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Monday, January 04, 2016

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On the campaign trail with Bill, it's all about Hillary

By Alana Wise EXETER, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Former U. S. President Bill Clinton hit the campaign trail

20 mins ago
Obama tightens gun rules, requires more background checks

The White House unveiled gun control measures on Monday that require more gun sellers to get licenses and

5 hrs ago
Obama administration asks top court to reject Texas abortion law

By Joan Biskupic WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Monday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to

5 hrs ago

Obama Administration Announces Executive Actions On Guns

Intended to combat gun violence, the actions include a regulatory change designed to make it harder for gun

6 hrs ago
GOP Candidates Shift Focus To National Security As First Voting Nears

The calendar has finally turned to 2016, and the Republican presidential candidates are ramping up their

8 hrs ago
Obama, Attorney General Loretta Lynch Discuss Action On Gun Control

President Obama met with the attorney general and the FBI director as he prepares to go around Congress and

8 hrs ago

Asia shares steady as uneasy calm settles over China

After plunging almost 7 percent on Monday, the CSI300 index of the largest listed companies in Shanghai and

48 mins ago
China stocks claw back some ground after plunge as regulators, central bank

China stocks rose on Tuesday as financial regulators and the central bank moved aggressively to restore

1 hr ago
Volkswagen faces billions in penalties as U.S. sues for environment

By Julia Edwards and Joel Schectman WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Monday filed a

9 hrs ago

Would 'Brexit' help or hinder economic freedom?

Sam

December 22, 2015
The Gender Pay Gap is a fashionable myth

Serious

December 17, 2015
Death and taxes

George

December 17, 2015

Tory Bullying And Legal Advice

The Tory Party’s little local difficulty over bullying, which was precipitated by the death of young

16 hrs ago
Farage Assassination Hoax Busted

One party not doing very well in the publicity stakes right now, despite the increased attention being

19 hrs ago
Danczuk - The Bidding War

Phone and computer hacking are out of the question. The rest of the Dark Arts are off limits for the

January 3, 2016

U.S. Air Force Planes Jam Signals, Back Up Iraqi Offensives

On Dec. 28, Iraqi forces raised the national flag over government offices in Ramadi for the first time in

10 hrs ago
El Lee-Enfield calibre .303 era el mejor compañero del soldado británico

La mañana del domingo 23 de agosto de 1914 repican las campanas de la iglesia en la ciudad belga de Mons

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Hanging Out With an Armed Militia at the Local Recruiting Post

Originally published on July 24, 2015. A motley group of men wearing khaki and camouflage stood guard

January 3, 2016

The CryptoJoker Ransomware is nothing to Laugh About

A new ransomware has been spotted called CryptoJoker that encrypts your data with AES-256 encryption and

January 3, 2016
Ransom32 is the first Ransomware written in Javascript

A new ransomware called Ransom32 has been discovered that is created entirely out of Javascript, HTML, and

January 3, 2016
New Deal: 87% off the AWS Associate Certification Bundle

A new deal was released for 87% off of the AWS Associate Certification Bundle. These courses normally go

January 1, 2016

Obama Floods The U.S. Job Market With Foreign Competition

Skirting Congress once again, President Obama seeks to admit another 100,000 foreigners to work here when

14 hrs ago
Millionaire Techie Mysteriously Dies the Day After Dedicating His Life to “

San Francisco, CA – 47-year-old software engineer, Ian Murdock recently died under suspicious

14 hrs ago
If feds slaughter patriot occupiers in Oregon, it will unleash an armed

Reports that federal officials are headed to Oregon to try to “resolve” the situation where

14 hrs ago

Gallup: Only 2% Say ‘Guns/Gun Control’ Among Nation’s Most Important

by Susan Jones, CNSnews : As President Obama prepares to announce new executive actions on gun control

6 mins ago
Raoul Pal Predicts US Recession, Alpert Sees Risk

from Boom Bust : Growing tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia are sending a ripple effect across the

26 mins ago
China’s Security of Supply

by Rick Mills, Ahead of the Herd : As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has

46 mins ago

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Freedom to Invent ‘Information’

Back in June, chair of the UK Committee on Climate Change (CCC) John Gummer, aka Lord Deben, appeared on BC

