SPIEGEL ONLINE 09/20/2013 05:53 PM The ‘Columbian Exchange’ By Johann Grolle Columbus’ arrival in the Americas sparked the globalization of animals, plants and microbes. A recent book takes a closer look at how items from the New World, such as… Read More ›
United States
Harvard seeks $8.1 billion in record fundraising drive
Sunday, September 22, 2013 – 10:36 Reuters BOSTON – Harvard, the richest university in the United States, said on Saturday it would seek to raise some $6.5 billion in donations to fund new academic initiatives and bolster its financial aid… Read More ›
World’s top climate scientists told to ‘cover up’ the fact that the Earth’s temperature hasn’t risen for the last 15 years
Leaked United Nations report reveals the world’s temperature hasn’t risen for the last 15 years Politicians have raised concerns about the final draft Fears that the findings will encourage deniers of man-made climate change By Tamara Cohen, Political Correspondent PUBLISHED:… Read More ›
China Pursues Systems To Keep US Forces at Bay
Sep. 17, 2013 – 10:23AM | By WENDELL MINNICK | Comments Going Ballistic: China’s long-range ballistic-missile program is a key component of its anti-access/area-denial strategy. (Agence France-Presse) TAIPEI — Though everything in China’s military is classified secret, including lunch menus… Read More ›
How did killer get security pass?
Washington Navy Yard shootings: US facing tough questions over security The US Navy is facing tough questions after it emerged that the gunman who killed 12 people in the W ashington Navy Yard was given a security clearance despite a… Read More ›
Julian Assange’s ( Wikileaks ) Recived grants from NSA and DARPA to fund his graduate Crypto Reserach?
US Gov’t Funded Julian Assange’s Crypto Research… Then Pulled The Plug from the it-all-comes-back-around dept PandoDaily has a fascinating story from Peiter Zatko who had known Julian Assange way back in the day, and last ran into him at Chaos… Read More ›
Employment gap between America’s rich and poor at widest level on record – with lowest earners at same jobless rate as the Great Depression
By Associated Press and Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 09:28 EST, 16 September 2013 | UPDATED: 09:32 EST, 16 September 2013 The gap in employment rates between America’s highest- and lowest-income families has stretched to its widest levels since officials… Read More ›
NSA Monitors Financial World
‘Follow the Money’ By Laura Poitras, Marcel Rosenbach and Holger Stark The NSA monitors banks and credit card transactions — sometimes in apparent violation of national laws and global regulations. The European SWIFT financial transaction network is being tapped on… Read More ›
Time Mag hides Putin’s success from US public
EEV: So, I guess it is not a conspiracy any longer, that us U.S. citizens are being insulated from international news. Hmmm? Monday, 16 September 2013 Time Magazine’s cover for its September 16 issue features a picture of contented-looking… Read More ›
Russian FM ( including 12 former Pentagon and CIA officials) says alleged chemical attack outside Damascus was plotted
Photo EPA/STR MOSCOW, September 14 (Itar-Tass) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the alleged chemical attack in one of the suburbs of the Syrian capital of Damascus on August 21 had been plotted. “There is a wide variety of… Read More ›
Why did the CIA let a crazed al-Qaeda mob kill America’s ambassador? Moment by moment, the atrocity that’s sent the U.S. into a frenzy of suspicion and recrimination
The U.S. Consulate in Benghazi was attacked on September 11, 2012 A group of armed jihadists attacked the building and set it alight Four people died in the attack, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens By Tony Rennell PUBLISHED: 16:17 EST, 13 … Read More ›
Money Talks: ‘Monstanto Protection Act’ quietly passed by US Congress
Thursday, 12 September 2013 A budget provision protecting genetically-modified seeds from litigation in the face of health risks was extended for three months in an approved US House of Representatives’ spending bill on Tuesday evening. Called “The Monsanto Protection… Read More ›
Exclusive: Washington state testing alfalfa for GMO contamination
