News posts aggregated from alternative news sources.
‘As if being ankle deep in muddy field, surrounded by pretend hippies seemingly re-enacting highlights of the Battle of Waterloo was bad enough, attendees of the aptly named Download Festival will be subjected to a […]
‘Hawaii is preparing for massive casualties through the large scale exercise, Vigilant Guard 15. Complete with crisis actors, decontamination centers, and quarantine zones. In one scenario that played out, soldiers practiced treating casualties from a […]
‘Europol’s director Rob Wainwright – the EU’s top cop – told a conference in Brussels on Wednesday that “the public accepts that private phone calls may be intercepted. Society accepts that this is a reasonable […]
‘Iain Duncan Smith has lost a three-year legal battle and been ordered to pay £120,000 compensation to boy of 12 who faces a lifetime of suffering from narcolepsy caused by the swine flu vaccination Pandremix. […]
‘Sisters who set up a lemonade stand to fund a Father’s Day gift on Monday were shut down by the police due to a lack of permit. Andria Green, 8, and her sister, Zoey, 7, […]
‘In a scene all too typical in present day Washington, the culmination of Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations, along with the push for passage of related legislation such as Trade Promotion Authority (or Fast Track) have set […]
‘More than 30 civilians have reportedly been killed in Yemen when Saudi warplanes conducted a fresh round of airstrikes against the neighboring country. According to reports, 20 civilians were killed when Saudi air raids targeted […]
‘The United States is considering establishing additional military bases in Iraq as the Obama administration is adjusting its strategy against the ISIL terrorist group, according to the top American general. Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of […]
‘Israel’s Supreme Court has dismissed a Palestinian petition that sought an end to the Tel Aviv regime’s discriminatory housing policies in the occupied West Bank. The Tuesday ruling against granting local planning rights to the […]
When a leading Oxford academic suggested that using “thru” or “lite” wasn’t a grave wrongdoing, there were reportedly “gasps of shock” from the audience at the Hay Festival last year. Simon Horbin, an English professor at Magdalen College, had touched upon one theme that along with grammar, punctuation, the weather and tea, seems to fire up many in Britain today. Indeed, the comments at the bottom of the article revealed polarised points of view. “So long as our education system is inhabited by people such as this so called ‘professor’ then our education system will remain a shambles.” “When making … Continue reading →
A red flag sign of an emotionally abusive relationship is when the abuser goes to great lengths to make the abused party seem “crazy” or “ridiculous.” This is actually just an attempt to maintain power in the relationship and the behavior worsens when they sense that their victim is breaking free. They humiliate, demean, and “tease” the victim in an effort to remain in control. This is the classic pattern of a bully, whether it’s in a romantic relationship, a workplace relationship, or a parent/child relationship. Apparently this is also how a dying multi-billion dollar industry behaves in an attempt to shame … Continue reading →
A red flag sign of an emotionally abusive relationship is when the abuser goes to great lengths to make the abused party seem “crazy” or “ridiculous.” This is actually just an attempt to maintain power in the relationship and the behavior worsens when they sense that their victim is breaking free. They humiliate, demean, and “tease” the victim in an effort to remain in control. This is the classic pattern of a bully, whether it’s in a romantic relationship, a workplace relationship, or a parent/child relationship. Apparently this is also how a dying multi-billion dollar industry behaves in an attempt to shame … Continue reading →
First of all, let me just say that I do not intend to resign on account of what I am about to say. Or issue a grovelling apology, or cry in the loos. So if you’re a touchy ‘feminazi’ with the sense of humour of a Ryvita, or just one of those weird people who like getting in a massive lather about things, save your spittle. If, that is, you have any left. Because you did it, ladies. You got your man. Sir Tim Hunt, 72, Nobel Prize winner, one of Britain’s top scientists last night resigned. No doubt it … Continue reading →
It is well known that I don’t think much of the ability of government officials to correctly forecast much of anything. Alan Greenspan and Ben Bernanke have made famously clueless predictions with respect to stock and housing bubbles, and rank and file Fed economists have consistently overestimated the strength of the economy ever since their forecasts became public in 2008 (see my previous article on the subject). But there is one former Fed and White House economist who has a slightly better track record…which is really not saying much. Over his public and private career, former Fed Governor and Bush-era White … Continue reading →