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Lethal brain amoeba found in US drinking water supply for first time
Naegleria fowleri lifecycle stages
A deadly brain amoeba that has killed two children this year has been found in a drinking water supply, a first in the US, authorities said Monday.
The heat-loving Naegleria fowleri has been found in the water supply system of St. Bernard Parish, southeast of New Orleans, according to tests by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The N. fowleri parasite...
Former CIA agent says U.S. agency fabricated evidence to go to war against Syria
The intelligence material gathered to prove the guilt of the Syrian government for the alleged use of chemical weapons was made by members of the U.S. intelligence community to deceive President Barack Obama and convince him to take measure of punishment, according to Ray McGovern, a veteran of the CIA itself (Central Intelligence Agency), in an interview with the Russian news agency RT.
McGovern...
Cryptic White House Message: ‘Respect Authority’
Poll: Less Americans trust government than ever before.
Amid confusion caused when gunmen opened fire at the Washington Navy Yard in D.C. this morning, the White House attempted to take control of the situation by issuing an anonymous statement telling citizens to unquestionably obey orders from so-called “authorities.”
“We urge citizens to listen to the authorities and follow directions from...
NSA spy center in Vienna snooping on citizens
Concerns are growing in Austria that the US National Security Agency has established a listening post in the capital Vienna to spy on people.
Austrian opposition parties say a stately villa in a posh district of Vienna serves as a sophisticated US intelligence center, but the US Embassy in the capital claims the building is an “Open Source Center” evaluating information, The Associated...
Obama Flees In Terror Over Putin Armageddon Threat
A very frightening report prepared by the Office of the President (OoP) on the machinations behind the United States rapid retreat from using military action against Syria states that President Obama was “strongly dissuaded” from attacking this Middle Eastern nation after President Putin threatened that should America strike, “Armageddon would be unleashed.”
According to this report, Putin...
“Highly Redacted” Documents Confirm Michael Hastings Under FBI Investigation
FBI maintains files to “memorialize controversial reporting”.
Despite the FBI’s denial they were investigating Michael Hastings, newly released “heavily redacted” documents on the journalist prove otherwise. Al-Jazeera and FOIA research specialist, Ryan Shapiro, acquired the documents after he and journalist Jason Leopold filed a lawsuit against the FBI for neglecting to respond to their...
UN Human Rights Council says Syria gas attack videos, photos fake
Russia says the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) has confirmed that the videos and photos purporting to show the victims of a chemical attack near the Syrian capital, Damascus, were fabricated.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a Tuesday statement that international experts as well as Syrian public and religious leaders presented their evidence to the 24th session of the UN Human Rights...
US: ‘Irrefutable’ evidence for Syria chemical weapons claims lacking
White House chief of staff Denis McDonough (L), US President Barack Obama (R)
The administration of US President Barack Obama has admitted that it lacks “irrefutable, beyond-a-reasonable-doubt evidence” for its claims that the Syrian government used chemical weapons in an attack last month.
The Obama White House has accused the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad of using chemical weapons...
Globesity: US junk food industry tips global scales
From Mexico to Qatar, obesity rates are soaring to unprecedented levels. The alarming trend is damaging economic performance, as well as the health of millions of consumers worldwide.
Take our increasingly sedentary lifestyles, mix in a generous portion of American fast-food and dubious agricultural practices, add a dash of corporate duplicity and you have a recipe for high obesity rates across the...
AIPAC to push Congress to authorize US strikes against Syria
US President Barack Obama during an American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) event.
A new report says the pro-Israel lobby group, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), is planning to launch a major campaign to push US lawmakers into backing White House plans for a strike against Syria.
Some 250 AIPAC leaders and activists will storm the halls on Capitol Hill during the next...
Sen Graham Warns of Nuke Strike After Missing Warheads Report
Senator warns South Carolina is nuclear bomb target following Infowars report on black ops nuke transfer.
Senator Lindsey Graham has warned South Carolinians about the threat of a ‘terrorist nuclear attack’ on the same day our exclusive high level military intel revealed to us that nuclear warheads were being shipped to South Carolina from a major Texas airforce base under an ‘off the record’...
New WikiLeaks docs expose secretive, unruly surveillance industry
The growing surveillance industry complex is providing governments with increasingly sophisticated spying software to track and control their citizens, the latest documents obtained by the pro-transparency group, WikiLeaks reveal.
A trove of documents, outlining the activities of dozens of companies operating in the ever-expanding electronic snooping industry, were made available by the pro-transparency...
Snowstorm kills 6 people, 30,000 domestic animals in Peru
A man attends his motorcar during a foggy morning in Lima, Peru on August 12, 2013.
Ongoing snowstorms along the border of Peru and Bolivia have left at least six people dead and claimed the lives of more than 30,000 domestic animals.
The cold spell affected about 80,000 mostly poor highlanders in Peru, damaging their main source of revenue – livestock including sheep, llamas and alpacas, and...
Monsanto took over regulatory bodies all over the world to lobby GMO
Monsanto is trying to take full control of the world’s seed supply for a greater profit, hiding any report of damage GMO does to the ecosystem and human health, Jeffrey M. Smith, GMO researcher from the Institute for Responsible Technology, told RT.
Jeffrey M. Smith spoke about the dangers posed by GMO products and Monsanto aggressive policies on RT’s SophieCo.
SS: Do you disagree with the use...
Thousands of fish dead in China over chemical leak
A dead fish in the East Lake in Wuhan, Hubei province, on August 20, 2012.
Hundreds of thousands of fish have died in the central Chinese province of Hubei after a chemical leak into a river, officials say.
According to local sources on Wednesday, about 100,000 kilograms of dead fish were gathered from the Fu River, located in the capital city of Wuhan.
Local environmental officials say the chemical...