Carey Gillam Reuters 3:17 PM CDT, September 11, 2013 (Reuters) – Agriculture officials in Washington state are testing samples of alfalfa after a farmer reported his hay was rejected for export because it tested positive for a genetically modified trait… Read More ›
Top one percent took record 19.3percent of US income last year – the LARGEST share of pre-tax income since 1927
Last year the top 1 per cent of earners in the U.S. accounted for 19.3 per cent of pre-tax income That’s the largest per cent since 1927 The economic disparity between the 1 per cent and everyone else in the… Read More ›
Video – Health Research Reports 9 SEP 2013
Topics: Arginine performs as well as established drugs for Diabetes * American Scientific journal Enocrinology Sep 2013 Nutritional Supplements reduce hospital stays by 21% * American Journal of Managed Care Sep 2013 Sirtuin in the brain delays the process of… Read More ›
Official: US Could Increase Scale of Syria Strikes / Longer engagement, and use of Air Force Bombers
Sep. 8, 2013 – 11:49AM | By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE | A BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile is launched from its Mark 41 vertical launch system aboard the Destroyer USS FIFE (DD-991) during Operation Desert Storm. War planners aim to unleash a… Read More ›
Brussels fears European ‘industrial massacre’ sparked by energy costs
Europe’s industry is being ravaged by exorbitant energy costs and an over-valued euro, blighting efforts to reverse years of global manufacturing decline. Mr Tajani warned that Europe’s quixotic dash for renewables was pushing electricity costs to untenable levels, leaving Europe… Read More ›
A war the Pentagon doesn’t want
EEV: This is from the July 18th meeting. As you can easily see, Sen. McCain was already determined to go to war. By Robert H. Scales, Published: September 5 Robert H. Scales, a retired Army major general, is a former commandant… Read More ›
A New Revolt of the Generals? – “embarrassed” to be associated with the White House’s bumbling of the situation
Sep 6, 2013By Paul McLearyin Secretary of State John Kerry confers with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel as they testify with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the “The Authorization… Read More ›
Compared to Syrian biological weapons, sarin is nothing – official
Photo: RIA Novosti The issue of chemical and biological weapons in Syria is creating concerns in both neighbouring and distant countries. The mere presence of such weapons in the hands of the Syrian rebels is seen as a threat in… Read More ›
Federal court order prohibits Brown from talking to the media in what critics say is latest in crackdown on investigative journalism
US stops jailed activist Barrett Brown from discussing leaks prosecution Ed Pilkington in New York theguardian.com, Wednesday 4 September 2013 17.50 EDT Brown’s lawyer says the gagging order is a breach of Brown’s first amendment rights. Photograph: Nikki Loehr A… Read More ›
German Newspaper Points to Western Complicity in Organ Trade in China / Particulary Falun Gong organs
By Gisela Sommer, Epoch Times | September 2, 2013 Last Updated: September 2, 2013 10:50 pm A screen shot from the mini documentary, “Killed for Organs: China’s Secret State Transplant Business.” The German newspaper Die Zeit points to Western complicity… Read More ›
Up to 13 surgery patients at risk from brain disease that SURVIVES sterilization after one man died during operation
One patient had brain surgery in May then died in August from fatal Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Incurable condition can survive standard sterilization Up to 13 people in several states may have been exposed to the disease By Daily Mail Reporter and… Read More ›
Does getting rich mean giving less? Research shows the more money you have, the more tight fisted you become
A study from UC Berkeley’s Dacher Keltner finds that isolation and a decrease in generosity occur as personal wealth increases Another study tracked a Mexican village and watched giving and community activities drop as wealth grew Since 1800, Americans have… Read More ›
‘Catastrophe’ as 114 million Chinese suffer diabetes thanks to economic boom
Shocking survey shows 11.6pc of people suffer from rampant diet-related disease, with around one third of the world’s diabetics living in China Thursday, 05 September, 2013 [Updated: 7:42AM] Bloomberg and Lo Wei Overweight children at a fitness camp in Wuhan…. Read More ›
