Sunday, 05 July 2015 Some 59.7 percent of voters said “no” to the bailout proposals tabled by Greece’s international lenders, while 40.3 percent voted for the deal, first official results of the Sunday referendum showed.The data was compiled following… Read More ›
Current Affairs
Tsipras Pleas for Calm Ignored, Greeks Storm Banks, Gas Stations, Grocery Stores
Monday, 29 June 2015 Just a few hours ago Greek PM Tsipras addressed his nation imploring then to “remain calm” and reassuring them that their “deposits were safe.” It appears the Greeks did not believe him. Many were wondering… Read More ›
The Pre-Snowden NSA leaks – Bumblehive, Operation Thinthread, Going Dark, Stingray, Trapwire, Total Information Awarness, etc..
Editors Note ( Ralph Turchiano ) – This is a requested Re-post from 2013 and is of historical interest. The Intelligence community began to lose control prior to Snowden. The Boston Bombing event resulted in over zealous Intelligence Consultants revealing… Read More ›
Justice system chips away at women’s rights
Public Release: 23-Jun-2015 Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. — Arrests of women increased dramatically in the past two decades, while domestic abuse laws meant to protect female victims have put many behind bars for defending themselves, a new paper… Read More ›
Titan’s atmosphere even more Earth-like than previously thought
Public Release: 18-Jun-2015 University College London Scientists at UCL have observed how a widespread polar wind is driving gas from the atmosphere of Saturn’s moon Titan. The team analysed data gathered over seven years by the international Cassini probe, and… Read More ›
Hungary to Build a 175km Wall to Keep Migrants Out
Wednesday, 17 June 2015 Hungary says that it will build a fence along its border with Serbia to keep out migrants. Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said that officials had been told to prepare a plan for a barrier along… Read More ›
Greek Debt Committee Just Declared All Debt To The Troika "Illegal, Illegitimate, And Odious"
Wednesday, 17 June 2015 It was in April when we got a stark reminder of a post we first penned in April of 2011, describing Odious Debt, and why we thought sooner or later this legal term would become… Read More ›
Army Required to Allow Sikh Student in ROTC
By AMANDA LOVIZA-VICKERY WASHINGTON, D.C. (CN) – The Army must make an exception to its strict uniform and grooming standards to allow a practicing Sikh to enroll in the Reserved Officers’ Training Corps, a federal judge ruled. Hofstra… Read More ›
Farmers Say Oil Firms & Governor Brown Colluded to Pollute Aquifer
Brown and other officials “suppressed research, destroyed documents, and refused to provide all information requested” to conceal evidence of permitting for injection wells, the group claims. Friday, June 05, 2015 By MATT REYNOLDS LOS ANGELES (CN) – Chevron and Occidental… Read More ›
Greece near Collapse as Citizens Withdraw €700m from Banks in 1 day
Friday, 05 June 2015 While the Greek government believes it may have won the battle, if not the war with Europe, the reality is that every additional day in which Athens does not have a funding backstop, be it… Read More ›
Four Cancer Charities Face Fraud Charges of scamming $187 million
By DAN MCCUE (CN) – The Federal Trade Commission and all 50 states on Tuesday accused four cancer charities of scamming donors out of $187 million that the operators then spent on gym memberships, dating website subscriptions, jet ski… Read More ›
Wyoming Criminalizes Citizen Science even if it can save lives
The simple act of collecting such data without permission is illegal, and inadmissible in court, even if it reveals environmental hazards. By EMMA GANNON DENVER (CN) – Wyoming’s criminalization of “citizen science” truckles to polluting agribusiness, scientists and environmentalists… Read More ›
Nation’s beekeepers lost 40 percent of bees in 2014-15
Public Release: 13-May-2015 Summer losses eclipse winter losses for the first time on record University of Maryland IMAGE: This is the “Annual and Winter Honey Bee Loss by Year ” graph. Credit: Bee Informed Partnership/University of Maryland/Loretta Kuo Beekeepers… Read More ›
Move Over Mexico: China Now Sends Most Immigrants to US
04:23 05.05.2015 China has replaced Mexico as the top country of origin for immigrants to the United States, according to a new review of 2013 immigration data. The American Census Bureau study, conducted primarily by statistician/demographer Eric Jensen, was based… Read More ›
DARPA’s Self Steering bullet
Published on Apr 27, 2015 DARPA’s Extreme Accuracy Tasked Ordnance (EXACTO) program, which developed a self-steering bullet to increase hit rates for difficult, long-distance shots, completed in February its most successful round of live-fire tests to date. An experienced shooter… Read More ›
Principles of EmDrive – Microwave energy to thrust, without the need for propellant.
