Campers at the Hartenbos Caravan Park came across an oarfish on the beach yesterday. Antonia Pereira da Silva says it was high tide at around 16:00 when he saw the 1.3m long oarfish coming out with the surf. Oarfish are large, greatly elongated, pelagic lampriform fish belonging to the small family Regalecidae. This type […]
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Buddhist Monk Died for 3 Days and Was Shocked to See Buddha in Hell
The Remarkable Testimony of a Buddhist monk in Myanmar (Burma) who came back to life a changed man! Introduction The story that follows is simply a translation of a taped testimony from a man with a life-changing story. It is not an interview or a biography, but simply the words from the man himself. Different […]
Beheadings, destroyed churches and constant fear: Christian families in Raqqa describe horror of life under ISIS terrorists
Excepts from an article by Carey Lodge in Christianity Today June 28, 2016. John (name changed for protection), a student in his early 20s, recalled in an interview with persecution charity Open Doors the day that Raqqa was overrun by Islamic State on 13 January 2014. “They were coming from Iraq with tanks, military […]
Fraud: FBI Raids Jew Schools
More than 300 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents have raided dozens of Jewish schools in New York State in connection with a fraud investigation involving the theft of millions of dollars of taxpayer cash. The FBI investigation is centered on the “E-rate” program, which funds the purchase of technology equipment and Internet service […]
Generational sea change within the Democratic party will also include policy towards Israel
The biggest story to come out of the Democratic caucus in Iowa, beyond Clinton’s razor-thin margin of victory, was the overwhelming generational divide within the party. So far this split has been explained by political differences over health care and income inequality within the Democratic Party, but polling suggests a similar generational divide exists over Israel […]
Prosecutor says of psychopathic child sex abuser Matthew David Graham: He had a video that was ‘one of worst things you could see’
A prosecutor has described a video used by vile child sex abuser Matthew David Graham, showing an assault on an 18-month-old girl, as ‘one of worst things you could see’. The case, presented by prosecutor Krista Brekweg, was named as one of the most distressing ever to come before the court. The video description […]
Tempers Flare, Tires Burn In French Taxi, Aviation Strikes
Print Friendly Above Photo: Jean-Paul Pelissier / Reuters Drivers want compensation for business lost to taxi app companies; air traffic controllers seek better pay Striking taxi drivers in France blocked key roads and set fire to tires on a “black Tuesday” that saw simultaneous strikes by air traffic controllers, civil servants, hospital workers and teachers. Some […]
Tempers Flare, Tires Burn In French Taxi, Aviation Strikes
Print Friendly Above Photo: Jean-Paul Pelissier / Reuters Drivers want compensation for business lost to taxi app companies; air traffic controllers seek better pay Striking taxi drivers in France blocked key roads and set fire to tires on a “black Tuesday” that saw simultaneous strikes by air traffic controllers, civil servants, hospital workers and teachers. Some […]
Tempers Flare, Tires Burn In French Taxi, Aviation Strikes
Print Friendly Above Photo: Jean-Paul Pelissier / Reuters Drivers want compensation for business lost to taxi app companies; air traffic controllers seek better pay Striking taxi drivers in France blocked key roads and set fire to tires on a “black Tuesday” that saw simultaneous strikes by air traffic controllers, civil servants, hospital workers and teachers. Some […]
Memory Of Egyptian Revolution Is Only Weapon We Have Left
I didn’t take my camera out with me the night Hosni Mubarak was overthrown. I stood in Tahrir Square among tens of thousands of Egyptians and told myself I would enjoy the moment, I would not divide myself from the night’s magical reality with a lens. I had filmed up until then because it was my job, […]
Memory Of Egyptian Revolution Is Only Weapon We Have Left
I didn’t take my camera out with me the night Hosni Mubarak was overthrown. I stood in Tahrir Square among tens of thousands of Egyptians and told myself I would enjoy the moment, I would not divide myself from the night’s magical reality with a lens. I had filmed up until then because it was my job, […]
Memory Of Egyptian Revolution Is Only Weapon We Have Left
I didn’t take my camera out with me the night Hosni Mubarak was overthrown. I stood in Tahrir Square among tens of thousands of Egyptians and told myself I would enjoy the moment, I would not divide myself from the night’s magical reality with a lens. I had filmed up until then because it was my job, […]
Memory Of Egyptian Revolution Is Only Weapon We Have Left
I didn’t take my camera out with me the night Hosni Mubarak was overthrown. I stood in Tahrir Square among tens of thousands of Egyptians and told myself I would enjoy the moment, I would not divide myself from the night’s magical reality with a lens. I had filmed up until then because it was my job, […]
Tempers Flare, Tires Burn In French Taxi, Aviation Strikes
Print Friendly Above Photo: Jean-Paul Pelissier / Reuters Drivers want compensation for business lost to taxi app companies; air traffic controllers seek better pay Striking taxi drivers in France blocked key roads and set fire to tires on a “black Tuesday” that saw simultaneous strikes by air traffic controllers, civil servants, hospital workers and teachers. Some […]
Memory Of Egyptian Revolution Is Only Weapon We Have Left
I didn’t take my camera out with me the night Hosni Mubarak was overthrown. I stood in Tahrir Square among tens of thousands of Egyptians and told myself I would enjoy the moment, I would not divide myself from the night’s magical reality with a lens. I had filmed up until then because it was my job, […]
Tempers Flare, Tires Burn In French Taxi, Aviation Strikes
Print Friendly Above Photo: Jean-Paul Pelissier / Reuters Drivers want compensation for business lost to taxi app companies; air traffic controllers seek better pay Striking taxi drivers in France blocked key roads and set fire to tires on a “black Tuesday” that saw simultaneous strikes by air traffic controllers, civil servants, hospital workers and teachers. Some […]
Tempers Flare, Tires Burn In French Taxi, Aviation Strikes
Print Friendly Above Photo: Jean-Paul Pelissier / Reuters Drivers want compensation for business lost to taxi app companies; air traffic controllers seek better pay Striking taxi drivers in France blocked key roads and set fire to tires on a “black Tuesday” that saw simultaneous strikes by air traffic controllers, civil servants, hospital workers and teachers. Some […]
Obama Bans Solitary Confinement For Juveniles
Print Friendly Above Photo: Photo via AP Images Writing in the Washington Post, President Obama has announced a ban on the use of solitary confinement for juveniles and as a punishment for low-level infractions. Last summer, the president ordered Attorney General Loretta Lynch to conduct a review of solitary confinement’s overuse in U.S. prisons. The report is now complete and has […]
Aussie police call out ‘Bill’ for being most annoying internet meme
The Queensland Police Service have managed to do in one post what officers the world over have failed to do for decades ‒ gain the respect of the public. Of course this is a major generalization, but you get the idea. Like all good things on the internet, what was once amusing has been shoved […]
Red lines and dollar signs: the business of the Syrian War
A damning report on the conflict of interests in the Syrian Crisis debate identified numerous corporate and defense industry ties of experts and think tanks who commented on potential military intervention. Much of the debate over Syria got underway in 2013, when not only were the conflicts-of-interest and military-industrial complex ties of these […]