Month: November 2013
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Pope’s Ambassador Tells US Bishops To ‘Live Simply’
from ap.org: The Vatican ambassador to the United States says American bishops should make Roman Catholics feel more at home in the church. Archbishop Carlo Vigano says Pope Francis wants bishops to act more fatherly and not follow any particular ideology. Vigano made the remarks at the start of a national bishops meeting in Baltimore.…
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US Ethanol Revolution Causes ‘Ecological Disaster’
from rt.com: A new investigation has revealed that the United States’ ethanol mandate is severely harming the environment without producing enough tangible benefits. Since the Obama administration began implementing the ethanol mandate – requiring a certain level of the biofuel to be added to the gasoline supply – the Associated Press found that the damage…
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Okinawa: the junk heap of the Pacific
from The Japan Times: In June, construction workers unearthed more than 20 rusty barrels from beneath a soccer pitch in Okinawa City. The land had once been part of Kadena Air Base — the Pentagon’s largest installation in the Pacific region — but was returned to civilian usage in 1987. Tests revealed that the barrels…
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McDonald’s Sues Protesters for Rejecting the Fast Food Junk
from trueactivist.com: “We’re doing this for your own protection.” Protesters with the Australian group BurgerOff are hearing a similar phrase from McDonald’s. The fast food giant is suing protestors who object to the birth of a new McDonald’s restaurant near an elementary school. What’s more, Mickey D’s (slang for McDonald’s) is saying that the lawsuit…
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‘Waking Shark II’: Cyber Attack Simulation Tested London Banks
from rt.com: A simulated cyber-attack on financial markets, codenamed “Waking Shark II,” took place in London on Tuesday to determine how well the City would respond to a large-scale disruption of Internet services. Hundreds of employees from London’s financial sector participated in the drill, led by a team from Credit Suisse, who created a ‘war…
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Did Israel Vandalize Box That Held Bones of Jesus’ Brother?
from foxnews.com: A limestone box said to have once held the bones of the brother of Jesus was at the center of the most controversial forgery case in decades — and it was allegedly vandalized by the Israeli government before being returned to its owner. Called the James ossuary, it is a small stone box…
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Obamacare Web Users Invited by U.S. to Try Signup Again
from bloomberg.com: About 275,000 people who tried and failed to sign up for Obamacare health plans are being asked by the U.S. government to return to the website as the software flaws that initially shut them out are being corrected. People are being contacted this week in a “series of e-mails in waves” to avoid…
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Ariana Grande Issues Public Apology to Satan’s Minions
from spin.com: In a new interview with Complex, 20-year-old Nickelodeon star and pop singer Ariana Grande reveals that she is haunted by demons. Like, literal demons. Fang-toothed, horn-headed, hoof-having, devil’s minions type demons. Really. Despite having “the most chaste popular music this side of a Christian station” in her new album Yours Truly, or maybe…
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GOCE Satellite Hits Atlantic, But What About Next One?
from abcnews.go.com: This time it splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean — but what about next time? The European Space Agency says one of its research satellites re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere early Monday on an orbit that passed over Siberia, the western Pacific Ocean, the eastern Indian Ocean and Antarctica. The 1,100-kilogram (2,425-pound) satellite disintegrated…
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Obama Spends SNAP Money On Michelle’s “Let’s Move” Program
Obama using food-stamp cash to fund Michelle’s ‘Let’s Move’* from nypost.com: Food stamp cuts are on everyone’s mind, and we’re all trying not to think about how Michelle Obama’s Child Nutrtion Act has had something to do with it. As previously reported by The Inquisitr, the food stamp cuts have been a source of much…
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FDA Safety Rule Webpage Crashes Before Comment Deadline
from cornucopia.org: Family farm and consumer advocates have been working for weeks to ensure meaningful public comment on the FDA’s proposed food safety rules. Now the government website that serves as a portal for the public’s comments on food safety is offline, out-of-service, or even refusing to accept comments. “This is potentially disenfranchising thousands of…
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Occult Death Series: Stanley Kubrick
Stanley Kubrick, arguably best director of 20th Century, died just a few days after screening “Eyes Wide Shut.” Jay Weidner, in a 2011 Red Ice Interview, suspects Kubrick had planned a one-two punch with “Eyes Wide Shut” to be followed by “Artificial Intelligence (AI).” AI, a movie largely concerned with pedophile networks according to Weidner,…
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300ft Flames as Crude Oil Train Derails, Explodes in Rural Alabama
from commondreams.org: A train carrying 2.7 million gallons of crude oil derailed near Aliceville in rural Alabama on Friday in a fiery explosion that green groups say illustrates the danger of fossil fuels. The accident, the cause of which is unknown, appears to be the most severe of its kind within the United States since…
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Satellite fragments to crash to Earth
from smh.com.au: Fragments from a science satellite are likely to crash to Earth late Sunday or early Monday after the one-tonne probe breaks up at the end of its mission, the European Space Agency (ESA) says. In a statement, the agency said when and where the pieces would land was still unclear. Experts have previously…
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@PumpUpThaVolume: Episode084 – Bellwether
“♫Makin’ a soundtrack for another planet to hear♫ on Johnathan Rice, Julie Ruin, Naughty Boy, Cub Sport, Agnes Obel, RJD2, U.S. Girls, Goldfrapp, Deltron 3030, Glasser, Yonder, No Bird Sing, Jon Hopkins and Quasi… Download/Subscribe Previous: Episode083 – Candy Tongue **************************************** ♬Liner Notes♬: What a great batch of progressive new sounds from biggies like Goldfrapp,…