VW Diesel Graveyards March 30th, 2018 Pretty wild video. Via: Reuters: Volkswagen AG has paid more than $7.4 billion to buy back about 350,000 U.S. diesel vehicles through mid-February, a recent court filing shows. The German automaker has been storing hundreds of thousands of […]
Archive for March, 2018
Cult Leader Charged with Sex Trafficking
Cult Leader Charged with Sex Trafficking March 29th, 2018 Via: BBC: Keith Raniere, the leader of an elusive US self-help group, has been arrested by the FBI in Mexico and charged with sex trafficking. Federal prosecutors allege Mr Raniere oversaw a “slave and master” […]
Microsoft Edges Closer to Quantum Computer Based on Elusive Particle
Microsoft Edges Closer to Quantum Computer Based on Elusive Particle March 29th, 2018 Disclosure: I am long Quantum Resistant Ledger (QRL). — Via: Bloomberg: At Microsoft Corp.’s Dutch research facility at the Delft University of Technology, several large cylindrical metal tubes hang from the […]
Russia Orders Out 60 U.S. Diplomats Over Spy Poisoning Affair
Russia Orders Out 60 U.S. Diplomats Over Spy Poisoning Affair March 29th, 2018 Via: Reuters: Russia expelled 60 U.S. diplomats on Thursday and announced it would eject scores from other countries that have joined London and Washington in censuring Moscow over the poisoning of […]
Russia Says It Will Expel 60 U.S. Diplomats in Retaliation for Trump’s Move
Russia said it’s expelling 60 U.S. diplomats and closing the American consulate in St. Petersburg in a retaliatory move linked to the poisoning of a former Russian double agent in England. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the measures against the U.S. “include the expulsion of the same number of diplomats” as the Russian envoys […]
Home Office ‘Lost Track of 600,000 Foreign Visitors’ in Border Shambles
Britain’s chaotic border system presided over by current Home Secretary Amber Rudd and former Home Sec Theresa May has lost track of some 600,000 foreign visitors who should have left the country. A report featuring David Bolt, Chief inspector of Borders and Immigration found that the current shambolic exit check system meant that there are no […]
Self-Taught Rocket Scientist ‘Mad’ Mike Hughes Blasts off into California Sky
He finally went up — just like the self-taught rocket scientist always pledged he would. He came back down in one piece, too — a little dinged up and his steam-powered vessel a little cracked up. Still, mission accomplished for a guy more daredevil than engineer, who drew more comparisons to the cartoon character Wile […]
Pope Francis: ‘There Is No Hell’
In another interview with his long-time atheist friend, Eugenio Scalfari, Pope Francis claims that Hell does not exist and that condemned souls just “disappear.” This is a denial of the 2,000-year-old teaching of the Catholic Church about the reality of Hell and the eternal existence of the soul. The interview between Scalfari and the Pope […]
Iranian granted U.S. visa to aid brother with cancer despite travel ban
Reuters – The U.S. State Department granted a visa to a man in Iran hoping to donate bone marrow to his U.S. citizen brother with blood cancer, obtaining a rare waiver to President Donald Trump’s travel ban, the family’s lawyer said on Thursday. Mahsa Khanbabai, a lawyer based in Massachusetts, said she received a call […]
Iran nuclear deal ‘won’t outlast Trump’s first term’ in office
A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on March 19 Iran Front Page- IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Monday, March 19, and picked headlines… Source Article from https://theiranproject.com/blog/2018/03/30/iran-nuclear-deal-wont-outlast-trumps-first-term-in-office/ Views: 0
Iran, Pakistan call for removing banking obstacles to boost economic ties
Seyyed Kamal Kharrazi made the remark in a meeting with Chief Minister of Sindh province Syed Murad Ali Shah during his visit to Pakistan. During the meeting which was held on Friday, the Chief Minister of Sindh voiced hope that the two countries’ contract on gas transfer to Pakistan would come into effect as soon […]
Pak governor calls for further enhancing economic ties with Iran
IRNA – Governor of Pakistan’s southern Sindh province Muhammad Zubair has called for further enhancement of trade ties between Iran and Pakistan. He made the remarks in a meeting with a six member Iranian delegation led by Dr. Kamal Kharazi, Head of Strategic Council on Foreign Relations and former foreign minister of Iran who called […]
Kazakh FM welcomes cooperation with Iran
IRNA – Kazakhstan Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov welcomed politico-economic cooperation between Tehran and Astana. Abdrakhmanov made the remarks in a Thursday’s meeting with Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araqchi held on the sidelines of Afghanistan’s peace conference in Uzbekistan. Both countries have good economic projects on the agenda, he said. He also […]
Never mind about Facebook, Google is the all-seeing ‘big brother’ you should know about
The Cambridge Analytica scandal put Facebook through the wringer in recent weeks, losing the company $100 billion in stock value and prompting a global debate on internet privacy. The social media giant was forced to apologize and overhaul its privacy and data sharing practices, but it still remains in the media spotlight and in […]
On the Russian diplomat expulsion: ‘Ireland should have avoided jumping on this bandwagon’
Russia was the first country to recognise Irish independence and we have always enjoyed a positive relationship with Moscow, writes Danielle Ryan. If Leo Varadkar finds it appropriate to expel a Russian diplomat at the behest of Theresa May, it’s about time he considered expelling the US military from Shannon. The time has come […]
Hailstorm damages crop and property in Bhutan
Hail and windstorm in several gewogs in Sarpang yesterday afternoon damaged crops and property. No casualties or injuries have been reported so far. Preliminary disaster assessment report found damage in three gewogs of Shompangkha, Dekiling and Gakidling. Shompangkha is the most affected gewog. As of late evening yesterday, assessment could be carried out in […]
Persistent Aquatic Living Sensors: The scary plan to militarize ocean life
The US military has plans to create genetically modified marine organisms that can be used as underwater spies for the military. Fantastic as this idea may seem, the Pentagon’s research arm, DARPA (or Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency), has actually launched a new program that aims to tap into the “natural sensing capabilities” of […]
The key moments of the rugby rape trial
The trial lasted nine weeks and was the subject of intense media scrutiny over the period due to the high profile nature of the defendants. Ulster Rugby Players Paddy Jackson and Stuart Olding have been found not guilty of the rape of a student at Belfast Crown Court. The trial lasted close to nine […]
Historian Predicted Current Run-Up to Nuclear War
March 30, 2018 by Henry Makow Ph.D. A Munich-based historian Wolfgang Eggert, 54, believes orthodox Jews called Chasidim want to instigate a nuclear holocaust to fulfill Biblical prophesy. He thinks these religious fanatics must be exposed. The largest Chasidim group, the Chabad Lubavitcher sect want to hasten Armageddon which they believe is a prerequisite […]