Month: March 2014
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Video of 9/11 Captured from ISS to Be Shown for First Time
from rt.com: A British news channel is preparing to broadcast video footage of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks captured from outer space for the first time in the coming weeks. Channel 4, a public service television station based in the United Kingdom, has announced that it will show footage from that Tuesday morning captured…
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Russia Approves EU Assets Freeze If Sanctions Hit Moscow
from presstv.ir: Moscow says it will respond to any EU sanctions with its own punitive measures. This may include a freeze of foreign companies’ accounts in Russian banks and also confiscation of foreign companies’ properties in Russia. The Upper House of Parliament, the Federation Council, is preparing a new law which would allow the president…
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UN Says World Must Produce 60% More Food By 2050 to Avoid Mass Unrest
from rt.com: Political turmoil, social unrest, civil war and terrorism could all be on the table unless the world boosts its food production by 60 percent come mid-century, the UN’s main hunger fighting agency has warned. The world’s population is expected to hit 9 billion people by 2050, which, coupled with the higher caloric intake…
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GMO Salmon May Soon Go On Sale, But Will Anyone Buy It?
from foxnews.com: It’s taken almost two decades, but the U.S. Food and Drug Administration may be close to a ruling on the world’s first genetically modified animal protein. AquAdvantage salmon is a product of the Massachusetts-based biotech firm AquaBounty Technologies. Designed to reach market size in about half the time of standard farmed salmon, the…
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Mircea Eliade and the Flow God
from Mossdreams.blogspot.com: An article by Robert Moss: There was great excitement when I announced on the second day of my depth workshop in the Carpathian mountains that that we would make a group journey to heal our relations with the dead, with departed family members and with ancestors further back. There was immense need for…
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Los Angeles Man Charged in Hollywood Beheading
from reuters.com: Police have arrested a man in Texas suspected of killing his roommate, a former Mexicana airlines employee, whose severed head was found underneath the famed Hollywood sign overlooking Los Angeles in 2012, officials said on Monday. The suspect, 38-year-old Gabriel Campos-Martinez, was arrested on Sunday and is accused of murdering 66-year-old Hervey Coronado…
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Shocker: Airport Body Scanners ‘Could Give You Cancer’, Warns Expert
from dailymail.co.uk: Full body scanners at airports could increase your risk of skin cancer, experts warn. The X-ray machines have been brought in at Manchester, Gatwick and Heathrow. But scientists say radiation from the scanners has been underestimated and could be particularly risky for children. They say that the low level beam does deliver a…
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States Find Ways to Skirt Congressional Cuts in Food Stamps
from washingtonpost.com: Congress last month passed a revamp of agriculture and food policy that was supposed to save the U.S. government $8.6 billion in food-stamp costs over a decade. That may not happen, though, now that some states are finding a way to avoid the cuts. New York, Connecticut and Pennsylvania are triggering extra nutrition…
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Fun and Games With Stratfor
APD and DPS collaborated with private ‘geopolitical intelligence firm’ – including bomb demonstrations and undercover surveillance from austinchronicle.com: One of the murkier and more forbidding aspects of the post-9/11 world has been the massive growth of what’s become known as the “intelligence industrial complex.” Similar to its sibling, the “military industrial complex” (as it was…
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Pedophilia Warrants Issued for Queen, UK PM
Examiner article reports recent warrants issued for both Queen Elizabeth and Prime Minister David Cameron for crimes in an international pedophile ring. Ex-Royal Military policeman Matt Taylor observes in article: “We have enough evidence to prosecute and hold both the Prime Minister and Queen of England.” Kevin Annett has worked for years, seeking justice for…
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Drone With 80,000 Volt Taser Is Worrying Glimpse Into Future
from huffingtonpost.com: A drone affectionately called ‘CUPID’ has been equipped with an 80,000 volt taser and has successfully killed taken out a human, helpfully mapping out the sci-fi predicted future of humanity… CUPID —> Robocop —> Skynet —> Terminators —> No more people. Designed by Chaotic Moon, the Chaotic Unmanned Personal Intercept Drone (y’see?) was…
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Australia’s Shark Cull Is Killing The Wrong Sharks
from motherboard.vice.com: An array of 25 enormous baited hooks has been bobbing from bright orange buoys since late January in turquoise waters just off postcard-perfect white beaches around Perth. The so-called drum lines are a desperate attempt by a conservative state government to protect summertime beachgoers and the region’s tourism sector from a growing scourge…
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Police Stop Witch-Burning in Siberia
from en.ria.ru: In an unexpected incident worthy of the Spanish inquisition, a couple in eastern Siberia decided their acquaintance was a witch and attempted to burn her alive, though police stopped the impromptu auto-da-fe. The rescue came not a moment too soon, as the couple were at that moment forcing the alleged witch headfirst into…
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From Daft Punk to Food Junk: FDA Taps Graphic Designer for Nutrition Facts Redo
from politico.com: The architect of the biggest change to nutrition labels in two decades is the founder of a pop culture and arts magazine that lists Daft Punk and David Bowie as contributors. He also once played a major role in a successful national advertising campaign that used disturbing images, like body bags and a…
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@PumpUpThaVolume: Episode101 – Ready To Go
“♫Makin’ a soundtrack for another planet to hear♫ on Episode101 – Ready To Go which features brand new sounds from Black Lips, Katie Herzig, Bombay Bicycle Club, Public Service Broadcasting, Vertical Scratchers, Kelis, Kenna, Ozomatli, Walker Lukens, Web of Sunsets, Saint Rich, Drive-By Truckers and Shake Some Action!… Download/Subscribe Previous: Episode100 – High Road ****************************************…