Poitras, Marcel Rosenbach and Holger Stark Documents from the archive of whistleblower and former NSA worker Edward Snowden show that Britain’s GCHQ signals intelligence… Read More ›
Chinese tycoons top list of Britain’s richest property investors / Neither Wang or Cheng appeared in the top 250 last year
Wang Jianlin and Cheng family top rich list as Duke of Westminster falls down asset rankings PUBLISHED : Thursday, 19 December, 2013, 11:37pm UPDATED : Friday, 20 December, 2013, 4:32am Christy Choi christy.choi@scmp.com Tycoons from China have come from nowhere… Read More ›
Vaccine’s, the Lucky Rabbits Foot, and Shhh No questions allowed ( Part 1 )
Vaccines are just a form of medicine like everything else. Some of them good, and some of them not so good. In any case you have a right to know. Just remember Scientific Method – Observation, Hypothesis, and Theory as well as Risk… Read More ›
Pneumococcal vaccination in adults does not appear to work – 2009 Study
Research Re-Posting with active link to the abstract: http://www.cmaj.ca/content/180/1/48.abstract?sid=a400d48e-8dcc-4bf0-9567-cafbf612292e Efficacy of pneumococcal vaccination in adults: a meta-analysis
Warren Buffett Made $1.5 Million Per Hour in ’13
Thursday, 19 December 2013 Through Dec. 11, Buffett’s net worth—at least on paper—shot up by $12.7 billion to $59.1 billion in 2013 from $46.4 billion at the start of the year, according to Wealth-X, the wealth research firm. That… Read More ›
$1,000 BOUNTY offered for FINGERPRINTS of a GLOBAL SPY CHIEF
Privacy campaigner: NSA, GCHQ, NZSIS* – take your pick By John Leyden Posted in Security, 18th December 2013 14:31 GMT Privacy campaigner Simon Davies is offering a $1,000 bounty for the capture of the DNA and fingerprints of spy… Read More ›
Liquid nitrogen may help to clean up Beijing smog, Chinese scientists say
Scientists say pumping the super-cold gas into the atmosphere had the best results in tests PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 18 December, 2013, 11:43pm UPDATED : Thursday, 19 December, 2013, 9:14am Stephen Chen binglin.chen@scmp.com Residents cover their faces they ride their… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 