By ADAM KLASFELD MANHATTAN (CN) – A JPMorgan Chase shareholder jumped the gun in filing a derivative lawsuit against CEO Jamie Dimon in connection with “six recent, high-profile settlements with government agencies and private litigants arising out of allegations of… Read More ›
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Ukraine’s anti-aircraft missile system dispatched to Donetsk Wednesday
EEV: Requires second source confirmation The aircraft at an altitude of over 10,000 meters could be shot down only with the weapons of the S-300 or Buk (Beech) missile systems MOSCOW, July 17. /ITAR-TASS/. Ukraine’s armed forces dispatched the Buk… Read More ›
Report: Was Putin’s plane the real Target that brought down Malaysian Airliner?
Friday, 18 July 2014 Malaysian Airlines MH17 plane was travelling almost the same route as Russia’s President Vladimir Putin’s jet shortly before the crash that killed 295, Interfax news agency reports citing sources. “I can say that Putin’s plane… Read More ›
BRICS sets up own Bank to counter IMF
Tuesday, 15 July 2014 The group of emerging economies signed the long-anticipated document to create the $100 bn BRICS Development Bank and a reserve currency pool worth over another $100 bn. Both will counter the influence of US based… Read More ›
Ukraine shells Russian town killing 1 and injuring 2
Moscow sees ‘consequences’ after Ukrainian shell kills 1, injures 2 Sunday, 13 July 2014 An artillery shell from Ukraine has hit a private house in the Rostov region of Russia, killing a citizen and leaving two more injured. The Russian… Read More ›
Record levels of solar ultraviolet measured in South America ( UV index of 43 )
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 8-Jul-2014 A team of researchers in the U.S. and Germany has measured the highest level of ultraviolet radiation ever recorded on the Earth’s surface. The extraordinary UV fluxes, observed in the Bolivian Andes only 1,500 miles from… Read More ›
Russian Air Force Boosts Presence in Arctic
Russian Air Force Boosts Presence in Arctic | Defense | RIA Novosti Tu-95MS strategic bomber © RIA Novosti. Iliya Pitalev 16:37 10/07/2014 MOSCOW, July 10 (RIA Novosti) – Russian long-range aviation bases are increasing their presence in the Arctic, the… Read More ›
Germany to CIA Chief: Get Out!
Thursday, 10 July 2014 Germany has asked the CIA station chief in the country to leave the country at once, an unusual move that is a very public expression of anger over repeated cases of U.S. spying in the country…. Read More ›
Mexico’s cartel-fighting vigilantes get closer to the Texas border
Ioan GrilloJuly 8, 2014 00:32 Armed residents are taking on the feared Zetas cartel in Tamaulipas state. One desperate town’s mayor applauds them. Armed residents are forming vigilante forces to fight cartels closer and closer to Mexico’s US border…. Read More ›
Another Guilty Plea in Navy Corruption Ring
SAN DIEGO (CN) – A retired Navy lieutenant commander pleaded guilty to federal charges of overcharging the Navy for port services for U.S. ships and using some of the money “to treat Navy officials to lavish dinners, cocktails and entertainment,”… Read More ›
Intelligence expert Schmidt-Eenboom: ‘It’s a huge scandal’
According to German media, an employee of Germany’s foreign intelligence agency has been arrested on suspicion of spying for the United States. Intelligence expert Schmidt-Eenboom tells DW why this case is outrageous. Intelligence expert Schmidt-Eenboom: ‘It’s a huge scandal’… Read More ›
19th Century Math Tactic Gets a Makeover—and Yields Answers Up to 200 Times Faster
Simulation data showing significantly faster reduction in solution error for the new Scheduled Relaxation Jacobi (SRJ) method as compared to the classical Jacobi and Gauss-Seidel iterative methods.The equation that is being solved here is the two-dimensional Laplace equation on a 128×128 grid. A… Read More ›
Mm-Mmm, Don’t! Campbell’s Soup Says
By KEVIN LESSMILLER DOTHAN, Ala. (CN) – Campbell’s Soup sued a food processor, a distributor and a grocer, claiming it hired the processor to destroy unusable food or feed it to farm animals, but the processor diverted it and sold… Read More ›