Top-secret U.S. intelligence files show new levels of distrust of Pakistan
By Greg Miller, Craig Whitlock and Barton Gellman, Monday, September 2, 6:04 PM The $52.6 billion U.S. intelligence arsenal is aimed mainly at unambiguous adversaries, including al-Qaeda, North Korea and Iran. But top-secret budget documents reveal an equally intense focus on one… Read More ›
REVEALED: Secret program gives federal agents nearly instant access to BILLIONS of AT&T phone records without a court order
Hemisphere program allows federal agents to access details on rolling database of 4billion calls a day that are process through AT&T switches Secret program in place since 2007 includes records dating back to 1987 Federal agents can issue ‘administrative subpoena’… Read More ›
US activist group challanges NSA surveillance by tracking Obama’s location
EEV: Crowdsourcing the Presidents location, appears to be a valid new security risk. We do not however support the apparent risk this may bring. Screenshot: whereisobama.at In response to what some consider over-reaching surveillance programs conducted by US intelligence agencies, which have… Read More ›
NSA spied on Brazilian and Mexican presidents – media
©Photo: Flickr.com/Rev. Xanatos Satanicos Bombasticos (ClintJCL)/cc-by-nc-sa 3.0 US National Security Agency spied on the communications of the Brazilian and Mexican presidents, accessing the Mexico leader’s emails even before he was elected, Brazil’s Globo television reported. Glenn Greenwald, a Rio de… Read More ›
Russian citizens who might be of interest to U.S. security agencies should avoid travel
Photo EPA/ITAR-TASS MOSCOW, September 2. (Itar-Tass) – “Russia’s Foreign Ministry recommends Russian citizens to refrain from international trips, especially to countries with extradition treaties with the US, if said citizens have grounded suspicions that American law enforcements are interested in… Read More ›
Odious Slate writer: Only evil people send their kids to private schools
Posted By Robby Soave On 9:54 PM 08/29/2013 In Education | No Comments Have the manifest failures of public education motivated you to enroll your own children in private schools? If so, you are evil, argues Slate editor Allison Benedikt…. Read More ›
StarLink resurfaces: GM corn banned decade ago found in Saudi Arabia
Published time: August 27, 2013 21:14 Edited time: August 29, 2013 AFP Photo / Paul J. Richards The Saudi Arabian food chain has been widely contaminated with GM ingredients, according to a new study. The findings include controversial StarLink maize… Read More ›
More than a THIRD of America’s highest-paid CEOs have been fired, fined or bailed out over the last 20 years
About 40 percent of American CEOs found themselves in hot water over the past 20 years due to poor performance Though fired for their ineptitude, eight per cent received ‘golden parachutes’ worth an average of $48million By Ryan Gorman PUBLISHED:… Read More ›
State Dept Admits It Doesn’t Know Who Ordered Syria’s Chemical Strike
Posted By Elias Groll Wednesday, August 28, 2013 – 10:24 PM With the United States barreling toward a strike on Syria, U.S. officials say they are completely certain that Bashar al-Assad’s government is responsible for last week’s… Read More ›
It’s personal: Obamas carried $120,000 student loan debt for decades
10:53 PM 08/27/2013 Robby Soave Reporter, The Daily Caller For President Obama, the student loan crisis is personal. The Obamas had not repaid all of their $120,000 student loan debts until his election to the Senate in… Read More ›
Syria: US calls on UN to withdraw experts, mission senseless
Wsj, there was already definitive proof of chemical weapons use 28 August, 10:09 (ANSAmed) – NEW YORK, AUGUST 28 – The UN mission in Syria is meaningless, as there was already definitive proof of chemical weapons use, US… Read More ›
Saudi takes keys away from more rogue women drivers
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation – Tue, 27 Aug 2013 07:15 AM Author: Lisa AndersonMore news from our correspondents Female driver Azza Al Shmasani displays a note that she says was placed on her car by an unknown person in Saudi… Read More ›
Does Obama know he’s fighting on al-Qa’ida’s side?