November 25, 2015
The UK’s Energy Policy Money Pit

Apologies for the long hiatus. Sadly, the rumoured millions that flow from evil oil capitalists to equally

October 25, 2015
Brian Cox’s Weird Science

Brian Cox — of wide-eyed BBC science spectaculars fame — is lauded as one of science’s

June 16, 2015

Preparing for the Great Unwind

The great debate has started and will continue to keep us focused on the Fed until the next move. We will

January 3, 2016
Ron Paul Begin With Uncompromising Purity

TIME magazine informs us that a certain level of civilized moderation is necessary to promote and maintain

January 3, 2016
Three Trends for 2016

In this issue I wish to remind our readers of the "big three" trends that drove much of the news

January 1, 2016

Part 1: The Eye in the Pyramid (78 flags)

On 29 July, in the twelfth indiction [1014, Xiphias and his men] descended suddenly on the Bulgarians, from

September 16, 2015
BREAKING: HUGE 8.3 Earthquake Strikes Chile (Updated) (70 flags)

Breaking now...no damage reported yet. Just upgraded to 8.3 from 7.9/ This occurred off-shore

September 16, 2015
The Brutally Honest Conspiracy Theory Cartoon that NBC Only Aired Once (48

A Conspiracy themed cartoon that aired only once on SNL in 1998 and pulled because it wasnt funny

September 17, 2015

St. Louis University Mandates Every Department to Identify Actions to Make

Sounds like an onerous exercise in academia : Every academic department at Saint Louis University has

12 hrs ago
Germany Thinking about Lifting Ban on Mein Kampf

The “lure of the forbidden” is the central argument to lifting the ban on the book in German

14 hrs ago
Feds Seek Diversity in Middle East Studies Programs

The Department of Education has started requiring universities that receive federal funding for Middle East

15 hrs ago

Presidential candidates allege fraud in CAR election

At least 20 presidential candidates call for count to stop, alleging corruption and fraud in December 30

10 mins ago
Bahrain, UAE and Sudan rally to Saudi side in Iran row

Diplomatic relations broken or downgraded in protest against attack on Saudi embassy after execution of

1 hr ago
Afghan forces end siege near Indian consulate

Three attackers, who had shut themselves in a nearby house, killed by security forces to end siege in Mazar

8 hrs ago

INJURED FEMALE MINOR TAKEN TO HASHARON PRISON

Ramallah, (pic)– The Israeli Prison Service (IPS) transferred Wednesday evening the injured female minor

9 hrs ago
Israeli official calls for occupying Damascus

Israeli Knesset, Bezalel Smotrich A senior Israeli official called on Saturday night for the occupation

9 hrs ago
Hamas forces detain satirical journalist in Gaza

GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Hamas security forces on Sunday detained Palestinian journalist and

9 hrs ago

The Science of Sentience: An Interview about Animal Feelings

Read an interview with the founders and editor of Animal Sentience: An Interdisciplinary Journal on Animal
The Psychology Behind Our Meal Plans: Why We Eat Whom We Eat

A new video by Dr. Melanie Joy about carnism is very well done and exposes how our carnistic biases are
Ethology Hasn't Been Blown: Animals Need All Help Possible

Animals need the support of different academic fields and a broad array of non-researchers. Ethology has no

Iran’s Inflexibility on Enrichment a Barrier to Progress on Nuclear Deal

By Daryl G. Kimball Officials involved in the high-stakes negotiations aimed at reaching a comprehensive

September 27, 2014
The P5+1 and Iran Nuclear Talks Alert, September 25

By the research staff of the Arms Control Association. To get this P5+1 and Iran Nuclear Talks Alert

September 25, 2014
The P5+1 and Iran Talks Are Complicated Enough Without Partisan Senate

By Kelsey Davenport U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif

September 22, 2014

Climate Council: junk science leads to record levels of alarmism

The Climate Council is nothing more than an alarmism generating machine. Every year the level of hysteria

February 7, 2015
Coalition infighting will see return to bad old days of Labor – including a

The Coalition seems to have a healthy self-destruct instinct which it must have inherited from the

February 5, 2015
Journalist feels the wrath of climate jihadists

‘In a few years, self-defence is going to be made a valid defence for patricide, so Rose’s

