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Friday, 22 May 2015

To Israel with Love: Obama gifts $1.9 billion in new murderous weapons

© Pete Souza Rumors of a deterioration in US-Israel relations are very much exaggerated.      The Obama administration approved a $1.9 billion arms sale to Israel in recent days as "compensation" for the US nuclear deal with Iran, which the Israeli regime staunchly opposes. Among the tens of thousands of bombs included in the weapons package are 3,000 Hellfire missiles, 12,000 general purpose bombs and 750 bunker buster bombs...

Mystery of 9 brains found in US county village remains unsolved

© _DJ_/Flickr      Gouverneur, New York -- Nine brains inexplicably appeared earlier this week along a street in a St. Lawrence County village. How the brains got there and where they came from remains a mystery. Residents discovered the brains on Beck with Street near railroad tracks and called the police. Gouverneur police collected one of the brains and brought it to a local veterinarian for an examination, WWNY TV 7 reported....

Mystery noise in Cheyenne

© FEMA/MGN      The streets of Cheyenne are usually pretty quiet, nothing out of the ordinary, nothing paranormal, until late Saturday night. "I was called by the dispatch center with a siren like noise about 11:30 at night," said Rob Cleveland, the director of the Laramie County Emergency Management Agency A sound rang through the city that can best be described as a siren noise. "I had them check the siren system that we control...

LAPD cop who kicked Alesia Thomas to death is now on trial

© NBC screenshot      The LAPD cop who kicked Alesia Thomas to death was recorded on dashcam saying: "I'm going to punt you in your p*ssy." Those words of Officer Mary O'Callaghan were said as Thomas was handcuffed and her legs restrained. The video clearly shows Thomas getting punched in the throat, as well as kicked in the groin over and over by Officer O'Callaghan, in the video that surfaced nearly three years ago. Watch...

Dragnet surveillance is about power and social control, not public safety

Attorney General Loretta Lynch says that USA Patriot Act dragnet spy powers must be extended or else the terrorists will get us. Lynch said Friday the country would be “less safe” if Congress fails to renew surveillance programs included in the Patriot Act. Lynch joined other top Obama administration officials, who are urging the Senate to pass the USA Freedom Act, which would reform the National Security Agency’s (NSA) bulk phone records collection...

USGS: Earthquake Magnitude 6.9 - 204km ESE of Kirakira, Solomon Islands

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Sherrif's department who flash-bombed baby blames infant for being in the room to avoid paying medical bills

     Nearly a year has passed since a Habersham County SWAT team stormed into the Phonesavanh residence, and very nearly killed their 19 month old child. The no-knock raid was prompted by an anonymous tip which suggested there were drugs in the house. As the officers forced their way into the home, they lobbed a flash grenade which wound up landing in the crib where baby "bou-bou" was sleeping. As it erupted, the infant suffered...

Meteors makes sonic booms over New Zealand

© Screen Capture      A picture of two near earth meteors taken near Omanawa this week is being offered as an explanation for mysterious bangs heard in the sky over the lower Kaimai area. Omanawa resident and EOL CEO Terry Coles heard what sounded like two large explosions last Saturday night. He wondered at the time if they were sonic booms from a meteor. His suspicions were confirmed on Tuesday when he set up a camera on the...

Mother consents to circumcision of 4-year-old son after being jailed for week

© WPBF Heather Hironimus      A Florida mother consented on Friday to allowing her 4-year-old son to be circumcised, ending a legal battle with the child's father, according to media reports. Heather Hironimus, 31, was jailed for a week after hiding out with the child for months after a protracted court fight to block the circumcision, the Sun Sentinel newspaper reported. Crying in a state courtroom in Palm Beach County, Florida,...

The US government told me Bin Laden read my book but what is it not telling us?

© AP      I already knew that Osama bin Laden read my book before the headlines this week - but I'm still angry that he gave only four-and-a-half stars on his Amazon review. Obviously, something in the book pissed him off, because he never friended me on Facebook. It was actually quite embarrassing to learn that Bin Laden was reading my tome - and a few by my homie Noam Chomsky. It's embarrassing because it's clear that Bin...

