Archive for the 'Elite' Category
Strange New “2014” Addition to the Georgia Guidestones
September 24th, 2014Via: Vigilant Citizen: A recent addition to the monument- a block on which is inscribed 2014 – was placed inside an indent between the English and the Spanish slab.
Mystery Illness Plagues Girls in Colombia… After They Receive HPV Vaccine
September 21st, 2014Via: AFP: A mystery illness is plaguing girls in this town in northern Colombia, and locals say a vaccine against the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus, or HPV, is to blame. First their hands and feet feel cold. Then they go pale and cannot move. Some convulse and fall to the floor. In El Carmen de […]
Google to Build Airport and City?
September 18th, 2014Via: The Verge: As if self-driving cars, balloon-carried internet, or the eradication of death weren’t ambitious enough projects, Google CEO Larry Page has apparently been working behind the scenes to set up even bolder tasks for his company. The Information reports that Page started up a Google 2.0 project inside the company a year ago […]
How the West Created the Islamic State
September 13th, 2014Via: Counterpunch: “This is an organisation that has an apocalyptic, end-of-days strategic vision which will eventually have to be defeated,” Gen Martin Dempsey, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a Pentagon press conference in August. Military action is necessary to halt the spread of the ISIS “cancer,” said President Obama. Yesterday he […]
Steve Jobs Didn’t Let His Own Children Use iPads
September 13th, 2014Via: New York Times: “So, your kids must love the iPad?” I asked Mr. Jobs, trying to change the subject. The company’s first tablet was just hitting the shelves. “They haven’t used it,” he told me. “We limit how much technology our kids use at home.” I’m sure I responded with a gasp and dumbfounded […]
Council on Foreign Relations: Syrian Rebels Need Al-Qaeda Now
September 12th, 2014Via: The Anti-Media: “The Syrian rebels would be immeasurably weaker today without al-Qaeda in their ranks. By and large, Free Syrian Army (FSA) battalions are tired, divided, chaotic, and ineffective. Feeling abandoned by the West, rebel forces are increasingly demoralized as they square off with the Assad regime’s superior weaponry and professional army. Al-Qaeda fighters, […]
“The Awkward Truth” About Large Amount of Scientific Research: It’s Bullshit
September 8th, 2014Via: BBC Radio: Every day the newspapers carry stories of new scientific findings. There are 15 million scientists worldwide all trying to get their research published. But a disturbing fact appears if you look closely: as time goes by, many scientific findings seem to become less true than we thought. It’s called the “decline effect” […]
Nevada, Tesla Announce Gigafactory Deal
September 4th, 2014Via: USA Today: Tesla Motors and Nevada made it official on Thursday evening: the electric car company’s highly sought battery “Gigafactory” and its projected 6,500 jobs are coming to the Reno area. Mutual congratulations between the electric-car maker and Silver State officials aside, the news of the announcement event in Carson City was the huge […]
BP Found Grossly Negligent in 2010 Spill
September 4th, 2014Via: Bloomberg: BP Plc acted with gross negligence in setting off the biggest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, a federal judge ruled, handing down a long-awaited decision that may force the energy company to pay billions of dollars more for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico disaster. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier held a trial […]
Halliburton Will Pay $1.1 Billion to Settle Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster Lawsuits
September 2nd, 2014Bargains. Via: The Verge: Halliburton has agreed to pay $1.1 billion to settle much of its part in 2010’s Gulf of Mexico oil rig disaster. The incident killed 11 people, and resulted in the largest oil spill in this history of the US after offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon exploded. Halliburton was responsible for cement […]
