Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

News

New Face of the EU – What Does the Future Hold?

Meeting of the minds: From left to right, Herman Van Rompuy, the European Council’s first president, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, European Commission President José Manuel Barroso and Catherine Ashton, EU high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, pose at a European Union summit at the European Council headquarters in Brussels (Nov. 19, 2009). Source: Georges Gobet/AFP/Getty... [Read more]


Haiti Earthquake: 300,000 Feared Dead as Tensions Rise

January 26, 2010 Hungry Masses: UN peacekeepers attempt to control a crowd at an aid distribution point outside the destroyed presidential palace in Port-au-Prince, Haiti (Jan. 25, 2010). Source: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images Two weeks after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake devastated Haiti, the country has ended the search for survivors, turning the rescue focus to new troubles: aid groups grappling with... [Read more]


RFID chip in your brain!

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Mystery as Spiral Blue Light Display Hovers Above Norway: OP Bluebeam?

What’s blue and white, squiggly and suddenly appears in the sky? If you know the answer, pop it on a postcard and send it to the people of Norway, where this mysterious light display baffled residents yesterday. Curiously, it appears to be unconnected with the aurora borealis, or northern lights, the natural magnetic phenomena that can often be viewed in that part of the world. Strange spiral: Residents... [Read more]


China’s Weather Manipulation Brings Crippling Snowstorm to Beijing

Forecast for Beijing: Cloudy The Chinese government employs the controversial practice of cloud seeding in an attempt to force precipitation in and around Beijing. Forecast for Beijing: Cloudy The Chinese government employs the controversial practice of cloud seeding in an attempt to force precipitation in and around Beijing. In The People’s Republic of China, it’s no secret that the... [Read more]


Martial Law

Martial law is when the military police take over local law enforcement.  This is when the federal government imposes their will upon the state governments.  The term “martial law” should sound scary because it means the loss of our liberties.  Of course, the government would lead us to believe that “national security” is for our own good and protection.  However, our... [Read more]


Iraq Suffers as the Euphrates River Dwindles

JUBAISH, Iraq — Throughout the marshes, the reed gatherers, standing on land they once floated over, cry out to visitors in a passing boat. “Maaku mai!” they shout, holding up their rusty sickles. “There is no water!” The Euphrates is drying up. Strangled by the water policies of Iraq’s neighbors, Turkey and Syria; a two-year drought; and years of misuse by Iraq and its farmers, the river... [Read more]