Explanation by SPR Ltd. FAQ Theory 1. Q. Is the thrust produced by the EmDrive a reactionless force? A. No, the thrust is the result of the reaction between the end plates of the waveguide and the Electromagnetic wave propagated within it. 2. … Read More ›
Pakistan serves beef to Nepal earthquake survivors
Astha Saxena | Mail Today | New Delhi, April 30, 2015 | UPDATED 09:24 IST These packets carrying potato bhujia & ‘beef masala’ were spotted in relief material sent from Pak to Nepal.After experiencing major devastation and loss of… Read More ›
Giant cosmic tsunami wakes up comatose galaxies
Galaxies are often found in clusters, which contain many ‘red and dead’ members that stopped forming stars in the distant past. Now an international team of astronomers have discovered that these comatose galaxies can sometimes come back to life…. Read More ›
Video shows panic as an avalanche hits Everest camp 25.04.2015
CAUTION: The video contains images and language some viewers may find upsetting. From Jost kobusch You Tube Account Published on Apr 26, 2015 The ground was shaking from the earthquake and as soon as we saw people running we were… Read More ›
Did NASA Mistakenly Create a Warp Field?
05:15 25.04.2015(updated 05:18 25.04.2015) Space geeks are freaking because NASA may have accidentally discovered a warp field, an avenue down which spaceships can travel faster than the speed of light – something that, to date, has only existed in… Read More ›
The Clinton connection to Russia’s claims on uranium
Jo Becker,NYT News Service | Apr 23, 2015, 04.28 PM IST The headline in Pravda trumpeted President Vladimir Putin’s latest coup, its nationalistic fervor recalling an era when the newspaper served as the official mouthpiece of the Kremlin: “Russian… Read More ›
A somber anniversary: 100 years of chemical weapons (video)
Published on Apr 20, 2015 April 22, 2015 marks the 100th anniversary of the first large-scale use of chemical weapons in modern warfare. Some of the best minds in chemistry at that time, including a Nobel Prize winner, used their… Read More ›
Japan bumps China as top holder of U.S. Treasury debt
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER BUSINESS APR. 16, 2015 – 06:55AM JST WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department said Wednesday that Japan overtook China in February as the top foreign holder of U.S. Treasury securities, a position Japan last held in August… Read More ›
Russia Evacuates US Citizens from Yemen
Tuesday, 14 April 2015 The US Secretary of State expressed appreciation for Russia’s action in evacuating Americans from Yemen, after the United States refused to engage in evacuation efforts for its citizens. The US government has thanked the Russian authorities… Read More ›
U.S. Bails on Citizens Stranded In Yemen
By ROBERT KENNEDY DETROIT (CN) – The United States told citizens stranded in war-torn Yemen that they’re on their own, as bombing from regional powers intensifies warfare in that remote but strategically important country, according to two federal… Read More ›
Germany Generously Offers To Freeze The Bank Accounts Of Wealthy Greeks
Sunday, 05 April 2015 Back in 2013, when one cuts through the rhetoric and posturing, what the Cyprus depositor bail-in and subsequent capital controls were all about, was an attempt to confiscate deposits of ultra-wealthy Russian billionaires held the banks… Read More ›
Greece bankrupt next week, creditors are told
Greece bankrupt next week, creditors are told Mehreen Khan Athens PUBLISHED03/04/2015 | 02:30 Greece will go bankrupt within a week, government officials have told their creditors, as the country’s bailout negotiations push the cash-starved government to the wire. A Greek… Read More ›
Conspiracy Anyone? Hillary Deletes Benghazi Emails After House Request
© REUTERS/ Mike Segar 18:44 28.03.2015(updated 19:59 28.03.2015) Get short URL 54720 Hillary Clinton has reacted to a House Select Committee request to hand over the private servers she used to maintain correspondence on matters of official State Department… Read More ›
French President Francois Hollande says memory card from second black box is missing
Editors Note: (Ralph Turchiano) Requested article in regards to the memory card of flight box 2. It may have been found by now, still missing, or destroyed. “Confusion surrounded the fate of the second black box. French President Francois Hollande… Read More ›
88 police injured, more than 500 arrested in Frankfurt’s anti-austerity protest
English.news.cn 2015-03-18 23:22:18 FRANKFURT/BERLIN, March 18 (Xinhua)– At least 88 policemen were injured and more than 500 people were arrested after anti-austerity protests in Frankfurt turned into clashes between protesters and police on Wednesday, local media reported. Eight police… Read More ›
Winter months SAD for US Treasury securities, study reveals
Public Release: 16-Mar-2015 University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management Toronto – The best time to invest in U.S. Treasury securities may be spring, thanks to seasonal variations in investor risk tolerance linked to depression. A team of finance researchers… Read More ›
Banco de Madrid Files for Bankruptcy
Tuesday, 17 March 2015 Spain’s Banco de Madrid announced insolvency proceedings on Monday as a large amount of clients withdraw money due to the money-laundering scandal affecting its Andorran mother company. Clients rushed to withdraw their money from Banco… Read More ›
Pentagon chief says anti-IS fight may take longer than 3 yrs
English.news.cn | 2015-03-12 03:17:42 | Editor: huaxia U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry testifies before Senate Foreign Relations Committee in the hearing on Obama’s war authorization request to Congress, using another acronym for the militant group, on Capitol Hill in… Read More ›
