The UK Coalition government will outline the units being cut next Thursday on July 5, under the Future Force 2020 proposals. The army is expected to be at its lowest level since the Napoleonic Wars, as it shrinks to just 82,000 men. Philip Hammond, the British Defence Secretary, suggested that battalions with a high proportion […]
Archive for June, 2012
Saudi Prince’s moral corruption revealed
On June 22, the Daily Mail reported that Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz paid the Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson, £50,000 as she gave the Saudi crown prince a kiss on a candlelit dinner in 1993. The report shows that corruption is so ingrained in Saud Arabia’s royal family that despite the country’s enormous oil money, it […]
Pakistan PM defends president immunity
Ashraf’s Saturday comments come after Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday gave the new prime minister two weeks to reopen corruption cases against Zardari. The court disqualified Yousaf Raza Gilani as prime minister on June 19 after convicting him of contempt in April because he had refused to reopen the multi-million-dollar cases. “He (Asif Ali Zardari) […]
Russia warns US over human rights bill
During a meeting with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday, Lavrov said if the US adopts a bill to penalize Russian officials for human rights allegations, their relations would suffer “serious damage.” Russia’s state news agency Itar-Tass reported Lavrov said “the possible endorsement in the United States of the ‘Magnitsky law’ will bring […]
Obamacare to Unleash Crushing New Taxes, Trillions in Debt, Huge Job Losses, and it Doesn’t Even Cover Natural Medicine!
By now, we all know the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the individual mandate portion of Obamacare by declaring it a “tax.” This is, in essence, a declaration that the federal government now has unlimited power to force consumers to spend some (or even all) of their take-home pay on various products, services or even intellectual […]
Do You Recall When Nancy Pelosi Said… "We Have To Pass The Health Care Bill So That You Can Find Out What’s In It"
Here’s a 10-second flashback… Nancy Pelosi – March 9, 2010 – Video YouTubeLink Reposted June 30, 2012 – KnowTheLies diggmutidel.icio.usgoogleredditfacebook Views: 0
Prisoners in Brazil Can Reduce Their Sentences by Producing Electricity
b3d_/CC BY 2.0 Although prisons are ostensibly intended as places where convicted criminals can pay their debts to society, confinement behind bars rarely yields anything other than the punishment alone. But now, thanks to an innovative new initiative underway at a correctional facility in Brazil, prisoners are being given the chance to slash their sentences […]
Staircase Cinema Brings People Together in New Zealand
© Simon Devitt Oh No Sumo calls the intersection between two Auckland universities, populated by laundromats and bus stops, a place for “poor quality waiting.” Frustrated by pedestrians retreating into their phones for entertainment, the “after-hours experimental architectural design collective” made waiting into a group activity with the “Stairway Cinema,” a mini-movie theater built an […]
Paris Tests Out Snazzy New ‘Bus Stop of the Future’
© RATP. The ‘Station Diderot’ bus stop in Paris. Even for the biggest advocate of public transportation, waiting for the bus can be a drag. But a snazzy new bus stop being tested out in Paris promises to make that dead time productive, and even fun. The French capital’s main transit agency, RATP (Régie Autonome […]
John Patrick Organic Pumps up the Color for Resort 2013
© John Patrick With Independence Day on the horizon, it’s an opportune time to look at a designer who is as true to his American roots as he is to ethical fashion. Enter Organic by John Patrick. Powerful hues–bright yellows, pinks, and blues–rule supreme, which draw attention to Patrick’s signature tailoring and layering, in his […]
Ancient Heritage Wheat May Spell Tolerance for Gluten-Sensitive People
Dag Endresen/CC BY 2.0 Across the country, there’s a growing sentiment to turn back to our roots. Both in terms of how we grow our food and the heirloom seeds that we use to do it. Heritage grains, those that were around long before grains were widely hybridized to boost yield, are a part of […]
Summit Fatigue
Written by Stephen Lendman Date: July 1, 2012 Subject: Fascism/Corporatism Summit Fatigue by Stephen Lendman Since crisis conditions erupted, it’s number 19 and counting. Like earlier summits, they met. They talked. They agreed to talk more. They accomplished little more than before. Dozens of rescue packages preceded Friday’s. Promises are made and broken. Hyped plans […]
Ignoring the Obvious
Jeff Thomaslewrockwell.com June 30, 2012 “How can an otherwise sane individual become so enamored of a fantasy, an imposture, that even after it’s exposed in the bright light of day, he still clings to it – indeed, clings to it all the harder? No amount of logic can shatter a faith consciously based on […]
Brotherhood’s Mursi Sworn in as Egyptian President
BBC.co.uk June 30, 2012 Mohammed Mursi has been sworn in as Egypt’s first civilian, democratically elected president at a historic ceremony in Cairo. Mr Mursi, the Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate, took the oath before the supreme constitutional court. Later, in a speech to Cairo University, he promised to restore the parliament dissolved by the military […]
Former Wall Street Trader May Have Swallowed A Deadly Pill In Court Before Dying Minutes Later
Julia La RocheBusiness Insider June 29, 2012 A former Wall Street trader and Yale-educated attorney, who was convicted of arson yesterday for burning down his Phoenix mansion, appeared to pop a pill after hearing the guilty verdict in court and died minutes later, according to Fox 10 News in Phoenix via New York Daily […]
The UK’s Banking System Is ‘A Massive Cesspit’
Oliver Wright, Simon English, Jim ArmitageIndependent.co.uk June 30, 2012 The Government was under growing pressure last night to call a public inquiry into the behaviour of Britain’s bankers as the Business Secretary, Vince Cable, admitted the sector was a “massive cesspit” that needed cleaning up. Even business leaders turned on the City and demanded […]
Why Won’t Obama Administration Reveal How Many Americans’ Emails NSA Collected Without Warrants?
Trevor TimmEFF.org June 30, 2012 Since last year, a few members of Congress—led by Senator Ron Wyden—have been trying to get the Obama administration to answer a simple question: how many Americans’ phone calls or emails have been and are being collected and read without a warrant under the authority of the FISA Amendments […]
Obamacare to Unleash Crushing New Taxes, Trillions in Debt, and Doesn’t Even Cover Natural Medicine
Mike AdamsNatural News.com June 30, 2012 By now, we all know the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the individual mandate portion of Obamacare by declaring it a “tax.” This is, in essence, a declaration that the federal government now has unlimited power to force consumers to spend some (or even all) of their take-home pay […]
Justice Department Says it Won’t Prosecute Holder for Contempt
FoxNews.com June 30, 2012 AP The Justice Department moved Friday to shield Attorney General Eric Holder from prosecution after the House voted to hold him in contempt of Congress. The contempt vote technically opened the door for the House to call on the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia to bring the case […]
New Telescope to Guard Earth from Killer Asteroids
RT.com June 30, 2012 Some 500,000 asteroids are circulating near-Earth space and some of them may pose a real danger to our planet. But a US company says it plans to build a telescope that will be able to watch them. Some asteroids may collide with Earth between 2020 and 2030, and only about […]