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Monday, 27 October 2014

Unconscious mind influences accuracy of decisions

© alphaspirit/iStockphotoThe idea that unconscious information can influence our decisions has been an intriguing but controversial idea in psychology. Information processed unconsciously can influence the accuracy of our decisions without us knowing it, new research has found."People tend to think the decisions they make are based on deliberation but there are elements in every type of decision we make that are unconscious -- a lot more than people...

Evil clowns harass French civilians

© AFP Photo/Frederick FlorinPeople dressed as zombie clowns take part in the Zombie Walk on September 13, 2014 in the eastern French city of Strasbourg A wave of panic sparked by evil clowns stalking French towns has spread to the south of France where police on Saturday night arrested 14 teenagers dressed as the pranksters, carrying pistols, knives and baseball bats. A police source said Sunday the group of teens were arrested in the parking lot...

Watch your email attachments: Microsoft office bug lets hackers take over computers

© AFP Photo/Sam Yeh A dangerous new security vulnerability has been discovered in Microsoft's Office software, threatening to hijack users of virtually every existing version of Windows.The bug in question affects programs like Word, PowerPoint, and Excel - and could allow an intruder to gain access to and control over a user's entire computer.Already, Microsoft has discovered that hackers are using the bug to hack computers through PowerPoint....

MH17 might have been shot down from air - chief Dutch investigator

© Reuters/Sergei KarpukhinGeorge and Angela Dyczynski sit on a piece of wreckage of the downed Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, during their visit to the crash site near the village of Hrabove (Grabovo), in Donetsk region July 26, 2014. The chief Dutch prosecutor investigating the MH17 downing in eastern Ukraine does not exclude the possibility that the aircraft might have been shot down from air, Der Spiegel reported. Intelligence to support this...

'Fluids, rest and prayer' are the only things a hospital can offer an Ebola patient, says ER doc

A severely botched Ebola case (which resulted in at least two more cases) has turned a Dallas, Texas hospital into a virtual ghost town, with its ER visits dropping 50% and revenue dropping 25% since it happened. When I called the place, the woman in the ER who answered the phone refused to even tell me what the wait time would be if I showed up in the ER (per what she said was hospital "policy"); must be a new policy, because when ABC News asked...

Hysterical politcians: Jogger in London bumps into David Cameron, tackled by police and taken to jail

The jogger who was manhandled to the ground after running into David Cameron, the Prime Minister, has said he had "no idea" why police officers jumped on him.Dean Farley, a 28-year-old hospital worker from Leeds, questioned the Prime Minister's security arrangements. Protect the corrupt politicians at all costs, even from joggers. He said he had been able to just "run between them" as he headed to a lunchtime appointment with his personal trainer...

IRS seizes hundreds of perfectly legal bank accounts, refuses to give money back

The IRS. Grand theft America. The Internal Revenue Service has been seizing bank accounts belonging to small businesses and individuals who regularly made deposits of less than $10,000, but broke no laws. And the government is refusing to return all the money taken.The practice ‒ called civil asset forfeiture ‒ allows IRS agents to seize property they suspect of being tied to a crime, even if no charges are filed, and their agency is allowed to...

Oklahoma youth pastor arrested for sexual abuse of children in his care

© KOTVTimothy Shawn Cato is accused of eight counts of sexual abuse (KOTV) Police in Tulsa, Oklahoma said that they arrested a youth pastor for allegedly sexually abusing children who he was supposed to have been helping.Court documents obtained by KWTV indicated that 50-year-old Timothy Shawn Cato used his status as a youth pastor and a volunteer at an Oklahoma Department of Human Services children's shelter to gain the trust of children, and then...

Monsanto's pharmaceutically "enhanced" GMO foods

We have all been concerned about the implications of Genetically Modified (GM) foods. And one company that has received much controversy is Monsanto; established in 1901 in St. Louis, Missouri.Their involvement in countless controversial endeavors is nothing short than an attack on humanity!As a refresher, let's briefly take a look at some of Monsanto's accomplishments.Artificial Food Substitutes such as Saccharin (artificial sweetener) - blamed...

Mazal Tov - Jewish leader indicted for calling Dieudonne 'Anti-Semite'

President of CRIF Roger Cukierman The President of CRIF, France's largest Jewish Lobby that specializes in harassing and terrorizing the French political elite was indicted on Monday for defamation. Roger Cukierman was cited for remarks he made in an interview on in which he called Dieudonne Mbla Mbla, - France's No 1 comedian, a "professional anti-Semite."On Monday, the elder Zionist announced the indictment himself on CRIF's website. "So I am...

