Is England Going Under?

Julian Rose, Contributor Waking Times That is maybe a rhetorical question, so I will not so much ask as state ‘England is going under’. And while that may be taken metaphorically, I mean it more actually. Great swathes of the Country are slowly drowning under a relentless rainfall that is part and parcel of an almost continuous barrage of winter storms moving in off the Atlantic Ocean. England sticks out into the Atlantic as if asking to be the recipient of an oceanic battering. The Country leans into the South Westerly’s as a sailor pits himself against driving wind and … Continue reading Is England Going Under?

Not a Hacker or Whistleblower? Here’s How You Can Still Liberate Secret Documents

Daniel Hunter, Waging Nonviolence Contributor Waking Times Forty years ago a tiny group of antiwar protesters picked locks at the Federal Bureau of Investigation offices in Media, Pa. They stuffed briefcases with confidential documents which they later released to reporters. Their act was brazen and planned with meticulous detail. In fact, recent reports have made it so heroic and harrowing that it appears to be the kind of thing many of us would never imagine doing. Yet there is much that happens behind closed doors that needs to be made public. And what they had in their action was the … Continue reading Not a Hacker or Whistleblower? Here’s How You Can Still Liberate Secret Documents

70 MILLION Americans are on Mind-Altering Prescription Drugs

AMERICA’S PRESCRIPTION DRUG ADDICTION CDC: NOW FASTEST GROWING DRUG PROBLEM BREAKING NEWS FROM TODAY’S LONDON DAILY MAIL …. Experts have warned legal substances caused more overdose deaths than heroine and cocaine combined during the past decade, according to the U.S. report. …. In 2010 more than 250 million prescriptions for antidepressants were written for Americans. …. 70 MILLION Americans are on mind-altering drugs: shock statistic which shows full extent of use of illegal and legal narcotics …. One in Five adults take prescription psychiatric drugs …. CDC: “Prescription drug abuse is the fastest growing drug problem in the United States.’ … Continue reading 70 MILLION Americans are on Mind-Altering Prescription Drugs

Use of NSA metadata to find drone targets kills civilians – Greenwald

The US is relying upon NSA metadata to identify targets for drone strikes, reports the Intercept. A former NSA operative said the tactic is flawed and the agency targets phones “in the hopes that the person on the other end of the missile is the bad guy.” Citing documents leaked by Edward Snowden and testimonies from former Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) members, Glen Greenwald and colleague Jeremy Scahill have revealed the extent which the US military is using NSA intel to establish targets for drone strikes in an article in the Intercept. The most common tactic employed by the … Continue reading Use of NSA metadata to find drone targets kills civilians – Greenwald

DNA Analysis Of Paracas Elongated Skulls Released. The Results Prove They Were Not Human

Paracas is a desert peninsula located within the Pisco Province in the Ica Region, on the south coast of Peru. It is here were Peruvian archaeologist, Julio Tello, made an amazing discovery in 1928, a massive and elaborate graveyard containing tombs filled with the remains of individuals with the largest elongated skulls found anywhere in the world. These have come to be known as the ‘Paracas skulls’. In total, Tello found more than 300 of these elongated skulls, which are believed to date back around 3,000 years. A DNA analysis has now been conducted on one of the skulls and … Continue reading DNA Analysis Of Paracas Elongated Skulls Released. The Results Prove They Were Not Human

Olympics in Sochi: Now a ‘Symbol of Intolerance’ (De Morgen, Belgium)

“From the free expression of the Pussy Riot women, to the draconian measures against Russia’s muzzled press, to the anti-gay laws and the unbelievable anti-gay violence: a lot of people in the world have woken up and are defending the principle that has long been legally established in this country – that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation is not permissible, and that gays and lesbians have exactly the same rights as heterosexuals, including on matters of love and marriage.” By Editor in Chief Yves Desmet Translated By Marion Pini There is no need to tell us that Russian … Continue reading Olympics in Sochi: Now a ‘Symbol of Intolerance’ (De Morgen, Belgium)