February 1, 2015

UN condemns attack on Saudi embassy

The UN Security Council condemns an attack on the Saudi embassy in Tehran but makes no mention of the

32 mins ago
IS video suspect thought to be Briton

The main suspect in the latest propaganda video by so-called Islamic State is thought to be Briton

7 hrs ago
VW sued by US justice department

The US justice department is suing Volkswagen over the emissions scandal that saw the German car giant fit

11 hrs ago

MP Danczuk denies rape allegation

Rochdale MP Simon Danczuk says a historical rape allegation made against him is "malicious, untrue and

8 hrs ago
Asylum for Channel Tunnel walk accused

A man accused of walking the length of the Channel Tunnel may have charges against him dropped after he is

3 hrs ago
Car found in missing actress search

A car is found by police searching for a former EastEnders actress who has gone missing with her two

4 hrs ago

Sun Probes Church Toilets in Cocaine Quest

The Sun has a “White Xmas Exclusive”: Ding Dong Merrily We’re High: The Sun finds cocaine

December 28, 2015
Times Backpedals on “Muslims ‘Silent on Terror'” Headline

An amended front-page headline from The Times (image H/T @steveplrose ): According to the text

December 27, 2015
Mark Clarke, Harry Cole and a “Social Media Campaign” Against Ben Howlett

A detail from Simon Walters at the Mail on Sunday : Tory MP Ben Howlett has spoken of his ‘

December 20, 2015

Happy New Year (and healing happens!)

I’m happy to say that last night when the fireworks went off that was the first time my poor addled

January 1, 2016
Consent and choice: psychiatric drugs

A collection of posts exploring what consent and choice in mental health care looks like today and what it

December 30, 2015
Trust your body: learning to heal

The important thing for you is to never give up and trust your body: your body knows what it needs at any

December 26, 2015

Those fascist Swedes

Have you noticed the difference between how the BBC reports that the Swedes have

12 hrs ago
START THE WEEK OPEN THREAD….

Alright, 2016 has now really kicked in, Monday arrives and so does this NEW Open Thread. The floor belongs

19 hrs ago
BBC History….’simply bunk’.

The BBC narrative on events in the Middle East has always been that Britain, and actions Britain

January 3, 2016

House Intelligence Committee Orders Investigation Into Surveillance Of

So, yes, it was just revealed that, of course, the NSA spied on Congress as it was intercepting phone calls

January 3, 2016
Vladimir Putin set to unleash an engineered army of CYBORG RATS in fight

Russian scientists are hard at work engineering lab rats as part of an operation named 'Next Generation

January 3, 2016
Montel Williams Calls For "Shoot To Kill" In Oregon Showdown

In the latest development in the ongoing saga of Ammon Bundy's seizure of a Federal wildlife reuge

January 3, 2016

Kialara, The Signature Series

Nothing survives without art. Perhaps not a true statement, but I stand by its sentiment. Bitcoin

December 16, 2015
My Top 10 Favorite Bitcoin Things

My last bitcoin video was a little bleak. Since going to the scaling bitcoin conference I've had a

November 8, 2015
The Observed Man is Seldom Sincere: How the State Makes Us Sick

Robert Sapolski had dedicated over 30 years of his life to the study of baboons. He now hates

October 15, 2015

Defense 2016: A Year of Big Decisions

Body: By Sandra I. Erwin The defense industry is bracing for another year of tough business decisions and

December 28, 2015

Asia shares steady as uneasy calm settles over China

After plunging almost 7 percent on Monday, the CSI300 index of the largest listed companies in Shanghai and

43 mins ago
China stocks claw back some ground after plunge as regulators, central bank

China stocks rose on Tuesday as financial regulators and the central bank moved aggressively to restore

1 hr ago
Volkswagen faces billions in penalties as U.S. sues for environment

By Julia Edwards and Joel Schectman WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department on Monday filed a

9 hrs ago

We Need to Talk about Sandy Hook

Originally posted on COALITION OF THE OBVIOUS : This is the definitive and most informative documentary on

December 5, 2014
#OBEEZY

Filed under: Art, Books, Music & Film, Obama and Company

November 14, 2014
Mowing the Lawn in Gaza

By Volaar “When thy intelligence shall cross beyond the whirl of delusion, then shalt thou become

