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Saturday, 7 March 2015

The Irish Famine: Sculpture offered in honor of Native American Indians historic gift

© Unkown Sharon O' Reilly-Coates says a feather sculpture in Cork is a thank you to Native American IndiansFIRM, bronzed bodies above and below a loincloth. Long, silky black hair, colourful feathers, a tepee and perhaps a fishing spear? Enviable, shiny-haired girls.Mention Choctaw Indians and that's the image I have. I think of chocolate, also, but only because it sounds like Choctaw.But because of one noble act of kindness, the Native American...

Are serious health problems caused by common food additives?

© ShutterstockEmulsifiers are common food additives found to cause gastrointestinal inflammation. Emulsifiers approved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are commonly added to processed foods to improve texture, increase shelf life and prevent oils and fats from separating. You'll see them listed on ingredient labels as polysorbate 80, lecithin, carrageenan, polyglycerols, xanthan and other gums in everything from bread and cookies...

A new government report shows that 1 in 9 children in the U.S. are using complimentary therapy to stay healthy

© ShutterstockMost of those who practiced yoga in 2012—more than 900,000 children—included meditation, deep-breathing exercises, or both. A new government report shows that 1 in 9 children in the U.S. (11.6 percent) are using complimentary therapy to stay healthy, an amount that has not changed in five years.What has changed since the report was last conducted in 2007: kids are doing a lot more yoga and taking more melatonin, a plant-based sleep...

Urinicity - Electricity produced from urine enough to power lights

A toilet, conveniently situated near the Student Union Bar at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol), is proving that urine can generate electricity.The prototype urinal is the result of a partnership between researchers at UWE Bristol and Oxfam. It is hoped the pee-power technology will light cubicles in refugee camps, which are often dark and dangerous places particularly for women.Students and staff are being asked to use the urinal...

Germany slams NATO's Breedlove for his dangerous lies - Breedlove still convinced he's right about everything

© Reuters/Valentyn OgirenkoU.S. General Philip Breed-no-love. A top NATO European commander's exaggerated comments on the Ukrainian conflict are 'dangerous propaganda,' and put the West at risk of losing credibility, sources in the German Chancellor's Office told .General Philip Breedlove made harsh remarks on the situation in Ukraine on Wednesday, saying that the self-defense forces, with the assistance of Russia, have prepared "over a thousand...

Yet another color revolution! This time in Myanmar: Meet Aung San Suu Kyi's saffron mobs

© UnknownMonks mingle in the background with protesters marching against attempts to recognize and empower stateless Rohingya refugees. Racism, bigotry, and savagery are hallmarks of this street mob which also so happens to be the same mob supporting “democracy icon,” Aung San Suu Kyi. Spiffy "revolutionary" T-shirts sponsored by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) Not unlike other US-backed "color revolutions" around the world, Myanmar's...

Spanish FM to visit Moscow Sunday to discuss Libya, Ukraine, anti-Russia sanctions

© REUTERS/ Muhammad Hamed Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo is expected to arrive in Moscow on March 8 to discuss the Ukrainian crisis and anti-Russia sanctions imposed by the West with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry.Garcia-Margallo is also expected to meet with Russian Energy minister Alexander Novak and Spanish entrepreneurs working in Russia during his 2-day visit.The Spanish...

Greek foreign minister threatens Europe with flood of jihadists and immigrants if Greece fails

Nikos Kotzias It wasn't even a full 24 hours after Greece raided at least some of the funds of its pension and other public entities in order to make a €310 payment to the IMF, the first of four this month (the balance is 350 million on March 13, 580 million on March 16 and another 350 million on March 20), that the insolvent country resumed doing what it does best: dispensing hollow threats. This time it was its foreign minister and leader of the...

Notch up the fear index: Boko Haram allegedly pledges their allegiance to IS

© http://bit.ly/1ECk3ZO The Nigerian fundamentalist Islamic Group has pledged their allegiance to the so-called Islamic State according to an audio message. The message was posted on Boko Haram's Twitter account and appeared to be created by the group's leader but remains unconfirmed.The announcement comes on the heels of a devastating series of attacks in Nigeria that left 54 dead and nearly 200 injured.During the 8-minute audio, the narrator says...

Is it time to leave America before it's too late?

© unknown Not a day goes by that I do not receive an email from one of my readers advising me to get out of America while I still can. As the level of tyranny in this country increases, there is a proportionate increase in Americans wondering out loud as to whether they should stay or go.Americans Have Three Options When It Comes to Expatriation As I see it, Americans have three choices when it comes to expatriation:1. We can leave the country for...

Six billion dollars went missing at the State Department while Hillary Clinton hid her emails

© unknown The political world is swarming over revelations that Hillary Clinton hid her emails during her time as Secretary of State.She apparently went so far in shielding her official correspondence from public scrutiny that her team set up the private domain @clintonemail.com, used cover names for family members and reportedly ran a server for the mail client out of her home. Hillary publicly tweeted to dispel concerns about secrecy, dubiously...

BEST OF THE WEB: The U.S. war on ISIS is a Trojan horse: This is what's really going on

In August of 2013, even as the words came out of US President Barack Obama's mouth regarding an "impending" US military strike against the Syrian state, the impotence of American foreign policy loomed over him and those who wrote his speech for him like an insurmountable wall. So absurd was America's attempt to once again use the canard of "weapons of mass destruction" to justify yet another military intervention, that many believed America's proxy...

US/Israeli military advisers to ISIS arrested in Mosul, Iraq

Iraqi Special Forces said they have arrested several ISIL's foreign military advisors, including American, Israeli and Arab nationals in an operation in Mosul in the Northern parts of the country.The Iraqi forces said they have retrieved four foreign passports, including those that belonged to American and Israeli nationals and one that belonged to the national of a Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) member-state, from ISIL's military advisors.The...

Vaccine hysteria: Setting the stage for an ugly, end-game scenario

© unknown Government propaganda is now reaching surreal levels. Anyone awakened to the plans of the globalist new world order understands the context of the accelerated multi-phased propaganda. However, the masses still watching and believing mainstream media news still seem clueless to what is really happening both domestically and abroad. Or are they?Despite the disparity of the awareness, many of us get the sense that at least some are becoming...
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