“The warning was “circulated among high-ranking security officials in the federal government,” according to the report.” Tuesday, 26 January 2016 Top psychiatrist and best-selling author Hans-Joachim Maaz says Angela Merkel’s refusal to reverse her “completely irrational” policy on accepting… Read More ›
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Hillary Clinton’s E-mail From Sid “France’s client & Qaddafi’s gold” – Unclassified (FOIA)
PDF FILE HERE: C05779612 UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State Case No. *2014-20439 Doc No. C05779612 Date: 12/31/2015 Sent: To: Saturday, April 2, 201 1 10:44 PM Subject: H: France’s client & Q’s gold. Sid Attachments: hrc memo France’s client &… Read More ›
Clinton emails contained ‘need-to-know’ classified info
Editors Note ( Ralph Turchiano) There is a misconception among some very high profile figures that personal e-mails are exempt from FOIA requests. Personal E-mail servers are often set up not due to ignorance of the security system but actually… Read More ›
Caltech researchers find evidence of a real ninth planet (video)
Caltech’s Konstantin Batygin, an assistant professor of planetary science, and Mike Brown, the Richard and Barbara Rosenberg Professor of Planetary Astronomy, discuss new research that provides evidence of a giant planet tracing a bizarre, highly elongated orbit in the outer… Read More ›
Scientists Find Hints Of A Giant, Hidden Planet In Our Solar System
Updated January 20, 201611:37 AM ETPublished January 20, 201610:26 AM ET NELL GREENFIELDBOYCE The imagined view from “planet nine” back toward the sun. Astronomers think the huge, distant planet is likely gaseous, similar to Uranus and Neptune. Caltech/R. Hurt… Read More ›
3 missing Americans in Baghdad kidnapped from brothel
Source: Xinhua 2016-01-18 22:52:31 BAGHDAD, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) — Three American contractors went missing in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad were kidnapped from a brothel apartment, while Iraqi security forces carried out a search operation, security sources said on… Read More ›
‘No Fingerprints!’ Chant Migrants in Italy as EU Cracks Down
Rome. Some 200 mostly Eritrean migrants protested against asylum rules on the island of Lampedusa on Thursday as the European Union steps up pressure on frontline countries to enforce the regulations. A video posted on a Sicilian news site… Read More ›
D.C. Circuit Poised to Release Private Emails
“a branch of the White House, said the records were “beyond the reach of FOIA” because they were held on a private server.” By TIM RYAN WASHINGTON (CN) – The D.C. Circuit seemed inclined Thursday to extend the Freedom… Read More ›
New secessionist leader vows to push Catalonia independence cause
10/01/2016 A new secessionist leader has vowed to step up efforts to secure Catalonia’s independence from Spain The candidate set to lead Catalonia’s government pledged to forge ahead with a drive to secede from Spain before a vote late… Read More ›
New Cuban missile crisis as makers of Hellfire rocket send it to Havana by accident
UPDATED 16:56, 8 JAN 2016 BY CHRISTOPHER BUCKTIN Missile like the one that killed Jihadi John was accidentally dispatched to Havana Blunder: Hellfire missile American officials have become embroiled in another Cuban missile crisis after they wrongly sent a… Read More ›
Reports flood in of sexual assaults against women across Germany as leaked police report states Cologne suspects ‘claimed to be Syrian refugees’
Two teenage girls gang-raped by four ‘Syrian nationals’ in southern Germany 26-year-old student Antonia Rabente a Cologne resident who spoke about the attacks Photo: AP By Justin Huggler in Cologne 12:34AM GMT 08 Jan 2016 Three Syrians have been… Read More ›
Turkey’s President gives Hitler example in call for powers boost
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Survey finds majority who believe it is sometimes necessary for government to sacrifice freedoms
PUBLIC RELEASE: 30-DEC-2015 Survey conducted after Paris and San Bernardino attacks finds a majority of respondents from both parties think it is acceptable for the government to analyze the Internet activities and communications of American citizens without a warrant NORC… Read More ›
EU turned Greek Doctors into Slaves
“The European Commission passed legislation requiring doctors and interns to work between 60 and 93 hours per week, including up to 32 hours consecutively without minimum daily and weekly rest periods” Court Gives Overworked Greek Doctors a Break By… Read More ›
Call for international action to prevent a zombie apocalypse
Public Release: 14-Dec-2015 Editors Note: ( Ralph Turchiano ) The BMJ out did themselves this time, and is a published study. 😉 Rise of zombie infections should be a wake-up call for global community, says expert BMJ Better funding and cooperation… Read More ›
Drone wars: Tokyo police deploys interceptors armed with nets to catch nuisance drones
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We now live longer, but with less healthy years than 20 years ago
Public Release: 8-Dec-2015 Living longer and healthier in mind but not in body Newcastle University Women are now spending fewer years with cognitive impairment but more years with disability compared to 20 years ago, new research has revealed. Experts have… Read More ›