August 11, 2014

A Small Business in the Slave Trade

“Enveloped in darkness…” “What to do or where to go I know not – I am surrounded by

November 9, 2015
American’s Prisons: Factory Farms for Humans

A Different Perspective on our Overblown Prison System I’ve written before about conditions in our

November 2, 2015
Ongoing Case of the Guantanamo Nurse

Navy nurse who refused to force-feed prisoners may lose pension… The case of the “Guantanamo Nurse” has

September 18, 2015

CBO: Budget Bill Would Reverse Almost All of Health Reform’s Coverage Gains

The House this week will consider the Senate-passed budget reconciliation bill, which would raise the
Safety Net’s Anti-Poverty Effectiveness Has Grown Nearly Ten-Fold Since

The safety net was nearly ten times more effective at reducing poverty in 2014 as in 1967, new data show.
CBPP's State Policy Fellowship: A First-Person Account

Michael Mitchell is a Policy Analyst with the Center’s State Fiscal Policy team. Before joining CBPP, he

The ISIS Conspiracy: US-Israeli-Saudi Intrigue (Part 2)

By Brandon Martinez In part 2 of the “ISIS Conspiracy” series, Brandon Martinez of Non

September 8, 2015
The ISIS Conspiracy: Origins (Part 1)

By Brandon Martinez In the first part of a series, Brandon Martinez of Non-Aligned Media unravels the

September 8, 2015
CBS News Investigative Journalist Explains How Mainstream Media Brainwashes

Did you know that only a handful of corporations, 6 to be exact, control over 90 percent of the media

August 17, 2015

Trump and Campaign Finance Limits

Campaign spending limits allow only the already-famous or the inflammatory populist to challenge

December 30, 2015
We Want the Term "Liberal" Back

[This is first in a series of comments I would like to post at Mother Jones, but I have been banned

December 29, 2015
And This is Different from the US, How?

I am out of the country (currently in Thailand for a wedding). I read this in the local Asian WSJ, an

December 29, 2015

Kaspar Wowser

December 22, 2015
Isentia Index: 2015 affirmed our new national sport — leadership spills

From Abbott to Zed, which pollies copped the most mentions in Australian media this year?

December 22, 2015
Media briefs: Glass houses … ‘Positive’ questions only … A million refugees

Scott’s combative morning. Peter Costello is “no friend of the ABC”, and so his spray

December 22, 2015

US Military Leadership Resisted Obama’s Bid for Regime Change in Syria and

by Gareth Porter Writer, Dandelion Salad crossposted at Middle East Eye Washington January 4, 2016 Seymour

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Plutocracy: Political Repression in the U.S.A. (must-see)

Dandelion Salad by Scott Noble Dissident Voice December 31, 2015 Plutocracy is the first documentary to

January 2, 2016
Keiser Report with Gerald Celente: Bankism, Oil Prices and US Election

Dandelion Salad Happy New Year! RT on Dec 31, 2015 In this special New Year’s Eve episode of the

December 31, 2015

What to Make of the Elections--and What We Should Do Next (reposted)

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December 31, 2015
IN TIMES LIKE THESE (revised version)

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WHAT HAPPENS NOW TO THE STRUGGLE FOR ECONOMIC JUSTICE BETWEEN THE GLOBAL

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December 19, 2015

Depressed and Looking Forward to the End of the World?

Somehow Peter Toohey Ph.D ties together Centaur planets, Saturn, melancholy, staying good natured, and Lars

6 hrs ago
Freemasons – A Disgrace to Humanity

So you think the title is harsh? Too bad, because you guys have some serious explaining to do. Not only are

8 hrs ago
The California Methane Disaster

There is a crisis happening in California right now that could have global consequences. On October 23, an

9 hrs ago

Ghana: a Shining Democracy Without Accountability

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How Could Japan Offer $32billion In Aid To Africa?

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June 14, 2013
Why Are African Professors Becoming Politicians?

