I’ve often written about the collusion between industry and our regulatory agencies, and how industry-funded research tends to simply support and promote the industry agenda rather than shed truthful light on the benefits or risks of any given product. Recent media reports have now revealed devastating evidence showing a Centers for Disease Control and […]
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The JCPOA and one-year experiences
One year has passed since Iran and the P5+1 group reached an agreement on Tehran’s nuclear program known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA); an agreement, which put an end to more than one decade of tension between the two sides over Iran’s nuclear program and turned into an important model for peaceful […]
Swedish Politician Says It’s "Worse" When Swedish Men Rape Women Compared To When Immigrants Do
In most sane circles, the act of rape is reprehensible and it makes absolutely no difference who perpetrated the act. However, in what will inevitably make blood shoot out of one’s eyes to read, a politician in Sweden actually makes a distinction on the severity of the act depending on who committed it. Swedish Left […]
Great White shark attacks fisherman near Cape Agulhas, South Africa
A shark, apparently a Great White, attacked a spear fisherman near Cape Agulhas on Thursday, the NSRI said. A fellow spear fisherman brought the 43-year-old man to Arniston harbour around noon and used the rubber bands from their spear guns as a tourniquet on the wounds, National Sea Rescue Institute Agulhas station commander Reinard […]
Justice minister boasts that Facebook and Twitter deleted large amounts of Palestinian content due to Israeli pressure
Facebook and Twitter have recently deleted thousands of posts, pages and accounts in response to demands from the Israeli ministry of justice, Quds Press reported on Wednesday. “We succeeded to achieve our goals as around 70 per cent of our demands [to delete Facebook and Twitter content] were fulfilled,” Israeli Minister of Justice Ayelet […]
FBI flagged Boston Marathon bomber as terrorist threat prior to attacks, then lied about it
WhoWhatWhy has discovered that the FBI secretly flagged at least one of the “Boston Marathon bombers” as a terrorist threat in his immigration records, despite publicly denying it had done so. This designation existed right up to the time the bombs went off at Boylston St. on April 15, 2013. Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s heavily redacted […]
Cleveland Volcano in Aleutian Islands under heightened alert after explosion
The Cleveland Volcano in the Aleutian Islands is again under a heightened alert level from the Alaska Volcano Observatory, after researchers there recorded an explosion Thursday evening. The observatory issued a statement raising the eastern Aleutians volcano’s alert level to watch, and its aviation color code to orange, late Thursday. Researchers said in the […]
State Police Tracking Social Media To Monitor Flint Water Crisis Talk
Police in Michigan have been using online surveillance to monitor social media comments made about the Flint water crisis, according to emails released by Governor Rick Snyder’s office. The emails reveal that there had even been an attempt to press charges against one man over a Facebook post in which he criticized the governments handling […]
Wisdom of our People #3
Continued from: Wisdom of our People # 2 I must say, I am not sure which ones were better – the Slavic or the Roman ones – both are full of Wisdom which we could apply and use in these darkest of times. Some of them even make you think “damn, have we really become this […]
US/NATO ally set to double beheadings this year
Saudi Arabia has already executed 82 people this year and is on course to behead twice as many prisoners as it did in 2015, according to new statistics compiled by a leading human rights organisation likely to raise fresh concerns about the UK’s close ties to the Kingdom. The British Government has been urged […]
Lightning strikes kill 7 in 5 districts of Bangladesh
Seven people were killed by lightning in Panchagarh, Habiganj, Jamalpur, Mymensingh and Comilla districts yesterday. A man was killed and his wife injured by lightning at Banglabandha village in Tentulia upazila of Panchagarh yesterday morning. The deceased was identified as Ramjan Ali, 40, of the village, reports our Thakurgaon correspondent. Locals said a thunderbolt […]
Large sinkhole swallows pickup truck in Gilbert, Arizona
Traveling in the Town of Gilbert this morning? You might want to avoid Greenfield Road. A sinkhole has closed Greenfield Road between Germann and Queen Creek Roads. One vehicle was swallowed by the sinkhole, but no other injuries or property damage has been reported. It is unclear why the road collapsed. This is the […]
Single Mom Ends Up In Hotel With Homeless Man After Doing What She NEVER Thought She’d Try
Dean James III% AMERICAS FREEDOM FIGHTERS – A Massachusetts woman won a $200 lottery scratcher ticket and made the decision to spend it on something that most people wouldn’t- a homeless man. Her awesome act of kindness brought the homeless man to tears. Sofia Andrade was at a stop sign in New Bedford when she noticed […]
Dutch courage: Watch four lads save mom & child from sinking car
Footage of Tuesday’s rescue now going viral shows the men swimming to the car and breaking the vehicle’s windows with stones. One of the men, Ruben Abrahams, played down their heroics, telling RTL: “I think every healthy young man would have jumped into the water. It is a quite natural reaction. I think we just […]
Dutch courage: Watch four lads save mom & child from sinking car
Footage of Tuesday’s rescue now going viral shows the men swimming to the car and breaking the vehicle’s windows with stones. One of the men, Ruben Abrahams, played down their heroics, telling RTL: “I think every healthy young man would have jumped into the water. It is a quite natural reaction. I think we just […]
Dutch courage: Watch four lads save mom & child from sinking car
Footage of Tuesday’s rescue now going viral shows the men swimming to the car and breaking the vehicle’s windows with stones. One of the men, Ruben Abrahams, played down their heroics, telling RTL: “I think every healthy young man would have jumped into the water. It is a quite natural reaction. I think we just […]
Russian state company ready to build T-90S Tanks in Iran – Vice president
Russia’s machine-building company Uralvagonzavod is ready to manufacture T-90S tanks in Iran under a Russian license, the firm’s vice president said Wednesday. YEKATERINBURG (Sputnik) – Under the July 2015 deal between Tehran and six world powers, the UN Security Council will be deciding on conventional arms deliveries to Iran on a case-by-case basis. Asked by […]
Norwegian peace research institute shortlists Snowden for Nobel Peace Prize
Edward Snowden, the whistleblower who leaked classified documents shedding light on extensive US and UK government surveillance programs, will be the frontrunner for the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize, according to Peace Research Institute Oslo. MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) in Norway projected former US National Security Agency (NSA) contractor-turned-whistleblower Edward Snowden […]
Sanofi signs drugs deal with Iran
Iran’s media reported on Friday that the country had signed a crucial deal with the major French pharmaceutical company Sanofi over the production of key drugs and the management of chronic diseases. Iran’s official news agency IRNA said the deal had been signed between Iran’s Healthy Ministry and Sanofi, adding that this was among 20 […]
Instead of blaming the victims, Europe should stop the illegal wars that created the migrant crisis
Europe is on a dangerous, slippery slope of increasing xenophobia and racism engendered by the influx of refugees. Denmark’s new confiscation law is a sign of the brooding, baleful climate. But the real answer to the problem is dealing with Europe’s support for Washington’s criminal wars. In other words, citizens of Europe should be […]