Day: March 12, 2014

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A shocking diet: Researchers describe microbe that ‘eats’ electricity

Fernando Kaskais

Artist’s illustration of bacteria (stock image). New research shows that the commonly found bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris can use natural conductivity to pull electrons from minerals located deep in soil and sediment while remaining at the surface, where they absorb the sunlight needed to produce energy. Credit: © abhijith3747 / Fotolia Source: Harvard University There have been plenty of fad diets that captured the public’s imagination over the years, but Harvard scientists have identified what may be the strangest of them all — sunlight and electricity. Led by Peter Girguis, the John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Natural Sciences, and … Continue reading A shocking diet: Researchers describe microbe that ‘eats’ electricity

Conspiracy, Manipulation, Media&Culture, Politics, WarLeave a comment

The Western Media Is A Lie Factory — Paul Craig Roberts

Fernando Kaskais

The Western Media Is A Lie Factory Someone is lying to us.  Is it the New York Times and the Guardian, or is it Julie Hyland? Julie Hyland describes the neo-nazi forces that Washington’s Ukrainian coup either by intention or incompetence has installed in the violent seizure of power.  Washington describes this unelected government, whose words and deeds have caused Crimea to declare its independence from the coup government in Kiev and have caused widespread protests against the coup government in Russian speaking eastern Ukraine, as a “democracy.”  If so, it is the first unelected democracy. The New York Times … Continue reading The Western Media Is A Lie Factory — Paul Craig Roberts

Conspiracy, Curiositys, Manipulation, Media&Culture, TerrorismLeave a comment

Al-Qaeda unveils new magazine aimed at Western jihadis

Fernando Kaskais

Advert for ‘Resurgence’ magazine uses words of Malcolm X in appeal to disaffected Muslims in US and Europe, as it turns focus away from Middle East By Rob Crilly, Islamabad Al-Qaeda is starting an English language magazine as part of a fresh effort to recruit and inspire Western jihadis to launch attacks in their own countries, according to security analysts. A video posted on YouTube uses the words of Malcolm X to justify violent struggle, before announcing the name of the magazine, Resurgence. It appears to be modelled on Inspire, an online publication produced by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula … Continue reading Al-Qaeda unveils new magazine aimed at Western jihadis

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The Chinese & Taliban Partnership Nobody Is Talking About Until Now

Fernando Kaskais

by Brandon Webb Village Stability Operations (VSO) VSO are one of several national priority  efforts currently conducted by joint/combined SOF teams in rural village areas  across Afghanistan in support of the International Security Assistance Force’s,  or ISAF’s, comprehensive campaign of counterinsurgency, or COIN. The ultimate  goal of the COIN campaign is to foster an enduring stability for the people of  Afghanistan. Performing what are commonly described as “bottom-up” stability  efforts….so says big Army. The Chinese Taliban Partnership VSO is a losing strategy if the U.S. is not invested in Afghanistan for the  long haul and we all know that we’re … Continue reading The Chinese & Taliban Partnership Nobody Is Talking About Until Now

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Chinese Espionage Methodology

Fernando Kaskais

by Jack Murphy The debate about the nature of the rise of China, what is represents, and  whether or not China poses a threat to the United States is a sharply contested  issue. Aaron Friedberg writes that, “It is past time for Americans to take  seriously the challenge posed by the continuing growth of China’s military  power” (Friedberg, 19). Friedberg continues, by explaining that Chinese  strategists have been shifting their focus away from fighting potential wars  against nuclear powers to forms of limited war in Chinese littoral areas such as  Taiwan, but also to potential conflicts with Japan and the … Continue reading Chinese Espionage Methodology

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Italian police investigate Skype use for ‘porno blackmail’

Fernando Kaskais

Trend is a growing international phenomenon By Philip Willan IDG News Service – Italian police in Genoa have opened an investigation into the use of Skype to trap victims into online sexual indiscretions, which are recorded and used as a pretext for extortion. A first complaint was lodged with the police last September by a Genoese businessman, said Alessandra Belardini, a deputy police chief with the postal and communications police. Magistrates in the northwestern port city of Genoa are now investigating a total of 11 examples of a growing worldwide phenomenon that is rarely reported to the authorities. The Genoa … Continue reading Italian police investigate Skype use for ‘porno blackmail’