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Sunday, 24 August 2014

Candid interview with Ukrainian general and hostage negotiator Vladimir Ruban: "The Militia are exactly the same Ukrainians"

Preamble: The following is a translation of an interview given by Colonel-General Vladimir Ruban to the "Ukrainskaya Pravda" newspaper. There is much that is of great interest, and the General undoubtedly deserves great respect for the work he is involved in. Nonetheless, his connection to the Ukrainian Army and government gives us reason to doubt his claims of torture being conducted by the Militia. Original article here Translated by Vera Van Horne / Edited by @GBabeuf General Ruban on militants in eastern Ukraine: "There are people who were...

Summer hailstorm and cold temperatures produces wintry scene in Belton, UK

Hail is not unusual during a British summer as it's produced in the towering thunderstorm clouds that often build up during the season. However it can quickly turn a summer scene into a wintry wonderland. That's what happened in Belton near Great Yarmouth in Norfolk on Saturday 23 August 2014 at the start of the Late Summer Bank Holiday weekend. These pictures were sent in by ITV Anglia viewers Lesley Chalmers and John Wels...

More than 90% of USA's 'staple crops' now GMO - killers of the 'New Frontier'

© www.ufo-blogger.comThanks, Monsanto, for killing our food... According to the United States Department of Agriculture, genetic engineering ofUS corn, beets and soy has increased from 65 percent in 2006 to a shocking 90 percent in 2013.Why do so many countries around the world outright reject GMOs when America is forcing them down the throats of the general population without so much as a label for the victims to distinguish? If the wordvictim...

Thousands protest police violence in New York, call for justice in Eric Garner death

© AFP/Stan HondaProtesters at a rally against police brutality in memory of Eric Garner August 23, 2014 in Staten Island, New York. The New York City medical examiner's office ruled that Garner, the 43-year-old father of six, died from a chokehold and chest compressions while being arrested by the police on July 17, 2014. Thousands of people gathered on New York's Staten Island on Saturday as they protested against police violence and called for...

Sierra Leone imposes jail time for harboring Ebola patients, flights barred and borders closed due to outbreak

Ebola continues to spread in West Africa as Sierra Leone voted to pass a new amendment imposing jail time for anyone caught hiding an Ebola patient.With 142 new cases recorded, the total number is now 2,615 with 1,427 deaths, the World Health Organization said Friday. The group added that the magnitude of the Ebola outbreak has been "underestimated.""Many families hide infected loved ones in their homes," the organization wrote in an assessment. "Others deny that a patient has Ebola and believe that care in an isolation ward - viewed as an incubator...

OSCE mission says "no major incidents or violations recorded" as Russian aid convoy re-enters Russia

© REUTERS/ Vasily FedosenkoOSCE observers in the city of Luhansk in eastern Ukraine The return of Russian humanitarian aid convoy is underway,no major incidents or violations recorded, the Head of theOSCE's mission in Rostov region Paul Picard told RIA Novosti, as trucks that have delivered humanitarian aid to eastern Ukraine are returning to Russia."There was nothing [no incidents]. The return process is underway," Picard said, adding that he could...

Rare sei whale seen off Cornwall's coast in Penzance, UK

Sei whale photo courtesy of Hannah at Marine Discovery. A rare whale has been spotted off the coast of Penzance.Experts believe these photographs show a sei whale -the creatures rarely visit water around the UK.Sei whales are the third largest rorqual after the blue whale and fin whale.These photographs were taken by Penzance-based marine wildlife tour company Marine Discovery.Hannah Jones, from Marine Discovery, said: "We're usually the last people...

Hundreds of methane plumes erupting along U.S. Atlantic coast

© NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program/2013 Northeast U.S. Canyons ExpeditionMethane bubbles rising from the seafloor 1,400 feet (425 m) below the surface offshore of Virginia. In an unexpected discovery, hundreds of gas plumes bubbling up from the seafloor were spotted during a sweeping survey of the U.S. Atlantic Coast.Even though ocean explorers have yet to test the gas, the bubbles are almost certainlymethane, researchers report today (Aug. 24) in...

Good luck! Russia wants regular, transparent reports on MH17 crash probe amid silence from the West

© RIA Novosti / Andrei SteninParts of wreckage are seen at the site where the downed Malaysian Boeing 777 flight MH17 crashed Moscow wants the investigation into thecrashof a Malaysian Boeing 777 to be as most transparent as possible, and insists on regular provision if prove reports in accordance with the UN Security Council resolution, a diplomatic source told RIA Novosti."Investigation into the reasons of the catastrophe should be carried outunder...

Rare 45-foot sei whale dies in Virginia river

A 40-foot whale that had been swimming around in a river died Thursday afternoon. A necropsy will be performed on the animal to find out just what caused its death A rare whale that entered the Elizabeth River in Virginia earlier this week has died.Joan Barns of the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center says the whale died on Thursday. A necropsy is planned, including tissue and blood samples for further study.The 35- to 45-foot sei whale...

