AFP Photo/Yoshikazu TsunoRT News

The world took one significant step closer to inventing a real-life cybernetic organism as US scientists, inspired by the Terminator movie, combined organic matter with semiconductors in a process that replicates plants’ transformation of light into fuel.

The breakthrough is quite significant, scientists at universities in Michigan and Pittsburgh believe. Their blend of a chemical used in solar panels and a plant protein that acts during photosynthesis “recreate the process that allows plants to turn sunlight into fuel,” the Michigan press-release cites the team as saying.    Continue reading “‘Inspired by Terminator’: Scientists create self-assembling bionic particles”

An astrophotographer points his cameras towards the sky hoping to capture the Camelopardalid meteor shower, north of Castaic Lake, California, May 24, 2014 (Reuters / Gene Blevins)RT News

A rare Camelopardalid meteor shower lit up the skies early Saturday, after experts had struggled with the enigma of predicting how the meteor storm – the first of its kind – would present itself.

The meteor shower reached its peak when the Earth passed through debris consisting of up to 1,000 pieces of a comet it shed in the 1800s falling all around, every hour, at speeds of 12 miles per second (19.3kps) left by the comet 209P/LINEAR.   Continue reading “New kind of rare meteor shower hits Earth”

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Man in orbit might become history after 2020, as Russia sees no need to keep the ISS operating, announced Vice Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin. Manned flights make little profit for Russia’s space agency, which might focus on other projects.

Russia’s Roskosmos space corporation gets little commercial payback from the International Space Station despite spending up to 30 percent of its annual budget on the project, said Rogozin, who is also responsible for the defence industry.   Continue reading “Permanently manned ISS could end in 2020”

Mail.com

NEW YORK (AP) — They’re the $10 million men and women.

Propelled by a soaring stock market, the median pay package for a CEO rose above eight figures for the first time last year. The head of a typical large public company earned a record $10.5 million, an increase of 8.8 percent from $9.6 million in 2012, according to an Associated Press/Equilar pay study.   Continue reading “Median CEO pay crosses $10 million in 2013”

Manuel UribeMail.com

MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — A Mexican man once listed as the world’s heaviest human being died Monday at the age of 48.

Manuel Uribe had slimmed down to about 867 pounds (394 kilograms), well below his then-record peak weight of 1,230 pounds (560 kilograms), which was certified in 2006 as a Guinness World Record. Uribe’s death was confirmed by an official of the health department of Nuevo Leon state, where the city of Monterrey is located.   Continue reading “Mexican man, once world’s heaviest, dies at 48”

Israeli CoinsEnd of American Dream – by Michael Snyder

Will Israel be the first cashless society on the entire planet?  A committee chaired by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s chief of staff has come up with a three phase plan to “all but do away with cash transactions in Israel”.  Individuals and businesses would still be permitted to conduct cash transactions in small amounts (at least initially), but the eventual goal is to force Israeli citizens to conduct as much business as possible using electronic forms of payment.  In fact, it has been reported that Israeli officials believe that “cash is bad” because it fuels the underground economy and allows people to avoid paying taxes.  It is hoped that requiring most transactions to be conducted in cash will reduce crime and help balance the national budget.  And once 98 or 99 percent of all transactions are cashless, it will not be difficult for the Israeli government (or any other government) to go the rest of the way and ban cash transactions altogether.  But is a cashless society actually desirable?  This is a question that people all over the world will have to start asking as governments increasingly restrict the use of cash.    Continue reading “Government Plan Would Transform Israel Into The World’s First Cashless Society”

Marlin Model 60 RifleAmmoLand- by Dean Weingarten

Arizona – -(Ammoland.com)- The gun ban that has gone to Governor Christie for signature has been described as a “gun magazine restriction”,  but it bans numerous common sport and hunting rifles.   The ban has no exemption for rifles with fixed magazines, including most common .22 rimfire rifles that are used for sport and small game hunting, and almost never used in crime.   Continue reading “Common Hunting Rifles to be Banned by New Jersey Law”

Glenn Greenwald (AFP Photo / Brendan Smialowski) RT News

Glenn Greenwald, who helped Edward Snowden leak sensitive documents about the National Security Agency spying on its citizens, says he’s set to publish his most dramatic piece yet, which will reveal those in the USA who were targeted by the NSA.

