Category: #Geopolitiks
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Who Are You, Mr. Putin?
Appointed by President Boris Yeltsin during a highly auspicious astrological event, a time to be traditionally held as an end of an epoch. Then nine months later – the period of human gestation – he was officially inaugurated as President of the Russia Federation…
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2/9 Newspurge: Our Next Breath
US to approve 1st nuclear reactors since 1978 // Mexican army chief admits mistakes in drug war // America’s Most Miserable Cities, 2012 // Civilians bear the brunt of Syrian assault // Former intern reveals 18-month affair with JFK // Obama flips on ‘Super PACs’ as another promise broken // Clint Eastwood, Portland’s Wieden+Kennedy score…
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Going Rogue: Giant Wave Damages Cargo Ship In Pacific Northwest
On the afternoon of Tuesday, February 7th 2012 the ‘Dry Beam’, a 26,000 ton cargo ship headed from Longview, Washington to Japan, was rocked by what is now commonly known as a ‘rogue wave’, sending the vessel to port at Ogden Point for repairs.
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Cargill Set to Exploit Stevia Worldwide
John Fry, principal consultant to Cargill Health and Nutrition spoke to ConfectioneryNews.com shortly after his presentation on stevia at ProSweets’ Conference on Ingredients in Cologne, Germany.
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Activists Fight Green Projects, Seeing UN Plot
Across the country, activists with ties to the Tea Party are railing against all sorts of local and state efforts to control sprawl and conserve energy.
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Roger Boisjoly, Whistleblower Warned of Challenger Disaster, Dies 73
from nytimes.com: Six months before the space shuttle Challenger exploded over Florida on Jan. 28, 1986, Roger Boisjoly wrote a portentous memo. He warned that if the weather was too cold, seals connecting sections of the shuttle’s huge rocket boosters could fail. “The result could be a catastrophe of the highest order, loss of human…
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US Nuclear Plants: Fukushima Tragedy to Happen Here
Americans should be alert to possible mishaps to avoid same fate as Japan. Are Americans stupid enough to allow same thing to happen here? The present writer isn’t opposed to nuclear power but it needs to be operated safely, and when plants fall into disrepair, they demand attention to insure public safety!
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2/2 Newspurge: Pretty Pink Ribbon
Susan G. Komen stops Planned Parenthood funding // What Investors Can Learn From Occupy Wall Street // ‘Dr Polio’ gave OBL info, admits Panetta // ‘Pink Ribbons Inc.’ examines the politics of marketing disease // Big Sister Says Security ‘Unprecedented’ for Super Bowl 2012
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Cuba Reports Big Increase In Food Prices
Cubans paid almost 20 percent more for food in 2011 as economic reforms, reduced imports and stagnating farm production touched off price inflation at the country’s many produce markets.
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Drought and Cold Snap Cause Food Crisis in Northern Mexico
A drought that a government official called the most severe Mexico had ever faced has left two million people without access to water and, coupled with a cold snap, has devastated cropland in nearly half of the country.
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1/26 Newspurge: What Would You Do?
Bird flu mutation studies must go on, says scientist // Magic Mushrooms Expand the Mind By Dampening Brain Activity, May Help Depression // America After Dark: Desperate Meth Heads, Rampant Human Trafficking And Millions Of Criminal Predators // CFR Madmen Itching for a Nuclear Armageddon // Oliver Stone: I’d vote for Ron Paul // After…
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Subculture of Americans Prepares for Civilization’s Collapse
When Patty Tegeler looks out the window of her home overlooking the Appalachian Mountains in southwestern Virginia, she sees trouble on the horizon. “In an instant, anything can happen,” she told Reuters. “And I firmly believe that you have to be prepared.”
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Corbett Report: Episode215 – History Repeating: My Lai, Abu Ghraib, Afghanistan
From My Lai to Abu Ghraib to Afghanistan, we have seen the all-too-familiar pattern: denials followed by excuses followed by faux apologies and offical handwringing. What is never examined is how each event fits into the bigger picture of the dehumanization of war.
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1/19 Defcon: Megatakedown, Koobfaced & More
Feds Shutter Megaupload, Arrest Executives // Anonymous Takes Down DoJ, UMG in Retaliation // Judge Orders Search of ‘News of the World’ Computers // Online Protest Against Obama’s Drone War Flops // Zappos Hacked, Tells 24m Customers to Change Passwords // US to Launch Space Arms-Control Initiative