BNP Paribas Fined $8.8 Billion
MANHATTAN (CN) – The French bank BNP Paribas on Monday agreed to pay $8.8 billion for conspiring to process transactions through the U.S. financial system for Sudanese, Iranian and Cuban entities subject to U.S. economic sanctions. – BNP Paribas agreed… Read More ›
Russia sends fighter jets to help Iraq
Sunday, 29 June 2014 The first ten Russian Sukhoi fighter jets arrived in Iraq on Saturday, the country’s Defense Ministry said. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is hoping the jets will make a key difference in the fight against ISIS…. Read More ›
4 absurdly harmless acts now criminalized by Thailand’s military rulers
In junta-run Bangkok, even sandwiches can be interpreted as threats to the state. Thailand book reading protest – EEV Note: That is George Orwell’s 1984 He was later arrested. (Pornchai Kittiwongsakul/AFP/Getty Images) BANGKOK — One month ago, after Thailand’s army… Read More ›
Egypt sentences man to 6 years in prison for ‘Liking’ Christian Facebook post
Thursday, 26 June 2014 An Egyptian man was convicted and sentenced Tuesday to six years in prison along with a fine of $840 dollars for violating Egypt’s blasphemy laws, which make illegal any criticism of the Islamic religion. The International… Read More ›
USC scientists create new battery that’s cheap, clean, rechargeable… and organic
Sri Narayan, University of Southern California IMAGE: USC professor Sri Narayan’s research focuses on the fundamental and applied aspects of electrochemical energy conversion and storage to reduce the carbon footprint of energy use and by providing energy… Scientists… Read More ›
Eccentric philanthropist is taking 1,000 homeless New Yorkers out to lunch in the hope it will inspire Wall Street to open its pockets
EEV Note – If you have any love of country left, do not let this happen Article Quotes: – they must sing for their supper – the patriotic ditty Learn from the Good Model Citizen Lei Feng, named after the supposedly… Read More ›
Top Polish Diplomat: Our Alliance with US is worthless
Monday, 23 June 2014 A Polish magazine said Sunday it has obtained recordings of a private conversation in which the foreign minister says Poland’s strong alliance with the U.S. was worthless and “even harmful because it creates a false sense… Read More ›
NY Times: Large Scale Wars Needed for Economic Growth
Monday, 23 June 2014 It is no secret that as the US centrally-planned New Normal has unfolded, one after another central-planner and virtually all economists, have been caught wrong-footed with their constant predictions of an “imminent” economic surge, any minute… Read More ›
ISIL claims it will wage jihad on Turkey
Friday, 20 June 2014 Recent operations carried out by the organization named Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), revealed schemes on preparing a jihad on Turkey. The police operation against the organization began in January in the city… Read More ›
Minimizing belief in free will may lessen support for criminal punishment
PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 17-Jun-2014 Exposure to information that diminishes free will, including brain-based accounts of behavior, seems to decrease people’s support for retributive punishment, according to research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. People… Read More ›
‘China has eclipsed Britain as superpower’, party mouthpiece declares amid Li Keqiang visit
Global Times rails against the British media and highlights dependence on China’s billion-dollar investments .PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 18 June, 2014, 12:30pm Agence France-Presse in Beijing China has overtaken Britain as a world power, a… Read More ›
North Korea cruise missile fuels proliferation concerns
PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 17 June, 2014, 10:35am North Korea cruise missile fuels proliferation concerns | South China Morning Post Agence France-Presse in Seoul North Korea appears to have acquired a sea-based copy of a Russian cruise missile, the… Read More ›
