Month: January 2014
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Technology Doesn’t Destroy Community – Humans Do
from theamericanconservative.com: Modern society fosters the idea of personhood as a singular thing: we believe that living in community is not necessary, though often beneficial. Social obligation and community are voluntary: they can and should be discarded whenever convenient for the individual. Some believe these trends are based in the increase of technology; but according…
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#StuporBowl: Pack a Super Bowl of Super Munchies?
from nashville.com: Now there’s more proof that legalizing marijuana can lead to only good things. Besides an uptick in visits to this burrito vending machine. The two states that have legalized pot are both going to the Super Bowl this year, with the Denver Broncos facing off against the Seattle Seahawks. So it’s been dubbed…
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Occult Death Series: 1974 Cult Murder of Arlis Perry
William Ramsey details in masterful fashion occult aspects of a young wife’s ritual murder in blog, “1974 Satanic Ritual Murder Still Unresolved.” “On October 13th, 1974, Arlis Perry, a nineteen-year-old from Bismarck, North Dakota, was found murdered in the Memorial Church on the Stanford university campus. She had been in California for only six weeks……
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Amid Scandal, François Hollande Meets Pope Francis
from telegraph.co.uk: The timing could not be more exquisite – a president from a (mostly) Catholic country embroiled in a sexual intrigue holds his first audience with the pontiff. Luckily for the French president, Francis is something of a reformist, and once questioned his right to judge homosexuals. He was probably more interested in asking…
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The Devil Chased Out of Church
Church of England Waters Down Baptism?* from telegraph.co.uk: The devil has been dropped from a new Baptism service of the Church of England. The old Book of Common Prayer version asks the godparent: “Dost thou, in the name of this Child, renounce the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of the…
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Top 5 Detox Foods: Tomatoes, Spinach, Fennel, Artichokes and Black Radishes
from nydailynews.com: There is no such thing as a truly detoxifying food, according to Nathalie Negro, a nutritionist at French weight loss resort Thermes de Brides-les-Bains. Nonetheless, most fruits and vegetables are rich in potassium and low in sodium, which means that they have particularly effective diuretic properties. They may also be rich in antioxidants,…
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#Parody Trailer Perfectly Skewers Indie #Film Clichés of #Sundance
from adweek.com: Ever get the feeling that if you’ve seen one piece of schlocky Sundance festival fodder, you’ve seen them all? If so, you’re going to appreciate the many tired tropes folded into the faux trailer for “Not Another Sundance Movie.” Even if you don’t consider yourself an indie film aficionado, you’ll quickly see the…
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DiamondsAreEvil.com DiamondsAreEvil Jewelry Company Takes Stand Against Diamonds
from dailytexanonline.com: Two years ago, Texas A&M students Michael Murphy and Meredith Butler decided to start using scraps of wood from leftover architecture projects to make intricately designed pieces of jewelry. The couple vowed against the culture created by the diamond market, which shaped the idea of Diamonds Are Evil… Diamonds Are Evil pieces are…
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South Sudan Cease-Fire Signed After More Than a Month of Fighting
from nytimes.com: The government of South Sudan and rebels loyal to the country’s ousted former vice president signed a cease-fire agreement on Thursday, holding out the prospect of peace after more than a month of fighting that has torn the new nation apart. Under the agreement, signed in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, both sides…
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Too Many Sodas Contain Potential Carcinogen
from cnn.com: A chemical found in many sodas may be dangerous to your health, Consumer Reports says. And no, it’s not sugar (this time). The golden-brown color of many soft drinks comes with a dose of the chemical 4-methylimidazole, or 4-MeI. On U.S. product labels it appears simply as “caramel coloring.” Those who say the…
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Episode179 – Ukraine Unrest, IP Address Wins, Google Glass Eye
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: Ukraine Opposition Sets 24-hour Deadline As Protests Rage Putin Scores a New Victory: What Really Happened In Ukraine Ukraine Texts Citizens: Hey,…
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Ukraine Opposition Sets 24-hour Deadline As Protests Rage
from washingtonpost.com: Ukrainian opposition leaders issued a stark ultimatum to President Viktor Yanukovych on Wednesday to call early elections within 24 hours or face more popular rage, after at least two protesters were killed in confrontations with police in a grim escalation of a two-monthlong political crisis. The protesters’ deaths, the first since the largely…
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Geneva II: Day 1 of Syria Peace Talks Ends on Fragile Ground
from cbsnews.com: Peace talks to carve a path out of Syria’s civil war got off to a rocky start Wednesday as a bitter clash over President Bashar Assad’s future threatened to collapse the negotiations even before they had begun. The dispute over Assad cast a pall over an international conference that aims to map out…
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Netflix profits rise fivefold as streaming service hits 44 million subscribers
from theguardian.com: Online movie and TV streaming service Netflix announced it had over 44 million subscribers worldwide by the end of last year, and revealed on Wednesday that profits had risen more than fivefold. The company, which delivers DVDs by mail as well as offering movies and TV shows online, had about 33.4 million paying…
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State Of Emergency Begins As Thailand Copes With Protests
from therepublic.com: Protesters vying to overthrow Thailand’s government stayed on the streets Wednesday despite the start of a state of emergency in the capital that was imposed to cope with the nation’s increasingly violent political crisis. The emergency decree announced late Tuesday allows authorities to ban public gatherings, impose curfews and censor local news reports…