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Tuesday, 30 December 2014

Mystery object appears near Milky Way's monster black hole

© SO/MPE/Marc Schartmann 3A computer simulation shows the G2 gas cloud's encounter with the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* at the center of the Milky Way, as well as the paths of the many other objects that orbit the black hole. A mystery object at the center of the galaxy has astronomers scratching their heads, and a new piece of information won't be solving the case before the New Year.In yet another twist to a saga of astronomical proportions,...

The west's enabiling of Kiev's official policy for east Ukraine: Starvation, torture, rape, and murder

Imagine a sign pinned to the podium on the floor of the US Senate that reads Ferguson will be ours! Pictured on it is an armored personnel carrier with the United States flag driving over a mountain of corpses. This picture shown below says just that about Donbass. This is Kiev's official statement on mass murder for the area. This was pinned to the podium on the floor of the Ukrainian Senate ().President Petro Poroshenko and his government have...

The west's enabiling of Kie's official policy for east Ukraine: Starvation, torture, rape, and murder

Imagine a sign pinned to the podium on the floor of the US Senate that reads Ferguson will be ours! Pictured on it is an armored personnel carrier with the United States flag driving over a mountain of corpses. This picture shown below says just that about Donbass. This is Kiev's official statement on mass murder for the area. This was pinned to the podium on the floor of the Ukrainian Senate ().President Petro Poroshenko and his government have...

Death toll exceeds 150 in India cold wave

© Money Sharma, EPA New Delhi - More than 150 people have died in a cold wave sweeping across northern and eastern India and dense fog disrupted air and rail services, reports said Tuesday.Sixteen more people died in intense cold or fog-related accidents in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh on Monday, taking the region's death toll for the month to 140, the said.Temperatures reached a low of 0.5 degrees Celsius in the state's Sonbhadra district.Twelve...

Neuroscientists reveal the anatomy of the undead's brain, propose survival techniques

Their lumbering, menacing gait and insatiable hunger for flesh strikes fear into even the most seasoned horror film fan.Now, two neuroscientists have analysed the behaviour of the walking dead to reveal the inner workings of their minds and defined a comprehensive diagnosis of 'zombiism'.And with this knowledge they have even hatched a plan for how to survive a zombie apocalypse.Neuroscientists have analysed the behaviour of the walking dead to...

Public feminists, atheists, journalists and other activists: Living with the reality of death threats

© AwayPoint More than twenty years have passed, but Jonathan Hutson still vividly remembers one specific day during his stint as editor of a New Hampshire weekly.[I was] writing a series on the titans of trash - about racketeering by the nation's two largest garbage haulers. A lawyer came to my office one day to convey a warning about my latest investigative reporting. "Jonathan, I hope I don't open up the pages of the Union Leader one day," he...

Tragic accident: Two-year fatally shoots his mother in an Idaho Walmart

© Dystopos A two-year-old boy in an Idaho Walmart accidentally shot and killed his Mother on Tuesday, authorities said.The woman, 29, was shopping in the Hayden, Idaho store with the boy and three other children when he reached into her purse and discharged the concealed weapon, the Associated Press reports. They were in the northern Idaho town to visit relatives. The store was closed following the shooting.Kootenai County sheriff's spokesman Stu...

Not surprising: Palestinian statehood bid fails at UN Security Council

© AFP Photo / Kena BetancurThe United Nations Security Council. The UN Security Council has failed to adopt the Arab coalition's bid calling for the creation of a Palestinian state and an end to Israeli "occupation". The US and Australia voted against the move with 5 abstentions.The draft resolution gathered only 8 votes in favour, so it was automatically defeated. The US however still used its veto power and voted against the resolution. Another...

Bright fireball seen along eastern U.S. coast; from Montreal to New Jersey

© Fox News People along the East Coast reported seeing a bright fireball in the skies on Monday evening at about 6:35 p.m.The American Meteor Society says it received more than 330 reports.The fireball was seen from Montreal, Canada to Maryland and Delaware.Peter Czech captured video of the fireball on a dashcam as he drove near I-287 and the Route 10 interchange.One person in New Hampshire reported seeing flames.A person in Sicklerville, New Jersey...

31 dead, 7 missing after Tropical Storm Jangmi triggers floods, landslides in Philippines

© AP / Fruhlein EconarMotorists drive past a fallen marker which was toppled by Tropical Storm Jangmi at Alcantara township, Cebu province in central Philippines Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014. Flash floods and landslides triggered by Tropical Storm Jangmi left at least 31 people dead and seven missing in the Philippines, including in areas still recovering from last year's Typhoon Haiyan, officials said Tuesday.Jangmi, packing winds of 65 kilometres (40...

Land of the free: Congressman barred from seeing uncensored 9/11 report

© ReutersU.S. Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL A request by US Rep. Alan Grayson to access a portion of a 2002 congressional report on the September 11, 2001 attacks was denied by the House Intelligence Committee based on political reasons, the Florida Democrat said.Grayson's request pertains to 28 pages of Congress' Joint Inquiry that were ordered to be redacted by then-President George W. Bush. The congressman said his search stemmed from proposed legislation...

New Year's eve temperatures to drop below freezing for majority of U.S.

Those headed out to celebrate New Year's Eve may want to bundle up as arctic air affects much of the nation.The worst of the cold will focus on the Rocky Mountains and northern Plains, but temperatures are forecast to dip below freezing across a majority of the nation on Wednesday night."Temperatures will plunge well below zero from portions of the Dakotas and northern Minnesota at night through the end of 2014," said AccuWeather.com Senior Meteorologist...

India: Over 130 people die in cold snap

© Gulf Times The death toll of a cold spell in northern and eastern India has reportedly exceeded 130.The cold snap in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh has disrupted rail and air transportation, media reported on Monday.However, Uttar Pradesh Secretary and Relief Commissioner Leena Johri has not confirmed the number of fatalities. Citing authorities, Johri said there has been no report of death due to cold wave.Meanwhile, Delhi-based All India...

Czech veteran returns NATO medals - cites 'shame' for having served 'criminals'

© wikipedia.orgThe NATO ISAF medal A former military doctor who participated in missions in Kosovo and Afghanistan has asked the Czech Defense Ministry to take back his NATO medals, calling the North Atlantic alliance a "criminal organization" with "atrocious interests."Lieutenant Colonel Marek Obrtel, former chief of the 11th Czech military hospital in Afghanistan, who also served in Kosovo and Bosnia-Herzegovina, wrote to the Czech Defense Ministry...

'You're either a cop or little people': The American police state in 2014

"You're either a cop or little people." - Police captain Harry Bryant in Blade Runner © agovernmentofwolves.com/ For those of us who have managed to survive 2014 with our lives intact and our freedoms hanging by a thread, it has been a year of crackdowns, clampdowns, shutdowns, showdowns, shootdowns, standdowns, knockdowns, putdowns, breakdowns, lockdowns, takedowns, slowdowns, meltdowns, and never-ending letdowns.We've been held up, stripped down,...
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