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Investigators Bewildered by Death, Mutilation of Oregon Cow
August 10th, 2020Linda Moulton Howe has been researching anomalous animal mutilations for over four decades. I first learned about her work on this way back in the Art Bell days of the 1990s. I don’t know what’s behind the animal mutilation phenomenon, but I’m close to certain that it’s not, “Satanic cults,” or, “Predatory animal attacks,” or […]
Snapdragon Chip Flaws Put Over a Billion Android Phones at Risk
August 9th, 2020Via: Ars Technica: A billion or more Android devices are vulnerable to hacks that can turn them into spying tools by exploiting more than 400 vulnerabilities in Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chip, researchers reported this week. The vulnerabilities can be exploited when a target downloads a video or other content that’s rendered by the chip. Targets can […]
Trump: “This May be the Last Time You’ll See Me for a While”
August 8th, 2020This is a pretty weird one. Via: Summit News: Remarks made by President Trump during a speech have prompted speculation after he referred to having a lot of rich enemies and told the audience, “This may be the last time you’ll see me for a while.” The comments were made during an address Trump gave […]
Declining Eyesight Improved by Looking at Deep Red Light
August 7th, 2020I’ll try my luck with: Wolfram Alpha: color of [//number:670//] nm light Batteries not included, your mileage may vary, your monitor and calibration might produce inaccurate results, etc. Via: Eurekalert: Staring at a deep red light for three minutes a day can significantly improve declining eyesight, finds a new UCL-led study, the first of its […]
Non-Invasive Nerve Stimulation Boosts Learning of Foreign Language Sounds
August 7th, 2020Via: MedicalXpress: New research by neuroscientists at the University of Pittsburgh and University of California San Francisco (UCSF) revealed that a simple, earbud-like device developed at UCSF that imperceptibly stimulates a key nerve leading to the brain could significantly improve the wearer’s ability to learn the sounds of a new language. This device may have […]
Beirut Explosion Theories
August 6th, 2020I haven’t been posting anything about this because I haven’t seen anything that seems credible as an alternative explanation. Yet. People are sending me everything from energy beams to the Cookie Monster as explanations. Discernment, people. Discernment. That said, if you’re looking for alternative takes on this, here’s a roundup. Via: Giza Death Star: So […]
UK Gives Town Councils Power To Bulldoze ‘Contaminated’ Homes To Contain Outbreak [???]
August 6th, 2020Via: ZeroHedge: Britons were shocked and angered this week when an internal government guide meant to inform local councils and town authorities on possible strategies in dealing with rising coronavirus cases throughout the country explored scenarios wherein demolition of ‘contaminated’ homes would be allowed. It’s unclear if the UK guide, called Covid-19 Contain Framework and […]
Up To 300,000 Left Homeless In Beirut After Blast Collapsed Walls Miles Away
August 5th, 2020Via: ZeroHedge: After Tuesday’s deadly blast in Beirut which Lebanon’s PM linked to 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate which had unsafely sat in storage on the port going back to 2013, the governor of Beirut has estimated the damage is so pervasive throughout the city as to have left hundreds of thousands homeless.
Deputies Accused of Being in Secret Societies Cost L.A. County Taxpayers $55 Million
August 5th, 2020Via: Los Angeles Times: Los Angeles County has paid out roughly $55 million in settlements in cases in which sheriff’s deputies were alleged to belong to a secret society, records obtained by The Times show, illuminating the entrenched nature of a subculture that has plagued the Sheriff’s Department for years. The figure comes from a […]
“Political Operatives, Former Government and Military Officials, and Academics,” Game Scenario in Which Trump Refuses to Accept Election Loss
August 3rd, 2020It really does seem like things are going to get weird weirder. Via: Boston Globe: On the second Friday in June, a group of political operatives, former government and military officials, and academics quietly convened online for what became a disturbing exercise in the fragility of American democracy. The group, which included Democrats and Republicans, […]
