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Saturday, 31 January 2015

Galactic CAT scan reveals bubbly interior of supernova Cassiopeia A

© D. Milisavljevic (CfA) & R. Fesen (Dartmouth) Astronomers have produced a 3D map of the interior of Cassiopeia A, a supernova in our galaxy, using the astronomical equivalent of a CAT scan.The Cassiopeia A, or Cas A, exploded around 340 years ago and its relatively close proximity to the Earth makes it one of the most well-studied supernovas in our galaxy. Many astronomers still observe the supernova with great interest.A new study conducted...

Studies outside the U.S. show unvaccinated children healthier than vaccinated children

© VacTruth.com Studies Prove Without Doubt That Unvaccinated Children Are Far Healthier Than Their Vaccinated Peers A study from the 1990s has come to light, proving that compared to unvaccinated children, vaccinated children were more likely to suffer from asthma, eczema, ear infections, hyperactivity and many other chronic conditions.Furthermore, the study identified that there was a ten-fold increase in the incidence of tonsillitis in the...

Police State: NYPD to permanently patrol protests with machine guns

© youmaybenext.com New York, NY- NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton announced Thursday that 350 heavily armed NYPD officers, called the "Strategic Response Group," will soon be patrolling protests and the city at large.He said the new strain of hyper-armed police will be"...equipped and trained in ways that our normal patrol officers are not. They'll be equipped with all the extra heavy protective gear, with the long rifles and machine guns - unfortunately...

Norman Finkelstein: On the origins of Israel's modern propaganda (and Alan Dershowitz's legal troubles)

Joan Peters, the author of the book From Time Immemorial: The Origins of the Arab-Israeli Conflict over Palestine, died on January 5th, at 78. As David Samel wrote following her death,"The bizarre chapter of Joan Peters's contribution to the Middle East debate does not end with her death. Her arguments, both those she adopted from others and those she formulated herself, still constitute a huge portion of the go-to hasbara repertoire." I interviewed...

Break in the collective punishment? U.S. allows Crimeans U.S. accounts, money transfers

© RIA Novosti/Yuriy LashovA train station in Simferopol, Crimea. US Treasury has revised sanctions regime in Russia's Crimea, allowing residents of the peninsula to operate US bank accounts. Crimeans will also be able to send and receive non-commercial personal money transfers.Washington is easing the latest restrictions it imposed on Crimeans on December 19, making concessions to those residents of the peninsula that were not earlier specifically...

Anti-vaccine doctor cancels lecture tour due to bomb threats

© unknown Our words, voice, and opinions are our birth right and are protected. Free speech is not a luxury and it is certainly not handed down to us from a government. In Australia and ramping up quickly in the United States, it seems that some speech is freer than others.Long-time expert and vaccine educator Dr. Sherry Tenpenny has publicly announced that she has cancelled speaking appearances scheduled for Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide, Melbourne...

Thousands of Ukrainian troops trapped by Donbass rebels?

© Reuters/David MdzinarishviliA Ukrainian serviceman is pictured next to an armored vehicle near the village of Debaltsevo in eastern Ukraine. Some 8,000 Ukrainian troops are believed to be surrounded near the village of Debaltsevo in Donbass, as militia units cut off the only road linking the pocket to Kiev-held territory. The servicemen have been offered the chance to surrender.The forces of the People's Republic of Donetsk (DPR) have stormed...

Euroskeptics: Polls reveal forty percent of Italians no longer want Euro

© Flickr/ Mario Mancuso Four out of every ten Italians no longer want the euro, according to a survey released on Friday by the Institute of Political, Economic and Social Studies, Eurispes.The percent of Italians who want Italy to leave the Eurozone has risen from 26% at the start of 2014 to 40.1% now, the polling agency says.More than half of the Euroskeptics think the single currency is the chief cause of Italy's economic woes, as it has deprived...

Russian developments over last month: Isolation, economy, Ukraine

Russia Has Had Enough I agree, as I usually do, with Alexander Mercouris: here and here he argues that Putin and his team have given up trying for a diplomatic solution. Moscow used its influence to stop the rebels' offensive last year when they believed themselves on the edge of routing the Kiev forces, forced the Minsk ceasefire, made several proposals to Kiev and... nothing. I believe that Putin stopped believing anything the West said after...

Superpower blunders: Czechoslovakia in 1938

The Czechoslovakia crisis of 1938 marked a pivotal shift in the balance of power in Central Europe, putting the major world superpowers in a collision course. The policies of one superpower in particular made inevitable what was to come less than a year later - World War II.This episode provides important historical insights on geopolitics, appeasement strategies, buffer zones, ethnic tensions - and unintended consequences.Background Czechoslovakia...

In pictures: Russia's imperial Romanov family

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'Great American villain' Henry Kissinger faces citizen's arrest inside a Senate hearing room

© ReutersCODEPINK Protesters Attempt Citizens Arrest of Henry Kissinger for War Crimes. In an action that has already made headlines around the world, Code Pink stole the show yesterday with an attempted citizen's arrest of Henry Kissinger for War Crimes committed during his tenure as Secretary of State from 1973-1977.As the 91 year old Kissinger took to his seat at the witness table alongside former Secretaries of State Madeleine Albright and George...

Match made in "heaven"? Netanyahu denies wife pocketed state money in cash-for-bottles scheme

© Reuters/Nir EliasIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denied reports that his wife, Sara, stole thousands of dollars worth of state funds from bottles returned to local supermarkets on her orders.In a Facebook post, Netanyahu railed against the "false accusations against me and my wife that seek to topple the Likud and bring the left to power."Netanyahu criticized local media...

Netanyahu speech scandal blows up and 'soiled' Dermer looks like the fall guy

In the last 24 hours the controversy over the planned speech by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to both houses of Congress on March 3 to rebut the president's policy on Iran has blown up to a new level. Muted outrage over the invitation has turned into open rage. The opposition to the speech by major Israel supporters across the political spectrum, liberal J Street, center-right Jeffrey Goldberg, and hard-right Abraham Foxman, all of whom say the...
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