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The Remarkable Brain Waves of High Level Meditators
November 18th, 2018Via: kottke.org: What’s going on in the brains of people who meditate? Anecdotal evidence suggests that meditation does something to people’s minds and bodies…quiets and calms them. In this video, Daniel Goleman reports on research done by his colleague Richard Davidson, a neuroscientist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Davidson brought a number of “Olympic level […]
Japan’s Cyber-Security Minister Has ‘Never Used a Computer’
November 15th, 2018Via: BBC: Japan’s new cyber-security minister has dumbfounded his country by saying he has never used a computer. Yoshitaka Sakurada made the admission to a committee of lawmakers. “Since I was 25 years old and independent I have instructed my staff and secretaries. I have never used a computer in my life,” he said, according […]
NGO Teaching Migrants to Lie to Border Guards
November 13th, 2018Via: Russia Today: A group that helped over 15,000 refugees and migrants to get into Europe has been caught on tape admitting to systematically training asylum seekers to exploit screening interviews by feigning trauma and persecution. Ariel Ricker, the executive director of Advocates Abroad, a major non-profit NGO which provides legal aid to migrants, has […]
Underperforming Chinese Workers Made to Drink Urine, Eat Bugs
November 8th, 2018Via: Reuters: Workers at a Chinese home renovation company who failed to complete their tasks had to drink urine, eat cockroaches or get whipped by a belt. Others had to shave their heads or drink water from a toilet bowl and had their salaries withheld by a month, according to images and videos on Chinese […]
January 2018: Pittsburgh and Allegheny County Police and FBI Held Active Shooter Drill at Jewish Community Center (Blocks Away from Tree of Life Synagogue), Right Around the Time Bowers Joined Gab
October 28th, 2018January 2018: Active-Shooter Drill Planned at Squirrel Hill Community Center Via: WPXI: Updated: Jan 25, 2018 – 6:50 PM Local and federal law enforcement will conduct an active-shooter drill Thursday night at a Pittsburgh community center. Pittsburgh and Allegheny County police, as well as FBI personnel, will stage the scene at the Jewish Community Center […]
Claim: Khashoggi Was Going to Expose Saudi Use of Chemical Weapons in Yemen
October 28th, 2018Via: Express: Last night a close friend of Mr Khashoggi revealed that he was about to obtain “documentary evidence” proving clams that Saudi Arabia had used chemical weapons in its proxy war in Yemen. “I met him a week before his death. He was unhappy and he was worried,“ said the middle eastern academic, who […]
Department of Homeland Security Ran Safety Drills at Tree of Life Synagogue
October 27th, 2018What was Bowers’ work history? I can only find one reference to him working as a truck driver, “Bowers told Mr. Hall’s fiance that he worked as a trucker.” Via: Heavy: The synagogue’s former president Michael Eisenberg said that while he was president, he had the Department of Homeland Security come to Tree of Life. […]
Bombs Sent to Obama, Clinton, CNN Evacuated Over Suspicious Package
October 24th, 2018Via: ABC News: Explosive devices addressed to the residences of Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were intercepted, and the Time Warner Center that is home to CNN in New York City was evacuated after a suspicious package was sent there, officials said Wednesday morning. Investigators are working to determine whether the two devices addressed to […]
China Plans to Launch ‘Artificial Moon’ Satellite by 2020
October 19th, 2018Via: Asia Times: Officials in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, have unveiled a science fiction-like plan to launch what’s known as an illumination satellite, or “artificial moon,” in two years. Local newspapers reported that the illumination satellite would be designed to complement the moon at night, with its own […]
X-37B Military Space Plane Wings Past 400 Days on Latest Mystery Mission
October 19th, 2018Via: space.com: The latest mystery mission of the U.S. Air Force’s robotic X-37B space plane has now passed the 400-day mark. This mission — known as Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV-5) — was rocketed into Earth orbit on Sept. 7, 2017, atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center […]