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June 5, 2013

A-Z of Drones 2015 – Part Three

Documents released by Edward Snowden brought fresh questions about GCHQ involvement in US drone strikes

December 31, 2015
A-Z of Drones 2015 – Part Two

Reported Israeli drone strikes in Syria and Sudan received scant attention as Israel simply refuse to

December 29, 2015
A-Z of Drones 2015 – Part One

Despite the end of NATO combat operations in December 2014, US drones continued to launch strikes

December 22, 2015

Oil and Gas Development May Pose New Hazard to Water Quality in Arid Lands

Disruption of soil may leach salt into waterways

17 hrs ago
Battling Big Oil in Alberta

When Jessica Ernst discovered that her community’s drinking water had been contaminated by fracking, she

January 1, 2016
Top Environmental Stories of 2015

Climate change, energy, and wlidlife issues in the forefront

December 31, 2015

What we learned from the freak storm that “melted the North Pole” on

Summary: Let’s compare the news about weather with data and scientists’ analysis. Sad see how

20 hrs ago
Trump’s hope: a recession puts him in the White House

Summary: The great and wise believed that Trump was a sideshow fool. Now that he decisively leads in the

January 3, 2016
Stratfor looks at the Caucasus: A Crucible for Conflict

Summary: Stratfor looks at the Caucasus, where some of Europe’s fault lines cross. These border

January 2, 2016

False Claims Act Settlements October 2015, part 1

The Department of Justice announced settlements in the following False Claims Act lawsuits: United States

December 30, 2015
Top 10 Whistleblower Protection Blog’s Posts of 2015

The Whistleblower Protection Blog’s most popular posts during the past year covered a wide range of

December 28, 2015
Whistleblower Group Highlights 2015 Accomplishments

Washington, D.C. December 22, 2015. The National Whistleblower Center, a Washington, D.C. based

December 22, 2015

Family of Grandmother Accidentally Killed by Police in a 'Hail of

The family of Bettie Jones, a 55-year-old grandmother who was killed by police in late December , filed a

1 hr ago
Senior Chicago Lawyer Resigns After Federal Judge Rules That He Hid

A senior attorney in Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration resigned on Monday after a federal judge ruled

1 hr ago
Prosecutor: NYC Developer Accused in Friend's Death Threw "

On Monday, the East Hampton Star reports , prosecutors said that Sean Ludwick, the Manhattan real estate

2 hrs ago

Assassins Were Paid Less Than $30,000 to Kill Mexican Mayor

GISELA RAQUEL MOTA OCAMPO, the first woman elected mayor of Temixco, a city in the central Mexican state

6 hrs ago
A Redaction Re-Visited: NSA Targeted “The Two Leading” Encryption Chips

On September 5, 2013, The Guardian , the New York Times and ProPublica jointly reported — based

7 hrs ago
After Executing Regime Critic, Saudi Arabia Fires Up American PR Machine

Saudi Arabia’s well-funded public relations apparatus moved quickly after Saturday’s explosive execution of

8 hrs ago

Floods Pose Challenge for South American Integration

In Uruguay 22,414 people have been displaced by the floods that have affected the countries of the Mercosur

7 hrs ago
2015 – A Giant Leap for Womankind (Part 2)

Lakshmi Puri is UN Assistant Secretary-General and Deputy Executive Director of UN Women By Lakshmi Puri

19 hrs ago
Oil Giants Punish Venezuela through Dutch treaty

By Frank Mulder UTRECHT, Netherlands, Jan 4 2016 (IPS) Venezuela doesn’t want investment treaties

23 hrs ago

Reflections in a Petri Dish | There are a Lot of Rocks in Pandora’s Box.

Dog Poet Transmitting……. We move into the cultural end of our segment of the blogsphere today. So… it

4 hrs ago
The Most Comprehensive Assault On ‘Global Warming’ Ever | Daily Wire

It made sense. Knowing that CO 2 is a greenhouse gas and that our industrialized world is adding a large

8 hrs ago
Overwhelming irrefutable video and documentary evidence: Sandy Hook another

by Carl Herman As I wrote in 2014 (and here ), Wolfgang Halbig has the perfect combination of

13 hrs ago

Cold Revenge

"Meretz is a loyal old party, saying all the right things, unblemished by corruption. Unfortunately it
Military voyeurism or invasion of Syria?