Robert Fisk Tuesday 27 August 2013 ‘All for one and one for all’ should be the battle cry if the West goes to war against Assad’s Syrian regime Getty Images If Barack Obama decides to attack the Syrian regime, he… Read More ›
Two teaspoons of pesticide wipe out insects on 10-mile stretch of river
Minister demands curb on pesticide sale after it wipes out insects on 10-mile stretch of river Two teaspoons of an insecticide poured down a kitchen sink has been held responsible for wiping out insect life on a 10-mile stretch… Read More ›
Israeli army placed on high alert
Photo: Flickr.com/kudumomo/cc-by In a live interview on Press TV, Voice of Russia regular contributor and the owner of the Stop NATO website Rick Rozoff, citing multiple sources, stated that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have been placed on high alert…. Read More ›
Codename ‘Apalachee’
The servers for the EU mission to the United Nations in New York are located on the 26th floor. The NSA obtained a floor plan of the offices in the autumn of 2012. How America Spies on Europe and… Read More ›
Nepotism is giving way to elite breeding
Source: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 04:29 PM Author: Edward Hadas Graduates set next to the Chinese flag during a graduation ceremony at Fudan University in Shanghai June 28, 2013 REUTERS/Aly Song (The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The… Read More ›
Exclusive: CIA Files Prove America Helped Saddam as He Gassed Iran
The U.S. government may be considering military action in response to chemical strikes near Damascus. But a generation ago, America’s military and intelligence communities knew about and did nothing to stop a series of nerve gas attacks far more devastating… Read More ›
DoD training manual suggests Founding Fathers followed ‘extremist ideology’
Published time: August 25, 2013 11:41 A man is arrested during the Occupy Wall Street protest September 17, 2012 on the one year anniversary of the movement in New York.(AFP Photo / Stan Honda) A Department of Defense training… Read More ›
AFI 36-2706, Equal Opportunity Program Military and Civilian ( DoD )
EEV: Originally a PDF document converted to word. Yes there is validation in the document that the colonist were considered extremist, as well as a Nationalism being en extremist ideology. It is by far an overly paranoid document, which can… Read More ›
US spy agency broke encryption on UN communications – report
© Collage: Voice of Russia The US National Security Agency broke the encryption securing the United Nations’ internal video conferencing at its New York headquarters, German news weekly Der Spiegel reported Sunday, citing secret NSA documents. 0The move provided the… Read More ›
Snowden tricked NSA – and they don’t know how he did it
Published time: August 24, 2013 17:48 View of the National Security Agency (NSA) in the Washington suburb of Fort Meade, Maryland (AFP Photo) While collecting data Edward Snowden was able to evade all safeguards at the NSA, leaving the… Read More ›
NSA officers ‘spy on love interests’
The spying has been given the codename ‘LOVEINT’ LOVEINT has been going on for at least the past decade This revelation is the latest in a summer of disclosures about how far the US government spy program reaches By Ryan… Read More ›
8 Reasons Young Americans Don’t Fight Back: How the US Crushed Youth Resistance
EEV: RE-posted at Request Republished from alternet.org By Bruce E. Levine Traditionally, young people have energized democratic movements. So it is a major coup for the ruling elite to have created societal institutions that have subdued young Americans and… Read More ›
Study adds lung damage to harmful effects of arsenic / lung damage comparable to decades of smoking
Contact: John Easton john.easton@uchospitals.edu 773-795-5225 University of Chicago Medical Center A new study confirms that exposure to low to moderate amounts of arsenic in drinking water can impair lung function. Doses of about 120 parts per billion of arsenic in… Read More ›
Engineering Evil 