In the latest sign that megalomaniac Russian despot Vladimir Putin is losing his grip on reality, the country’s leader has re-instituted Soviet era children’s militias. Despite no enemy to fight the groups have been re-launched […]
Month: May 2015
Two Dead After Attempting To Silence Free Speech
Two men were killed Sunday after they opened fire in a parking lot outside a contest for cartoon depictions of the prophet Muhammad, authorities reported. The contest took place in Garland, Texas. Garland’s government issued […]
Russia Creates International Fund To Bail Out… Itself?
Russian despot Vladimir Putin completed an agreement Saturday to set up a $100-billion reserve fund for the so-called BRICS — the five leading emerging economies that include Russia, China, Brazil, India and South Africa. The […]
Iranian Cleric Blames Nepal Quake On Women Who Dress Provocatively
Women who dress provocatively and tempt people into promiscuity are to blame for earthquakes, including the one which recently struck Nepal, a leading Iranian cleric has apparently said. Leader, Hojatoleslam Kazim Sadeghi, says women and […]
Jimmy Carter Dismisses Possibility Of Mid East Peace
Former president Jimmy Carter didn’t even discuss peace with the Palestinian leadership because he knows that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “does not now and has never sincerely believed in a two-state solution for Israel […]
Nepal Quake So Powerful It Changed The Landscape
The deadly quake in Nepal was so powerful that it has also changed the country’s landscape. Case in point: Mount Everest, which satellite data shows shrank after the disaster. According to Europe’s Sentinel-1A radar satellite, […]
Baltimore’s Real Looter: Wells Fargo
Its common knowledge that Wall Street created the financial panic of 2008. Through issuing predatory loans to unsuspecting, unprotected consumers, the banks triggered the Great Recession. Baltimore was hit particularly hard. In fact, in the […]
Latest Tool To Help Stressed Students: Puppy Rooms
Exam and deadline season always brings stress and angst but the lucky students at the University of Central Lancashire, in England, will have the perfect way of relaxing: Their very own puppy room. Organized by […]
Wearing A Suit Shown To Make You Think Differently
A new study reveals how wearing formal attire changes people’s thought processes. “Putting on formal clothes makes us feel powerful, and that changes the basic way we see the world,” says Abraham Rutchick, the author […]
North Korea Arrests NYU Student
In the latest provocation by hermit kingdom North Korea, a South Korean who lives in New Jersey was arrested last week for crossing into North Korea illegally, the North Korean Central News Agency reported on […]
U.S. Supplied Cluster Bombs Hit Civilians In Yemen
Human Rights Watch has found that Saudi Arabia is dropping U.S.-supplied cluster bombs in the fight against Houthi rebels in Yemen. The deadly small bombs, if unexploded, can lie dormant and then detonate when people […]
Malaysia Airlines Offloads A380 Superjumbo Fleet
Bigger may no longer be better for the world’s passenger airlines as Malaysia Airlines is said to be offloading its entire fleet of A380 superjumbos. The airline has struggled financially in the wake of dual […]
Two Minutes of Walking Each Hour Dramatically Improves Health
Turns out water cooler chitchat may actually help you live longer. New research shows that workers who take two minutes out of every hour to walk around the office may live longer than their co-workers […]
New Legislation Voids Fourth Amendment, Shares Your Data Without Permission
While defense secretary Ashton Carter unveiled the Pentagon’s new Cyber Strategy last week he failed to mention the provision that will send private data about U.S. citizens and companies to foreign militaries. “To improve shared […]
Lungs Age Quicker For Babies Born Prematurely
Young adults in their early 20s who were born prematurely have lungs that are similar to those of a healthy older person or casual smoker. New research released this week shows that premature infants, born […]
Michigan Quake Shows Not Just Nepal Who Is Vulnerable
An earthquake that rocked Southern Michigan Saturday afternoon shows that it isn’t just developing countries or geologically active areas that need to worry about earthquakes – it could happen to us. The area was shaken […]
Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager Soros Dodged $7 billion In Taxes
It’s well known that the rich tend play play by a different set of rules than the rest of us. Case in point: George Soros, who may soon decide to pay a monumental tax bill […]
Floyd Mayweather Doesn’t Want The World To Know He’s A Serial Wife Beater
While the American public and the boxing world watch the hotly anticipated fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao, there are a few people who won’t be there: The sports reporters who’ve spoken openly about […]
Is Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Too Big To Fail?
At his annual meeting on Saturday, Warren Buffett predictably rejected the idea that Berkshire Hathaway Inc, a sprawling conglomerate he has built over 50 years, has grown so big that it is now too big […]
Judge Dismisses Case Over Cheap ‘Hidden City’ Airline Tickets
Despite not losing for the right reasons, United Airlines lost the latest round in its effort to stop a website that helps people find “hidden city” ticket pairs. The airline, as well as online travel […]
Human Pros Dominating Poker Robot – For Now
At the halfway point of the “Brains Vs. Artificial Intelligence” poker tournament between software developed at Carnegie Mellon University and four of the world’s top players, the humans are handily winning. The CMU computer program, […]
Iowa Declares State Of Emergency Over Bird Flu Outbreak
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad declared a state of emergency on Friday to confront a spiraling bird flu outbreak. The farming of chicken, ducks and geese as a key part of that state’s economy and has […]
Nobody In Jail After Yet Another Record Bank Scandal
It wouldn’t be a week in America without a criminal banking scandal and this week did not disappoint. BNP Paribas SA was sentenced to just five years probation by a U.S. judge on Friday in […]
U.S. Government Liable For New Orleans Flooding
A judge ruled Friday that the federal government must pay for a portion of the flooding damage from Hurricane Katrina, which she found to be caused by failures of the hurricane protection system in the […]
New Test Shows If You Will Get Cancer Within 13 Years
A new test can predict with 100 per cent accuracy whether someone will develop cancer up to 13 years in the future. Harvard and Northwestern University discovered that tiny but important changes took place in […]
Milan Expo’s Glitzy Opening Marred By Violence
Milan’s flashy international expo was beset by violence on opening day as demonstrators clashed with Italian police on Friday. Police responded with tear gas on Friday as protests against the event overshadowed the start of […]
Hawaii’s Kilauea Volcano Puts On Rare Lava Show
The lake of lava at Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has been rising over the past week and, sometimes, overflowing in a spectacular show. Janet Babb, a lead geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, […]
Russian Bombers Violated U.S. Airspace Last Week
Russian heavy bombers capable of delivering nuclear warheads, flew into a U.S. air defense zone near Alaska last week, it was reported Friday. Two Tu-95 Bear H bombers reportedly flew into the airspace on April […]
AT&T Fined For Price Gouging Poor Via Government Program
Cellphone monopolist AT&T has been fined $10.9 milling by the FCC for overcharging the government on phone plans for the poor. The regulator said the telco over-billed the U.S. government between 2012 and 2013 while […]
Astronauts Travelling To Mars Could Suffer Brain Damage
A new NASA-funded study into the effects of long-term space travel on humans has reached a troubling conclusion: astronauts flying to Mars could arrive with severe brain damage. The research was conducted by the University […]