Russian nuclear-capable bombers intercepted off California coast
Published time: June 12, 2014 18:57 A spokesperson for the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) confirmed this week that a fleet of Russian bombers set off alarms in the United States after coming within 50 miles of California’s Pacific… Read More ›
Japan, China trade claims over latest aerial provocation
by Reiji Yoshida and Mizuho Aoki Jun 12, 2014 Tokyo and Beijing traded blame Thursday over the second close and potentially dangerous encounter in just over two weeks between Chinese SU-27 fighter jets and Japanese reconnaissance planes over the… Read More ›
NBC Censored Snowden responses during interview
Saturday, 31 May 2014 Only around a quarter of the recent NBC News interview with former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden made it to broadcast, but unaired excerpts now online show that the network “neglected” to air critical statements about… Read More ›
World on the brink of ‘sixth great extinction’ as plants, animals dying out faster than ever
Many animal species are finding places to live scarcer with the encroachment by altered by humans PUBLISHED : Friday, 30 May, 2014, 5:50pm Associated Press in Washington World on the brink of ‘sixth great extinction’ as plants, animals dying out… Read More ›
Bilderberg group meets to discuss ‘Does Privacy Exist’?
Thursday, 29 May 2014 Many may chuckle when they learn a debate entitled “Does Privacy Exist?” is to feature at this year’s Bilderberg conference, the notoriously secretive gathering of the world’s most powerful bankers, politicians and business people. … Read More ›
1,200 Ukrainian Soldiers Dead in Slaviansk Special Op – People’s Mayor
A burnt BMP-2 on the outskirts of the town of Rubezhnoye © RIA Novosti. Evgeny Biyatov 16:56 29/05/2014 RIGA, May 29 (RIA Novosti) – About 1,200 Ukrainian army soldiers have been killed during a special operation in Slaviansk, and eight… Read More ›
White House Press Staff ‘accidentally’ outs CIA chief in Afghanistan
Monday, 26 May 2014 The White House press service unwittingly put the real name of the CIA’s top spy in Afghanistan on the ‘pool report’ distributed among journalists accompanying the American president on a surprise trip… Read More ›
China can feed itself
(People’s Daily Online) 13:25, May 23, 2014 Lester Russell Brown, president of the Earth Policy Institute, and the author of “Who Will Feed China”, recently raised the question “Can the world feed China?” once more. According to Brown, China’s food… Read More ›
North and South Korean warships exchange fire in disputed area of Yellow Sea
Residents on a nearby island were evacuated to underground shelters PUBLISHED : Thursday, 22 May, 2014, 6:38pm Associated Press in Seoul North and South Korean warships exchanged artillery fire yesterday in disputed waters off the western coast of the Korean… Read More ›
Russia May Sign Agreement to Build 8 Reactors in Iran
Bushehr nuclear power plant © RIA Novosti. Valery Melnikov 18:09 22/05/2014 Tags: nuclear energy, Iran, Russia ST. PETERSBURG, May 22 (RIA Novosti) – Moscow may sign an intergovernmental agreement with Teheran this year to build eight new reactors… Read More ›
The world’s worst countries for workers – U.S. is now a 4 on a scale of 1 to 5, ( 5 being the worst )
New ITUC Global Rights Index – The world’s worst countries for workers 19 May 2014 A global leaderboard in the race to protect workers’ rights was released today at the ITUC World Congress in Berlin. The ITUC Global Rights Index ranks… Read More ›
Revealed: How a taxpayer bail out that could run into BILLIONS was built in to Obamacare to protect insurance companies if they lost out in reform
The Affordable Care Act included a way for insurance companies to recoup their losses from covering everyone regardless of their health If insurers lose money, the government’s funds – taxpayer dollars – cover between 50 and 80 percent of… Read More ›
Modern slavery generates $150 billion in profits globally per year – ILO
