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Wednesday, 11 February 2015

Putin's top security advisor: "Current US approach leads to inevitable confrontation with Russia and China"

Following the humiliation of tonight's much anticipated Eurogroup meeting in which for the first time ever, not only did Greece punk Germany's stern finance minister, but the ensuing disarray was so profound the panicked European finance ministers there was some hope that the second round of negotiations currently taking place in Minsk to find a solution to the Ukraine civil war would at least partially redeem Europe's faltering negotiating reputation.Alas,...

Where are we in the universe?: Most detailed map yet

© Nature Video, based on Tully et al 2014A new study in Nature finds that the Milky Way is part of a broader supercluster of 100,000 galaxies known as Laniakea. We know that the Earth and the solar system are located in the Milky Way galaxy. But how, exactly, does the Milky Way fit in among the billions of other galaxies in the known universe?In a fascinating 2014 study for , a team of scientists mapped thousands of galaxies in our immediate vicinity,...

How learning artistic skills alters the brain

© Miramax FilmsJohn Cusack (left) in Bullets Over Broadway. Are artists born, or made? At the end of Woody Allen's great comedy Bullets Over Broadway, the John Cusack character concludes that, in spite of his desire and effort, he will never be a creative genius. He simply does not have the gift.But is his reluctant assumption that artistry is encoded in one's genes, or perhaps one's soul, really true? A recently published paper suggests otherwise."Creativity...

If you listen carefully, the bankers are actually telling us what is going to happen next

Are we on the verge of a major worldwide economic downturn? Well, if recent warnings from prominent bankers all over the world are to be believed, that may be precisely what we are facing in the months ahead. As you will read about below, the big banks are warning that the price of oil could soon drop as low as 20 dollars a barrel, that a Greek exit from the eurozone could push the EUR/USD down to 0.90, and that the global economy could shrink...

If You Listen Carefully, The Bankers Are Actually Telling Us What Is Going To Happen Next

Are we on the verge of a major worldwide economic downturn? Well, if recent warnings from prominent bankers all over the world are to be believed, that may be precisely what we are facing in the months ahead. As you will read about below, the big banks are warning that the price of oil could soon drop as low as 20 dollars a barrel, that a Greek exit from the eurozone could push the EUR/USD down to 0.90, and that the global economy could shrink...

The Vaccine Safety Myth

© Unknown Vaccine are proven safe, right? You may be surprised to find how non-evidence based this belief really is....A few days ago, The Washington Post published an op-ed piece by a medical ethicist who thinks that all doctors who have concerns about vaccines should lose their licenses. Last week, it was parents who don't vaccinate their children should be jailed or sued. There are case reports where not vaccinating has been used as proof of...

Moscow's problem: Dealing with imbeciles and vassals

© Sebastien Pirlet/REUTERS Russia is in a dilemma. How can it work through a peaceful settlement over the Ukraine conflict - and avoid a wider, more terrible war - when it is having to communicate with imbeciles and vassals? We are referring to the American and European leaders, respectively.The problem of trying to have a conversation with imbeciles is that they are simply incapable of understanding anything outside of their obtuse reality. They...

Suprise! More FDA corruption: Constitutional Attorney speaks out

The FDA continues to be one of the most dangerous government agencies in the United States. The sheer scope of people it affects with its corruption is staggering. As Jon Rappoport has highlighted, the FDA's own webpage admits that the drugs it certifies as safe contribute to over 100,000 deaths per year.And as you'll see in the video interview below with constitutional attorney, Jonathan Emord, not only does the FDA routinely approve drugs over...

"America hell-bent on war": 80-year-old analyst Stephen Lendman has never been more afraid

© Sputnik/ Aleksey Nikolskyi I'm 80 years old. I was never scared throughout the Cold War years. I'm very scared now." That is what Stephen Lendman, a Research Associate for the Centre for Research on Globalization told Sputnik in an exclusive interview regarding recent developments related to the military conflict in Ukraine.As the Normandy Four are set to meet in Minsk on Wednesday to discuss possible ways out of the deteriorating military conflict...

Obama Creates New Agency: The Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center

File image. The Obama administration announced creation of another federal intelligence center in the long list of law enforcement and spy services. This time its main task will be cyberintel.The last year saw high-profile hacks into Sony Pictures, which set off a firestorm of controversy surrounding their film "The Interview." But other security breaches, like cyberattacks on Home Depot, Target, and even the social media accounts of US Central Command,...

Brazilians taking emergency measures in preparation for possible forced water rationing

© Reuters/Nacho DoceA sign (in black) that reads "Tap without Water" is seen inside an ice-cream shop at the Pinheiros neighbourhood in Sao Paulo February 10, 2015. Brazilians are hoarding water in their apartments, drilling homemade wells and taking other emergency measures to prepare for forced rationing that appears likely and could leave taps dry for up to five days a week because of a drought.In São Paulo, the country's largest city with a...

Why public banks outperform private banks and how the private banks intend to destroy them

© Unknown Public banks in North Dakota, Germany and Switzerland have been shown to outperform their private counterparts. Under the TPP and TTIP, however, publicly-owned banks on both sides of the oceans might wind up getting sued for unfair competition because they have advantages not available to private banks.In November 2014, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Bank of North Dakota (BND), the nation's only state-owned bank, "is more profitable...
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