Day: March 22, 2015

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Is this a miracle cancer vaccine? Scientists hail breakthrough treatment as a ‘game changer’

Fernando Kaskais

Scientists are having extraordinary success treating cancer with new vaccines they believe could be a ‘game-changer’ in the battle against the disease Experts find way of teaching body’s immune system to identify cancer cells The new medical advance allows patients to be primed to destroy cancers In one case, woman given weeks to live cleared of advanced blood cancer US patient still alive three years later, and doctors say she is not a one-off By Stephen Adams Health Correspondent For The Mail On Sunday Scientists are having extraordinary success treating cancer with new vaccines they believe could be a ‘game-changer’ … Continue reading Is this a miracle cancer vaccine? Scientists hail breakthrough treatment as a ‘game changer’

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You Shouldn’t Be Scared of Homeless People, Homeless People Should Be Scared of You

Fernando Kaskais

If anyone in America should be paranoid about crime, it’s not white people in the suburbs — it’s the homeless. By Tana Ganeva Editor’s note: The following is the latest in a new series of articles on AlterNet called Fear in America that launched this March. Sometimes, a valiant public servant must take action to protect his constituents, grab a sledgehammer and parade around town smashing homeless people’s shopping carts, as Hawaii’s State Rep. Tom Brower did two years ago. Others might favor a softer touch. Councilman Cameron Runyan of Columbia, South Carolina, suggested the city ship homeless people to … Continue reading You Shouldn’t Be Scared of Homeless People, Homeless People Should Be Scared of You

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What I Saw At the Conspiracy Theory Conference

Fernando Kaskais

By majestic Hey how come we weren’t invited to the Conspiracy Theory Conference? Luckily Jesse Walker went and filed this report for Reason: “I get the feeling that a lot of philosophers can poke a hole in anything,” Ted Goertzel complained, his voice radiating prickly impatience. The site was the University of Miami, where nearly 50 scholars from institutions across Europe and America had gathered to discuss conspiracy theories in a room named for Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Goertzel, a retired Rutgers sociologist, was addressing a panel of philosophers who had indeed just spent an hour poking holes in popular … Continue reading What I Saw At the Conspiracy Theory Conference

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Justice Dept orders banks to CALL THE POLICE if you attempt to withdraw too much of your own cash

Fernando Kaskais

(ZH) Something stunning took place earlier this week, and it quietly snuck by, unnoticed by anyone as the “all important” FOMC meeting was looming. That something could have been taken straight out of the playbook of either Cyprus, or Greece, or the USSR “evil empire”, or all three. This is how the WSJ explained it: The U.S. Justice Department’s criminal head said banks may need to go beyond filing suspicious activity reports when they encounter a risky customer. “The vast majority of financial institutions file suspicious activity reports when they suspect that an account is connected to nefarious activity,” said … Continue reading Justice Dept orders banks to CALL THE POLICE if you attempt to withdraw too much of your own cash