Month: January 2014
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US Rejects Japan Broadcaster Claim It Used ‘Comfort Women’ in WWII
from world.time.com: Did the American government employ sex slaves during the Second World War? The newly appointed chairman of Japan’s public broadcasting system apparently thinks so. In the latest in a string of revisionist statements by conservative leaders in Japan, Katsuto Momii said the “comfort women” system, in which women were coerced into serving in…
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Mike Huckabee Vows to Keep Talking About Women’s Libidos
How to Debunk the ‘War on Women’* from huffingtonpost.com: “If the Democrats want to insult the women of America by making them believe that they are helpless without Uncle Sugar coming in and providing for them a prescription each month for birth control, because they cannot control their libido or their reproductive system without the…
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Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg One of Youngest Billionaires in World
from forbes.com: In her book Lean In, Sheryl Sandberg detailed her negotiations with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg as she was being scouted for the position of chief operating officer. Poised to become the social network’s number two, the Harvard MBA noted that she was “dying” to accept the job but was “afraid of doing anything…
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Yahoo Identifies Effort to Break Into Users’ Accounts
from bloomberg.com: Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO), the biggest U.S. Web portal, said it recently identified an effort to break into some users’ Yahoo Mail e-mail accounts. The list of names and passwords used in the attack was probably taken from a third-party database, Yahoo said yesterday in a blog post. The company said it acted immediately…
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Vodka Blamed for High Death Rates in Russia
from bbc.co.uk: The high number of early deaths in Russia is mainly due to people drinking too much alcohol, particularly vodka, research shows. The study, in The Lancet, says 25% of Russian men die before they are 55, and most of the deaths are down to alcohol. The comparable UK figure is 7%. Causes of…
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TPP Protests Across North America Aim to Block ‘NAFTA on Steroids’
from beyondchron.org: Workers across the U.S., Canada, and Mexico will unite in an Inter-Continental Day of Action Friday to stop a massive new trade agreement, the Trans-Pacific Partnership—commonly referred to as “NAFTA on steroids.” In the U.S., the immediate fight is to block a bill that would grant the president “fast track” authority to sign…
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Video: Stupor Bowl Ad for Darren Aronofsky’s ‘Noah’
from deadline.com: Russell Crowe stars as the biblical hero in Darren Aronofsky‘s Noah, which will make an appearance during the Super Bowl nearly two months before it hits theaters. Word is the pic from the Black Swan helmer isn’t your grandpa’s kind of Bible study (or even Mark Burnett’s) but a dark, existential take on…
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New World Next Week: Episode180 – #SOTU? STFU!, 3D Printer Patent, Drone Rustlers Update
NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode180 – #SOTU? STFU!, 3D Printer Patent, Drone Rustlers Update Welcome to New World Next Week – the video series from Corbett Report and Media Monarchy that covers some of the most important developments in open source intelligence news. This week: Story #1: Obama Misleads Nation on Iran Deal Obama Brought 60,000 Troops Home…
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West Virginia official says residents are breathing cancer-causing agent after chemical spill
from blacklistednews.com: A West Virginia state official told legislators on Wednesday that he “can guarantee” some residents are breathing in a cancer-causing substance due to the chemical spill that occurred earlier in January. In a recent meeting with a state legislative committee on water resources, Scott Simonton of the West Virginia Environmental Quality Board said…
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Police Say Columbia, Maryland Mall Shooter Was ‘Ready To Die’
from baltimoresun.com: Columbia mall shooter Darion Marcus Aguilar wrote in a journal about killing people, claimed he was “ready to die” and alluded to an unspecified plan that was “set,” police revealed Wednesday. Investigators say the 19-year-old wrote sporadic entries over the past year, indicating he thought he needed mental health help and apologizing to…
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As China’s Economy Slows, the Pain Hits Home
from nytimes.com: Piles of unsold coal line rural roads in north-central China. Some iron ore mines near Beijing are operating at a fraction of capacity. Chinese farm products are even increasingly scorned by the Chinese consumer. While China remains nearly self-sufficient in all these categories, it is importing more from other emerging markets. Economists and…
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Stupor Bowl or Snooper Bowl: Police State Technology Ready to Play Big Game
Police State Gets Ready for Super Bowl XLVIII from infowars.com: Super Bowl XLVIII is a level one national security event declared by the Department of Homeland Security allowing Homeland Security Presidential Directive 5 to kick in. The directive means the federal government considers the game to be a possible terrorist target and provides authority for…
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Is Seattle Seahawks Coach Pete Carroll a 9/11 Truther?
from theblaze.com: As the Super Bowl looms over New York City, an old accusation is once again looming over Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll: It’s rumored he’s a 9/11 truther. In June, Deadspin ran an article — republishing it last week — detailing a meeting Carroll had with recently retired four-star Army General Peter Chiarelli.…
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How Women’s Wisdom Was Lost
from theguardian.com: A mummified crocodile in the back streets of Oxford might not be an obvious guardian for one of life’s great mysteries. But some 2,000-year-old treacle brown remains made up of recycled scraps of Egyptian papyrus, torn up to encase the reptile, hide hard evidence of a substantial historical cover-up. Now stored in 100-year-old…
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Food Lobby Threatens to Sue Any State that Tries to Label GMO’s
from truthstreammedia.com: The Organic Consumers Association is reporting that the Grocery Manufacturer’s Association — the mega corp. lobby group that represents 300 companies and way more than just grocery stores — is using a talking points memo to basically misinform and intimidate our legislators with threats of lawsuits should they even attempt to back a…