Society's Decay Rewards Wrongdoers
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Some might deem it celebratory to utter this phrase, as if one is boasting about their own clever foresight. But when it comes to serious matters-
he dense populations of Skǻne, plus the large islands of Zealand and Jutland suddenly collapsed around 600 BC when a massive cyclonic storm or perhaps a tsunami leveled the forests. The North Atlantic froze and the Arctic became a solid ice shee
With improved security systems, vehicle theft has been dropping since 1998, and will be all but eliminated by 2030 with the Internet of Things. By 2020 over 50 billion devices will be connected to the Internet. By 2030, virtually every item of val
scientific methodology is always biased and often manipulated, and scientific interpretation by stakeholders and decision makers is alarmingly inept (I'm not being political or condescending, these are well known and easily observed facts).[ you rea
He demonstrated that websites and cell phone companies are sharing their databases with the U.S. government in real time—without so much as court orders—and thereby making every one of us a victim of snooping and possibly vulnerable to blackmail for
Self-publishing and ebooks are all the rage in the freedom community. Now there's a publisher that's for, by and about us. It's an incredible feeling to see your ideas become reality and to see your first published work. Now that feeling can be yo
Physicists have worked out how to cloak a region of space from the quantum world, thereby shielding it from reality itself
A disease called coffee rust has reached epidemic proportions in Central America, threatening the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of farmers and the morning pick-me-up of millions of coffee drinkers.
Behold the oarfish, a bizarre beast the lives in the deep ocean, far offshore. Due to its remote home, little is known about the fish, whose dorsal fins delicately undulate as it glides about the deep.
Red state or blue state, liberal or libertarian, Americans share an addiction to rare-earth elements imported from China.
Restricting the use of psychoactive drugs in research represents the most serious case of scientific censorship since the Catholic Church banned the works of Copernicus and Galileo, some scientists say.
A group of scientists, businessmen and entrepreneurs are tired of waiting around for E.T. to get in touch.
Political opponents of President Obama witnessed something in early June that they probably thought they would never see - an opinion piece in The New York Times that was highly critical of the president.
Over the counter pain remedies such as aspirin, acetaminophen, and ibuprofen have been the go-to choices for killing pain and/or inflammation fast. But they have their vast array of side effects.
Declaring a federal ban on expressive activity on the U.S. Supreme Court plaza to be “repugnant” to the Constitution, a District of Columbia federal court has struck down a 60-year-old statute which broadly prohibits speech and expression in front of
The firestorm of media coverage over a whistleblower’s revelation...has become muddled by pundits conflating the two distinct agency efforts.
While it is unfortunate that all of those involved in this case — from "the city", to their numerous witnesses on standby outside of the courtroom, to the defendants and our supporters — will have to take more time out of our lives to continue with t
One of them has been tortured; another is surrounded by armed men and trapped; and the third is hiding ten thousand miles away, in fear of his life. And what were their crimes? Telling the truth.
Wal-Mart is not only the world's largest retailer, it is apparently one of the nation's biggest polluters as well, as evidenced by a massive fine levied recently by the federal government following an investigation of "environmental crimes" which las
Greece has been the poster child for European economic crisis, but former Prime Minister George Papandreou wonders if it's just a preview of what's to come. “Our democracies," he says, "are trapped by systems that are too big to fail, or more .......
Up until now, the general public has known very little about the U.S. government spy grid that knows almost everything about us. But making this information public is going to cost Edward Snowden everything. Essentially, his previous life is now to
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Thousands of Arizona families have lost their homes in illegal foreclosures. Illegal foreclosures are based on forged or phony documents manufactured to push people out of their homes
Towards the end of an outspoken 24 hours of media appearances, former Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) appeared via phone on Fox Business Network with Melissa Francis and made a bold prediction about NSA leaker Edward Snowden's future.
U.S. intelligence operatives covertly sabotaged a prominent al-Qaeda online magazine last month in an apparent attempt to sow confusion among the group’s followers, according to officials.
Boulder residents who intentionally leave their doors open, may unintentionally be inviting a Boulder police officer in for a visit. Chrissy Smiley learned this fact in surprising fashion when she returned to her condo to find a card from a officer s
After reading Jacob G. Hornberger's brilliant article, "JFK and the Deferentials," watch this YouTube clip of JFK Assassination researcher John Judge from the "JFK: Cinema as History" conference) which reveals more about "the why" of the JFK assassin
We know the NSA has many domestic-surveillance and data-mining programs with codenames like Trailblazer, Stellar Wind, and Ragtime -- deliberately using different codenames for similar programs to stymie oversight and conceal what's going on.
On August 1, 2007, candidate Obama sharply criticized then-President Bush's government surveillance programs. Following the disclosures of Edward Snowden, President Obama defended the NSA's top-secret PRISM program.