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MAY 15

Man Makes Videos Critical of New Zealand Government, Gets Visits by Armed Police

by Kevin / 14d

Here are the videos that attracted the attention of the police. This is a Facebook post with the video of one of the police visits. In case you don’t use Facebook, someone mirrored the video on YouTube: Via: Cross the Rubicon:

MAY 14

Drone Attack on Saudi Aramco Facilities

by Kevin / 15d

Via: Reuters: Oil prices rose on Tuesday after the world’s top oil exporter Saudi Arabia said explosive-laden drones had attacked two pumping stations belonging to state oil company Aramco. … The Saudi state news agency quoted Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih as saying that Aramco had halted pumping on the East-West pipeline until the damage was […]

MAY 13

Monsanto ‘Compiled Dossier’ on Political Opponents

by Kevin / 16d

Via: BBC: French officials are investigating after revelations that agro-chemicals firm Monsanto compiled a potentially illegal file on critics on chemicals and genetically modified crops. The document was made by a PR agency working for Monsanto, which makes the controversial weed killer glyphosate. Marketed as Roundup by Monsanto, the weed killer has come under fire […]

All Four Major Wireless Carriers Hit With Lawsuits Over Sharing, Selling Location Data

by Kevin / 16d

Via: TechDirt: We’ve noted repeatedly that if you’re upset about Facebook’s privacy scandals, you should be equally concerned about the wireless industry’s ongoing location data scandals. Not only were the major carriers caught selling your location data to any nitwit with a checkbook, they were even found to be selling your E-911 location data, which […]

WordPress.com Took Down Jon Rappoport’s Blog

by Kevin / 16d

There is a purge underway on the wordpress.com platform. Anyone dealing with controversial topics has to self host. It doesn’t mean that your hosting provider won’t terminate you, but you have a much better chance of remaining up than on any of the major blogging or social media platforms. Via: Jon Rappoport: On May 11, […]

California Jury Hits Bayer with $2 Billion Award in Roundup Cancer Trial

by Kevin / 16d

Via: Reuters: A California jury on Monday awarded more than $2 billion to a couple who claimed Bayer AG’s glyphosate-based Roundup weed killer caused their cancer, in the largest U.S. jury verdict to date against the company in litigation over the chemical. … It was the third consecutive U.S. jury verdict against the company in […]

Tesla Battery Researcher ‘Excited’ About New Battery Tech Developed by U.S. Army

by Kevin / 16d

Via: Electrek: A new Li-ion battery technology developed by the US Army has piqued the interest of Jeff Dahn, Tesla’s main battery research partner. In the latest issue of the journal Nature, the CCDC Army Research Laboratory (ARL), which is an element of the U.S. Army, released a study demonstrating a new battery technology based […]

Science, Coca-Cola Style

by Kevin / 16d

Via: Discover Magazine: Coca-Cola has poured millions of dollars into scientific research at universities. But if the beverage giant doesn’t like what scientists find, the company has the power to make sure that their research never sees the light of day. That’s according to an analysis published in the Journal of Public Health Policy that […]

Amazon Rolls Out Machines That Pack Orders and Eliminate Jobs

by Kevin / 16d

Via: Reuters: Amazon.com Inc is rolling out machines to automate a job held by thousands of its workers: boxing up customer orders. The company started adding technology to a handful of warehouses in recent years, which scans goods coming down a conveyor belt and envelopes them seconds later in boxes custom-built for each item, two […]

Oil Tankers Hit by ‘Sabotage Attacks’ as Gulf Tensions Soar

by Kevin / 16d

Via: AFP: Four ships, including two Saudi oil tankers, were damaged in mysterious “sabotage attacks” that further inflamed Gulf tensions on Monday amid a standoff between the United States and Iran. In the face of growing international concern, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo scrapped a planned visit to Moscow to head to Brussels instead […]

Drug Cartel: Lawsuit by 44 States Accuses Pharma Giants of ‘Multi-Year Conspiracy’ to Hike Drug Prices by Over 1,000%

by Kevin / 16d

Make sure to get shot up with vaccines being peddled by the perpetrators of, “One of the most egregious and damaging price-fixing conspiracies in the history of the United States.” Oh sure! You’d have to be out of your mind, and possibly a terrorist, or worse, if you don’t trust their statements about vaccine safety […]

