Astronomers are predicting at least two more large planets in the Solar System

© NASA/JPL-CaltechAt least two unknown planets could exist in our solar system beyond Pluto. Could there be another Pluto-like object out in the far reaches of the Solar System? How about two or more?Earlier this week, we discussed a recent paper from planet-hunter Mike Brown, who said that while there aren't likely to be any bright, easy-to-find objects, there could be dark ones "lurking far away." Now, a group of astronomers from the UK and Spain...

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The horror of the Paris rally - propaganda and the control of the masses

To amuse myself for a brief moment -- and perhaps you, too, dear reader, for I assuredly shall do my best not to lose sight of your concerns in what follows -- I might invoke the spirit of Master Dickens, as revealed in his work celebrating the holiday just recently passed. I therefore state:Any significant intellectual culture, especially any aspect of that always exceedingly fragile enterprise that rises to challenge established authority and its...

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Horrific footage of civilian slaughter in Eastern Ukraine

A new documentary has emerged, showing graphic footage of civilian slaughter from shelling in Eastern Ukraine during the summer of 2014.In it, you get to see Kiev's GRADs shell houses, hospitals, and nursing homes in Donetsk and other towns in Eastern Ukraine. Grandmothers and children alike are charred and shredded with shrapnel in the streets. These are the people that western media would have you believe are Pro-Russian terrorists. This video should put to rest any doubts as to the true nature of the conflict.Warning: Graphic Content Chomsky:...

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Australia's forgotten coup - and how the US godfather rules from Canberra to Kiev

© news.com.auGough Whitlam on the steps of Parliament House in Canberra on November 11, 1975, after he was sacked as Prime Minister. Washington's role in the fascist putsch against an elected government in Ukraine will surprise only those who watch the news and ignore the historical record. Since 1945, dozens of governments, many of them democracies, have met a similar fate, usually with bloodshed.Nicaragua is one of the poorest countries on earth...

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Tropical Storm Mekkhala heads towards Phillippines

© NASA/JAXA/SSAI, Hal PierceGPM satellite data showed that thunderstorm tops in rain bands east of Mekkhala's center reached heights of over 13 km (8 miles) on January 14, 2015. Tropical Depression Mekkhala strengthened and organized on Jan. 14 and overnight into Jan. 15 when it reached tropical storm status. As the storm was consolidating, NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission core satellite captured rainfall data of the storm.The...

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Argentina: The country that Monsanto poisoned with agrochemicals

© AP/Natacha PisarenkoIn this March 31, 2013, photo, Camila Veron, 2, born with multiple organ problems and severely disabled, stands outside her home in Avia Terai, in Chaco province, Argentina. Doctors told Camila’s mother, Silvia Achaval that agrochemicals may be to blame. It’s nearly impossible to prove that exposure to a specific chemical caused an individual’s cancer or birth defect, but doctors say these cases merit a rigorous government...

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Horrific footage of civilian slaughter in Eastern Ukraine

A new documentary has emerged, showing graphic footage of civilian slaughter from shelling in Eastern Ukraine during the summer of 2014.In it, you get to see Kiev's GRADs shell houses, hospitals, and nursing homes in Donetsk and other towns in Eastern Ukraine. Grandmothers and children alike are charred and shredded with shrapnel in the streets. These are the people that western media would have you believe are Pro-Russian terrorists. This video should put to rest any doubts as to the true nature of the conflict.Warning: Graphic Content Chomsky:...

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Waste of time: Flu shot only 23 percent effective this year

© AFP Photo/Justin Sullivan This US winter season's flu vaccine has been just 23 percent effective at preventing doctor visits for people of all ages, according to health authorities' early estimates out Thursday.The flu vaccine for 2014-2015 is not the worst ever -- the past decade has ranged from 10 percent to 60 percent effective -- but its record is worrying enough that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have urged doctors to ramp...

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Earthquake in eastern Connecticut is 4th straight day of quakes in area

A 2.2-magnitude earthquake has rattled eastern Connecticut again.In what's becoming a daily seismic event, the Weston Observatory of Boston College said the earthquake occurred at about 4:40 a.m. Thursday near Plainfield, where previous earthquakes were recorded.It says two minor earthquakes were recorded on Wednesday and another on Tuesday.Several were recorded on Monday and last week, too.The observatory says that while the greatest earthquake...

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Chicago crematorium being investigated after raid finds hundreds of body parts inside

An investigation into the possible illegal selling of human body parts continues after two suburban locations were raided Tuesday.CBS 2's Brad Edwards reports it is part of a year-long, national investigation.Sources tell Edwards that at Cremation Services Inc. in Schiller Park they're sifting through hundreds of body parts. The facility was raided by FBI agents on Tuesday, along with an office called the Biological Resource Center of Illinois...

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Germany considers implementing 'Jihadist identity cards'

Despite confiscating passports, Germany has found Jihadists have still been able to leave the country to fight and get training abroad by using their Federal identity cards, so the state has proposed to replace them, with specially designed 'Jihadi' cards.Having an identity document has been compulsory for many Germans since 1938 when the authoritarian Nazi Party introduced papers for adult men and Jews. The identity card programme has since expanded...

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The recharged anti-Muslim campaign and the 'war on terror'

If only. Through this publication and its echoes throughout the media, millions of French citizens are being bombarded by an anti-Muslim campaign that was, until recently, the province of the neo-fascist National Front. These sentiments are being deliberately whipped up to provide a base of support for renewed military operations by French imperialism. The conduct of the "war on terror" is acquiring ever more openly a racist character.That the campaign...

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Reddit users describe growing up poor; dumpster diving, syrup sandwiches, stolen clothes

Growing up poor leaves a mark that can't be erased and habits that are hard to break.Thousands of poor or formerly poor Reddit users discussed their experiences after someone posted a topic asking: "What do insanely poor people buy, that ordinary people know nothing about?"Commenters described shopping for expired food, Dumpster-diving, and using improvised cleaning products to save money and meet their basic needs."Often bakeries will toss out...

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European Jewish organization petitions EU to allow Jews to carry guns

© APA French soldier helps secure the perimeter of a Jewish school in Paris One of Europe's most prominent Jewish organizations is petitioning the European Union to pass new legislation that would permit Jewish community members to carry guns "for the essential protection of their communities," according to a letter obtained by the .The European Jewish Association (EJA), which represents Jewish communities across Europe, says that gun license laws...

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Former Guantanamo guard: 'CIA killed prisoners, made it look like suicide'

© Reuters / Stringer / Files A former Guantanamo Bay prison guard and Marine has spoken to the press for the first time about what he claims were the CIA murders of three problematic detainees, covered up as a triple suicide.Army Staff Sergeant Joseph Hickman was on duty at the notorious prison camp when the three men died, and insists the official version of events is "impossible," he told . The three men were Salah Ahmed Al-Salami, 37, from Yemen,...

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Hysteria: Parents investigated for neglect after letting their children walk home alone

© Family photoThe Meitiv children outside the National Gallery in Washington this month It was a one-mile walk home from a Silver Spring park on Georgia Avenue on a Saturday afternoon. But what the parents saw as a moment of independence for their 10-year-old son and 6-year-old daughter, they say authorities viewed much differently.Danielle and Alexander Meitiv say they are being investigated for neglect for the Dec. 20 trek - in a case they say...

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