MedScape – by Megan Brooks

Electrical stimulation of a specific brain region may help individuals anticipate a challenge and have the confidence and determination to overcome it, new research suggests.

The findings from this novel study conducted by investigators at Stanford University in California showing neuromodulation of the anterior midcingulate cortex (aMCC) evokes such a response may have potential clinical implications for psychopathologic conditions involving a reduced capacity to endure psychological or physical stress.   Continue reading “Brain Stimulation May Boost ‘Will to Persevere’”

Activist Post – by Catherine J. Frompovich

What kind of hornet’s nest was opened up for the GM industry in view of the retraction of the two year “Long term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide and a Roundup-tolerant genetically modified maize”, by G E Séralini et al, published in Food and Chemical Toxicology 2012, 50(11), 4221-31?

According to the article published December 5, 2013 in the Ecologist,    Continue reading “105 Scientists Slam GMO-Rat-Study Retraction”

Report: Riyadh Asks for Moscow’s Nuclear AidFars News

Saudi Intelligence Chief Prince Bandar Bin Sultan in a recent meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin has asked him to help Riyadh construct a nuclear power plant, the Arab-language al-Qods al-Arabi newspaper quoted informed diplomatic sources in the Persian Gulf Arab littoral states as saying.

According to the report, Prince Bandar has told Putin that if Russia declares readiness in this regard, Saudi Arabia can provide Moscow with preliminary studies that it has conducted since six years ago.   Continue reading “Report: Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Asks for Moscow’s Nuclear Aid”

Frankie SalazarHuffington Post

Officer Frankie Salazar of Texas’ Olmos Park Police Department is charged with aggravated assault after a plan to spice up his sex life went horribly, horribly wrong, News 4 San Antonio reports.

Salazar, 29, and his 33-year-old friend, Jesus Edward Guitron, hatched a “wife swap” plan months ago to switch sexual partners, according to the San Antonio Express News. On Saturday evening, Guitron and his wife went over to Salazar’s place, and after some drinks, Salazar started kissing the woman.   Continue reading “Officer Frankie Salazar Allegedly Shoots Friend, Jesus Guitron, After ‘Wife Swap’ Goes Horribly Wrong”

Before It’s News – by Live Free or Die

A 14-year old boy has been tasered in the face by police while handcuffed as shared in this shocking video. The family of 14-year old Joey Williams has turned to social media to get justice for this shocking act of cowardice displayed by these PUNK cops who should obviously be in prison themselves. Contact information is below video; please call these thugs and express your outrage.   Continue reading “Child Tortured By Cops While Handcuffed; Cops Taser 14-Year Old Boy In Face In Pennsylvania To ‘Protect’ Him”

Cool Top Ten Lists

The simple and honest question posed in Cool Top 10 List’s latest article entitled “Top 10 Reasons Why Paul Walker Was Assassinated” has sparked an international outrage over the inexplicable and suspicious death of one Paul Walker. Regardless of how Walker was killed, the facts surrounding his death do not add up on any level and deserve further investigation, at the very least. Although cliché, the cover-up is always worse than the crime.   Continue reading “Top 10 Reasons Paul Walker was Assassinated”

Before It’s News – by Mort Amsel

Scary. Insane. Ridiculous. Invasive. Wrong. The Washington Post reports that the FBI has had the ability to secretly activate a computer’s camera “without triggering the light that lets users know it is recording” for years now. What in the hell is going on? What kind of world do we live in?   Continue reading “FBI Can Secretly Turn On Laptop Cameras Without The Indicator Light”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

It was inevitable that a few short days after Wall Street lovingly embraced Bitcoin as their own, with analysts from Bank of America, Citigroup and others, not to mention the clueless momentum-chasing, peanut gallery vocally flip-flopping on the “currency” after hating it at $200 only to love it at $1200 that Bitcoin… would promptly crash. And crash it did: overnight, following previously reported news that China’s Baidu would follow the PBOC in halting acceptance of Bitcoin payment, Bitcoin tumbled from a recent high of $1155 to an almost electronically destined “half-off” touching $576 hours ago, exactly 50% lower, on very heave volume, before a dead cat bounce levitated the currency back to the $800 range, where it may or may not stay much longer, especially if all those who jumped on the bandwagon at over $1000 on “get rich quick” hopes and dreams, only to see massive losses in their P&Ls decide they have had enough.   Continue reading “Bitcoin Crashes, Loses Half Of Its Value In Two Days”

Tech Crunch – by Alex Wilhelm

Today the National Security Agency (NSA) discussed its program that collects billions of cellphone location records each day. The NSA targets foreign phones but also absorbs data on the phones of American citizens.