Restrictions on Foreign Currency Checks

by Kevin / 16d

I can’t deposit foreign currency checks that are valued at under NZ$500 anymore with my bank (Kiwibank). I had been depositing foreign currency checks with smaller amounts with Kiwibank since I moved to NZ in 2006. They just recently changed the policy. So, yeah… The screws are tightening a bit more. Thanks very much to […]

MAY 12

Swarms of Drones, Piloted by Artificial Intelligence, May Soon Patrol Europe’s Borders

by Kevin / 17d

Step 1: Facilitate and encourage illegal immigration to the point of collapsing European society. Step 2: Deploy swarms of surveillance drones to interrogate/track/identify individuals at random. You know, since we created the problem in the first place, we’ll come up with a “solution.” Step 3: ….. (Fill in the blank) Hmm. I know. How about: […]

Privacy Experts, Senators Demand Investigation of Amazon’s Child Data Collection Practices

by Kevin / 17d

Via: The Intercept: Last year, a coalition of privacy advocates and child psychologists warned against putting an Amazon Alexa speaker anywhere near your child on the fairly reasonable grounds that developing minds shouldn’t befriend always-on surveillance devices, no matter how cute the packaging. Now, a group of privacy researchers, attorneys, and U.S. senators are calling […]

Bitcoin’s First $1,000 Weekend Since 2017 Marks Nine-Month High

by Kevin / 17d

Via: Bloomberg: Bitcoin surged more than $1,000 this weekend to the highest level since August, as cryptocurrencies extended their rebound from a slump last month amid the New York attorney general’s investigation of a key part of the market. Bitcoin rose as much as 6.9% to $7,445, before trading at $7,323.86 as of 2:15 p.m. […]

MAY 11

Mexico Wants to Decriminalize All Drugs and Negotiate With the U.S. to Do the Same

by Kevin / 19d

And wreck the CIA’s illicit drug running business? I don’t think so. Imagine the whinging you’d hear from the militarized cop industrial complex. Also, what would become of the private prison industry? Oh no no no, Mexico, let’s not go there. Via: Newsweek: Mexico’s president released a new plan last week that called for radical […]

MAY 09

Dentists in Oregon Are Vaccinators Now

by Kevin / 20d

Via: The Vaccine Reaction: Governor Kate Brown of Oregon signed a bill on May 6, 2019 that will allow dentists in that state to administer vaccinations. House Bill 2220, which passed Oregon’s House of Representatives on Mar. 28, 2019 and Senate on Apr. 25, will make it possible for dentists to give vaccines, including MMR, […]

Jeff Bezos Planning Blue Origin Moon Missions

by Kevin / 20d

Via: Reuters: Billionaire entrepreneur Jeff Bezos, the founder of rocket company Blue Origin, will unveil plans on Thursday for missions to the moon tailored to the U.S. government’s renewed push to establish a lunar outpost in just five years, people familiar with the matter said.

1,000 Guns Found in Bel-Air Mansion Linked to Getty Family

33by Kevin / 20d

Very, very strange. Read this for background: The curious case of Cynthia Beck’s abandoned Malibu and Bel Air mansions And now… Via: Los Angeles Times: A 57-year-old man identified in court records as the longtime companion of Los Angeles real estate mogul Cynthia Beck was arrested Wednesday after authorities seized more than 1,000 guns from […]

MAY 08

IBM: Use AI to Identify Vaccine-Hesitant Parents

74by Kevin / 21d

Mmm hmm. IBM and the Holocaust: The Strategic Alliance Between Nazi Germany and America’s Most Powerful Corporation by Edwin Black Via: IEEE: Growing skepticism toward vaccines has sparked a flareup of measles outbreaks affecting New York City neighborhoods, cruise ships, international airports and even Google’s Mountain View headquarters. To help family physicians reach out to […]

Nearly One in Two Americans Takes Prescription Drugs

by Kevin / 21d

Via: Bloomberg: Americans are good at popping pills. About 46 percent of the U.S. population used one or more prescription drugs in the past 30 days, according to a survey from the National Center for Health Statistics. With almost half the U.S. population taking drugs, it may be surprising that this figure is a slight […]

MAY 05

Japan Leads the Way in Child Health: No Compulsory Vaccines. Banned Measles Mumps Rubella (MMR) Vaccine

29by Kevin / 24d

As the ghastly Washington Post runs an opinion piece recommending arrests, fines and isolation for people who don’t vaccinate their children… Via: Global Research: The U.S. has the very highest infant mortality rate of all industrialized developed countries, with more American children dying at birth and in their first year than in any other comparable […]

