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Plans Moving Forward for Miami-Dade Mega Mall: The American Dream
May 9th, 2018Ski slopes in gator country… I wish Hunter S. Thompson was here to tackle this one. Via: CBS: A mega mall and entertainment complex in Northwest Miami-Dade that would dwarf any other appears to be on course for approval, but not without controversy. It’s called the American Dream. It would be the largest mall in […]
Australian Government Launches Urgent Fuel Security Review as Reserves Dip Below 50 Days
May 7th, 2018Via: New Zealand Herald: Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg has ordered an urgent review of Australia’s liquid fuel reserves as the country dips below 50 days, but says it should “not be construed as Australia having a fuel security problem”, reports news.com.au. The International Energy Agency mandates that countries hold at least 90 days’ supply, but […]
Giuliani: Trump Reimbursed Michael Cohen for Hush-Money Payment to Porn Star
May 3rd, 2018Via: NBC: Federal investigators have wiretapped the phone lines of Michael Cohen, the longtime personal lawyer for President Donald Trump who is under investigation for a payment he made to an adult film star who alleged she had an affair with Trump, according to two people with knowledge of the legal proceedings involving Cohen. It […]
Jeff Bezos Dreams of a World with a Trillion People Living in Space
May 2nd, 2018My guess is that he plans to ride out TEOTWAWKI in a personal submarine. Via: CNBC: Dreaming big isn’t something Jeff Bezos has a problem with. And true to form, the multi-billionaire’s vision for the world that his great-grandchildren’s great-grandchildren will live in is pretty wild to imagine. The Amazon and Blue Origin boss says […]
Dark Journalist X-Series: Pine Gap
April 28th, 2018Dark Journalist is slowly and carefully weaving many strange threads together with his outstanding X-Series. I usually post this sort of material on the Cryptogon Backchannel, but I’m posting this to the main page because Pine Gap is a standard Cryptogon topic, in terms of the surveillance and communications aspects of the facility that we’re […]
Pig Brains Kept Alive After Decapitation
April 26th, 2018Via: MIT Technology Review: In a step that could change the definition of death, researchers have restored circulation to the brains of decapitated pigs and kept the reanimated organs alive for as long as 36 hours. The feat offers scientists a new way to study intact brains in the lab in stunning detail. But it […]
Mentally Ill Woman Wearing a Wig and Carrying a Loaded Gun, a Passport, and $100,000 in Cash Arrested After Driving to CIA Headquarters
April 18th, 2018Via: WTOP: A woman who drove into the CIA headquarters compound in McLean, Virginia, with a loaded gun, a passport and $100,000 in cash while wearing a wig is being held without bond. Charging documents said Beth Huth drove her white Kia Soul onto CIA property in Langley last Friday afternoon past signs restricting access […]
Plutonium Dust Released from Closed Hanford Nuclear Weapons Site
April 16th, 2018Via: Los Angeles Times: As crews demolished a shuttered nuclear weapons plant during 2017 in central Washington, specks of plutonium were swept up in high gusts and blown miles across a desert plateau above the Columbia River. The releases at the Department of Energy cleanup site spewed unknown amounts of plutonium dust into the environment, […]
Art Bell Dead at Age 72—Days After Supporting a Friend’s Plan to Drive Into Area 51
April 14th, 2018Art Bell has been in poor health for decades and he was a heavy smoker, so I can’t say that his death comes as much of a surprise. But… Just before he died, Art was supporting radio host Heather Wade in her plan to drive into Area 51 as an act of civil disobedience. Initially, […]
Syria War: Trump Says Missiles ‘Will Be Coming’
April 11th, 2018Wow. This is very nuts: Russia vows to shoot down any and all missiles fired at Syria. Get ready Russia, because they will be coming, nice and new and “smart!” You shouldn’t be partners with a Gas Killing Animal who kills his people and enjoys it! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 11, 2018 Via: […]
