Nikita Khrushchev’s report to the 20th Congress of the CPSU in 1956 was one of the greatest sources of myths about the Great Patriotic War, its absurdity stretching to claims that Joseph Stalin used a globe to plan operations. Other myths, often just as absurd, have since emerged, some of them historiographic, others fantasies […]
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Phone network hackers could steal your messages
When known security issues regarding the global telephone network were resuscitated by the American television program 60 Minutes last month, we reassured people that end-to-end-encrypted, Internet-based services such as WhatsApp would stay safe. We may have been wrong. WhatsApp and a similar mobile encrypted-messaging service, Telegram, both use SMS (text) messages to verify user […]
Symbolic?: Norwegian fighter jet mistakenly fires at control tower
The Norwegian Air Force says an F-16 fighter jet accidentally fired at a lookout tower near three military personnel during target practice earlier this month, but that no one was hurt. Air Force spokesman Maj. Stian Roen said the incident occurred shortly after midnight on April 13 on the island of Tarva, off Norway’s […]
Seymour Hersh on his new book: Saudi oil money bribes, the killing of Bin Laden
Seymour Hersh is an American investigative journalist who is the recipient of many awards, including the Pulitzer Prize for his article exposing the My Lai massacre by the U.S. military in Vietnam. More recently, he exposed the U.S. government’s abuse of detainees in the Abu Ghraib prison facility. Hersh’s new book, The Killing of […]
Israeli geneticist: Ashkenazi jews come from Turkish villages, not Palestine
Israeli geneticist: Ashkenazi jews come from Turkish villages, not Palestine New research suggests that the majority of the world’s modern Jewish population is descended mainly from people from ancient Turkey, rather than predominantly from elsewhere in the Middle East. The new research suggests that most of the Jewish population of northern and eastern Europe […]
Syria: "All options on the table" in order to liberate Golan from Israeli occupation
Syria will do whatever it takes to take back the occupied Golan Heights from the Israeli regime, says a high-ranking official. Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad made the announcement on Sunday, in response to remarks made earlier by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who claimed “the Golan Heights will remain in the hands of […]
U.S. military claims to be dropping ‘cyber bombs’ on ISIS
The ISIS internet attacks, whatever the particulars really may be, are part of a stepped-up coordinated effort to put increasing pressure on the militant organization. “Those guys are under enormous pressure. Every time we have gone after one of their defended positions over the last six months, we have defeated them. They […]
Dutch Referendum may bring EU’s pro-NATO foreign policy to a ‘shuddering halt’
On this overcast Thursday morning in Brussels, the Capital of Europe, rays of bright sunshine are breaking through from the East as the latest results of vote counting in neighboring Netherlands suggest that yesterday’s referendum on the EU’s Association Agreement with Ukraine passed the 30% quorum requirement of all eligible voters, while those who […]
The creativity of original thinkers: procrastinators vs precrastinators
“Originals are nonconformists. People who not only have new ideas, but take action to champion them. They’re people who stand out and speak up. Originals drive creativity and change in the world. They’re the people you want to bet on. And they look nothing like I expected,”explained organizational psychologist Adam Grant in a recent […]
Zionists Use Media for Character Assassination?
April 4, 2016 For example, the NY Post, owned by Zionist go’fer Rupert Murdoch, left, is staffed by hatchet-piece writers such as Rebecca Rosenberg who has Mossad ties, according to my sources including Israeli consular officials, and private Jewish business owners (hedge funds, investment bankers, lawyers, doctors, etc.) She is only one of many Jewish […]
Jupiter struck by a comet or an asteroid….again
Take that, Jupiter! The largest planet in the solar system just got whacked by an asteroid or a comet, and some intrepid stargazers have captured the planet’s latest collision on camera. Amateur astronomer John McKeon was observing the king of planets by telescope from Swords, Ireland, on March 17 when he captured this stunning […]
American ISS astronaut’s stand with Russia broke ‘no politics’ rule
RT’s exclusive interview with Russian cosmonauts Mikhail Kornienko and Sergey Volkov reveals how ISS residents, NASA’s Scott Kelly among them, reacted to last year’s downing of a Russian plane by the Turkish air force and the pilot’s subsequent death at the hands of militants. The International Space Station (ISS) is supposed to be a […]
FLASHBACK: Cold War bombshell: Putin declassifies documents revealing that USSR wanted to join NATO in 1954 – Application was rejected
A year after Stalin died in 1953 and a year before the Warsaw Pact was established in 1955, the Kremlin asked to join NATO, according to a secret file which President Vladimir Putin unveiled last night. In a coup de théatre which will have Cold War historians breaking out in a sweat, Putin brandished […]
Astronomers see unexpected daily changes in Ceres’ bright spots
Astronomers using a telescope in Chile have seen unexpected daily changes on Ceres’ famous bright spots, suggesting they change under the influence of sunlight. Astronomers have seen unexpected changes in the dwarf planet Ceres’ famous bright spots. The most prominent of the Ceres bright spots lie inside the crater Occator, but there are many […]
Rare 420-metre deep sinkhole discovered in China
Scientists from China and France have discovered a rare huge sinkhole, habitat to many species in south China. The 420-metre deep doline, or sink hole, was among several discovered by scientists during an eight-day expedition that began on February 26 in Donglan county of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region. Dolines found in Guangxi are normally […]
Experts say that invasion of Syria could lead to nuclear war
The Threat of Nuclear War Is Now HIGHER Than During the Soviet Era Turkey previously shot down a Russian jet. Now, Turkey and Saudi Arabia are threatening to invade Syria. How dangerous could this get, in a worst case scenario? Robert Parry – the investigative reporter who broke the Iran-Contra story for the Associated […]
‘I guess it’s food stamps’ then: 400,000 Americans in jeopardy as giant pension fund plans 50% benefit cuts
Dale Dorsey isn’t happy. After working 33 years, he’s facing a 55% cut to his pension benefits, a blow which he says will “cripple” his family and imperil the livelihood of his two children, one of whom is in the fourth grade and one of whom is just entering high school. Dorsey attended a […]
Trust runs thin as black water flows in Crystal City, Texas
+ Black water latest in string of Crystal City woes Trust isn’t running very deep in Crystal City at the moment, and now the water has been running black. Residents in Crystal City took to social media Wednesday night to share pictures of dark-colored water running out of their taps. The city said it’s […]