Brasil y su Big Mac, la quinta más cara del mundo

El precio del coco en un quiosco de la playa de Ipanema en Rio de Janeiro. Foto: Marcelo Sayão/EFE by Carlos A. Moreno En ciudades turísticas los precios “surrealistas” en restaurantes, hoteles y alquileres ha provocado fuertes movimientos de protesta La principal de las iniciativas brasileñas contra la subida abusiva de precios es “Río $urreal: nao pague” (Río surrealista: no pague), una página en Facebook creada en enero por tres amigos, que a comienzos de marzo ya contaba con cerca de 207.000 seguidores y que se propone como objetivo “divulgar y boicotear precios extorsionistas practicados en Río de Janeiro”. La … Continue reading Brasil y su Big Mac, la quinta más cara del mundo

‘Tools in the toolbox’: Women fake orgasms to increase their own arousal, say scientists

  by Heather Saul Some women fake orgasms during sex in order to increase their own arousal, a new study has suggested. Pretending to enjoy sex can actually make the whole experience more pleasurable, research published in the Journal of Sexual Archives concluded. Researchers from Temple University and Kenyon College asked 481 heterosexual females, who were sexually active but not in committed relationships, to indicate how much individual factors influenced their decision to fake an orgasm. Four motives formed the Faking Orgasm Scale for Women, and were as follows: altruistic deceit (faking it out of concern for a partner’s feelings, … Continue reading ‘Tools in the toolbox’: Women fake orgasms to increase their own arousal, say scientists

Big Pharma profiteering gone wild: $1,000-a-pill Hepatitis drug in USA sells for less than $10 in Egypt

by Mike Adams (NaturalNews) The financial raping of America by Big Pharma has just achieved a new milestone with the impending launch of a Hepatitis C drug that costs $1,000 a pill. If you’ve ever wondered why U.S. health care is so unaffordable and inaccessible — and why health insurance costs are bankrupting businesses and municipalities across the nation — this is exactly why. The same drug that sells for $1,000 a pill in the USA — named “Sovaldi” — sells for just $10 in Egypt, or 1/100th the USA price. Drug companies are, of course, granted FDA-enforced monopolies on … Continue reading Big Pharma profiteering gone wild: $1,000-a-pill Hepatitis drug in USA sells for less than $10 in Egypt

Ravaged by drugs: Shocking before and after pictures reveal devastating physical toll of meth addiction

.The American addicts are aged 22 to 54 in various stages of addiction .They are users of cocaine, heroin, oxycodone and crystal meth .Campaign was launched by Rehabs.com to warn of dangers of drugs By Kate Lyons The horrific effect that drugs can have on addicts have been highlighted in a series of disturbing pictures and video. The photographs show American users of cocaine, heroin, oxy-codone and crystal meth in various stages of addiction. The before shots all show healthy-looking individuals prior to their becoming involved in substance abuse. The after shots show the same faces with terrible, blotchy skin, … Continue reading Ravaged by drugs: Shocking before and after pictures reveal devastating physical toll of meth addiction

The Russians Are Coming

            by Stephen Lendman Churchill once said a “lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.” Today it circulates instantly. Goebbels said “(i)f you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.” “(T)ruth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State,” he added. Goebbels operated in pre-television days. Media scoundrels embrace his doctrine. They echo official administration policy. They lie, distort, misinform, hype, stoke fear, and … Continue reading The Russians Are Coming

Nuke Scare: Obama Warns of ’Loose Nukes Being Detonated in Manhattan’, Plays War ’Mind-Games’ with World Leaders

By Red Ice Creations With deliberately-placed words, Obama dropped his own ’bomb’ on the press at the Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague, raising the prospect of terrorists detonating nukes in Manhattan. When asked about his position on Russia and the recent Ukrainian Crisis, Obama answered that Russia’s influence was localized to their region, and doesn’t represent a threat to the United States. He then resurrected the specter of terrorism. “They don’t pose the number one national security threat to the United States,” Obama said. “I continue to be much more concerned, when it comes to our security, of the … Continue reading Nuke Scare: Obama Warns of ’Loose Nukes Being Detonated in Manhattan’, Plays War ’Mind-Games’ with World Leaders

In Russia, Boys Learn To Use Military Equipment – In America, Boys Learn To Play Video Games And Ogle Women

by Michael Snyder The way that boys are raised in Russia is very different from how boys are raised in the United States. In Russia, boys as young as five years old are taught survival skills, learn how to use military equipment and are trained in hand to hand combat. Boys as young as twelve are taught to fire assault rifles and some of them even get to experience real paratrooper training. In the United States, on the other hand, we tend to baby our boys. They become experts in skills such as ordering fast food, playing video games and … Continue reading In Russia, Boys Learn To Use Military Equipment – In America, Boys Learn To Play Video Games And Ogle Women

The ‘Red Planet’ on Earth: Spanish scientists recreate Mars environment

Photograph of the MARTE simulation chamber (Image from scitation.aip.org) Spanish researchers have recreated Martian conditions, such a temperature, humidity, pressure and even dust, here on Earth, and this all fits in a special vacuum chamber. The unique room can be used for testing out gear for further Red Planet missions. Being, figuratively speaking, a sort of a clone of atmospheric parameters on Mars, the vacuum chamber can also simulate sun illumination at different azimuths, gas composition and UV-radiation. The machine is called MARTE, which means Mars in Spanish. It has been designed by a team of scientists from Centro de … Continue reading The ‘Red Planet’ on Earth: Spanish scientists recreate Mars environment

Somali justice – Islamist-style

By Mohamed Mohamed BBC Somali Service The dusty streets of Kismayo in Somalia echoed to the sound of a vehicle with loudspeakers summoning residents to a new form of public “entertainment” earlier this month. People were being invited to see a man have his hand chopped off in a public park in the city. The young man, Mohamed Omar Ismail, had been found guilty of stealing goods from another man’s house. That afternoon, hundreds of local people flocked to Freedom Park in order to see the amputation. After a long wait, Mr Ismail was brought out in front of the … Continue reading Somali justice – Islamist-style

The staggering reality of Jewish charity in America

The Jewish Daily Forward, one of the oldest and most respected media outlets in the Jewish community in America, recently published Part I of a series of articles examining and analyzing the extremely powerful, influential and well-funded network of Jewish charities operating in the United States today. The information revealed is simply staggering, even for those of us knowledgeable and aware of organized Jewish power dominating American politics, media, finance and culture. The Forward reports: The American Jewish community’s network of charity organizations is a font of Jewish power, a source of communal pride and a huge mystery. We know … Continue reading The staggering reality of Jewish charity in America