US Attorney General: DoJ Investigating Arrest of Muslim Teen Clock Maker
00:51 05.12.2015(updated 03:09 05.12.2015) Get short URL Loretta Lynch announced on Thursday the Department of Justice is now investigating the arrest of Ahmed Mohamed, the Texas teen who made global headlines after being arrested for bringing a homemade clock… Read More ›
Physicians and burnout: It’s getting worse
Public Release: 1-Dec-2015 “In the 2011 survey 45 percent of physicians met the burnout criteria, with highest rates occurring in the “front lines” — general internal medicine, family medicine and emergency medicine. In 2014, 54 percent of responding physicians had… Read More ›
CEO of Brazil’s Goldman Sachs Arrested on Corruption charges
Wednesday, 25 November 2015 Several years ago, when Brazil’s economy was roaring on the coattails of the Chinese commodity boom, the country’s Grupo BTG Pactual was transformed into the largest independent investment bank in Latin America by the golden… Read More ›
From Ocean to Ocean: Bernie Sanders Wants Russia to Be Part of NATO
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First case of extreme evolutionary degeneration of an animal body discovered
Public Release: 18-Nov-2015 Tel Aviv Univ discovery may redefine classifications in the animal kingdom Research finds a close cousin of the jellyfish evolved into a microscopic parasite that lives in fish American Friends of Tel Aviv University Children are taught… Read More ›
Almost everyone is now being classified as sick, Healthy or Not ?
Public Release: 16-Nov-2015 Being at ‘high risk’ of ill health has become a disease in its own right Doctors as ‘risk-illiterate’ as patients; this undermines preventive medicine efforts BMJ Classifying an individual as being at “high risk” of developing a… Read More ›
‘Police Let Fugitive Suspect Go After Attacks’
A manhunt is under way for Saleh Abdeslam after he was reportedly questioned and released despite being identified by authorities. 21:14, UK,Sunday 15 November 2015 A man wanted over the Paris terror attacks had been questioned and released by… Read More ›
Racial Profiling Scrutinized, Cities Find Other Ways to Raise Money
By JOE HARRIS PAGEDALE, Mo. (CN) – Missouri resident Valarie Whitner lives in fear, but not of violence – fear of another ticket for chipped paint on a downspout, or for not having a screen on her… Read More ›
A ‘blood rain’ infiltrates villages of Spain
Public Release: 12-Nov-2015 FECYT – Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology IMAGE: Water in a basin in Fuente Encalada (Zamora) was stained red due to the presence of the algae Haematococcus pluvialis, brought by the rain. Credit: Joaquín… Read More ›
Hungarian PM: ‘Treasonous Conspiracy to Marginalize Nation States’
Soros responded to Orban by telling reporters “[Orban’s] plan treats the protection of national borders as the objective and the refugees as an obstacle,” adding “Our plan treats the protection of refugees as the objective and national borders as the… Read More ›
Cabal of Corruption Alleged at Bagram Air Base
By EMMA GANNON DENVER (CN) – Five security investigators claim in court they were fired for reporting a “cabal” of co-workers at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, who sold classified information, tampered with government computers, gave advance warning… Read More ›
Hasbro Scoffs at Fox News Anchor’s Image Claims
By CHRIS FRY NEWARK, N.J. (CN) – In its motion to dismiss a Fox News anchor’s lawsuit, Hasbro insists that its hamster toy looks nothing like the reporter who shares its name. Harris Faulkner went to court last month over… Read More ›
Former U.N. President John Ashe Indicted
“Before Ashe’s name came into play, press reports uncovered Ng as the source of hundreds of thousands of dollars illegally funneled to the Democratic National Committee during the Clinton administration.” By ADAM KLASFELD MANHATTAN (CN) – Federal prosecutors… Read More ›
Brit Gets 20 Years for Failed U.S. Terror Camp
By KEVIN LESSMILLER (CN) – A British man will serve 20 years behind bars for trying to set up a terrorist training camp in the United States, the Justice Department said Friday. Haroon Aswat, 41, was sentenced Friday… Read More ›
Mental Health Groups Defend Dallas DA
By DAVID LEE DALLAS (CN) – Mental health groups asked a fired prosecutor to drop her lawsuit to remove Dallas County District Attorney Susan Hawk from office, saying it stigmatizes mental health issues and seeks to humiliate her. … Read More ›
Iraqi Forces Add Russian Guns to US Tanks for ISIL Fight
By Barbara Opall-Rome, Joe Gould and Awad Mustafa3:31 p.m. EDT October 15, 2015 New Alliances Breed Hybrid Hardware, Challenge US End-Use Monitoring Regime TEL AVIV, Israel — Earlier this month, Shia militiamen in Iraq dropped off an American-supplied Abrams… Read More ›
Benghazi – The full time line of events as they unfolded in the media from 12 SEP 2012 through 28 MAR 2015
Editors Note: ( Ralph Turchiano ) The following is the timeline of the Benghazi events as they unfolded. I attempted to keep the timeline in place, as to allow the reader to follow the chain of events and draw their… Read More ›
Could ‘The Day After Tomorrow’ happen?
