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China Launches First Moon Mission
from cnn.com: China launched ts first lunar probe early Monday, which, if all goes well, will make it only the third nation — after the United States and the Soviet Union — to soft-land on the moon. The launch of the unmanned probe took place at 1:30 a.m. Monday (12:30 p.m. ET Sunday), state-run Xinhua…
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Fast Food Strikes Planned for 100 Cities
from usatoday.com: Fast-food workers in about 100 cities will walk off the job this Thursday, organizers say, which would mark the largest effort yet in their push for higher pay. The actions are intended to build on a campaign that began about a year ago to call attention to the difficulties of living on the…
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Mars Inc. to Libertarians Thwart Food Stamp Health Limits
from bloomberg.com: Nicole Blakey says she can’t stand watching other people buy junk food with the government-issued food-stamp debit cards she’s used to raise three children while earning $9 an hour at a dry cleaner… That view is being defied by an unusual alliance of food producers, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, libertarians and advocates…
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Study: Energy Drinks Can Change the Way Your Heart Beats (Or Doesn’t)
from nydailynews.com: If you rely on energy drinks to give you a buzz, researchers are warning that all that caffeine can alter the way your heart beats. A team from the University of Bonn in Germany imaged the hearts of 17 people an hour after they had an energy drink containing caffeine and taurine, with…
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New World Next Week: Episode174 – Rice Smackdown, Sriracha Shutdown, Pizza Throwdown
NewWorldNextWeek.com: Episode174 – Rice Smackdown, Sriracha Shutdown, Pizza Throwdown 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: Japan Dismantles Rice Subsidies Monsanto, the TPP, and Global Food Dominance Story #2:…
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Israeli Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Units Active in Damascus Battles
from phantomreport.com: Israel military in East Gouta to Damascus? Battles, which began last Friday, a surprise attack on the outposts of the Syrian army in the far East Gouta, may turn out to be the first occasion involving Israelis effectively in the Syrian war along one of the parties. According to sources cross, the Israelis…
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Locally-Sourced #Thanksgiving Meal Easy to Gobble
from kwwl.com: As you prepare your Thanksgiving feast, one local food expert asks you to consider just where all that nourishment came from. Wednesday afternoon, Brittany Bethel stood in her Dubuque County kitchen, pulling out the raw materials that would soon become her and her husband’s Thanksgiving feast. “It’s all local produce and cheese and…
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Christians Chronicled Coast to Coast in ‘American Jesus’
from usatoday.com: Religion plays different roles in Americans’ lives, and Spanish director Aram Garriga is out to showcase as many as he can. His documentary American Jesus, produced by Glass Eye Pix and acquired by TDC Entertainment and Gravitas Ventures, will be in select theaters in March and April before arriving on video-on-demand services and…
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Unclouding the Behavior of Lingering Clouds Caused By #Pollution
from sciencecodex.com: A new study reveals how pollution causes thunderstorms to leave behind larger, deeper, longer lasting clouds. Appearing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences November 26, the results solve a long-standing debate and reveal how pollution plays into climate warming. The work can also provide a gauge for the accuracy of…
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Twitch Cracks Down on ‘Non-Gaming’ PS4 Streams
from usatoday.com: Video streaming service Twitch is cracking down on broadcasts unrelated to video games after reports surfaced of people using its PlayStation 4 app to stream racy content. Over the weekend, Kotaku reported some PS4 owners appear to be using Twitch in conjunction with the console’s Playroom app to broadcast activities from their locations.…
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Video: Bogus Drug War – Inside Canada’s Weed Business
from brasschecktv.com: $20 billion a year (at least) in tax free cash. A bigger market for Canada than wheat and produces more exports than fishing. It employs more people that mining and forestry combined. Canadians are discovering their “green thumbs.” In one town in British Columbia, Grand Forks, it’s believed one house in ten is…
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Comet ISON Sighting Possible on Thanksgiving
from science.time.com: The jury is still out on whether stargazers will be able to spot the “comet of the century” on Thanksgiving night. On Monday, scientists observed a decreased light emission from the ISON comet, as it is officially called, which could mean that the icy lump of gravel and rocks has broken apart on…
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Bitcoin’s Skyrocketing Value Ushers in Era of $1M Hacker Heists
from arstechnica.com: A company billing itself as one of Europe’s biggest Bitcoin exchanges said it suffered a coordinated attack that succeeded in stealing almost $1 million worth of the digital currency, marking the latest in a string of high-stakes heists hitting companies that hold large sums online.
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Monsanto, the TPP, and Global Food Dominance
from globalresearch.ca: Global food control has nearly been achieved, by reducing seed diversity with GMO (genetically modified) seeds that are distributed by only a few transnational corporations. But this agenda has been implemented at grave cost to our health; and if the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) passes, control over not just our food but our health,…