“One of the big questions when it comes to domestic spying is, ‘Who have been the NSA’s specific targets?’ Are they political critics and dissidents and activists? Are they genuinely people we’d regard as terrorists? What are the metrics and calculations that go into choosing those targets and what is done with the surveillance that is conducted? Those are the kinds of questions that I want to still answer,” Mr. Greenwald told the UK’s Sunday Times.   Continue reading “‘Biggest yet’: Greenwald to publish names of Americans whom NSA is spying on”

toothpaste fluoride crop toxic 263x164 5 Facts About Fluoride You Urgently Need to KnowNatural Society – by Christina Sarich

Fluoride is a toxic industrial waste put into many communities municipal water supplies. While most of Europe rejects water fluoridation and many communities in the U.S. choose to end fluoridation due to activism, most communities still choose to fluoridate their water despite the known health dangers this toxin can have on the human body.

Here are 5 simple facts that might inspire you to take action and tell your legislators you don’t want fluoridated water:   Continue reading “5 Facts About Fluoride You Urgently Need to Know”

London Democrat – by Jared Felkins

Taco day was far from a fiesta Friday after eight students faced misdemeanor criminal charges for starting and participating in a food fight at Wilson Central High School.

Sheriff Robert Bryan said school resource officers charged four adult and four juvenile students with disorderly conduct and vandalism following the incident. He said the students were issued misdemeanor citations and released to their parents.    Continue reading “Food fight leads to charges for eight students”

cps 1aThe Common Sense Show – by Dave Hodges

I am presently in touch with two former CPS agents, one senior analyst for a war college and two mainstream publications who are investigating many of the same allegations that I am going to bring forth in the next two articles. For now, I am not publishing names, however, this may soon change and names and exact positions may indeed be identified.   Continue reading “Special Report on CPS Sponsored Child Abductions: CPS Insiders Blow the Whistle”

Highway 26 crashKATU 2 News

MANNING, Ore. – A 19-year-old man who held his breath while driving through a tunnel on Highway 26 fainted and caused a three-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon, state police said.

Daniel J. Calhoon of Snohomish, Wash., was driving a Toyota Camry west of Manning when he fainted in a tunnel. His car crossed the center line and crashed head-on into an SUV, according to police.   Continue reading “Police: Driver holding breath in tunnel faints, causes crash”

Michelle Obama_First Lady_2News Talk Florida

WASHINGTON (AP) – First lady Michelle Obama is answering Republicans in Congress who want to roll back healthier school meal standards, holding an event at the White House to highlight the success of the health guidelines.

The Tuesday event is an unusual move for the first lady, who has largely stayed away from policy fights since she lobbied for congressional passage of a child nutrition law in 2010.   Continue reading “First Lady Set To Respond To School Meal Critics”

Colorado mudslideChicago Tribune – by Keith Coffman

DENVER (Reuters) – Search and rescue crews were looking for three men on Monday who have been missing since a four-mile-long (6-km) mudslide ripped through a remote area near the Grand Mesa National Forest in western Colorado the day before.

The slide tore through an area outside the mountain community of Collbran, which has a population of about 700 people and is located 200 miles (320 km) west of Denver, said Heather Benjamin, spokeswoman for the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office. Continue reading “Search underway for three men missing after Colorado mudslide”

Obama Bill SignLegal Insurrection – by Aleister

The Obama administration is fond of releasing news on Fridays and holiday weekends. Most people aren’t paying close attention to the media and a story can easily get buried without notice.

Benjamin Goad of The Hill writes…   Continue reading “White House Quietly Releases Regulatory Agenda on Holiday Weekend”

Jon Rappoport

If you worked for a federal agency that was killing people at the rate of 100,000 a year, every year, like clockwork, and if you knew it, wouldn’t you feel compelled to say or do something about it?

At the FDA, which is, in fact, killing Americans at that rate, no one has ever felt the need to step forward and speak up.   Continue reading “Why the FDA should be charged with murder”

Deputies pulled over a car on Gulf Blvd. on Belleair Beach and took four people into custody following shooting at the Hyatt Hotel on Clearwater Beach that brought out a large police response and caused the beach to be closed to incoming traffic. (it’s unknown if these people were involved.) Tampa Bay Times – by Laura Morel and Waveney Ann Moore

CLEARWATER — A series of shootings broke out on Clearwater Beach on Monday evening, sparking chaos and confusion as people ran for cover.

At least two people were shot and eight people were in custody late Monday night as Clearwater police continued to search the area near the Hyatt Regency Clearwater Beach Resort and Spa, 301 S Gulfview Blvd.   Continue reading “Shootings on Clearwater Beach spark chaos and confusion on Memorial Day”