"The ‘chemical weapons’ scenario seems to be the best cue for Washington and their western allies in
Men and Women: Their Contributions to the World

"Even in the area of warfare, for which men had been paying price in terms of loss of life and limbs

Algerian Independence Leader and Opposition Figure, Hocine Ait Ahmed, 89

Co-founder of the National Liberation Front (FLN) had lived in exile for decades By Abayomi Azikiwe Libya

January 3, 2016
Nearly 1000 People Were Killed by Cops in the United States During 2015

Capitalist state repression intensifies amid rising anti-racist demonstrations By Abayomi Azikiwe Libya 360

January 3, 2016
Venezuela’s Communal Parliament Meets Amid Right-Wing Threat

teleSUR The Communal Parliament runs parallel to the National Assembly as a form of self-government and

January 3, 2016

Epiphany

January 3, 2016
‘A Woman on Paper’

On January 1, 1916, Anita Pollitzer, living in New York, received a package in the mail containing ten

January 1, 2016
Sweet 16

December 31, 2015

AWED Energy & Environmental Newsletter: January 4, 2016

The Alliance for Wise Energy Decisions (AWED) is an informal coalition of individuals and organizations

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Happy Holidays from MasterResource

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December 25, 2015
Happy Holidays from MasterResource

The post Happy Holidays from MasterResource appeared first on Master Resource .

December 24, 2015

Fox Promotes Conspiracy Theorist Who Threatened Sexual Violence Against

Fox News is promoting Pete Santilli as a spokesman for the armed group that is occupying a

21 hrs ago
What The Media Should Know About Gun Background Checks Before Obama's

President Obama will reportedly soon announce several executive actions to address gun violence. Although

22 hrs ago
Media Highlight Donald Trump's Hypocrisy In Attacking Bill Clinton'

Multiple media outlets called out Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump's attacks on Bill

22 hrs ago

Crop Breeding for High Production, Water Use Efficiency & Albedo

It's a good way to confront mankind's growing need for food and the water needed to produce it

September 2, 2014
Biospheric Productivity (Global: The Recent Past) -- Summary

Since 1980 the Earth has weathered three of the warmest decades in the instrumental temperature record, a

September 2, 2014
Catastrophic Floods of Dartmoor, South West England

Are they few and far-between? ... or are they growing ever more frequent ... and ferocious?

September 2, 2014

Saudi Arabia breaks diplomatic relations with Iran: row over execution of

Saudi Arabia says it has broken off diplomatic ties with Iran, amid a row over the

4 hrs ago
Black year for the media: 67 journalists killed in 2015 says RSF

Sixty-seven journalists were killed globally this year, either targeted because of

6 hrs ago
Agreement on contract for seafloor sulfide mining project off Papua New

The world's first seafloor massive sulfide mining project contract has been

18 hrs ago

Thurston Moore streams new album 'The Best Day' – listen

The album will be released on October 20

October 13, 2014
More tickets released for Damon Albarn at the Royal Albert Hall – on sale

The shows will take place on November 15 and 16

October 13, 2014
Foo Fighters to premiere new track 'Something From Nothing' on

The track is the first from forthcoming album 'Sonic Highways'

October 13, 2014

Archived newsblog

Nature’s news team is no longer updating this newsblog: all articles below are archived and extend up to

November 23, 2015
Contamination created controversial ‘acid-induced’ stem cells

Stem cells that were claimed to be created simply by exposing ordinary cells to stress were probably

December 28, 2014
US to lift ban on blood donations from gay men

The US Food and Drug Administration has announced plans to end a lifetime ban on blood donation for men who

December 24, 2014

Larger turbines could be on the way in Denmark #DNK

Improving technologies could result in turbines springing up on the Danish countryside that exceed the

18 hrs ago
Ratepayers face unknown costs for renewable power #CA

Electricity providers have a new state mandate – get at least half of their power from renewable sources by

18 hrs ago
Concern over block on wind farms planed for ‘wild land’ #SCT

Nine controversial wind farms have been refused or blocked in the past 18 months because they were planned

18 hrs ago

Implementation of rules: a test for the EU's legitimacy

Freedom and solidarity are core principles of the EU. Traditionally, the EU has been associated with soft

December 28, 2015
Weihnachten, Boże Narodzenie, Noël, Ziemassvētki... Christmas in Europe

A twelve-course meal, talking cows, Christmas trees made of plastic or playing bingo in the night

