Thailand Protests Getting Violent
Protest coverage has highlighted the news lately, with Ukraine getting most of the attention. This time it’s Thailand and the crisis is so serious that a state of emergency has been declared. Several explosions have hit Bangkok, leaving dozens of [...]
Retailers To Start Accepting Bitcoin in 2014?
Bitcoin is a currency that many of us know very little about, although some believe that it will eventually reach into mainstream usage. In 2014 it is expected that Overstock.com will accept bitcoin as payment. Will bitcoin survive as an [...]
Putin Replaces RIA Novosti with Russia Today
Vladimir Putin has announced that the RIA Novosti news agency will be replaced by the Russia Today news. And it “will take over all property owned by RIA Novosti in the country and abroad,” according to B92 News. “On 9 [...]
Jobless Rate Lowest In 5 Years; Food Assistance Higher Than Ever?
It’s phenomenal that some say the economy is blossoming and the jobless rate is the lowest that it has been in 5 years. Hold on to that thought because another phenomenon is occurring; an incredible amount of Americans have simply [...]
Fracking Protests Heat Up In Romania
Hydraulic fracturing (fracking) is considered dangerous to groundwater supplies and the people have protested against it. Thousands of Romanians went so far as breaking into the Chevron property, and even demanding that the leader resign. Read More: Russia Today
Apple Now Owns Topsy
Is it true? Is Apple acquiring the social media site called Topsy? Is Apple getting into the social media business? There are reports that Apple has paid $200 million for Topsy, a company that analyzes Twitter data, for those not [...]
Solar Power May Get Cheaper
Yes, we know that the current solar technology is more expensive than fossil fuels and this makes it cost-prohibitive. New technologies are developing and this could make the cost of solar technology much cheaper than expected. New materials are proving [...]
Iran Sanctions Not Preventing China From Buying Oil
With all of the diplomatic talks and sanctions in the news these days, all of the spin and Newspeak is not preventing China from buying Iran’s oil. China imported 17 billion barrels of oil in 2012 and the energy-thirsty nation [...]
Majority Of Americans Think Oswald Wasn’t The Lone Wolf
Academic Gatekeeper Professor Noam Chomsky may not think that the JFK assassination is all that important, nevertheless, the majority of Americans think Lee Harvey Oswald wasn’t the lone wolf, even if this is the official story. These are not my [...]
Syria: Chemical Weapons Or Pipeline Politics?
It’s called the Iran-Iraq-Syria pipeline. The latest barrage of so called news is about chemical weapons in the country of Syria. The media have repeatedly showed pitiful images of women and children dying and Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria, is [...]
Recent Comments