Archive for the 'Elite' Category
Long Exposure to Tiny Amounts of Monsanto’s Roundup May Damage Liver, Kidneys
September 2nd, 2015Via: Russia Today: Long-term intake of the Monsanto’s most popular Roundup herbicide, even in very small amounts lower than permissible in US water, may lead to kidney and liver damage, a new study claims. The research, conducted by an international group of scientists from the UK, Italy and France, studied the effects of prolonged exposure […]
British Tabloids: Spy Found Dead in a Bag Hacked Into Secret U.S. Data on Bill Clinton
August 30th, 2015Via: Daily Mail: The British spy whose body was found padlocked inside a bag in his flat had illegally hacked into secret data on former U.S. president Bill Clinton, it has been revealed. Gareth Williams, 31, was discovered in a holdall in the bath at his London home five years ago this month, but the […]
Pentagon Teams Up with Apple, Boeing to Develop Wearable Tech
August 28th, 2015Via: Reuters: U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter awarded $75 million on Friday to help a consortium of high-tech firms and researchers develop electronic systems packed with sensors flexible enough to be worn by soldiers or molded onto the skin of a plane. Carter said funding for the Obama administration’s newest manufacturing institute would go to […]
We Are the Government: Tactics for Taking Down the Police State
August 27th, 2015They don’t like jury nullification. Using your First Amendment right to free speech in front of a court house could result in indictments. Jury Nullification Advocate Faces Indictment Denver DA Charges Man with Jury Tampering for Handing Out Jury Nullification Flyers Via: Rutherford Institute: Where nullification can be particularly powerful, however, is in the hands […]
Citigroup’s “Low Risk” Hedge Funds
August 24th, 2015Via: AFP: US securities regulators ordered two Citigroup affiliates Monday to pay $180 million to settle charges that they defrauded investors by falsely claiming a pair of hedge funds were low-risk. Citigroup collected nearly $3 billion from 4,000 investors by claiming the ASTA/MAT fund and the Falcon fund were low-risk investments akin to investing in […]
India Sues Nestle for Nearly $100 Million: Lead and MSG in Noodles
August 24th, 2015Via: Al Jazeera: India’s government is seeking damages of nearly $100m from Nestle India for “unfair trade practices” after the food safety regulator banned its hugely popular Maggi noodles brand in June for containing unsafe levels of lead. The government said on Wednesday that it has filed a suit with the country’s top consumer court, […]
GMO: “Independent Expert” Was Actually Paid $25,000 by Monsanto
August 24th, 2015Via: GM Watch: In what appears to be an exercise in damage limitation, an article in the journal Nature has disclosed that Kevin Folta, a plant scientist at the University of Florida, received a US$25,000 grant last year from Monsanto. Monsanto noted that the money “may be used at your discretion in support of your […]
Afghanistan Has Cost the U.S. More Than the Marshall Plan
August 23rd, 2015Via: Bloomberg: The U.S. has now spent more on the reconstruction of Afghanistan than it spent on the Marshall Plan, which resuscitated Europe after World War II, according to a special inspector general. The Marshall Plan delivered $103 billion in today’s dollars to 16 European countries between 1948 and 1952. That has now been topped […]
Long Range Strike Bomber Already a Snowballing Disaster
August 18th, 2015Via: Fiscal Times: The price on the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation bomber was just raised. Again. Last year, Air Force officials told Congress that the cost for the 10-year research and development phase for the Long-Range Strike Bomber would be $33.1 billion between fiscal years 2015 through 2025. But this year the price skyrocketed. The […]
Britain: Police Investigate Child Sex Abuse Claims Against Former Prime Minister
August 6th, 2015Via: CNN: At least four UK police forces are independently investigating claims that include child sexual abuse involving the late British Prime Minister Edward Heath. The allegations about Heath, who led a Conservative government from 1970 to 1974 and only left Parliament in 2001, have dominated UK newspaper headlines this week. They come at a […]
