At the beginning of May, NATO announced plans to keep troops in Afghanistan past 2016. On Monday, General John Campbell, commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, said it was probably that troops would […]
Month: May 2015
Israel Refuses To Pay Debt Owed To Iran
Israel is taking sanctions to a whole new level by refusing to comply with a Swiss court order that it pay $1.1 billion. The debt dates to before Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution, for its share […]
Does The FBI Actually Need To Hire Another 700 Special Agents?
The FBI is looking to hire 700 special agents throughout the country, to work across the agency’s 56 field offices. But is this hiring actually needed? More agents means a larger police force, at a […]
Charter To Buy Time Warner Cable In Effort To Fight Net Neutrality
Cable companies are becoming increasingly vocal about losing some of their monopoly powers and the latest deal between Charter Communications Inc. and Time Warner shows the corporate giants will do anything in their power to […]
Montreal To Become North America’s First Smart City
The Canadian city of Montreal, best known for its old-world French atmosphere, great food and vibrant nightlife is beginning 70 projects that will turn Montreal into North America’s first “smart city.” A total of $23 […]
Facebook Owned Instagram To Start Spamming Users Who Don’t Use It Enough
In Facebook-speak spam emails are called “newsletters” and spamming is called “trying a new engagement tactic,” the company announced over the weekend. In an effort to drive engagement (and one that shows attention paid to […]
Mercedes Benz Teams Up With Chinese Search Giant Baidu To Take On Google Cars
In perhaps the most interesting technology alliance in recent memory, German carmaker Daimler is making software from Chinese search company Baidu available in its Chinese Mercedes-Benz cars, in a show of deepening ties between carmakers […]
Everyday Hillary Requires Large Private Jet, $250k Cash And Lots of Extras To Speak
Former First Lady and failed Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton is running a stealth, ‘grassroots’ campaign aimed to make sure regular Americans know she is in touch with them and the issues that matter to […]
Microsoft Looking For More Acquisitions, Eyes Struggling Blackberry
Struggling smartphone maker Blackberry may be on the auction block again, as software giant Microsoft eyes a bid for the Canadian company. Microsoft recently lost a bid for rival software giant Salesforce and the latest […]
Greece Doesn’t Have Enough Money To Make June IMF Loan Repayment, Faces Default
Greece’s interior minister said on Sunday that the struggling European country cannot make debt repayments to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) next month unless it achieves a deal with creditors. The comments are the more […]
ISIS Massacred Hundreds Of Civilians After It Took Over Palmyra
ISIS has reportedly slaughtered hundreds of civilians after seizing control of the ancient town of Palmyra last week. Syrian state TV reported that over 400 civilians had been massacred by the group since Wednesday of […]
EU Drops Plans For Safer Pesticides Because Of Secret U.S. Trade Agreement
There’s good reason why the Obama administration and members of congress want trade agreements to remain under tight secrecy: they’re probably bad for you. Take the case of the EU, who had plans to regulate […]
China Caught In Massive Illegal Fishing Operation Off Coast Of West Africa
China is known to have little regard for the environment and its neighbors in the international community while publicly stating the polar opposite. Yet new reports from Greenpeace show just how willing China is to […]
Iran Slams U.S. For Not Doing Anything To Stop ISIS
The general in charge of Iran’s special forces in the Middle East said the United States and other global superpowers were not doing enough to stop Islamic State, and only Iran was committed to the […]
85,000 Antelope Dead In 3 Days After Mysterious Infection
Kazakhstan authorities have confirmed around one-third of the endangered saiga antelope population has mysteriously died off in the last few days. Kazakhstan’s agriculture ministry confirmed Friday that the number of saiga that have died may […]
America’s ‘Toughest Sheriff’ Wants You To Pay For His Crimes
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio isn’t known for his strict regard for the law. The loudmouth sheriff’s flagrant disregard for the law is finally catching up to him, but he now feels that the public […]
Police Detonate Pressure Cooker Found Near Capitol
A single male is in custody Sunday evening after a bomb squad detonated a pressure cooker that was found in a car near the U.S. Capitol building. U.S. Capitol Police spokeswoman Lt. Kimberly Schneider said […]
The Summer Set To See Cheapest Gasoline In Five Years
While the price of unleaded gasoline has been steadily climbing, drivers could soon begin to see some relief at the pump, just in time for the summer driving season. “Everything points to the notion that […]
ISIS Claims Forced Sex With Yazidi Girls Is Never Rape Because Koran Condones It
In the latest issue of Isis propaganda magazine Dabiq, under the headline: “Slave-girls or prostitutes?”, the author writes that it is never rape to rape a slave because it is an Islamic practice inspired by […]
Big Wireless Companies Think It’s Their First Amendment Right To Mess With Your Internet
AT&T and the other Internet delivery monopolies that are suing the FCC have resurrected the argument, used unsuccessfully by Verizon in 2012, that net neutrality rules violate its First and Fifth Amendment rights. The move […]
Russian Rocket Launch Failures Lead India To Cancel Joint MIssion
As a result of recent Russian rocket launch failures the Indian government has lost interest in a joint project with Russia for soil sample taking at the south pole of the Moon, the Space Council […]
Telecom Giant Vodaphone Pulls Out Of Facebook’s Insidious Internet.org Scheme
Facebook’s plan to monopolize the internet of developing countries suffered a blow this weekend as Vodafone India, the country’s second-biggest mobile operator, announced it would hold off offering free internet or ‘zero rated’ services amid […]
Salesforce Snubs Microsoft’s $55 Billion Bid
The mystery bidder for Salesforce has been confirmed as Microsoft, according to sources close to the deal. The software giant wanted to buy the cloud giant for $55 billion but the bid was rejected by […]
More Job Cuts Loom For Troubled Blackberry
Once ubiquitous Blackberry is laying off more workers across its money losing hardware division, the struggling Canadian smartphone maker has confirmed. While the company was briefly profitable during Q4 of fiscal ’15, this short run […]
Drought Stricken California Sees Vandals Dump 50 Million Gallons Of Fresh Water Into San Francisco Bay
Vandals attacked an inflatable dam on Alameda Creek, California, resulting in the loss of nearly 50 million gallons of water. The timing could not have been worse as California struggles through the worst drought on […]
Tens Of Thousands Join March Against Chemical Giant Monsanto
Thousands of people took to the streets Saturday to protest American biotechnology giant Monsanto and its portfolio of evil products which include genetically modified crops and cancer causing pesticides. The third annual March Against Monsanto […]
The United States Has An Income Inequality Problem
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development confirmed this week that the gap between the rich and poor in most of the world’s advanced economies is at record levels. In most of the 34 countries […]
Russia Bans “Undesirable” NGOs, Including Human Rights Watch
Non-governmental organizations in Russia were effectively banned on Sunday after Russian dictator Vladimir Putin passed a law that allows the government to prosecute them on the grounds they are ‘undesirable.’ Workers of those organizations can […]
Google Caught Helping Copyright Trolls Extort Money From Google Fiber Users
It’s no secret Google is aggressively looking to cozy up with Hollywood to help its struggling Youtube website. In the latest sign that the search monopolist is getting into bed with Big Copyright and their […]
The FBI Doesn’t Want You To Know That Patriot Act Snooping Didn’t Catch A Single Terrorist
Despite pleas by law enforcement for increased illegal spying and surveillance powers, the FBI can’t point to any major terrorism cases cracked because of the unconstitutional snooping powers granted under the Patriot Act, the Justice […]