Archive for October, 2011
Most Popular Contraceptive Used in Parts of Africa May Double Risk of Contracting HIV
October 4th, 2011Instead of cheap, effective, ubiquitous neem oil being promoted by alleged humanitarian organizations for birth control, dangerous and expensive pharmaceutical products are used that also happen to double the risk of women being infected with HIV. That’s an absolutely fascinating coincidence. Via: New York Times: The most popular contraceptive for women in eastern and southern […]
Neem Oil: An Effective, Non Toxic and Extremely Inexpensive Contraceptive
October 4th, 2011Neem oil can be used as an effective, non toxic contraceptive. It is extremely inexpensive and could potentially wipe out billions of dollars in pharmaceutical industry profits per year. National Research Development Corporation (India): Pressure extracted neem oil was found to have in-vitro spermicidal activity against rat, monkey and human sperms. On intravaginal application before […]
Greece Falls Into ‘Death Spiral’: Rising Debt, No Growth
October 4th, 2011Greece just needs a central bank and an international community who will look the other way when it buys hundreds of billions of dollars of its own debt. Thousands of nuclear warheads, and a vast network of military bases around the world would also help. But substitute the word Greece with America anyway. The economic […]
Putin Wants to Build ‘Eurasian Union’
October 4th, 2011Via: Reuters: Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said he wants to bring ex-Soviet states into a “Eurasian Union” in an article which outlined his first foreign policy initiative as he prepares to return to the Kremlin as the country’s next president. Putin said the new union would build on an existing Customs Union with Belarus […]
Koch Industries: A Global Menace
October 3rd, 2011Just another day at the office. Via: Business Insider: A just-published bombshell article in the November issue of Bloomberg Markets magazine implicates Koch Industries, the company controlled by Republican mega-donors Charles and David Koch, in dozens of criminal acts around the globe over the past three decades. According the report, company officials have been caught […]
The Secret Memo That Explains Why Obama Can Kill Americans
October 3rd, 2011Via: The Atlantic: Outside the U.S. government, President Obama’s order to kill American citizen Anwar al-Awlaki without due process has proved controversial, with experts in law and war reaching different conclusions. Inside the Obama Administration, however, disagreement was apparently absent, or so say anonymous sources quoted by the Washington Post. “The Justice Department wrote a […]
Greece to Miss Deficit Targets Despite Austerity
October 3rd, 2011Via: Reuters: Greece will miss a deficit target set just months ago in a massive bailout package, according to government draft budget figures released on Sunday, showing that drastic steps taken to avert bankruptcy may not be enough. The dire forecasts came while inspectors from the International Monetary Fund, EU and European Central Bank, known […]
Millions of Bees Mysteriously Die in Florida
October 2nd, 2011Via: CBS: Florida officials are abuzz as to how millions of honey bees were killed in Brevard County. Several beekeepers in the county have reported lost colonies this week. Charles Smith of Smith Family Honey Company told Stuart News Thursday he lost 400 beehives. He says the bees appeared to have been poisoned.
Internet Firms Co-Opted for Surveillance
October 2nd, 2011Via: Reuters: Internet companies such as Google, Twitter and Facebook are increasingly co-opted for surveillance work as the information they gather proves irresistible to law enforcement agencies, Web experts said this week. … Demands from governments for Internet companies to hand over user information have become routine, according to online privacy researcher and activist Christopher […]
Britain: Sharp Rise in Demand for Food Handouts from Poverty-Stricken Families
October 2nd, 2011Via: Guardian: Britain has seen a sharp increase in the number of people unable to afford to feed themselves at the most basic level, thanks to the worsening economic climate and changes to the benefit system, according to a survey by a leading food charity. In the past year FareShare, which redistributes waste food from […]
