Month: December 2014
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Did a Black Man Discover the Fountain of Youth?
from theroot.com: At the top of my own list of things we weren’t told in school is the fact that the legendary Fountain of Youth was not only thought for centuries to be located in Ethiopia, but that the man who had discovered it and ruled over it was a black man. European artists…
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The Mysteries of Britain, the Matter of Sovereignty and The Glastonbury Declaration
from ishtarsgate.wordpress.com: The term claiming one’s Sovereignty has become quite fashionable in recent years, since it was taken up by the Freeman on the Land people. In the mouths of such political activists, it has become a sort of buzz term, a comfort blanket or flag for them all to nestle under in the hope…
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The Hanging Gardens of … Nineveh?
from nationalgeographic.com: The legendary Hanging Gardens of Babylon are exactly that: legendary. And they may not have been located in Babylon. The gardens, famous as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, were, according to Stephanie Dalley, an Oxford University Assyriologist, located some 340 miles north of ancient Babylon in Nineveh, on the…
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“Animal Needs” and the #BestOf2014 ♬
“Come alive” on Media Monarchy and @PumpUpThaVolume’s Mixtape019 – “Animal Needs” and the Best Of 2014 with my favorite music from The Faint, Sohn, The Drums, War On Drugs and many, many more! ♬
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@PumpUpThaVolume: Episode140 – Do It
♫Makin’ a soundtrack for another planet to hear♫ on Episode140 – Do It which features brand new sounds from Tuxedo, Springtime Carnivore, Owen Pallett, Smokey Brights, Museum of Love, Talk in Tongues, Elel, Laura Mvula, Daniel Lanois, Leopold & His Fiction, Nikki Lane and Murder Vibes… Download/Subscribe Previous: Episode139 – Farther **************************************** ♬Liner Notes♬: Well…
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Are we innate retributivists?
from philosophicaldisquisitions.blogspot.com: Why do we punish others? There are many philosophical answers to that question. Some claim that we punish in order to incapacitate a potential wrongdoer; some claim that we do it in order to rehabilitate an offender; some claim that we do it in order to deter others; and some claim that we…
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Episode214 – New World Next Year – 2015
NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode214 – New World Next Year – 2015 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 year: Pilato’s 2014 Story: The Mainstreaming of Conspiracy The New American ‘Malaise’ “The Elf on the…
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‘The Interview’ premiere canceled in wake of Sony hacker ‘9/11-style’ terror threats
from RT.com: The premiere of ‘The Interview’, the comedy ridiculing the North Korean leadership, has been canceled in New York, allegedly due to a 9/11-style terror threat. But US security officials say “there is no credible intelligence” of an attack at this time. The Sunshine Cinema in Lower East Side has made the decision to…
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@GonePostalFilm: Dismantling Post Office a Controlled Demolition
from brasschecktv.com: The US Postal System is one of the biggest employers in America. It’s also one of the only means of communication that is mandated to be private. So why are the powers that be doing everything they can to destroy it?
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The Lost Lands of Mu and Lemuria
from newdawnmagazine.com: Lemuria and Mu are interchangeable names given to a lost land believed to have been located somewhere in either the southern Pacific or Indian Oceans. This ancient continent was apparently the home of an advanced and highly spiritual culture, perhaps the mother race of all mankind, but it sank beneath the waves many…
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Canadian Government Loses Appeal To Stop Medical Marijuana Patients From Growing Pot At Home
from cbc.ca: The federal government has lost its latest attempt to prevent medical marijuana patients from growing pot at home. New rules were introduced earlier this year that prohibited home growing and instead shifted production to commercial operations, but a group of patients is challenging that regime. Those patients won a court injunction earlier this…
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Pirate Bay Shutdown Has Had Virtually No Effect on Digital Piracy Levels
from variety.com: The Pirate Bay was deep-sixed this week in its home port of Stockholm, Sweden, after cops raided a data center hosting the world’s most famous piracy organization. But its absence appears to have put hardly a dent in global piracy activity over the last four days. On Monday, Dec. 8, a total of 101.5 million Internet worldwide…
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New Study Raising Alarms About ‘#Superbugs’
from ibtimes.com: Growing resistance to drugs in microbes and the rise of “superbugs” could cast medicine “back to the dark ages” and lead to the deaths of over 10 million people by 2050, according to a British government-commissioned review [PDF]. The review further added that Anti-Microbial Resistance (AMR) is a global problem that cannot be solved…
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#NewWorldNextWeek – The #Sony Pictures Hack: Everything We Know So Far
from thenextweb.com: Sony’s hacking story has been a long, confusing one to follow. Leaks have seemed endless since first starting and more crazy details have emerged in the last week than we’ve ever seen from the company. We still don’t know who hacked Sony Pictures, but the FBI is working to track down the source of the leaks.…
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Cicret Bracelet Will Turn Your Arm Into A Tablet
from digit.in: A new Cicret bracelet can detect your gestures and projects a screen onto the skin, so you can take calls, check your emails, read books, all from your arm. Designed by Paris-based design company, the prototype bracelet can remotely connect with a mobile device and emits the interface onto the wearer’s arm. The…