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U.S. Sent Pallets of Cash to Iran as Americans Were Freed
August 2nd, 2016Via: Wall Street Journal: The Obama administration secretly organized an airlift of $400 million worth of cash to Iran that coincided with the January release of four Americans detained in Tehran, according to U.S. and European officials and congressional staff briefed on the operation afterward. Wooden pallets stacked with euros, Swiss francs and other currencies […]
Peter Thiel Is Very, Very Interested in Young People’s Blood
August 2nd, 2016Via: Inc.: More than anything, Peter Thiel, the billionaire technology investor and Donald Trump supporter, wants to find a way to escape death. He’s channeled millions of dollars into startups working on anti-aging medicine, spends considerable time and money researching therapies for his personal use, and believes society ought to open its mind to life-extension […]
CDC Issues Historic Travel Warning Over Miami Zika Outbreak
August 1st, 2016Zika Virus Made Available to Researchers by Rockefeller Foundation in 1953 While Brazil Was Eradicating Zika Mosquitoes, America Made Them Into Weapons And Now: “Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Join The Fight To Stop Zika Virus” Bonus: Florida! Via: CNN: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an unprecedented travel warning Monday, advising pregnant women and […]
Saturday Night in Kentucky: Armed Men in Body Armor at Walmart Tell Police They Were Preparing for Doomsday
August 1st, 2016This isn’t normal? Via: Lexington Herald Leader: A report of a car full of men in body armor with semi-automatic weapons brought Lexington police to the Walmart on Richmond Road on Saturday night. Officers found two men, one in body armor, a 20-year-old woman and a six-month old baby. Lt. Jackie Newman said that when […]
GlaxoSmithKline and Google Team Up to Create New Bioelectronics Health Company
August 1st, 2016😯 Via: The Verge: British pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline and Google’s parent company Alphabet have announced they’re creating a new company to develop bioelectronic medicines. The joint venture will be named Galvani Bioelectronics and will be headquartered in the UK, with 55 percent of equity interest owned by GSK and 45 percent owned by Alphabet’s Verily […]
Hundreds of Democratic Party Delegates Replaced with Actors
July 29th, 2016I don’t know about the white noise generator theory. That could be some sort of wi-fi hardware. If that’s a white noise generator, let me know the manufacturer and model number. But never mind that! The fact that people off the street are apparently being paid to sit there for the cameras is absolutely bizarre. […]
Judge Dismisses Case Against Chandra Levy Suspect
July 28th, 2016Via: USA Today: A judge dismissed the indictment Thursday against the man charged with killing intern Chandra Levy, after prosecutors asked to drop the case that drew national interest and embroiled a lawmaker in scandal. Ingmar Guandique, who lived in Washington, was found guilty in 2010 of killing Levy, who disappeared in 2001. Guandique, who […]
Germany: Several Dead, Injured After Shots Fired at Munich Shopping Center
July 22nd, 2016Gunman Found Dead Via: CNN: At least nine people were killed and 21 others hurt Friday in a shooting rampage at a busy shopping district in Munich, Germany, police said. Police searched for attackers, thinking there might be three, and found a man who’d killed himself on a side street near Olympia shopping mall, police […]
$13 Billion Aircraft Carrier Struggles with Air Operations, Can’t Defend Itself, Systems ‘Likely Require Redesigning’
July 21st, 2016Well, the good news is that $13 billion looks like pocket lint compared to the cost of the F-35 catastrophe. Have a nice day. Via: Bloomberg: The U.S. Navy’s newest aircraft carrier isn’t ready for warfare. The $12.9 billion USS Gerald R. Ford — the most expensive warship ever built — may struggle to launch […]
A Mormon Tycoon Wants to Build Joseph Smith’s Mega-Utopia in Vermont
July 21st, 2016Via: Bloomberg: As the story goes, the plat plan appeared to Smith while he was studying Enoch, an Old Testament prophet who designed a city so perfect it was whisked off to heaven. The text accompanying the blueprint, written out by Smith and his comrades, says each plat should house 15,000 to 20,000 people within […]
