Nepal: Death toll from Saturday's earthquake rises to over 3,200

© Google The earthquake, 7.8 in magnitude hit Nepal on Saturday, April 25th, 2015      At least 3,218 people are now known to have died in a massive earthquake which hit Nepal on Saturday, say officials. Rameshwor Dangal, head of Nepal's disaster management agency, said another 6,500 people had been injured. Dozens of people are also reported to have been killed in neighbouring China and India. Thousands have spent a second...

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Australia: everyone must get vaccinated, except the Prime Minister's daughters

© The Record, Australia      We're talking about Tony Abbott, who just ruled from on high that there are no more exemptions from vaccines in Australia. No more conscientious objections, no more religious exemptions. Only the rare medical exemption, permitted by a doctor. And suddenly, every family who refuses vaccinations for their children will lose up to $15,000 per year, per child, in federal support money. Every family in...

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The anti-surveillance state: Clothes and gadgets that make you (digitally) invisible

     Last spring, designer Adam Harvey hosted a session on hair and makeup techniques for attendees of the 2015 FutureEverything Festival in Manchester, England. Rather than sharing innovative ways to bring out the audience's eyes, Harvey's CV Dazzle Anon introduced a series of styling methods designed with almost the exact opposite aim of traditional beauty tricks: to turn your face into an anti-face - one that cameras, particularly...

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Anzac Day; Perpetuating the myth

© firstworldwarhiddenhistory.wordpress.com Viscount Alfred Milner, unquestioned leader of the Secret Elite.      In 1916, when the British government set up the Dardanelles Commission, they turned first to the most important member of the Secret Elite, Viscount Alfred Milner. Prime Minister Asquith and conservative leader, Bonar Law, both asked him to be its chairman, [1] but Milner turned the offer down in favour of more immediate...

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Being a US vassal state is expensive: France to pay €1.1 bn to Russia for cancelled Mistral ships

© Reuters / Stephane Mahe      France plans to pay back costs for the Mistral helicopter carriers ordered by Russia if they are not delivered, returning €800 million and paying compensation for other expenses totaling €300 million, French media reports citing government sources. Paris is expected to fund the compensation from €2 billion that Poland will pay to buy French helicopters, according to . The decision on compensating...

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The Anti-surveillance state: Clothes and gadgets that make you (digitally) invisible

     Last spring, designer Adam Harvey hosted a session on hair and makeup techniques for attendees of the 2015 FutureEverything Festival in Manchester, England. Rather than sharing innovative ways to bring out the audience's eyes, Harvey's CV Dazzle Anon introduced a series of styling methods designed with almost the exact opposite aim of traditional beauty tricks: to turn your face into an anti-face - one that cameras, particularly...

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