Chinese Mistranslations
‘Chinese, or more specifically Mandarin, is nowadays the most spoken language in the world with around 2 billion speakers. English on the other hand, is the third most spoken language with an estimate of between […]
Thailand junta replaces martial law with absolute power
‘On Wednesday, Thailand’s junta lifted martial law, which was imposed in the run-up to their May 22, 2014, coup – but then quickly replaced it with another set of draconian laws innocuously called “Article 44.” […]
Cop Who Admitted to Felony Child Abuse on a 4-Year-Old, Gets Promoted Weeks Later
‘Leadwood Police Officer Jay R. Bellis, 38, is facing a felony child abuse charge. He’s accused of throwing a four-year-old child into a wall and causing him to hit his head on the kitchen cabinets […]
Short on Cash, ‘Poor Americans Ending Up in Modern-Day Debtors’ Prison’ Over Traffic Fines
‘For ages, those who were too poverty-stricken to pay judgments and other outstanding debts were locked up, and forced to work it off under prison labor, along with the cost of incarceration. But it fell […]
Mind Control Researchers Create Fake Link Between Unrelated Memories
‘Advancements in genetics and neuroscience are undoubtedly leading toward direct methods of mind control, albeit only with good intentions … if government and establishment science can be believed. However, an array of hi-tech methods have […]
Ohio Town Declares War on Charity, Man Found Guilty of Helping the Needy
‘What started as just another ordinance in the war on the homeless and poor took a bizarre turn when journalist Virgil Vaduva sought to test the new rule that banned panhandling in the small town […]
TEPCO under fire after hiding massive radioactive waste leak at Fukushima for a full year
‘A major bombshell has dropped concerning the failed cleanup efforts at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan. The shuttered plant’s operator, the Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), has apparently been hiding for […]
Unanimous vote: Portland bans neonicotinoids to protect bees from deadly pesticide
‘After the disturbing death in 2013 of tens of thousands of bees in Wilsonville, Oregon believed to be linked to a class of insecticides called neonicotinoids, Portland, Oregon has decided — after a recent unanimous […]
The Pro-GMO Lobby In Retreat. ‘Monsanto’s ‘Discredit Bureau’ has More than Enough on its Plate’
‘It has been such a tough period for the pro-GMO lobby that it’s difficult to know where to begin. But let us start by looking at two pieces of recent research that strike at the […]
The IMF Proposes ‘Global Wealth Confiscation’. The Appropriation of Household Savings
‘As first reported by Forbes, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) dropped a bomb in its October Fiscal Monitor Report. The report paints a dire picture for high-debt nations that fail to aggressively “mobilize domestic revenue,” […]
Important Strike in Mexico: Farm Workers Paralyze Baja California Farms
‘Thousands of farmworkers in the San Quintín Valley of Baja California, just 185 miles south of the U.S. border, struck some 230 farms, including the twelve largest that dominate production in the region, on March […]
Obama hails ‘historic understanding’ with Iran
‘US President Barack Obama has praised the P5+1 for reaching an “historic understanding” with Iran over its nuclear energy program. On Thursday, the P5+1 – the US, Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany – reached […]
Spanish police baton-charge Madrid anarchist rally
‘Several protesters were arrested during violent clashes between riot police and demonstrators in central Madrid, Wednesday, during a rally against the detention of suspected members of Coordinated Anarchist Groups.’