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Asian Spying Said to Focus on U.S. Radiation-Hardened Electronics
from nationaljournal.com: The Pentagon has documented a sharp increase in military espionage from the Asia-Pacific region that focuses on specialized electronics designed to withstand radiation, such as that caused by nuclear warfare or accidents, according to an official review released last week. For a number of years, foreign entities from East Asia and the Pacific…
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Pooping Canada geese may have helped spread GM wheat seeds
from Ottawacitizen.com: Canada geese may have spread viable seeds of genetically modified wheat grown at the Central Experimental Farm, documents from Agriculture Canada show. The odds aren’t high, the department says. But the geese ate the experimental wheat last summer at the Experimental Farm. Geese are voracious eaters and leave droppings every few minutes. The…
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#DARPA looking to build underwater drone ‘mothership’
from RT.com: The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has announced plans to develop an unmanned, submersible ‘mother ship’ to transport and deploy aerial and underwater drones. The much-vaunted DARPA, which is tasked with expanding technology and science for use in defense projects, is now looking to build an unmanned undersea system that can…
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The Truth About Edward Snowden
from FreedomainRadio.com: Stefan Molyneux discusses the truth about Edward Snowden and breaks down the history, origin, legality, and the terrifying reality of warrantless wiretapping, data collection and government spying. Sources: http://board.freedomainradio.com/topi…
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Italy to Ban Monsanto GMO Corn with 80% Public Support
from naturalsociety.com: First India gives Monsanto a run for their ill-gotten money by refusing their patent applications, and now Italy, with the help of three Italian ministries, will try to undo Monsanto. A decree has been signed which will ban Monsanto’s MON810 maize, one of the two genetically modified crops currently legally grown in Europe and…
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#NSA Can Reportedly Track Phones Even When They’re Turned Off
from slate.com: The NSA has a diverse range of surveillance capabilities—from monitoring Google Maps use to sifting through millions of phone call records and spying on Web searches. But it doesn’t end there. The agency can also track down the location of a cellphone even if the handset is turned off, according to a new…
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UK: Online pornography to be blocked by default, PM announces
from Big Brother Co: Most households in the UK will have pornography blocked by their internet provider unless they choose to receive it, David Cameron has announced. In addition, the prime minister said possessing online pornography depicting rape would become illegal in England and Wales – in line with Scotland. Mr Cameron warned in a…
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The Paramagnetic Round Towers and Landscape Star Map of Ireland
from whale.to: Published in 1998: ‘Some years before, Callahan had bought Professor Barrow’s Irish Heritage pamphlet on round towers which included a fine map of the still-standing towers. ‘I was lying on a couch looking at the map. There was something very familiar about it – apart from it being a map of Ireland! After…
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New RFID ‘Smart Guns’ May Be Used By Govt to Bypass Second Amendment
from storyleak.com: The rise of ‘smart gun’ technology, which utilizes an RFID interface to allow for both the government and the manufacturer to remotely render the gun useless at any time, is the upcoming new tactic used by anti-Constitution control freaks in the effort to take away legal firearms from the hands of law-abiding citizens. …
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Police Documents on License Plate Scanners Reveal Mass Tracking
from ACLU.org: Automatic license plate readers are the most widespread location tracking technology you’ve probably never heard of. Mounted on patrol cars or stationary objects like bridges, they snap photos of every passing car, recording their plate numbers, times, and locations. At first the captured plate data was used just to check against lists of…
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213 Women Who Took Gardasil Suffered Permanent Disability
from realfarmacy.com: Naomi Snell, a 28-year-old woman in Melbourne, Australia, is leading a class-action civil lawsuit against drug maker Merck after suffering autoimmune and neurological complications following injections with the HPV vaccine, Gardasil. After receiving the first of three doses of the vaccine, Naomi suffered convulsions, severe back and neck pain, and lost her ability…
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We Did The March, Now Join The Revolt. #MonsantoVideoRevolt
from MonsantoVideoRevolt.com: At this point in history, we have the unique opportunity to reclaim our food supply from biotech juggernauts like Monsanto. We have the ability to remove the mutated GMO garbage from our dinner tables, and demand that activism turn into anti-Monsanto legislation. This is the goal of the Monsanto Video Revolution. The March…
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ACCC directs water companies to remove ‘organic’ claims
from apperspective.net: The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has directed seven suppliers of bottled water to remove ‘organic’ claims from labelling and marketing material. An eighth supplier has withdrawn its product from sale. The changes come as a result of negotiations between the ACCC and the manufacturers, and mean enforcement action will be avoided.…
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‘Neural dust’ brain implants could revolutionize brain-machine interfaces and allow large-scale data recording
from StratRisks.com: In a potential neuroscience breakthrough, University of California Berkeley scientists have proposed a system that allows for thousands of ultra-tiny “neural dust” chips to be inserted into the brain to monitor neural signals at high resolution and communicate data highly efficiently via ultrasound. The neural dust design promises to overcome a serious limitation…
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Ag-Gag in Action: National Geographic Photographer Arrested After Aerial Photos
from BlackListedNews.com: Ag-gag laws are cropping up like Whac-a-Mole across the states in an attempt to protect large-scale farming and cattle operations from those pesky activists who find out about abuse and cruelty. Instead of addressing the systemic issue of transparency and animal/food safety, lobbying leads to more laws that inhibit the freedom to speak…