“The NSA does not target Americans’ location data by design, but the agency acquires a substantial amount of information on the whereabouts of domestic cellphones ‘incidentally,’” according to the Washington Post, which broke the story concerning program based on documents provided by Edward Snowden.   Continue reading “NSA Claims Collecting Cellphone Location Data Is Legal Under Executive Order — From 1981”

Slash Dot – by Kevin Fogarty

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have passed a milestone on the road to maturity of any new digital technology: they can now be hacked and taken over by strangers while still carrying markers that make it look as if they’re operating under directions from their proper owners.

Convicted hacker Sammy Kamkar announced on his personal blog Dec. 2 that he’d programmed a Parrot AR.Drone 2 WiFi-controlled quadricopter to patrol an area autonomously, searching for other drones, then hack and take over their control software using a battery of tools installed on a Raspberry Pi Kamkar installed on the drone.   Continue reading “Hacker Posts Drone-Hijacking App as Freeware”

13Institute for Historical Review – by Roger A. Stolley

Each year near the anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941, I get angry at the lie perpetrated upon the U.S. people that it was a surprise attack.

It may have been a surprise to the U.S. people, but it certainly was not a surprise to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the select few persons who surrounded him or the U.S. Army intelligence officer working under his direct orders.   Continue reading “Pearl Harbor Attack No Surprise”

Veterans Today – by Jim Fetzer,  Leuren Moret, and  Christopher Busby

HEAVY FIRE POWER WAS USED IN FALLUJAH IN 2004: U.S. Marines fire Nov. 11, 2004, on Fallujah with a 155 mm Howitzer.

One of the weapons originally designed for this artillery piece was a tactical nuclear weapon (that could include a neutron warhead) designed by Samuel Cohen, to be fired in eastern Europe on Soviet troops during President Ronald Reagan’s term in office. [Photo: Lance Cpl. Samantha L. Jones]   Continue reading “Scientists Insist Iraq Nuked by US”

At Philadelphia International, travelers walk through electronic scanning devices between Terminals D and E. The TSA wants to expand such applications.Philly.com – by Linda Loyd, Inquirer Staff Writer

Airports across the country have sued to block a new Transportation Security Administration directive that requires them, starting Jan. 1, to begin guarding exit security doors as passengers leave flights and head for baggage claims.

The agency, created in the aftermath of the September 2001 terrorist attacks, said the change will save $88.1 million a year. The TSA wants its workers to focus on screening passengers and baggage, and said exit-lane monitoring is an airport function.   Continue reading “Airports sue TSA over who guards the exits”

In Death, as in Life, Truth About Mandela OverlookedThe New American – by Alex Newman

With the widely anticipated passing of South African revolutionary leader Nelson Mandela late Thursday, December 5, presidents and dictators from around the world — as well as everyday people, and especially the press — are in mourning. Lost amid the tsunami of praise and adoration, almost canonization even according to some of his supporters, however, is the truth about the man himself, who was, after all, still just a man.   Continue reading “In Death, as in Life, Truth About Mandela Overlooked”

AlterNet – by Paul Armentano

The mainstream media is in a frenzy over claims that marijuana smoking is causing an epidemic of ‘man boobs’ (a relatively common condition known scientifically as gynecomastia).

The incredulous claim first got legs in late November when Philadelphia Inquirer reporter Melissa Dribben posed the question, “Do doobies make boobies?” Responding to her inquiry, area plastic surgeon Adrian Lo admitted that data on the subject is scarce. But he nonetheless argued, “[I]n my experience, it’s very simple. If you’re a guy and you’re worried about gynecomastia, you shouldn’t smoke pot because there’s a link.” To which Robert X. Murphy Jr., president of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, added, “That is the prevailing opinion.”   Continue reading ““Do Doobies Make Boobies?” The Mainstream Media Wants You To Think So”

pelosiCNS News – by Susan Jones

Almost 11 million people couldn’t find a job in November, and for those who don’t earn a paycheck, unemployment benefits work for the economy, too, a leading Democrat says.

“Economists agree that unemployment benefits remain one of the best ways to grow the economy in a very immediate way,” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (R-Calif.) said at a news conference on Thursday.   Continue reading “Pelosi: Extending Unemployment ‘One of Best Ways to Grow the Economy’”