It belongs in a (Crimean) museum!: Kiev claims Scythian gold as its own, Netherlands too cowardly to make the right choice

© EPA/P Photo/Peter Dejong Crimea is ready to give up part of its cultural heritage in swap for the Scythian gold collection which is currently on view in Amsterdam.Andrei Malgin, director of the Tavrida Central Museum, told Itar-Tass that ancient artifacts had been found during excavations at the Nogaichinsky Kurgan in steppe Crimea in the 1970s. The archeologist handed over his archaeological findings to Kiev. These exhibits from the Ukrainian...

Difference between psychopaths and anti-social people lies in brain activity

Psychopaths react to human emotion differently to other people The difference between otherwise similar people with anti-social personality disorder (APD) and psychopaths is the way the latter's brain reacts when confronted with human emotion, a new study has found.Researchers at the University of Michigan, US, set out to uncover why both people with APD and psychopaths both act on impulse and display a disregard for others -but psychopaths also...

How quickly we forget: Russian envoy Churkin reminds UN that Kiev approved the aid convoy

© EPA/ANDREW GOMBERTRussia's UN envoy Vitaly Churkin educating the braindead. Russia's UN envoy Vitaly Churkin has likened Friday evening's discussion on the situation in Ukraine to what he described as a Kingdom of Curved Mirrors. He explained he got this impression becausesome SC members looked worried not so much about the humanitarian disaster in the east of the country as the Russian truck convoythat had delivered humanitarian aid to Lugansk."What...

The significance of Russia's decision to move the humanitarian convoy into Novorussiya

© RIA Novosti / Maksim BlinovTrucks of a Russian convoy carrying humanitarian aid for Ukraine, August, 22, 2014 It appears that the Russians got tired of waiting. I suggest that you all carefully parse theStatement of the Russian Ministry of Foreign AffairsI posted earlier today. This is an interesting document because besides an explanation of the Russian decision to move it, it is also, potentially,a legal defense of an unprecedented Russian decision:...

U.S.: Crooked cops. Cashing in on overtime scheme uncovered when a police officer cited a colleague for speeding

© ShutterstockIt's all right for some; one cop might have made $ 158,000 within these past three years, but committed suicide while being investigated A Houston police officer handed another man a speeding ticket and probably didn't realize that the offender he was citing was also a cop. What this ticket-receiving officer noticed on his paper slip though has led to a department-wide investigation."I immediately [knew] that something's hinky with...

Rabid raccoon attacks Seminole woman and her dog in Florida

Seminole County residents are asked to be on high alert after a raccoon that attacked a resident, and her dog, tested positive for Rabies. The incident occurred in about 3 miles from a Rabies alert that was issued on July 22. Officials say if you or a family member has been bitten or scratched by a raccoon, or if you know anyone who was bitten or scratched, to contact the Florida Department of Health in Seminole County at 407-665-3294. It's important to remember that Rabies is present in the wild animal population, and domestic animals are at risk...

Federal Judge orders IRS to come up with better explanation of missing Lerner e-mails

The dog-ate-my-homework - er, excuse me, hard-drive-ate-our-emails excuse did just about as well in federal court as it would during an IRS audit. Judge Emmet Sullivan rejected the IRS' response to the Judicial Watch complaint about missing e-mails from Lois Lerner and other IRS employees involved in the targeting scandal yesterday. Sullivan in effect took steps to conduct his own independent probe, issuing an order demanding specific answers - and demanding them by one week from today: A federal judge asked the U.S. Internal Revenue Service for...

Ferguson area cop says protesters 'should be put down like rabid dogs'

A police officer just 15 miles away from the ongoing protests in Ferguson, Mo. allegedly said he thinks the protesters should have been "put down like rabid dogs." Officer Matthew Pappert is a police officer with the Glendale Police Department. He has been an officer since 2008. Pappert received the 2009 City of Glendale Community Service Award and the 2013 Kirkwood American Legion Post and Kirkwood Optimist Club Public Safety Awa...

'Haboob' storm blankets Palm Springs, California in dust with 40 mph winds

Ferocious winds roared through southern California on Thursday, leaving the region covered in thick dust.The summer storm, called a haboob, swept through the area, including Palm Springs, with winds up to 40mph. One man was hospitalized at Desert Regional Medical Center with minor injuries after being hit by a fallen tree. Road conditions were dangerous as tires kicked up dust leaving drivers with low visibility.The sky was turned completely dark by the huge cloud of dust and turned conditions at sea rough and choppy. One driver, Scott Pam told...

Research proves you can smuggle weapons past naked body scanners

Weapons are easily smuggled through so-called naked body scanners, according to new research released Thursday. The devices are no longer used at airports in the United States but remain in other government facilities worldwide. The Rapiscan Secure 1000 Single Post "backscatter" scanner - called the "naked scanner" by critics because of the images it produced of those inside - cannot detect a weapon hidden on the side of one's body, according to the team of researchers from the University of California-San Diego, University of Michigan, and Johns...
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