Archive for September, 2019
Magnesium: Mineral Content of Vegetables Has Declined 80–90% Last 100 Years
September 14th, 2019This is from 2018. Via: Nutrients: Magnesium is a critical mineral in the human body and is involved in ~80% of known metabolic functions. It is currently estimated that 60% of adults do not achieve the average dietary intake (ADI) and 45% of Americans are magnesium deficient, a condition associated with disease states like hypertension, […]
Saudi Arabia Oil Facilities Ablaze After Drone Strikes
September 14th, 2019Via: BBC: Drone attacks have set alight two major oil facilities run by the state-owned company Aramco in Saudi Arabia, state media say. Footage showed a huge blaze at Abqaiq, site of Aramco’s largest oil processing plant, while a second drone attack started fires in the Khurais oilfield. The fires are now under control at […]
Worms Fail to Thrive in Soil Containing Microplastics
September 14th, 2019Via: Guardian: Worms fail to thrive in earth containing microplastics, new research has shown, adding to the growing body of evidence of impacts from the increasingly widespread contaminants on the natural world. The rosy-tipped earthworm, Aporrectodea rosea, is one of the most common found in farmland in temperate regions. Scientists found that worms placed in […]
Mark LaGanga’s WTC 9/11 Video
September 13th, 2019Via: YouTube:
Google Collects Face Data Now
September 12th, 2019Via: Cnet: Google’s latest smart display brings with it a controversial new feature that’s always watching. Face Match, introduced on the Google Nest Hub Max, uses the smart display’s front-facing camera as a security feature and a way to participate in video calls. It also shows you your photos, texts, calendar details and so on […]
U.S. Beats Saudi Arabia to Become Top Oil Exporter on Shale Boom
September 12th, 2019Via: Bloomberg: The U.S. briefly became the world’s No. 1 oil exporter as record shale production found its way to global customers, and there are prospects for more. Surging output from shale helped America ship almost nine million barrels a day of crude and oil products in June, surpassing Saudi Arabia, the International Energy Agency […]
Israel Most Likely Behind Placement of Cell-Phone Surveillance Devices Near White House and Other Sensitive Locations Around Washington
September 12th, 2019Via: Politico: The U.S. government concluded within the last two years that Israel was most likely behind the placement of cell-phone surveillance devices that were found near the White House and other sensitive locations around Washington, D.C., according to three former senior U.S. officials with knowledge of the matter. But unlike most other occasions when […]
California Approves Statewide Rent Control
September 11th, 2019Via: Reuters: California lawmakers on Wednesday passed a statewide cap on annual rent increases for most tenants, the boldest step yet to address an affordable housing crunch that has helped push people into the streets. The bill limits annual rent increases to 5% after inflation and takes effect from March of this year. It also […]
America’s “Deep State”: From the JFK Assassination to 9/11, Interview with Prof. Peter Dale Scott
September 11th, 2019This is from 2014. Via: Global Research: 9/11 was the occasion for major changes both in American foreign and domestic policy, it is the reason we went almost immediately into Afghanistan and it is also why we began planning almost immediately to invade Iraq, which was based on the false assumption that Saddam Hussein had […]
The Trillion-Dollar Military Still Isn’t Enough for the War Party
September 11th, 2019Via: Mises Institute: Since the end of the Cold War in 1990, US defense spending has increased 182 percent in nominal terms, and 44 percent in inflation-adjusted terms. In inflation-adjusted terms, defense spending is now about equal with the all-time peak reached in 2011, and the White House’s Office of Management and Budget estimates that […]
