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A Bacon Sundae? Really?
from therealfoodchannel.com: In a faltering economy, inexpensive entertainment becomes more popular. Burger King is taking food entertainment to new lows as it attempts to recapture lost market share. Fast food chains are trying all kinds of new concoctions to lure consumers. Really, Burger King? A bacon sundae? This new item on the fast food giant’s…
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Iran Reports Capture Of Another US Drone
Reuters news service reports, “Iran said on Tuesday it had captured a U.S. intelligence ScanEagle drone in its airspace over the Gulf in the last few days, but the United States said there was no evidence to support the assertion…The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said on its website that the drone had been flying over…
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Turn in Your Guns, Get a Free Flu Shot
from cryptogon.com: WORCESTER — Flu shots instead of gunshots. People can get free flu shots Saturday and next Saturday, even if they don’t turn in a gun at the city’s annual Goods for Guns buyback program. City residents, or residents of any other community, may bring their unwanted weapons, unloaded and wrapped in a bag,…
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Operation Sandy
Was Hurricane Sandy a geo-engineered event? Les Crane writes in, “Operation Sandy,” three reasons Hurricane Sandy was unnatural: 1) Hurricane Sandy occurred in late October well past August end of hurricane season, 2) no hurricane has hit New York in 500 years, and 3) Hurricane Sandy came ashore during a full moon to maximize tidal…
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Are Al Gore’s “Dirty Weather” Claims And Tactics Criminal?
from drtimball.com: Fraud is defined as “wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain.” Did Al Gore campaign to deceive the world about the role of human produced CO2 causing world ending global warming and climate change. He profited through carbon credits based on the false need to reduce CO2 and…
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Ban ‘Killer Robots’ Before It’s Too Late
We must ban killer drones and other robotic systems before it’s too late! Human Rights Watch (HRW) recommended recently that governments, “…should pre-emptively ban fully autonomous weapons [picture, UK Taranis drone] because of the danger they pose to civilians in armed conflict, Human Rights Watch said…” A 50 page HRW report, “’Losing Humanity: The Case…
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Sci-Fi Short Weekend: ‘The Chameleon’
“The Chameleon” provides fast paced hard hitting suspense in five minutes! “A hostile race of aliens has invaded Earth and the government fears that the aliens are modifying their DNA to pose as humans. When a military officer abducted months ago mysteriously reappears, his wife is called in to ask him questions only she would…
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Sci-Fi Short Weekend: ‘The Gift’
An adrenaline rush Sci-Fi short film provides thrill of high speed chase! The plot of “The Gift” revolves around an enigmatic “unicorn device” that courier makes off with after slashing Russian aristocrat recipient’s throat. The household robot gives chase to take possession of unicorn box, when hapless courier gets hit by a bus. Chase scene…
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Sci-Fi Short Weekend: ‘Archetype’
“Archetype” appears to be successful short version of longer film as rights to short picked up by John Davis. “RL7 is an eight-foot tall combat robot that goes on the run after malfunctioning with vivid memories of once being human. As its creators and the military close in, RL7 battles its way to uncovering the…
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DHS Wants To Double US Predator Drone Fleet
It’s in your face fascism! Department of Homeland Security (DHS), according to Trevor Timm at Activist Post, “…signed a contract that could be worth as much as $443 million with General Atomics for the purchase up to fourteen additional Predator drones to fly near the border of Mexico and Canada. Congress would still need to…
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Opium Cultivation Rose This Year in Afghanistan, U.N. Survey
from nytimes.com: Opium poppy cultivation rose substantially in 2012 in an “alarming” trend, despite a major opium eradication effort by Afghan governors, United Nations officials said Tuesday as they released the organization’s 2012 opium survey, which was undertaken with the Afghan Ministry of Counternarcotics. The higher cultivation levels were driven by high prices for the…
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New Intel-based PC Permanently Hackable
Jim Stone reports Intel processors with vPro cores are permanently hackable, even if there’s no operating system and network connection unplugged!. “The new Intel Core vPro processors contain a new remote access feature which allows 100 percent remote acess to a PC 100 percent of the time, even if the computer is TURNED OFF. Core…
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Did Anonymous Block Karl Rove’s Attempt To Steal Election?
Thom Hartman ponders prospect hacker group Anonymous blocked Karl Rove from vote flipping key states in the November election. Rove, is suspected, of successfully flipping 2004 vote in favor of George W Bush. Michael Connell, a software consultant died in 2008 plane crash on his way to testify in Federal Court, due to a lawsuit…
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Pop Music Became More Moody in Past 50 Years
Pop Music Study Shows Shift Toward Minor Key Melodies Since 1960* from scientificamerican.com: We blast the upbeat tunes for parties and workouts at the gym, and we save the low-key ballads for romantic or pensive moments. It’s hardly a new idea that music is intertwined with our emotions. But how have our favorites changed over…
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Arc of Venus: Mysteries of Our Sister Planet’s Atmosphere
The Daily Galaxy shares scientists strategy to better understand atmosphere of Venus. The biggest Venus mystery concerns, according to article, “…super-rotation. The whole atmosphere circles the planet in just four Earth days, much faster than the planet’s spin period of 243 days.” Refracted sunlight as it passes through layers of air above planet’s cloudtops, creates…