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Soros and State Dept. Funded Group Claims Most Terrorists in the U.S. Are White
A George Soros and State Department funded organization, the New America Foundation, has released a report that states white Americans represent the largest domestic terror threat.
The organization claims the Charleston shooting, the murder of three police officers in Pittsburg by Robert Poplawski, Andrew Joseph Stack’s plane crash in Austin and other attacks constitute organized “right-wing”...
The Interests That Power Armenia's 'Electric' Protests
Armenia’s “Electric Yerevan” protests against a hike in power tariffs coincide with Armenia’s sale of a massive complex of dams to a little-known US company with US government approval. We look at how it could impact US influence in the region.
Protests over electricity price hikes in Armenia follow the June 6 privatization of Armenia’s Vorotan Hydroelectric Cascade to...
US military manual says journalists are legitimate targets
The US Department of Defense has released a book of instructions on the rules of war, detailing acceptable ways of killing the enemy and says that journalists also can be terrorists.
The “Department of Defense Law of War Manual” explains that shooting, exploding, bombing, stabbing, or cutting the enemy are acceptable ways of killing your enemy, but the use of poison or asphyxiating gases is not...
Top CEO pay has increased by 54% since 2009
The pay of top CEOs from the 350 largest companies in the US has increased by 54.3 percent from 2009, to an average of $16.3 million per year – six times greater than that of the top 0.1 percent of wage earners, according to new study.
According to the study by the progressive think tank Economic Policy Institute, $53,200 was the average annual salary of the worker in 2009 and it has remained stagnant...
The Pentagon goes nuclear on Russia
A Topol intercontinental ballistic missile launcher with a transport.
We all remember how, in early June, President Putin announced that Russia would deploy more than 40 new ICBMs “able to overcome even the most technically advanced anti-missile defense systems.”
Oh dear; the Pentagon and their European minions have been freaking out on overdrive ever since.
First was NATO Secretary-General, Norwegian...
NSA surveillance targeted 3 French presidents: WikiLeaks
The US National Security Agency (NSA) spied on the last three presidents of France from 2006 until 2012, according to newly released documents from the WikiLeaks whistleblower website.
The NSA wiretapped former French presidents Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy as well the current leader Francois Hollande, WikiLeaks said in a press statement published on Tuesday, citing top secret intelligence reports...
Was Kurt Cobain Murdered? Former Seattle Police Chief Wants Case Reopened
Musician Courtney Love has filed a cease and desist order against theaters showing a controversial docudrama about the death of her former husband, grunge rock idol Kurt Cobain, which has long been subject of speculation and theories.
The docudrama directed by Benjamin Stater, called Soaked in Bleach, follows private investigator Tom Grant who was hired by Love to track down Cobain after he left a...
Russia militants vow allegiance to ISIL
Takfiri militants in four regions of Russia’s Caucasus have taken oath of allegiance to the ISIL terrorist group operating in Iraq and Syria, according to a recording recently posted online.
Based on the voice recording which emerged on video sharing website YouTube on Sunday, Muslim militants in Dagestan, Chechnya, Ingushetia and Kabardino-Balkaria regions have all pledged allegiance to ISIL leader...
Hungary suspends EU rules on accepting refugees
Hungary has indefinitely suspended EU asylum rules under which it must take back refugees who entered Europe though Hungary, a government spokesman said. EU Commission called on for immediate explanation.
“Hungary’s asylum system is overburdened, the most overburdened among EU member states affected by illegal immigration,” the spokesman said in a statement.
Under the suspension...
US deploying heavy weaponry near Russia
US tanks in Narva, Estonia, near the Russian border.
Washington plans to station hardware, including tanks and armored vehicles, in a number of European countries, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced on Tuesday. Nukes withdrawn in the 1980s will not return to Europe.
Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Romania will be hosting the new hardware, and it will be possible to move it around...
Cockroach Bot Can Squeeze Through Tiny Gaps, Spy On You
The team from the University of California, Berkeley based the robot (bottom) on the humble cockroach (top).
It will send a chill down the spine of anyone who has watched a cockroach escape into a seemingly impossibly small gap.
Researchers have created a robot that can use its body shape to move through a densely cluttered environment.
The team from the University of California, Berkeley based the...
Genetically Modified Moths Released in New York
Biotech company Oxitec has released genetically engineered (GE) diamondback moths at Cornell’s agricultural experiment station in Geneva, New York as part of an outdoor trial, and New Yorkers are more than just miffed.
Organic farmers, environmental groups, and New York citizens have sent a letter to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and Agriculture Commissioner Richard Ball along with Cornell University...
Cholera outbreak kills at least 18 in South Sudan
South Sudan’s Health Ministry says at least 18 people have died of cholera in the strife-torn country, which has declared an outbreak of the highly contagious disease.
Minster of Health Riek Gai Kok told reporters on Tuesday that the outbreak began in crowded UN bases in the capital, Juba, where tens of thousands have been sheltering due to the war in the poverty-stricken country.
Other cases have...
Obese Americans outnumber those who are only overweight
Americans who qualify as obese now outnumber those who are considered merely overweight, according to a new study. The figures also show that 67 percent of women and 75 percent of men in US are suffering from weight problems.
The report, published by researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, studied data from more than 15,000 men and women aged 25 or older of a nationally...
NSA, GCHQ targeted Kaspersky, other cybersecurity companies - Snowden
US and British spy agencies worked to reverse-engineer antivirus software in order to “exploit such software and to prevent detection of our activities.” Russian security firm Kaspersky Lab was particularly targeted.
Citing documents leaked by former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden more than two years ago, The Intercept reported Monday that the US National Security Agency (NSA)...