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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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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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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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Peaches Geldof Was Obsessed With Occult, Spiritual Study
from dailymail.co.uk: While Peaches Geldof appeared to have beaten her drug demons, her continuing fascination with the occult, and particularly a mysterious religious cult called OTO, worried her family. Just three weeks ago Peaches, 25, tweeted a picture of bookshelves groaning with works by Aleister Crowley, the British founder of the Ordo Templi Orientis (OTO).…
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Cancer-inducing benzene traced in China water supply
from RT.com: Residents of Lanzhou, northwest China, have started panic-buying bottled water after city authorities confirmed the lethal chemical compound benzene was contaminating the city’s drinking water at 20 times the national safety level. Lanzhou warned its 2.4 million residents not to consume any water from the tap on Friday after tests conducted at a…
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Satanism Tops Agenda of Teachers’ Conference
from newera.com.na: Top on the agenda of the teachers’ conference that starts today in //Karas Region is alleged satanism at schools and pupils possessed by demons. The unending reports of learners being possessed by demons and practices of witchcraft at schools have prompted //Karas educationalists to include the item on the agenda of the regional…
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Snake Oil: How Fracking’s False Promise Imperils Our Future
from postcarbon.org: Richard Heinberg speaks on his newest book, covering the short-term nature of the recent North American oil boom and the financial bubble that supports it. Heinberg covers the implications of the 2016-2017 peak in unconventional output by providing essential information for any community facing the false promises of companies planning to extract realit.
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Google & Facebook Used Lobbying Groups to Oppose Internet Surveillance Restrictions
from vice.com: Revelations about the National Security Agency’s most controversial surveillance program, which centers on the bulk collection of hundreds of billions of records of Americans’ phone conversations, were quickly greeted with calls for reform by major internet powerhouses like Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo last year. But all four companies, along with dozens of…
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Sebelius Resigns After Obamacare Launch Woes
from reuters.com: Kathleen Sebelius, the U.S. health secretary who oversaw the botched rollout of President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare reforms, has resigned, a senior administration official said on Thursday. Obama has chosen Sylvia Mathews Burwell, his budget director, to replace Sebelius, a second official said. Obama was due to announce the change with Sebelius and…
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Episode189 – More Good News, Seawater Fuel, Blood Moon
NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode189 – More Good News, Seawater Fuel, Blood Moon 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 week: Story #1: Metgasco’s Gas Exploration Well Delayed After Protesters Block Entrance to Bentley Site…
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DNA Nanobots Deliver Drugs in Living Cockroaches
from blacklistednews.com: It’s a computer – inside a cockroach. Nano-sized entities made of DNA that are able to perform the same kind of logic operations as a silicon-based computer have been introduced into a living animal. The DNA computers – known as origami robots because they work by folding and unfolding strands of DNA –…
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Jack The Ripper Mystery Solved After 125 Years?
from express.co.uk: The Jack the Ripper mystery that has kept the world enthralled since the killer first struck on the streets of Victorian London has been blown apart on the 125th anniversary of the grisly crimes by a former murder squad detective. And the bad news for the countless millions of amateur sleuths who have…
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Breaking News!: Media Outlets Report That ‘Heaven Is For Real’!
from newshounds.us: Fox News isn’t, officially, a religious network, but their promotion of round voyages to heaven (White and Christian – just like Fox!), angel priests, and angels who cure cancer is right up there with those networks who, like Fox, peddle a gospel based on fantasy. But of all the heavenly day trippers, Fox…
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Botanists Baffled By Rapid Growth of ‘Space Cherry’
from ajw.asahi.com: A tree grown from a cherry pit that traveled in space five years ago with astronaut Koichi Wakata, now commander of the International Space Station, has bloomed far ahead of what is normal–to the astonishment of botanists. Cherry trees typically take about a decade from the time they sprout from seeds to bloom.…