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UN Seeks to Criminalize Free Speech, Citing “Human Rights”
The dictator-dominated global body is waging a full-blown assault on free-speech rights.
Under the guise of advancing what the United Nations refers to as “human rights,” the dictator-dominated global body is waging a full-blown assault on free-speech rights by pressuring governments to criminalize so-called “hate speech.”
Indeed, working alongside radical government-funded activist groups...
US may wage a global war in 2015
The United States could possibly wage a war at a global level in the new year, says political analyst Stephen Lendman.
“America is the rogue state that literally risks the possibility of a global war that could even erupt this year,” Lendman, an author and a radio host, told Press TV on Thursday.
He made the remarks when asked about new US threats against Russia and its plan to deploy more than...
Computer glitch prevents US’ most advanced F-35 fighter jet from firing until 2019
The Pentagon’s fighter jet F-35 may not be fully operational until 2019 due to a newly discovered computer glitch. The $400 billion ultra-sophisticated jet, the most expensive in US history, was expected to enter service in 2015.
F-35 is the fifth generation combat aircraft which is designed in three variations for US Air Force, Navy and Marines to replace out of date aircraft. It was planned to...
Crude price drop triggers major layoffs in US oil industry
Thousands of recently highly paid workers have been laid off after the oil price plummeted 50 percent in 2014. At least four American oil-producing states are already facing budget problems due to decreasing oil revenues.
The price plunge has affected petroleum production in all oil-extracting countries, including the US.
Currently cheap fuel is still believed to be providing an overall boost to the...
Thug Beats Elderly Man in Suspected 'Racial Attack'
An elderly man was brutally savaged by a street black thug as he walked through a Bronx neighborhood in broad daylight, a beating the man referred to as a senseless “racial attack.”
Bronx resident William King, 67, is seeing the neighborhood he’s lived in for forty years in a different light after yesterday.
On Monday, King was walking down the sidewalk, near Briggs Avenue and East 197th Street,...
People Kicked Off Beaches, Weddings Moved For Obama Holiday
“I’m not a king,” President Obama has said more than 20 times recently in an effort to dissuade Americans from revolting against his executive rule phone and pen barrage.
The President’s actions in his downtime might make many take another look, however, as it emerged this week that an entire beach was closed down to make way for the first family, as well as a happy couple having to relocate...
Obama Targets Hungary, US Ambassador After “Dirty Bomb” Plot Uncovered
A stunning new Federal Security Services (FSB) report circulating today in the Kremlin warns that the Obama regime may be planning to unleash a “false flag” operation involving a radioactive “dirty bomb” device after its discovery was unsuspectingly uncovered by the highly respected retired US Ambassador Robin Raphel [photo] who traced its origins to the European Union, and NATO member, nation...
UFO hunter spots ‘coffin’ on Mars
An ‘alien coffin’ might possibly be added to the long list of curious objects found on the surface of the Red Planet. Puzzled UFO enthusiasts now want NASA’s Curiosity rover to take a closer look.
Will Farrar, a UFO (unidentified flying object) hunter from Maryland, US, noticed a strange, box-shaped object as he was looking through a set of photos, taken by the Mars Curiosity rover.
On his YouTube...
A type of bird builds snow tunnels for fun
A recently published study shows a type of bird that creates snow tunnels and trenches for no apparent reason apart from fun.
Professor emeritus at the University of Vermont Bernd Heinrich studied the unusual behavior of a flock of redpolls (Carduelis flammea) in Western Maine Mountains between November 2012 and February 2013.
In his recently published findings, Heinrich said that the activity usually...
Cops Approach Random Citizens, Issue $50 Bills
Cops in Iowa indiscriminately pulled drivers over and knocked on the doors of random houses, targeting innocent citizens going about their business.
But rather than issue tickets or citations, police unexpectedly doled out Christmas cheer.
Yesterday, unsuspecting motorists in the Des Moines suburb of Norwalk were surprised to be flagged down by officers who offered them a free $50 bill.
“I stopped...
NASA researching manned mission to Venus
An artist’s impression of what NASA’s HAVOC plan for a human colony on Venus would look like over the clouds of the planet.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) scientists have been working on a preliminary feasibility study on whether it is possible for humans and robots to travel to Venus.
Scientists and engineers at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia,...
Pork farms busted spraying pig poop into air
A giant open-air cesspool with the manure.
Thousands of huge pig farms in N. Carolina are spraying untreated animal waste into the air and contaminating neighboring communities, Mark Devries, who shot a shocking aerial video with a spy drone, told RT.
This environmental problem “has for some reason received very little attention in the American press,” says documentary filmmaker and activist Mark...
World's oldest water found deep underground
Ancient water found beneath the ground in the Earth’s crust.
Geologists have discovered the Earth’s most ancient pocket of water, estimated to be 2.7 billion years old, buried deep beneath the ground.
The researchers followed a scientific treasure map of places to investigate the ancient bodies of water on Earth.
The investigation then led to the water discovery deep within the oldest rocks...
New species discovered in western Pacific Ocean
A fragile snailfish found at a depth of 8,145 meters in the Mariana Trench, western Pacific Ocean.
Researchers have discovered many new species at the greatest depths ever recorded in the Mariana Trench located in western Pacific Ocean.
The species were explored during the researchers’ expedition to the deepest trench on Earth, at 8,143 meters below the surface which is 500 meters deeper than the...
Google’s self-drive cars to hit streets in 2015
Google’s famed self-drive car is ready to go. The first fully-functioning automated vehicles will be seen on Californian roads starting 2015.
“Today we’re unwrapping the best holiday gift we could’ve imagined: the first real build of our self-driving vehicle prototype,” the search engine giant said on its website on Monday.
Initially, the world got to see a different car, with co-founder...