Public Release: 9-Oct-2015 University of Southampton IMAGE: This is a temperature anomaly in degrees Celsius after 95 years from the onset of an AMOC collapse. Credit: University of Southampton A researcher from the University of Southampton has produced a… Read More ›
Perfectly accurate clocks turn out to be impossible
Public Release: 7-Oct-2015 Faculty of Physics University of Warsaw Can the passage of time be measured precisely, always and everywhere? The answer will upset many watchmakers. A team of physicists from the universities of Warsaw and Nottingham have just… Read More ›
At site of world’s worst nuclear disaster, the animals have returned
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Idaho Taxpayers Fight Common Core and Bill Gates alleged illegal consortium
“Council of Chief State School Officers and the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, approached Microsoft founder Bill Gates about funding their idea for a fundamental change in U.S. education policy.” Idaho Taxpayers Fight Common Core By… Read More ›
Saudi Prince Arrested in LA on Gruesome Sex Crime Allegations
September 25, 2015 8:49AM ET The Los Angeles Police Department arrested a Saudi Arabian prince on Wednesday for attempting to force one of the employees at the Beverly Hills mansion he was renting to perform oral sex. Prince Majed Abdulaziz… Read More ›
Germany to reinstate border controls
English.news.cn 2015-09-13 23:59:07 BERLIN, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) — Germany will reinstate controls at its southern border with Germany and Austria, German media reported on Sunday. As the German newspaper Bild reported, the Bavarian state government has asked for mobilisation… Read More ›
Arthritis may be a major driver of poverty
Public Release: 8-Sep-2015 Wiley Developing arthritis increases the risk of falling into poverty, especially for women, new research shows. In a study of more than 4,000 Australian adults, females who developed arthritis were 51% more likely to fall into income… Read More ›
Fire Sale: German Company Takes Over 14 Greek Airports
Tuesday, 18 August 2015 A German company, airport operator FRAPORT won the bid to operate and maintain 14 regional airports, considered to be top of the top in Greece. With an offer of 1.23 billion euro, the consortium of… Read More ›
Saudi Charity Boss Immune in 9/11 Suits
By KEVIN LESSMILLER (CN) – The former head of two Saudi charities is immune from 9/11-related civil claims, a federal judge ruled on Friday. Abdul Rahman Al-Swailem is the former president of two charities, the Saudi Joint Relief Committee and… Read More ›
Apes may be closer to speaking than many scientists think
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Greeks Laugh as Banks Beg them to Return Money
Tuesday, 21 July 2015 President of Greek Banks Association Louka Katseli appealed at the citizens to return their money to the banks. “Banks are absolutely trustworthy,” Katseli told Mega TV “as guaranteed by the ECB and the Bank Association,… Read More ›
Sounds of praise or tones of racism? A look at the marketing of Christian music
Public Release: 14-Jul-2015 University of Cincinnati A novel investigation into the marketing of Christian music suggests that the power of music could be contributing to the powerful racial divide that remains in the nation’s Christian churches. The study by Omotayo… Read More ›
Greek bailout agreement: Euro Summit Brussels, 12 July 2015 SN 4070/15
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It’s done – Greece now Owned by Germany
Monday, 13 July 2015 To save its crumbling economy, Greece was forced to hand over its public assets to an external fund controlled by a German bank, managed by Herr Wolfgang Schaeuble himself. Greece and its international creditors reached… Read More ›
Why Were Banks Given Free Rides, but Greece has to pay?
Sunday, 12 July 2015 The Greek population has been faced with the Eurozone financial elite’s double standard approach and the phenomenon dubbed “dictatorial capitalism” says US publicist Eric Zuesse. There is the gaping abyss between two kinds of capitalism… Read More ›
EU gov’t expenditure accounts for nearly half of GDP in 2014: Eurostat
“Eurostat said in all EU Member States, social protection represented the most important area of general government expenditure” English.news.cn 2015-07-07 20:27:08 BRUSSELS, July 7 (Xinhua) — Total general government expenditure amounted for nearly half of the GDP both in the… Read More ›