Tag: uk
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Saint or Slave Trader? Doubts About St. Patrick’s Origins
The popular legend that St Patrick was a slave taken to Ireland by force is untrue, according to researchers in England, who claim he was actually a slave trader. The classic telling of St Patrick’s life suggests he was abducted from western Britain in his adolescence and forced to work unpaid.
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#PopOcculture: #MurderAndMayhem, Mystery, Marijuana
PA Psych Hospital Shooter’s Identity Remains a Mystery // Mystery as ‘poison’ kills British tycoon and wife in remote Estonian forest // Yoga Founder Steps Down Due to Scandal // Evangelical voters raise Santorum to victory in Tennessee // Pat Robertson speaks out for marijuana legalization
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Rik Clay: Prophet of 11:11 and 2012 London Olympics
Michael Everna apologizes in the article, “The Prophet of 11:11 – Rick Clay”: “…I am reaching calling Rik a prophet but his research is so compelling and connective and if “they” were threatened by him making his death appear as a suicide is not a stretch.” Clay possessing a mind structured with same “sacred geometry”…
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#Newspurge: Gimme the Finga
Prize-winning NYTimes writer dies on assignment in Syria // Nicki Minaj kind of blue for Vogue’s eye-catching photo shoot // Rahm, Daley Named Obama’s Chicagoland Campaign Muscle Co-Chairs // NY Judge Sets $5M Bail for Head of Oregon Firm // Police State Updates: Supreme Court Justices Remain Security Exceptions // West Virginia mine boss charged…
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#March20 Iran Oil Bourse to Trade In Non-US Dollar Currencies
“If the Washington/Tel Aviv-promoted hysteria is already at fever pitch, wait for March 20, when the Iranian oil bourse will start trading oil in other currencies apart from the US dollar, heralding the arrival of a new oil marker to be denominated in euro, yen, yuan, rupee or a basket of currencies.”
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Questions About Raw Milk? Ask a Farmer.
Whether you like raw milk or not, it has been part of mankind’s diet for thousands of years, which is why I find it suspicious when the government insists that you can only drink a particular form of milk in which the nutrients have been destroyed.
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Mystery High-Freq Radio Waves Cause Electronic Malfunctions in UK
from theintelhub.com: Residents in Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire had their remote car locks malfunction in what was later determined to be caused by ‘ultra-high frequency bands’ frequently used by the military. Coincidentally, a military barracks is located near the area that the electronic malfunctions occurred. The Daily Mail, known for publishing material that other mainstream new outlets…
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2/2 Defcon: Mind Reading, Brain Living
Scientists trial ‘mind reading’ computer // Window Installed Into a Live Brain // What Will Facebook Do With $10 Billion? // Google changes its privacy policy: Another reminder to use offshore email // FBI spyware not Skype responsible for spilling MegaUpload secrets // Police arrest 5 as hacking scandal spreads to Sun tabloid // NASA…
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1/26 Defcon: Mega-Man, Bigger Brother
Mega-man: Bizarre rise & sudden downfall of Kim Dotcom // What is the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement? // Say NO to ACTA // Big Brother Google Just Got Bigger // Legality of Mobile Phone Tracking Still Unclear Despite Supreme Court GPS Decision // Newt Gingrich wants to make the moon the 51st state // Why crimes…
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Corbett Report: Episode215 – History Repeating: My Lai, Abu Ghraib, Afghanistan
From My Lai to Abu Ghraib to Afghanistan, we have seen the all-too-familiar pattern: denials followed by excuses followed by faux apologies and offical handwringing. What is never examined is how each event fits into the bigger picture of the dehumanization of war.
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latest hacking scandal arrest suggests focus on cover-up
from nytimes.com: Scotland Yard’s arrest of a former personal assistant to Rebekah Brooks, a former chief executive of the British newspaper arm of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, appears to reflect the investigators’ intensifying focus on the possibility of a cover-up by executives, editors and others of the extent of illegal phone hacking and other criminal…
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‘globesization’: research says market policies, fast food driving obesity
from emaxhealth: Researchers suggest it’s free market policies that may be driving obesity. In a study, the investigators found higher numbers of fast food restaurants in a given populated area is linked to obesity rates. Since the advent of trade liberalization policies in the 1980’s, there are more restaurants that serve high calorie fast foods,…
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sears to close 100-120 stores after poor holiday sales
turnaround at sears might be too late* from guardian: Sears Holdings Corp plans to close between 100 and 120 Sears and Kmart stores after poor sales during the holidays, the most crucial time of year for retailers. The closings are the latest and most visible in a long series of moves to try to fix…

