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Engineers and meteorologists from Nevada have joined forces to create the first autonomous cloud seeding platform – using drones to control the weather.
Cloud seeding is a technique where small particles are dropped into a cloud from an aircraft or rocket to alter the microphysical processes going on inside and make it rain (or snow). Continue reading “Robots will soon control the weather”
Saudi Arabia’s largest dairy company will soon be unable to farm alfalfa in its own parched country to feed its 170,000 cows. So it’s turning to an unlikely place to grow the water-chugging crop — the drought-stricken American Southwest.
Almarai Co. bought land in January that roughly doubled its holdings in California’s Palo Verde Valley, an area that enjoys first dibs on water from the Colorado River. The company also acquired a large tract near Vicksburg, Arizona, becoming a powerful economic force in a region that has fewer well-pumping restrictions than other parts of the state. Continue reading “Saudi Land Purchases Fuel Debate Over US Water Rights”
It was supposed to fly over Afghanistan and look for drug-producing sites, but the airplane the DEA and the Pentagon spent nearly $90 million never left its hangar. Seven years since it was bought, the plane is still unable to fly and may never do so.
An audit by the Department of Justice’s Inspector-General (OIG) discovered the money pit in a Dover, Delaware hangar, “in an un-flyable state,” its modifications never completed. The inspectors described the program as an“ineffective and wasteful use of government resources.” Continue reading “‘Wasteful’: DEA and Pentagon’s $86mn drug plane that never flew”
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration may soon tell foreign governments and banks they can start using the dollar in some instances to facilitate business with Iran, officials told The Associated Press, describing an arcane tweak to U.S. financial rules that could prove significant for Tehran’s sanctions-battered economy.
While no decision is final, U.S. officials familiar with internal discussions said the Treasury Department is considering issuing a general license that would permit offshore financial institutions to access dollars for foreign currency trades in support of legitimate business with Iran, a practice that is currently illegal. Continue reading “Officials: US mulls new rules on dollars to help Iran”
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Activists from Minneapolis’ black community spent four months demanding the release of videos and other evidence after a black man was fatally shot in a confrontation with two white police officers. When it finally was made public and a prosecutor announced the officers wouldn’t be charged, they were enraged.
Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman on Wednesday cleared the officers, saying forensic evidence backed their account that 24-year-old Jamar Clark was not handcuffed and was struggling for an officer’s gun when he was shot. Clark ignored warnings to take his hand off Officer Mark Ringgenberg’s gun, leading Officer Mark Schwarze to shoot Clark as the officers feared for their lives, Freeman said. Continue reading “In Minneapolis, distrust flares after officers cleared”
Tech Crunch – by Devin Coldewey
The FBI, which just a few days ago was attempting to convince the country of its helplessness in the face of encrypted iPhones, has generously offered its assistance in unlocking an iPhone and iPod for a prosecutor in Arkansas, the Associated Press reports.
TechCrunch has contacted the prosecutor’s office for details, which for the moment are thin on the ground — but the timing seems unlikely to be a coincidence. It was only Monday that the FBI announced it had successfully accessed a phone after saying for months that it couldn’t possibly do so — and that Apple was endangering national security by refusing to help. Continue reading “Sure, why not? FBI agrees to unlock iPhone for Arkansas prosecutor”
The cat’s out of the bag now, isn’t it?
A group of researchers commissioned by the United States government has unwittingly found that cannabis can actually kill cancer cells.
The research was done by a team at St. George’s University of London and found that tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) weakened cancer cells and made them more susceptible to radiation treatment. Continue reading “The US Government FINALLY Admits Cannabis Kills Cancer Cells”
NEWARK — The planned reformation of the Newark Police Department took a major step forward Wednesday, as city and federal officials named a nominee to oversee the process.
