Divisions emerge between Britain and US over China bank

© Takaki Yajima/ReutersChina's Finance Minister Lou Jiwei (L) gives a speech with the guests of the signing ceremony of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank in Beijing, October 24, 2014. A significant rift has opened up between the UK and the US following the decision by the Cameron government last week to defy the wishes of the Obama administration and become a founding member of the $50 billion China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment...

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Radiation in Japanese Green Tea

Four years after the multiple explosions and melt-downs at Fukushima, it seems the scary stories have only just begun to surface.Given that Japan's authoritarian regime of Shinzo Abe has cracked down on the information flow from Fukushima with a repressive state secrets act, we cannot know for certain what's happening at the site.According to the New York Times, a sample of powdered tea imported from the Japanese prefecture of Chiba, just southeast...

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The Middle East oil/nuclear puzzle

© Reuters/Ali Jarekji US Secretary of State John Kerry may be starting to enjoy the brinkmanship, as he says it's "unclear" whether the US and Iran would reach a political framework nuclear deal before the end of this month.Loud applause may be heard in corridors ranging from Tel Aviv to Riyadh.As negotiations resume in Lausanne, the fact is a potential nuclear agreement between Iran and the P5+1 (US, UK, France, BRICS members Russia and China,...

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Rage of the Elites: America's cultural, political elite and their overseas groupies

A certain unhappy incident happened to my aunt in the summer of 1966. The Cultural Revolution—a political movement initiated by Mao Zedong—was beginning to engulf the country. That same year many American college students were protesting against the Vietnam War and Leonid Brezhnev was keeping his seat warm as the General Secretary of CPSU, having replaced the somewhat volatile Nikita Khrushchev two years earlier. My aunt was then a freshman studying...

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Severe geomagnetic storm lights up New Zealand's sky

© Stephen ChadwickThe Aurora Australis, or Southern Lights, in the sky at Himatangi Beach on Tuesday night, March 17. A severe geomagnetic storm has whipped through Earth's magnetosphere, putting on a light show at both ends of the earth.The storm, which began on Tuesday, is among the strongest in the current 11-year solar cycle, earning a rating of a "severe" G4 on a one-to-five scale, which means it had the potential to affect power grids, high-frequency...

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Meet the CDC front group lobbying for mandatory vaccinations

NACCHO?It sounds like a bad acronym from an Austin Powers movie.What/who the heck is NACCHO?NACCHO is The National Association of County and City Health Officials . If you briefly perused their website, you might be confused into thinking that they were a federal agency of sorts. First off, there's the name. Many people associate "National Association" with something sort of official. The next thing that might throw you off is the way NACCHO describes...

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Teacher facing obstruction charges for trying to stop school cop as he choked a child

© The Free Thought Project Lakewood, WA — Students are speaking out against what they believe to be a case of excessive force at their high school.An officer at Clover Park High School is now being investigated for using excessive force after arresting a student.The student is facing a charge of resisting arrest, and a teacher is also facing possible charges of obstruction for trying to help the student. The case has been referred to the city attorney...

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Putin denounces attempts to rewrite WWII history as plot to undermine Russia

© RIA Novosti / Aleksey Druzhinin The Russian president has again denounced attempts to rewrite WWII history, noting that the authors seek to sow strife between peoples and nations for their own geopolitical purposes.Putin said the cynical lies about the Great Patriotic War and the attempts to blacken the reputation of the Soviet people and the Red Army have nothing to do with the truth. The president's comments came at the Tuesday session of the...

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Heavy rain and high winds pummel Portland, OR leaving downed trees and thousands without power

© KGWA landslide in NW Portland. Heavy rain and high winds combined to create problems in the Portland and Vancouver metro areas Sunday.Area residents reported trees down, along with some power lines. On Sunday, Portland General Electric reported 45,000 customers without power. The number dropped to about 1,700 by 5 p.m. Monday.Pacific Power and Clark Public Utilities no longer reported widespread outages due to the storm Monday afternoon.In Vancouver,...

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The Cholesterol Drug War: ABC Australia bans documentary exposing statin drug scandal

Dr MaryAnne Demasi from the Catalyst. Her investigative reporting on the dangers of statin drugs has now been banned. Dr. MaryAnne Demasi's documentary on the criminal activity of the pharmaceutical industry regarding cholesterol-lowering statin drugs sent shock waves through the mainstream media in Australia last year. Published in two parts on the popular news show , the pharmaceutical industry complained loudly after the first show, and requested...

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BEST OF THE WEB: The Rage of the Cultural Elites

China's 'cultural revolution', destroying anything that didn't 'conform' to simplistic slogans. Outbreaks of such madness occurs periodically the world over. A certain unhappy incident happened to my aunt in the summer of 1966. The Cultural Revolution—a political movement initiated by Mao Zedong—was beginning to engulf the country. That same year many American college students were protesting against the Vietnam War and Leonid Brezhnev was keeping...

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