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Saturday, 8 November 2014

Blast of arctic air via polar vortex to chill 42 U.S. states

As the polar vortex gets displaced to the south, the door will open for arctic air to plunge over the most of the United States as the new week progresses.Only the Southwest, Hawaii, Alaska and South Florida will escape the grip of the upcoming arctic blast that the polar vortex can be blamed for."The polar vortex is a large pocket of very cold air, typically the coldest air in the Northern Hemisphere, which sits over the polar region," stated...

Swath of Winter storms extend from Turkey to Japan

While much of the tropical activity tends to diminish in the Northern Hemisphere during the winter, sometimes the western Pacific can remain active. "The cooler waters southeast of Asia will likely yield far less tropical activity in the western Pacific compared to last winter," AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Jason Nicholls said.Six of the eight named tropical systems struck the Philippines from November 2013 to February 2014. Super Typhoon Haiyan...

Poor credit? Lenders can now disable your car with GPS-based kill switches

© Shutterstock Imagine this scenario: You're on an important trip miles from home and stopped in traffic, but before you can continue on your way, your car shuts down. You've got enough gas in the tank and no mechanical problems. But you're stranded far from home because you're a few days late on your car payment and the lender won't let you drive until the debt is paid.If this sounds like part of a dystopian future in which repo men are now cyborgs,...

Vladimir Putin's historic defiance of the Anglo-American Axis and their New World 'Order'

© UnknownPresident of Russia Vladimir Putin - the likes of which the world hasn't seen in a very long time. Why is the Anglo-American Axis so afraid of Putin and determined to bring him down? No world leader has been so demonized by the West over the past decade as President Vladimir Putin of Russia has.No other president or prime minister has been subjected to so many outrageous personal attacks and unrelenting false accusations.Clearly, Vladimir...

The US' pathetic attempt to cover up funding of Hong Kong's "Occupy Central"

Images: Various scenes of Martin Lee "not" leading Occupy Central. From taking to the stage, to standing shoulder to shoulder with Anson Chan and self-proclaimed "Occupy Central" leader Benny Tai himself, Martin Lee, contrary to the outright lie stated on NED's official website, is clearly a co-organizer of "Occupy Central." This is in addition to an admitted trip to Washington D.C. Lee made earlier this year in an appeal for support. For the United...

The US' pathetic attempt to cover up political subversion with Hong Kong's "Occupy Central"

Images: Various scenes of Martin Lee "not" leading Occupy Central. From taking to the stage, to standing shoulder to shoulder with Anson Chan and self-proclaimed "Occupy Central" leader Benny Tai himself, Martin Lee, contrary to the outright lie stated on NED's official website, is clearly a co-organizer of "Occupy Central." This is in addition to an admitted trip to Washington D.C. Lee made earlier this year in an appeal for support. For the United...

Hong Kong's "Occupy Central" is corrupt to the core: dirty money, dirtier leaders

A torrent of leaked documents and e-mails have exposed the already questionable "Occupy Central" leadership as engaged in unethical, opaque funding. Millions of Hong Kong dollars have been shifted around secretly without "Occupy Central" supporters' knowledge, concealing the source of the funding and the true nature of "Occupy Central's" agenda.For weeks, Beijing, the local Hong Kong government, and analysts around the world have suggested that...