Category: #Geopolitiks
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Iran Captures CIA Drone
Iran reports capture of CIA drone, this week, on Iran TV. It appears to be a CIA RQ-170 (UAV), taken into possession by Iran about 140 miles inside its eastern border. // Update: Obama appeals to Iran to give back downed drone
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cesium in baby milk powder shows ‘lingering’ threat of japan radiation
from bloomberg: Radioactive cesium was found in milk powder in Japan made by a Meiji Holdings Co. unit, raising concern that nuclear radiation is contaminating baby food. Meiji the past week found traces of cesium-137 and cesium- 134 in batches of “Meiji Step” made in March, the Tokyo-based company said yesterday. The probe was triggered…
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west virginia mine owner to pay record fine
video: feds unveil $210m settlement in US mine blast* from wvrecord: The Justice Department on Tuesday announced an agreement with Alpha Natural Resources totaling nearly $210 million in payments connected to the 2010 Upper Big Branch mine disaster. An explosion on April 5, 2010, claimed the lives of 29 miners at the site, which was…
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north miami beach police dept fires two in alleged santeria plot
casting spells on your boss could get you fired* from patheos: For those faith traditions that incorporate magic and spellwork into their practices, Wicca, Santeria, Vodou, and any number of modern Pagan faiths, the urge to invoke supernatural help to solve a problem is sometimes overwhelming. This is especially true when an individual feels limited…
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fmr sheriff pat sullivan trades blue uniform for orange jumpsuit
A highly-regarded former sheriff Patrick J Sullivan Jr. of Arapahoe County, Colorado traded in blue uniform in 2002 for an orange jumpsuit, this year, after attempting to trade meth for sex with a man! Sullivan, 68, was arrested last Tuesday and housed in detention center that bears his name, according to ABC News article. Peter…
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Gary McKinnon Update: Renewed Hope For UK Hacking Trial
A judicial review of celebrated hacker Gary MacKinnon’s lengthy extradition proceedings, were conducted fairly according to an article at The Register. Nonetheless, MacKinnon’s mother Janis Sharp sees hope in Dominic Grieve, the present UK Attorney General, “… [he] has always insisted that Gary should be tried in the UK and that the forum should be…
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10/27 Newspurge: The Show Goes On
how ready are we for bioterrorism? // Gaddafi buried in ‘secret desert grave’; Unmarked to avoid creating shrine // #OccupyPortland attracting mentally ill, street kids
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Last of US’s Most Powerful Nuclear Bombs Dismantled In Texas
The last of a powerful class of nuclear weapons introduced into the U.S. arsenal at the height of the Cold War in 1962 was being dismantled on Tuesday at a nuclear weapons storage facility outside Amarillo, Texas.
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Studies Show World ‘Has Never Been This Peaceful’
Historically, we have never had the world this peaceful. That is the thesis of three new books, including one by Harvard psychologist Steven Pinker. Statistics reveal dramatic reductions in war deaths, family violence, racism, rape, murder and all sorts of mayhem.
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9/29 Newspurge: Your Deceit Knows No End
Door-to-door vaccinations? ‘Get the f#ck out!’ // 36 nabbed in drug raid at Boeing plant near Philly // US attack in Yemen kills al-Awlaki // Obama gets $7 million from Hollywood // Diebold voting machines hacked with $10 in parts // New chemical plant for Chemical Valley
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Mass. Musician Accused of DC Terrorist Plot
Feds foil remote-controlled plane terror attack on Washington, but not the remote-controlled attack 10yrs ago on 9/11
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Why The Antichrist Matters In Politics
While such beliefs might be dismissed as the rantings of a small but vocal minority, apocalyptic fears helped drive the antigovernment movements of the 1930s and ’40s and could help define the 2012 presidential campaign as well.
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See Dick Lie, Hear Dick Talk About Torture
There’s obviously not enough fluoride and estrogens in the Vancouver water supply! A crowd of protestors showing hi-test (high levels of testosterone) gathered outside the staid Vancouver Club, chanting “shame on you” and “arrest Dick Cheney now”.
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Latest Government Shutdown Crisis Averted… For A Month
The US Senate passed a spending measure late Monday that for the third time this year averted a government shutdown over spending disagreements.
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State Department Releases Its Annual Report on Religious Freedom
Among the violators of religious freedom, which Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says emboldens extremists, Iran is among the worst offenders.