November 4, 2017 By Charles Hugh Smith If bitcoin can be converted into fiat currencies at a lower transaction cost than the fiat-to-fiat conversions made by banks and credit card companies, it’s a superior means of exchange. One of the most common comments I hear from bitcoin skeptics goes something like this: Bitcoin isn’t […]
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Confusion, Fear, Cynicism: Why People Don’t Report Hate Crimes
As police stand guard, armed anti-Muslim protestors, who did not want to give their names, stand across the street from a mosque during a demonstration in Richardson, Texas, Dec. 12, 2015. (AP/LM Otero) It is one of the most striking and curious statistics contained in a recent Bureau of Justice Statistics report on hate crimes […]
Bilderberg Meetings 1971 Conference Report Woodstock, United States
The twentieth Bilderberg Meeting was held at the Woodstock Inn, Woodstock, Vermont (United States) on 23, 24 and 25 April 1971 under the Chairmanship of H.R.H. The Prince of the Netherlands. There were 92 participants from the United States, Canada and twelve Western European countries as well as from various international organizations. They […]
Referendums not part of parliamentary democracy, Luxembourg FM says after Dutch vote on EU/Kiev deal
61% of Dutch voters say no to ratifying EU-Ukraine deal – preliminary results “Referendum is not an appropriate instrument to solve complex issues in a parliamentary democracy. If you want to make Europe collapse, you only need to hold more referendums,” Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn told Hannoversche Allgemeine newspaper on Friday, several days after […]
Mathematical ability revealed in brain scans
Albert Einstein once said that his mathematical genius had nothing to do with language: “Words and language, whether written or spoken, do not seem to play any part in my thought processes.” And now high-definition brain scans prove he had a point. The ways that the brain processes language and complex mathematical concepts are […]
New Study Shows Mass Government Surveillance Silences Unpopular Opinions
By Joseph Jankowski A new study has found that the knowledge of widespread government surveillance causes people to self-censor dissenting opinions online. The study, published in Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly, studied the effects on the speech of its subjects after they had been reminded of government surveillance. Frighteningly, the […]
Welcome to the Empire of Chaos
March 12, 2016 (Ulson Gunnar – NEO) When globe-trotting journalist and keen geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar refers to the United States as the “Empire of Chaos,” it may seem like hyperbole. But upon looking deeper at both Escobar’s coverage and the United States’ foreign policy itself, it is perhaps the most accurate title for this political […]
URGENT ALERT — ‘Disaster is Imminent’… Constitutional Attorney: "States Have The Legal Authority To Defend Border Under Constitution"
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Jewish religious nutters preaching genocide
Talmudic Extremism Incites Genocide against Palestinians “All of the Palestinians must be killed; men, women, infants, and even their beasts” Rabbi Yisrael Rosen, the director of the Tsomet Religious Institute, relentlessly stated issuing a religious edict permitting the genocide of Palestinians. “Annihilate the Amalekites from the beginning to the end. Kill them and wrest them […]
The VA in 3D: Collusion Confusion (Part 6)
The views expressed herein are the views of the author exclusively and not necessarily the views of VT or any other VT authors, affiliates, advertisers, sponsors or partners. Notices Posted by Captain May on Oct 11 2011, With 0 Reads, Filed under Editors Picks. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS […]
Confusion over manufacturing inquiry
Posted August 30, 2011 13:26:00 Source: The World Today | Duration: 4min 49sec Topics: manufacturing, australia Transcript TANYA NOLAN: The debate inside the Labor Party over manufacturing has flared again.The Prime Minister Julia Gillard travelled to the Illawarra this morning to meet workers from BlueScope steel, which recently announced it would sack 1400 staff.Ms Gillard […]