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Wednesday, 22 April 2015

Michael Brown memorial tree destroyed, plaque stolen within a day of being dedicated in Ferguson

© blogs.riverfronttimes.com One of the Michael Brown memorials, Ferguson, MO.      A tree dedicated to Michael Brown over the weekend in Ferguson, Mo., was damaged within a day, while a plaque accompanying the tree was stolen, according to the city. This tree, a sapling, was purchased by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association in Chicago. It was dedicated in January-Wabash Memorial Park on Saturday to Michael Brown,...

Hungary, Greece, Cyprus to resume trade with Russia regardless of Western sanctions

© Flickr/ Bart Koop-Henzen      Hungary, Greece and Cyprus may soon be allowed to export fruit and vegetables to the Russian market, according to a report in the newspaper . Russian health authorities are conducting audits of suppliers in all three countries, as well as India, Alexey Alexeyenko, the director of Rosselkhoznadzor (the Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance) is quoted as saying. "About...

USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.3 - 158km SSE of Lata, Solomon Islands

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Chile on red alert as Calbuco volcano erupts

© AFP Photo / Giordana Schmidt Puerto Varas, Chile, as the Calbuco volcano erupts on April 22, 2015.      Hundreds of people are being evacuated in southern Chile following a massive eruption of the Calbuco volcano - its first in over 42 years. The government has declared a red alert, as thick clouds of ash and smoke shot up several kilometers into the sky. The volcano is located near the tourist location of Puerto Varas, about...

War: The birth and health of the State

Randolph Bourne      In my essay "The Herd Mind," I explained how "War is the health of the State," according to Randolph Bourne: in particular, how war causes a country to regress from a diverse civilization to a uniform herd locked in fight-or-flight mode, and easily driven by the government. As I mentioned in my talk "How the Fed Feeds War," this propensity is not lost on those in government, which explains why so many of...

The number one reason employees get sick....Perceived unfairness at work

© Getty      Recent studies confirm that emotional hurt and rejection, whether part of social interactions or the perception of inequitable and unjust workplace conditions can actually trigger the same neurophysiologic pathways associated with physical pain and suffering (Eisenberger, Lieberman, & Williams, 2003). In a nifty study by Naomi Eisenberger and colleagues at UCLA, she was able to use the latest technology to...

Revealed: child sex abuse gang 'with tentacles that go round the world'

Full details of paedophile ring's activity can be reported for first time after trial of two of them, John Denham and Matthew Stansfield, ended with convictions. © National Crime Agency Left to right, top row: Adam Toms, David Harsley, John Denham (previously known as Benjamin Harrop), Christopher Knight; L-R bottom row: Matthew Stansfield, Robin Hollyson and Matthew Lisk.      Seven members of a paedophile gang were involved...

Monsanto sued in Los Angeles County for false advertising

© T. Matthew Phillips      Today a class action lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles County, California against the Monsanto corporation. The suit alleges that Monsanto is guilty of false advertising by claiming that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, targets an enzyme only found in plants and not in humans or animals. Monsanto makes this claim to support the contention that glyphosate is harmless to humans. In the lawsuit,...

No surprise: Tax cuts for poor and middle class, but not the rich boost employment and investment

© Agence France-Presse/Jim Watson Tax cuts for the rich do not lead to growth in jobs or investment, a study says.      The exact link between tax cuts and job growth has for years been a matter of fiery debate, from college economics departments to the chambers of Congress. Now, a working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research could add some nuance to the dispute: Tax cuts do, in fact, boost employment and investment,...

Why are oil and gas workers mysteriously dying across America?

© AP      In July of 2012, the mother of 21-year old Dustin Bergsing filed a wrongful-death suit in Yellowstone County District Court. Bergsing died on January 7 of that year — his first child was born just six weeks prior. The cause of death was hydrocarbon poisoning. More specifically, Bergsing died from inhaling fatal amounts of petroleum vapors after gauging a crude oil tank on a Marathon Oil site in Mandaree, North Dakota....

The propaganda is working: A significant majority of Americans think the economy is good... and only getting better

© Unknown Obama would like everyone to think that the U.S. is Disney Land when it is perilously close to becoming Mordor.      Americans' perception of President Obama's economic policies are on the mend according to a new report from CNN. "For the first time since President Obama took office," says journalist Matt Egan, "a significant majority of Americans give the economy two thumbs up." The findings are based on a poll conducted...

Significant portion of Deepwater Horizon oil transported to sea floor via marine snow

© Sean Gardner/Reuters Where did the oil go?      After the accident on the Deepwater Horizon platform five year ago in the Gulf of Mexico, an estimated 210 million gallons of oil leaked at a depth of about 1,500 meters for 87 days. This spill was unusual, not only because of the duration and quantity of oil spilled, but because it was also the first oil spill at such great depths. Where did the oil go? Initially the oil floated...
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