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation – Tue, 20 May 2014 07:44 AM Author: Astrid ZweynertMore news from our correspondents March 24, 2014. REUTERS/Sigit Pamungkas LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Millions of forced labourers around the world are generating an estimated $150… Read More ›
Treat porn ‘epidemic’ in U.S. as public health crisis, activists urge
EEV: ??? AFP-JIJI May 16, 2014 Online: May 16, 2014 WASHINGTON – Pornography now is so widespread in the U.S. that it deserves to be addressed seriously as a major public health crisis, a panel of activists said Thursday, recommending it… Read More ›
China tells U.S. to mind it’s own business
US must ‘get used to China’s rise’ (China Daily) 07:38, May 22, 2014 Washington’s engagement in territorial issues ‘complicates problems’ Chinese and Western observers seemed to reach a consensus on Wednesday over President Xi Jinping’s proposal to establish a new framework… Read More ›
‘Zombie parliament:’ British MPs set for 223 days off work in 2014
The British House of Commons will sit for just 142 days this year, that’s 223 days off. During their time away from the parliament MPs claim they are working hard in their constituencies but this is not always the case…. Read More ›
NATO Appears Toothless in Ukraine Crisis
Unprotected in the East By SPIEGEL Staff If Russia were to engage in military aggression in the Baltics, NATO would be unable to defend the region using conventional means. An internal report highlights weaknesses in the alliance. They were big… Read More ›
Odessa fire victims died from chloroform vapors — senior Ukrainian investigator
May 19, 19:30 UTC+4 KIEV A total of 32 people died not from high temperature (in fire), an official says KIEV, May 19./ITAR-TASS/. More than half of people officially recognized killed in the Trade Unions House in the southern… Read More ›
Remarks by the First Lady at Topeka School District Senior Recognition Day ( From Whitehouse.Gov )
For Immediate Release May 17, 2014 Expo Center Topeka, Kansas 6:33 P.M. CDT MRS. OBAMA: Thank you, guys. Thank you so much. Wow! (Applause.) Look at you guys. (Applause.) All right, you all rest yourselves. You’ve got a big day… Read More ›
Beijing’s dangerous arrogance in the South China Sea
Philip Bowring says Beijing’s superiority complex and selective reading of Southeast Asian history have become the toxic brew fuelling tensions in the South China Sea Philip Bowring BIO China’s current behaviour vis-à-vis its South China Sea neighbours is aggressive, arrogant and… Read More ›
UK’s 5 wealthiest families worth more than poorest 20 percent
Published time: March 17, 2014 11:22 Reuters / Luke MacGregor The combined fortunes of Britain’s five richest families are worth more than the poorest 20 percent of the population, says an Oxfam report. The organization has appealed to the government… Read More ›
Fired for Helping a Young Cancer Patient
Friday, May 16, 2014 PHILADELPHIA (CN) – The University of Pennsylvania Hospital fired a radiation therapist for helping the mother of a pediatric cancer patient – an Eagles fan – get in touch with the football team to try to… Read More ›
AIG Lied During Government Bailout, Former Executive Says
By DAN MCCUE MANHATTAN (CN) – American International Group defrauded the United States by failing to disclose that it was selling insurance without a license during negotiations over the bailout it received during the global financial crisis, a former executive… Read More ›
Hong Kong issues Vietnam travel warning after mobs torch Chinese factories
Beijing and Hong Kong authorities warn against travel to Vietnam after protesters, angry over oil drilling in disputed waters, run amok PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 14 May, 2014, 12:23pm Denise Tsang and Agencies in Hanoi The Hong Kong government issued an… Read More ›
Official Kiev using UN marked Helicopters to attack militia
EEV: Needs 2nd source confirmation Wednesday, 14 May 2014 The UN has voiced concerns over the apparent use of UN-marked helicopters by Kiev troops in their military operation against Donetsk regional militia. A video of a white-painted Mil Mi-24 strike… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 