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Tuesday, 21 April 2015

The ties that bind: US training Nazis along with a media full of cover stories

" © Unknown      It has become a popular position both in the mainstream and pseudo-alternative media, and among those on the Russophobic left, to downplay the significant fascist influence on the political and military institutions, as well as the cultural character of the ." Quite often, the reality of Ukrainian fascism is obscured by vague assertions that such conclusions are merely "Russian propaganda," that they are simply...

Strange roar heard Sunday night across southern Wisconsin

Janesville © Mikesastrophotos.com      — A roaring sound caught the attention of people across a widespread region of southern Wisconsin around 8:15 p.m. Sunday. The sound seemed louder and longer than an airline plane would make, and it was heard in Beloit, Milton, Evansville, Albany, Monticello and Monroe as well as Janesville, according to Facebook comments. One commenter from Brodhead said it made her house vibrate. It was...

How the spin masters construct a hit piece: Bloomberg 'interviews' DPR Leader Zakharchenko

Head of Donetsk People's Republic, Zakharchenko      Bloomberg was perhaps the first western outlet to be given an interview by Zakharchenko but its presentation could hardly be more misleading and dishonest In a rare western interview of the leader of the Donetsk Republic, Zakharchenko was given 'the full treatment' by Bloomberg. In doing so, they indeed may have violated international law, and committed crimes against humanity...

Eight things you wouldn't think are spying on you, but are

© stuckathomemom.com Making eye contact...no longer a liberty!      The next time you take a trip to the mall, make sure you give those man­nequins a big smile. The sur­veil­lance industry's lat­est recruit—joining the ranks of the Statue of Lib­erty, vend­ing machines, Kinect, and a litany of other seem­ingly innocu­ous retail products—is store man­nequins. The $245 bil­lion dol­lar lux­ury goods indus­try cur­rently avails...

Rare quadruple rainbow photographed over Long Island, New York

© (@amanda_curtis via Twitter, CEO NineteenthAmendment.com      While waiting for her train this morning at the Glen Cove train station in Long Island, NY, Amanda Curtis grabbed her phone and snapped a photo of an incredibly rare atmospheric phenomenon: A quadruple rainbow. When she posted the photo on Twitter - where it went viral, some folks were incredulous. They said the photo was photoshopped or that Curtis had shot it...

Scientists warn of supervolcanos with ability to destroy humanity, urge global governance to prepare

© USGS Mount Redoubt Eruption on April 21, 1990      A report presented by experts at a leading scientific foundation details the possibility of a supervolcano that could return humanity to pre-civilization state, urges global community to prepare. Special Report A report by the European Science Foundation has concluded that a large volcanic eruption poses the greatest risk to humanity and that an, "informed global governance...

Why Europe lets people drown

     That Europe let almost 1000 people die in the Mediterranean in one night shouldn't be a surprise to anyone, at least not to those who are still occasionally awake. The Club Med migrant crisis has been going on for a long time, and the EU's only reaction to it has been to slash its budget and operations in the area, not to expand them. So when the opens with "European leaders were confronted on Monday with a humanitarian...

Chase joins the war on cash

     The war against cash has, up to now, been waged almost exclusively by national governments and official international organizations, although there are exceptions. Now the war has acquired a powerful new ally in Chase, the largest bank in the U.S. and a subsidiary of JP Morgan Chase and Co., according to , the world's third largest public company. Of course , it is hardly surprising that a crony capitalist fractional-reserve...