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France: FedEx Staff Found Fake Bombs Headed to U.S. Embassy in Tunisia
January 29th, 2016Via: AFP: Employees of the American courier service at Charles de Gaulle airport were shocked to find a pressure cooker filled with nuts and bolts inside a package in transit from the US to Tunisia. On further inspection they discovered a container of other similar devices, along with what appeared to be detonators, said Frederic […]
And Now: “Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Join The Fight To Stop Zika Virus”
January 28th, 2016Here’s what happened in Brazil, where Oxitec has been conducting massive experiments with genetically modified mosquitoes. The chart below is from, Zika Virus, Explained in 6 Charts and Maps: Also, from 2012: Brazil Rolls Out GM Mosquito Farms: Brazil has opened its first-ever, large-scale genetically modified mosquito farm in an effort to reduce the incidence […]
Nazis Researched Use of Mosquitoes for War at Dachau
January 28th, 2016I’ve been reading about the Zika virus situation and came across this article from 2014. Probably not related to Zika. Hopefully not. Via: BBC: German scientists at Dachau concentration camp researched the possible use of malaria-infected mosquitoes as weapons during World War Two, a researcher has claimed. Dr Klaus Reinhardt of Tuebingen University examined the […]
Zika Has ‘Explosive Pandemic Potential’
January 28th, 2016Here we go again. Via: Independent: The Zika virus has the potential to become an “explosive pandemic” amid fears it may have already crossed to the common mosquito – thereby increasing its chances of being spreading around the world. Brazilian experts at Oswaldo Cruz Foundation believe the virus, which was originally thought to be confined […]
Mystery Illness Forces LA-Bound Plane to Return to London
January 28th, 2016Via: Independent: An American Airlines flight to Los Angeles was forced to return to London Heathrow after seven flight staff and many passengers collapsed due to mysterious illness. Passengers were shocked to see flight attendants collapse in the aisles, sparking fears about contamination in the air conditioning. When Flight AA109 was airborne near Keflavik in […]
More Babies Are Being Born with Organs Outside Their Bodies, and Experts Have No Idea Why
January 25th, 2016Related? Pesticides in Paradise: Hawaii’s Spike in Birth Defects Puts Focus on GM Crops: At a Starbucks just outside Honolulu, Sidney Johnson, a pediatric surgeon at the Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children who oversees all children born in Hawaii with major birth defects and operates on many, says he’s been thinking about pesticides […]
“Zika Virus”: El Salvador Asks Women Not to Get Pregnant Until 2018
January 23rd, 2016Via: Washington Post: The rapid spread of the Zika virus has prompted Latin American governments to urge women not to get pregnant for up to two years, an extraordinary precaution aimed at avoiding birth defects believed to be linked to the mosquito-borne illness. What until recently was a seemingly routine public health problem for countries […]
Neurosurgeon Claims Successful Head Transplant on Monkey
January 20th, 2016Via: Independent: The scientist who claims to be about to carry out the first human head transplant says that he has successfully done the procedure on a monkey. Maverick neurosurgeon Sergio Canavero has tested the procedure in experiments on monkeys and human cadavers, he told New Scientist. Dr Canavero says that the success shows that […]
Hillary Clinton’s Private Email Server Contained Information of Special Access Programs
January 20th, 2016Via: NBC: Emails from Hillary Clinton’s home server contained information classified at levels higher than previously known, including a level meant to protect some of the most sensitive U.S. intelligence, according to a document obtained by NBC News. In a letter to lawmakers, the intelligence community’s internal watchdog says some of Clinton’s emails contained information […]
Obama Declares Emergency in Michigan Over Lead-Contaminated Water
January 17th, 2016Via: CBC: U.S. President Barack Obama signed an emergency declaration Saturday that clears the way for federal aid for Flint, Michigan, which is undergoing a drinking water crisis due to lead-contaminated water. … The tap water in Flint, population 99,000, became contaminated after the city switched from the Detroit water system to the Flint River […]