Yemeni Cyber Army group hacks 3,000 Saudi govt computers revealing top secret docs

© Reuters / Ints Kalnins      Yemeni hackers have allegedly released thousands of top secret Saudi Arabia documents, including spies' identities, after gaining "full control" of over 3,000 computers and servers belonging to Riyadh's Foreign, Interior and Defense Ministries. The Yemen Cyber Army group claims it not only has the addresses, phone numbers and emails of top Saudi diplomats, Foreign Ministry staff, secret agents and...

Over 1,000 monasteries collapsed in Nepal earthquakes; over 200 deaths

© Anup Ojha Jyachhen Ka-nying Lama Gumba in Duwachaur VDC, Sindhupalchok.      An estimated 200 Buddhist nuns and monks died after more than 1,000 monasteries collapsed in the 14 districts hit hardest by the earthquake s, according to the Buddhist Philosophy Promotion and Monastery Development Committee (BPPMDC). The committee, under the Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development, said that all 215 monasteries in Sindhupalchok...

Healing cancer with organic foods

© awgadvertising.com      A major revolution in the western healthcare, pharmaceutical and cancer industries is occurring and the movement is reaching the critical mass point. More people now than ever are researching and learning for themselves how to use nutrition to regain and maintain optimal health. People are realizing that a synthetic pharmaceutical drug, as advocated by many in the western medical field, can biochemically...

Here are 5 reasons why anarchy would be an improvement in human governance

     "Give a man a gun and he'll rob a bank. Give a man a bank and he'll rob the world." - Unknown Give people just a little bit of knowledge and courage and they will track down those greedy-ass bankers and hold them accountable. All we need is just a little courageous anarchy. The problem, the crux, the fly in the ointment: most people are not courageous enough, and most people don't want to learn anything that attacks their...

Mysterious 'UFO' with green light in the sky above Groningen

© Harry Perton      Harry Perton from Groningen, the Netherlands, likes to make pictures of nature. On Tuesday he set off in the Onlanden, the border between the provinces of Groningen and Drenthe. Upon returning home, he looked up just and saw something weird. On one of his pictures of threatening skies is a green light phenomenon in the sky. Perton "Suddenly saw something flashing," Harry wrote on his weblog. "I thought it...

All types of infections affect the brain and can impair mental capacity

     New research shows that infections can impair your cognitive ability measured on an IQ scale. According to Danish researchers, the study — the largest of its kind to date — shows a clear correlation between infection levels and impaired cognition. "Our research shows a correlation between hospitalization due to infection and impaired cognition corresponding to an IQ score of 1.76 lower than the average," said Dr. Michael...

The most underrated medicinal plants

     There are thousands, if not millions, of plants which boast amazing medicinal uses for almost any ailment that you can think of. Before reaching out for that prescription drug or cream, do your body a favour and look into some of these amazing natural alternatives first! The best part about healing in this natural way is that many plants and herbs can be grown yourself, or can be purchased in a higher potency essential...

Video: Small tornado strikes southern Netherlands

© YouTube Small tornado in Asten      A small tornado struck southern Netherlands on Tuesday night. The Tornado was spotted in Asten and Liessel. A portion of a chicken shed on Gevlochtsebaan in Heusden, Asten was blown away, reports. It is believed that the shed contained asbestos and the surrounding area has been closed down as a precaution. According to Reinier van den Berg of Meteo Group, the trunk of the tornado touched...

Recent poll of Americans' shows how wrong they are estimating homosexual population

© AP Photo/ Noah Berger      A recent Gallup poll has exposed that Americans' estimates of the proportion of homosexuals in the United States are "many times higher" than the actual percentage, indicating a distorted perception of this demographic group among the US population. "The American public estimates on average that 23% of Americans are gay or lesbian, little changed from Americans' 25% estimate in 2011...These estimates...

Researchers find yeast sugars can bind to fungus and activate T-cells to make inflammatory proteins

© Wikimedia Commons Healthy human T cell.      Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine have unraveled one of the mysteries of how a small group of immune cells work: That some inflammation-fighting immune cells may actually convert into cells that trigger disease. Their findings, recently reported in the journal , could lead to advances in fighting diseases, said the project's lead researcher...

Five ways oxytocin shapes our social interactions

© Psychology Today      New research is finding that oxytocin doesn't just bond us to mothers, lovers, and friends—it also seems to play a role in others from that bond. It's been called the cuddle hormone, the holiday hormone, the moral molecule, and more—but new research suggests that oxytocin needs some new nicknames. Like maybe the conformity hormone, or perhaps the America-Number-One! molecule. Where does this many-monikered...
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