Iceland Officially Revokes Bid to Join EU
Thursday, 12 March 2015 Iceland has dropped its bid to join the European Union, the Foreign Ministry in Reykjavik says. The announcement follows pledges made by the country’s euro-skeptic government since winning the 2013 election. Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, the Icelandic… Read More ›
Greek Government Passes Law to Plunder Pension Funds
Thursday, 12 March 2015 Having previously hinted that they might ‘dip’ into public pensions funds for some short-term cash to payback The IMF, and then confirming that the plan is to repo that cash from pension cash reserves (raising concerns… Read More ›
Greece to Seize German Property if Berlin Doesn’t Pay WW2 Reparations
Wednesday, 11 March 2015 Germany says it won’t pay Greece World War 2 reparations after Greek PM Alexis Tsipras said Berlin is using legal tricks to avoid paying compensation. Germany says it’s honored its obligations, while Greece says it… Read More ›
Islamic State militants loot, bulldoze 3,000-year-old Nimrud city
Baghdad, March 6, 2015 | UPDATED 17:24 IST A Islamic State militant cheers as he takes part in a military parade along the streets of Syria’s northern Raqqa province. Reuters… Read More ›
Requested Benghazi Pre-Attack and on site Documents
EEV: I am providing these documents from three primary sources in request to Benghazi.. (Foreign Policy (Yellowed Documents Found on Site), Judicial Watch, Daily Mail ) Full Judicial PDF: Here
For those wanting to know what HDR22 means in HDR22@ClintonEmail.com
EEV: This is one of the other possible explanations of HDR, the 22 being the 220 million people assisted. Not the most exciting intel explanation, which is also probably why it was easily hacked through Blumenthal’s account by Guccifer in… Read More ›
Petraeus Mistress Got Black Books Full of Code Words, Spy Names, and Obama Briefings
“ All eight books “collectively contained classified information regarding the identifies of covert officers, war strategy, intelligence capabilities and mechanisms, diplomatic discussions, quotes and deliberative discussions from high-level National Security Council meetings… and discussions with the president of the United… Read More ›
Life ‘not as we know it’ possible on Saturn’s moon Titan
PUBLIC RELEASE: 27-FEB-2015 CORNELL UNIVERSITY ITHACA, N.Y. – A new type of methane-based, oxygen-free life form that can metabolize and reproduce similar to life on Earth has been modeled by a team of Cornell University researchers. Taking a simultaneously imaginative… Read More ›
Documents Obtained by Judicial Watch Reveal Top Hillary Clinton Advisers Knew Immediately that Assault on Benghazi was Armed Attack
FEBRUARY 26, 2015 First “OpsAlert@State.gov” email at 4:07 PM on September 11, 2012, reports, “… diplomatic mission is under attack … 20 armed people fired shots; explosions have been heard as well … Stevens in the compound safe haven” Email… Read More ›
Humanitarian crisis in Greece with closure of ERT news organization and mass layoffs
February 25, 2015 THESSALONIKI, Greece — Over the past weeks, many hours of airtime and many inches of newspaper columns have been dedicated to the controversy of Greek national debt. The “modest proposal” presented by the Greek Government for… Read More ›
Greece: Syriza victory drives wealthy Greeks to London’s property market
By Shane Croucher February 26, 2015 17:27 GMT Greek Prime Minister and leader of Syriza Alexis Tsipras gestures during a parliamentary session in Athens(Reuters) Wealthy Greeks are pulling money out of troubled Greece and sheltering it in London’s prized property… Read More ›
Astronomers find impossibly large black hole
Public Release: 25-Feb-2015 Astronomers have found a huge black hole which was powering the brightest object in the early universe. The black hole’s mass is 12 billion solar masses, and the surrounding quasar pumped out 10^15 times the sun’s energy… Read More ›
Juvenile gang members in US top 1 million, new study finds
Public Release: 12-Feb-2015 Sam Houston State University HUNTSVILLE, TX (2/12/15) — There are over one million juvenile gang members in the U.S., more than three times the number estimated by law enforcement, according to a recent study. “Gang membership between… Read More ›
Gallup CEO Corrects Past ‘Misleading’ Statement on Unemployment Rate
Gallup CEO and Chairman Jim Clifton said that the number of full-time jobs as a percent of the total population was the lowest it had ever been. WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The official unemployment rate was not the misleading part, but… Read More ›
ECB Pulls The Trigger: Blocks Funding To Greece
Wednesday, 04 February 2015 Just what the market had hoped would not happen… •ECB SAYS IT LIFTS WAIVER ON GREEK GOVERNMENT DEBT AS COLLATERAL •ECB SAYS IT CAN’T ASSUME SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION OF GREECE REVIEW What this means simply is that… Read More ›
FOIA Documents Reveal Massive DEA Program to Record American’s Whereabouts With License Plate Readers
01/26/2015 License Plate Scanners By Bennett Stein, ACLU Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project & Jay Stanley, Senior Policy Analyst, ACLU Speech, Privacy & Technology Project at 7:15pm (Updated below) The Drug Enforcement Administration has initiated a massive national license plate… Read More ›
Health insurers using drug coverage to discriminate
Public Release: 28-Jan-2015 In some US health plans, HIV drugs cost nearly $3,000 more per year than in other plans. If left unchecked, this practice could partially undermine a central feature of the Affordable Care Act. Harvard School of Public… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 