Month: April 2014
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What #Putin Gets About Soft Power
from washingtonpost.com: Much of the commentary on Russia’s recent annexation of the Crimea has focused on Russia’s hard power—its geo-political designs in the so-called near abroad, ostensible security vulnerabilities to NATO’s eastward expansion, strategic objectives, and military capabilities. These questions are not moot and have a strong sense of urgency for leaders in Ukraine, Moldova,…
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Biography: David and Nelson Rockefeller
from PBS.org: Though the idea of the World Trade Center was first proposed in 1946, just after World War II, for nearly 15 years it would remain exactly that — an idea. When the concept did re-emerge in the late 1950s, it would begin to move with an all but unstoppable force, propelled above all…
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Saturn’s Newborn: Scientists Say Planet’s Ring May Give Birth to Baby Moon
from RT.com: Scientists believe a tiny satellite is emerging from the edge of Saturn’s ring system. A disturbance in the planet’s outer ring, called ‘Peggy,’ could grow into a separate icy moon – possibly the last one of its kind. Images taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft have earlier revealed an arc of 750 miles (1,200…
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Medicated to Death: SSRIs and Mass Killings
from boilingfrogspost.com: SSRI stands for Selective Seratonin Reuptake Inhibitor, and it is a class of drugs that is often used to treat depression and anxiety. It includes Prozac, Zoloft, Celexa, Paxil and a host of other commonly prescribed antidepressants. And the perpetrators of a raft of school shootings, mass murders and other violent incidents in…
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NATO Chief Calls on Russia to Stop Destabilising Ukraine
from theguardian.com: The Nato chief, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, has joined the US and UK in issuing an urgent public call on Russia to de-escalate tensions in the Ukraine, as pro-Russia separatists remained in control of government buildings in the country’s east. “I call on Russia to de-escalate the crisis, to pull back its troops ……
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Mormons, Atheists Discussion Held in Salt Lake City
from goddiscussion.com: Salt Lake City, UT will host the atheist convention this coming weekend. So as a “warm-up event,” two Mormon professors from Brigham Young and two atheist experts held a panel to discuss “public perceptions of atheists and Mormons.” The panel was moderated by University of Utah history professor Paul Reeve. “The panelists will…
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Boiling Frogs Post Roundtable #5: NATO, Russia, Turkey and the “New Cold War”
from boilingfrogspost.com: In this edition of the BFP Roundtable, Peter B. Collins, Guillermo Jimenez, James Corbett and Sibel Edmonds discuss the latest moves in the formation of a so-called “new cold war” between NATO and Russia. We also tackle Seymour Hersh and his recent article in the London Review of Books examining Turkish involvement in…
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The Great 1980s Dungeons & Dragons Panic!
from bbc.com: In an era of potent concern over internet pornography, cyber-bullying, and drugs, it is hard to imagine a game being controversial. But 30 years ago Dungeons & Dragons was the subject of a full-on moral panic…
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NSA Knew About Heartbleed, Exploited It for Two Years
As predicted, the huge Internet security vulnerability was used by the NSA. We should not be surprised, but furious from salon.com: As soon as Heartbleed — the grave and widespread vulnerability which has for two years plagued Internet security — was discovered this week, skeptical and speculating eyes looked to the NSA. Some corners of…
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Fourth Anniversary of Gulf Oil Spill: Wildlife Is Still Suffering from Toxic Cover Up
BP and the Government Decided to Temporarily Hide the Oil by Sinking It with Toxic Chemicals … The Gulf Ecosystem Is Now Paying the Price from washingtonsblog.com: As we noted at the time, and on the first (and here), second and third anniversaries of BP’s Gulf oil spill, BP and the government made the spill…
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A look inside a ‘Cybersquat’
from bbc.co.uk: Major software innovations do not all come from big companies like Apple or Google. A surprising number of developers eschew the gleaming campuses of Silicon Valley, choosing an alternative lifestyle coding in so-called communal “cybersquats” around the world.
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The Great Decoupling: How the West is Engineering its Own Downfall
This is an article from The Corbett Report Subscriber, the weekly e-newsletter for members of corbettreport.com. Please support this website and this work by signing up for a Corbett Report membership today for as little as 100 Japanese Yen ($1 US) per month. CLICK HERE for details. from corbettreport.com: Reports out of Moscow indicate that…
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‘Tetrad: A Blood Moon In The Grand Cardinal Cross’
April proves a volatile month from even a casual observer’s per- spective. A recent article, “‘Tetrad: A Blood Moon In The Grand Cardinal Cross’,“ reminds us of April events: “The Waco siege and massacre occurred April 19, 1993. The Oklahoma city bombing also happened on April 19, in 1995. The Columbine shootings occurred on April…
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US Bill Seeks to Block Mandatory GMO Food Labeling by States
from reuters.com: A Republican congressman from Kansas introduced legislation on Wednesday that would nullify efforts in multiple states to require labeling of genetically modified foods. The bill, dubbed the “Safe and Accurate Food Labeling Act” was drafted by U.S. Rep. Mike Pompeo from Kansas, and is aimed at overriding bills in roughly two dozen states…
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Back to the USSR: Putin Schools Obama in Geopolitics
from dailyinterlake.com: “Russia as I indicated is a geopolitical foe… time and time again I have clear eyes on this. I’m not going to wear rose-colored glasses when it comes to Russia or Mr. Putin…” —Mitt Romney, 2012. Remember that presidential debate when Mitt Romney was (snicker) ridiculed for his position on Russia? Obama quickly…