December 26, 2015
When Rembrandt serves European cooperation

Last 30th of September, the French and Dutch ministers of Culture announced publicly the join purchase by

December 19, 2015

Securing Blockchain.info Users with Tor and SSL

Over the past couple of weeks there has been a marked increase in the number of man-in-the-middle (MITM

December 3, 2014
FBI seizes fake Tor hosted Jihad funding website as part of Operation

As part of Operation Onymous the FBI seized some 276 Tor hidden services , many of which were clone or scam

November 17, 2014
Large Number of Tor Hidden Sites Seized by the FBI in Operation Onymous

This post is the first in a series dealing with the takedown of Silk Road 2.0 and Operation Onymous . The

November 17, 2014

BREMMER: 'Saudi Arabia is in serious trouble, and they know it'

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Oregon activists picked the wrong battle, militia leaders say

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Climate Question of the Year

Why aren't we celebrating last week's Paris climate deal? Where's the joy and the gratitude

December 20, 2015
The IPCC’s Post-Paris Political Rallying Cry

IPCC official Chris Field claims the latest IPCC report set the stage for a Paris climate deal. An e-mail

December 15, 2015
Paris and the Poor

Rich countries that try to meet their Paris commitments will spend huge amounts of money replacing cheap

December 14, 2015

"The way to keep giant companies from sterilizing the Internet is to

“ The way to keep giant companies from sterilizing the Internet is to make their sites irrelevant. If all

12 hrs ago
Instead, here is the web pyramid as we observe it in the...

Instead, here is the web pyramid as we observe it in the wild: A base layer of HTML A huge pile

18 hrs ago
A Vector Alphabet of Interstellar Travel

A Vector Alphabet of Interstellar Travel

December 30, 2015

False-Flag Terror Research: The Coincidence Theorem

Originally posted on Memory Hole : Kevin Scott King TruthShock One method I use to try and ascertain what

December 26, 2015
Patient Shown in Shocking Video Begging to Stay Alive Dies After Hospital

LifeNews.com` A Houston, Texas man who was shown in a shocking video begging and praying to stay alive has

December 24, 2015
Nativity: Rev Kevin Annett and the “Little Matter of the North American

Duty to Warn Gary G. Kohls, MD “a good and decent man, who saw wrong and tried to right it, saw

December 21, 2015

On the campaign trail with Bill, it's all about Hillary

By Alana Wise EXETER, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Former U. S. President Bill Clinton hit the campaign trail

15 mins ago
Obama tightens gun rules, requires more background checks

The White House unveiled gun control measures on Monday that require more gun sellers to get licenses and

5 hrs ago
Obama administration asks top court to reject Texas abortion law

By Joan Biskupic WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration on Monday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to

5 hrs ago

After multiple changes, fewer patients suffer hospital-acquired conditions

As 2015 drew to a close, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality announced some good news: Fewer US

12 hrs ago
Donald Rasmussen: Coal miners’ physician, humble man

During the holiday season, Kim, Liz and I are taking a short break from blogging. We are posting some of

December 31, 2015
Protecting kids is another reason that OSHA regulations are important

During the holiday season, Kim, Liz and I are taking a short break from blogging. We are posting some of

December 30, 2015

Obama: “I am not a doofus.”

Obama: “I am not a doofus.” “I was never in doubt about who the rebels were in Syria.” by Jon Rappoport

January 3, 2016
Maps of consciousness, ancient Tibet, and a new psychology

Maps of consciousness, ancient Tibet, and a new psychology by Jon Rappoport January 4, 2016 (To read

January 3, 2016
The basics of Earth Culture

The basics of Earth Culture by Jon Rappoport January 3, 2016 (To read about Jon’s mega

January 2, 2016

Strong magnetic fields discovered in majority of stars

Strong magnetic fields discovered in majority of stars—Finding to impact understanding of stellar evolution

14 mins ago
German media is stuck in an insane, anti-Putin time loop

In Moscow the Russian president holds his annual press conference while there's discussion in the EU

1 hr ago
British values and the bribery that got Saudi Arabia on the UN Human Rights

Wither human rights - especially when it comes to strategic partnerships. The UK-Saudi Arabia

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Men arrested after trio threaten motorist with toy gun in Lyall Bay

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