Computer Chips Based on Biological Neurons May Help Simulate Larger and More-Complex Brain Models

by Kevin / 24d

Via: The Scientist: Neuromorphic chips’ ability to perform complex computational tasks while consuming very little power has caught the attention of the tech industry. The potential commercial applications of neuromorphic chips include power-efficient supercomputers, low-power sensors, and self-learning robots. But biologists have a different application in mind: building a fully functioning repli

Billionaires Worried About Economic System Collapse, Peasant Uprisings

by Kevin / 24d

Via: Los Angeles Times: The atmosphere of incongruity that pervaded this week’s annual Milken Institute Global Conference was practically palpable. The gathering of billionaires, hedge fund managers and other financial industry professionals who converged on the Beverly Hilton hotel largely had a particular end in mind: how to increase their alpha, which, not to get […]

Biomarker for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Identified

by Kevin / 24d

Via: Stanford: Stanford scientists devised a blood-based test that accurately identified people with chronic fatigue syndrome, a new study reports.

Tucker Carlson: Facebook’s Zuckerberg Dictating Which Political Opinions You’re “Allowed To Have”

by Kevin / 24d

Via: Real Clear Politics: ZUCKERBERG: We’re taking a more proactive role in making sure our partners and developers use our services for good… We’re very focused on making sure our recommendations and discovery services aren’t highlighting groups where people are repeatedly sharing misinformation or harmful content. We’re working hard to remove groups if they exist […]

Managing Conspiracy Theories

24by Kevin / 24d

Via: Richard Dolan:

MAY 04

Robots Edge Closer to Unloading Trucks in Amazon-Era Milestone

by Kevin / 25d

Via: Bloomberg: As FedEx Corp. and United Parcel Service Inc. beef up automation to keep pace with surging e-commerce and a potential threat from Amazon.com Inc., they’ve been stumped at a crucial stage: loading and unloading trucks. Robot makers are getting close to solving part of that puzzle. Siemens AG and Honeywell International Inc. have […]

Poynter Institute Wants 515 Outlets Blacklisted, Including Blacklisted News

by Kevin / 25d

And Cryptogon. *chortle* Via: Blasklisted News: BlacklistedNews.com made the list (now removed) that Poynter.org published of unreliable news organizations that they would like to see demonitized and Blacklisted from the internet. Not shocking to say the least. This is why we are working now to create alternative ways besides traditional banner advertising to support the […]

MAY 03

Christian Persecution ‘At Near Genocide Levels’

21by Kevin / 26d

Via: BBC: The persecution of Christians in parts of the world is at near “genocide” levels, according to a report ordered by Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt. The review, led by the Bishop of Truro the Right Reverend Philip Mounstephen, estimated that one in three people suffer from religious persecution. Christians were the most persecuted religious […]

MAY 02

Tesla Expects Global Shortage of Electric Vehicle Battery Minerals

by Kevin / 27d

Via: Reuters: Tesla Inc expects global shortages of nickel, copper and other electric-vehicle battery minerals down the road due to underinvestment in the mining sector, the company’s global supply manager for battery metals told an industry conference on Thursday, according to two sources. … Sarah Maryssael, Tesla’s global supply manager for battery metals, told a […]

For Lower-Paid Workers, the Robot Overlords Have Arrived

by Kevin / 27d

Via: Wall Street Journal: It’s time to stop worrying that robots will take our jobs — and start worrying that they will decide who gets jobs. Millions of low-paid workers’ lives are increasingly governed by software and algorithms. This was starkly illustrated by a report last week that Amazon.com tracks the productivity of its employees […]

Navy UFO Videos? How The DD Form 1910 Does NOT Prove A Public Pentagon Release

by Kevin / 27d

Via: The Black Vault: On April 29, 2019, Mr. George Knapp of KLAS-TV in Las Vegas published a story about the DD Form 1910, and released a leaked copy of it attached to the headline, “EXCLUSIVE: I-Team confirms Pentagon did release UFO videos.” … I invite you to read the entire page, but I want […]

ACLU: Border Agents Violate Constitution When They Search Electronic Devices

by Kevin / 27d

Via: NPR: The American Civil Liberties Union says it has uncovered new evidence that federal border agents are violating the Constitution when they search travelers’ electronic devices. The ACLU, along with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, sued the federal government in 2017, alleging that its “warrantless and suspicionless searches” of electronic devices at the U.S. ports […]