On the impossibility of rational calculation under a Keynesian/Friedmanite central banking regime

The following is an introduction to the Polish edition of . By Fijorr Publishing, 2014."From Adam Smith to David Stockman"By Jerzy StrzeleckiThere is no doubt that by David Stockman, the Polish translation of which has been made available to the Polish reader by Fijorr Publishing, is a real chef's , a . There should also be no doubt that its importance, with more and more people having an opportunity to read it, will grow in time, similar to the...

Conquest by land theft continues: Israel approves plan to build 1,000 settler homes in E. Jerusalem

The Israeli government has approved plans to build over 1,000 new settler homes in East Jerusalem. It will expand two existing Israeli settlements on part of the territories seized in 1967.An official in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office declined to comment on the possible political and diplomatic impact. He said on Monday that "The government has decided to advance the planning of more than 1,000 units in Jerusalem - roughly 400 in Har...

French-Israeli entrepreneur and Strauss-Kahn's partner Thierry Leyne jumped out of Tel Aviv window

Thierry Leyne, the French-Israeli entrepreneur who last year started an investment firm with disgraced former International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, committed suicide on Thursday by jumping out of his Tel Aviv apartment, reported. He was 49.Last year, Leyne and Strauss-Kahn started the Paris-traded firm Leyne, Strauss-Kahn & Partners, after Kahn had bought a 20 percent stake to help develop the investment-banking...

Major volcanic eruption could be an extinction event for Japan, study warns

© Unknown One major volcanic eruption could make Japan "extinct," a study by experts at Kobe University warns, although the chances of that happening are relatively slim. The study, by Prof. Yoshiyuki Tatsumi and Associate Prof. Keiko Suzuki, concludes that the chance of a big eruption that would disrupt the lives of everyone in Japan are about 1% over the next 100 years. The researchers based their findings on the cycles and impacts of major eruptions...

Nicaragua, Honduras under threat of flooding, mudslides from Tropical Storm Hanna

Tropical Storm Hanna, the eighth named storm of the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season, formed quickly Monday morning and has now moved inland after making landfall along the Caribbean coast near the Nicaragua - Honduras border.A tropical storm warning was issued by the governments of Nicaragua and Honduras for a small part of each country's Caribbean coast.Hanna is drifting toward the west and moving inland over northern Nicaragua. Given that, Hanna...

Detroit: The dispersal of urban black America begins

"The water department is determined to solve its financial problems - and change the city's demographics - by ejecting the poor from the grid." © mentalunrest.com The two United Nations Special Rapporteurs have seen human rights violations around the world, but Detroit's massive water shut-offs are uniquely upsetting. "We were deeply disturbed to observe the indignity people have faced and continue to live with in one of the wealthiest countries...

Severe hailstorm causes havoc in Australian wine country - up to 30% vineyard losses

Vineyards in the south of Western Australia could see yield losses of up to 30 per cent after they were hit by damaging hail storms this week.Severe thunderstorms struck the South West and Great Southern regions on Wednesday evening.Wineries in Frankland and Pemberton were hardest hit, with reports of hail completely stripping vines of new season growth. Ferngrove Wine Group was one of the wineries that fell victim to the hail. Ferngrove senior...

The evils of High Fructose Corn Syrup: It really is that bad for you

High-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) is an insidious chemical that has crept into our food supply over the past few decades. Today HFCS represents1 more than 40 percent of caloric sweeteners added to foods and beverages.HFCS can contain anywhere from 55 to 90 percent fructose and is derived from corn, a heavily subsidized (read: cheap) crop. Manufacturers love HFCS because, especially when compared to regular sugar, it's cheaper, sweeter and produced...

Exodus to Berlin: Thousands of young Israelis fleeing Zionism

A growing exodus of young Israelis to Berlin has not only shocked Israel's far right leadership but has highlighted the growing disillusionment with Zionism among Israel's younger generation.As Israeli commentators noted, the trend would encourage the late Israeli leader, Yitzhak Rabin to turn in his grave. He once described those who fled Israel as a "cascade of wimps" and a "fallout of cowards." Ravit Hecht, a columnist with Israel's oldest daily...
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