MAY 01

Virgin Orbit

by Kevin / 28d

Via: The Verge: Right now, hundreds of space startups are racing to develop newer, smaller rockets, in order to take advantage of the proliferation of smaller satellites within the aerospace industry. Many of these companies want to get to space the old-fashioned way, by making a rocket that takes off vertically from the ground. But […]

U.S. Military Stops Releasing Afghanistan War Information

by Kevin / 28d

Via: AP: Amid a battlefield stalemate in Afghanistan , the U.S. military has stopped releasing information often cited to measure progress in America’s longest war, calling it of little value in fighting the Taliban insurgency. The move fits a trend of less information being released about the war in recent years, often at the insistence […]

With Trump’s Assistance, Oswald’s CIA Files Remain Classified

25by Kevin / 28d

Agent Oswald. Dark Journalist: “He was, without a doubt, an intelligence asset for the CIA.” Must Read: JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters by James W. Douglass Via: Just Security: I awaited the promise of the JFK Records Act of 1992: full disclosure. The law, passed unanimously by Congress, mandated […]

U.S. Searches of Phones, Laptops at Airports Rising

by Kevin / 29d

Via: AP: U.S. government searches of travelers’ cellphones and laptops at airports and border crossings nearly quadrupled since 2015 and were being done for reasons beyond customs and immigration enforcement, according to papers filed Tuesday in a federal lawsuit that claims scouring the electronic devices without a warrant is unconstitutional. The government has vigorously defended […]

APR 30

The U.S. Has a Battery Problem in the Race for Electric Car Supremacy

by Kevin / 29d

Via: Bloomberg: The U.S. push to challenge China’s dominance in the production and sale of electric vehicles has at least one weak link: Most of the raw materials needed to make the batteries are dug elsewhere. Both Chinese and U.S.-based companies have invested heavily in lithium mining projects in Chile, Australia and Argentina, some of […]

FCC Approves SpaceX’s Plans to Fly Internet-Beaming Satellites in Lower Orbit

by Kevin / 29d

In case you’re not being hit with enough EM smog already… Via: The Verge: The Federal Communications Commission has approved SpaceX’s request to fly a large swath of its future internet-beaming satellites at a lower orbit than originally planned. The approval was a major regulatory hurdle the company needed to clear in order to start […]

Norway: Whale Possibly Trained by Russian Military

by Kevin / 29d

The U.S. has been doing this sort of thing for many decades: United States Navy Marine Mammal Program. Via: Guardian: Marine experts in Norway believe they have stumbled upon a white whale that was trained by the Russian navy as part of a programme to use underwater mammals as a special ops force. Fishermen in […]

SpaceX’s Unnerving Silence on an Explosive Incident

by Kevin / 29d

Via: The Atlantic: The smoke was visible for miles. The day, April 20, was sunny on the Florida coast, with few clouds. The plumes, thick and glowing orange, rose over the horizon and crawled across the sky. Beachgoers stopped to stare. A photographer for Florida Today, on assignment to cover a surf festival, turned the […]

Film on Catholic Priests Using Nuns as ‘Sex Slaves’ Pulled

by Kevin / 29d

Via: AFP: A hit documentary about how some Catholic priests allegedly abused nuns in different parts of the world has been pulled from the Franco-German television channel Arte after a priest complained to a German court. The big-budget media investigation, “Sex Slaves in the Catholic Church”, was broadcast in March and has been sold widely […]

Venezuela: U.S. Backed Coup Attempt Underway

by Kevin / 29d

Via: Daily Mail: Heavy gunfire crackled through the Venezuelan capital of Caracas on Tuesday after opposition leader Juan Guaido called for a military uprising to oust President Nicolas Maduro. Guaido urged protesters and members of the military to join what he called the ‘final phase of Operation Liberty’ in a video taken at La Carlota […]

APR 29

Joe Biden Slurs His Way Through First Speech of 2020 Presidential Run

20by Kevin / 30d

I wonder if they have the van team ready… Via: Grabien:

U.S. Responsible for 36 Percent of Total Global Military Expenditure

by Kevin / 30d

Via: Reuters: Global military expenditure reached its highest level last year since the end of the Cold War, fueled by increased spending in the United States and China, the world’s two biggest economies, a leading defence think-tank said on Monday. In its annual report, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said overall global military […]

Censorship – The First Action of a Criminal Government

by Kevin / 30d

Via: The Crow House: Research Credit: LoneWolf