Former state attorney general Peter C. Harvey has been tapped to shepherd the implementation of a now finalized consent decree placing the city’s police force under federal oversight. Continue reading “Former N.J. attorney general tapped as Newark PD watchdog, will oversee sweeping reforms”
Free Thought Project – by Jay Syrmopoulos
A German historian has unearthed an extremely troubling formal relationship between the Associated Press (AP) and the Nazi party in the 1930’s, in which propaganda produced by the Hitler regime was supplied to American newspapers in exchange for continued access to Germany
After the Nazi party came to power in 1933, they began a campaign of strict image control, which encompassed the banning of almost all international media within Germany. By 1935 most media outlets were forced to close their German bureaus after persistent persecution due to their continued employment of Jews within their agencies. Continue reading “World’s Largest News Agency Worked with Hitler to Feed Americans Nazi Propaganda”
At least 15 people were killed and another 150 believed trapped when a portion of an overpass under construction collapsed in a congested area in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata on Thursday, police and officials said.
Army troops joined efforts to rescue those trapped inside cars, trucks and other vehicles that lay under massive concrete blocks and metal debris. Witnesses said that emergency personnel were attempting to use their bare hands to rescue those caught under the wreckage. Continue reading “At least 15 reported killed, 150 believed trapped after overpass collapses in India”
Mad World News – by Robert Rich
While marking trees to be harvested for the first time in 30 years, a forest ranger stumbled across quite the odd sight. Although he didn’t see it until he was just 12 feet away, he found an eerie cabin hidden in the woods – and that’s when he discovered the creepy mystery inside.
Mark Andre, now an Environmental Services director in Arcata, California, was marking trees in the forest when he looked up and saw something out of place. “I didn’t see it until I was 12 feet from it,” he said. “It’s in the perfect out-of-the-way spot where it wouldn’t be detected.” Continue reading “Forest Ranger Spots Hidden Cabin In Woods, Finds Creepy Mystery Inside”
A company called Sensity Systems is using “smart” LED lighting called NetSense to set up a national surveillance network.
The name of the new national surveillance network is called SkyNet.
I’m joking, it’s called NetSense. Continue reading “States are using “smart” lighting systems to create a national biometric and vehicle database”
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
Philadelphia, PA — Responsibility is a word which is increasingly vanishing in the modern nanny state. As government continues to take over every aspect of our lives, one thing is becoming crystal clear — the state is a lousy parent.
From the cradle to the grave, federal recommendations, ostensibly designed for our wellbeing, ‘guide’ us through our lives telling us what to eat, when to sleep, how to work, when to die — and what to think. Continue reading “Video Shows Gang of 6-Year-olds Terrorize and Beat Up On Train Passengers”
Activist Post – by Derrick Broze
Dr. J. Leroy Hulsey, Chair of the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ (UAF) Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, is conducting a study into the collapse of World Trade Center Building 7 on September 11, 2001.
Dr. J. Leroy Hulsey, of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and two Ph.D. research assistants are partnering with the non-profit Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth for an engineering study known as “World Trade Center Building 7 Evaluation.” The researchers are using finite element modeling to evaluate the possible causes of World Trade Center Building 7’s collapse. Continue reading “University Of Alaska Fairbanks Professor Launches New 9/11 Research Project”
Freedom Outpost – by Tim Brown
On Tuesday, a federal judge threatened Shauna Cox with jail is she made any public comments about the Oregon standoff.
The 59-year-old Cox was the woman who filmed the inside-the-truck video footage of LaVoy Finicum’s murder on January 26, 2016. Continue reading “Federal Judge Goes after Shauna Cox’s Rights of Free Speech: Warns Her not to Speak Publicly about Oregon Standoff”
Bloomberg – by Steven T. Dennis
A bipartisan group of farm-state senators called on the Treasury Department Thursday to review a state-owned Chinese company’s proposed acquisition of Syngenta AG over concerns that Chinese control could impact U.S. food security and farm interests.
The senators asked Treasury Secretary Jack Lew to include representatives of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States when it reviews the acquisition by the China National Chemical Corp., or ChemChina. The letter to Lew was signed by Debbie Stabenow, the ranking Democrat on the Agriculture Committee, and three other members of the committee: Democrat Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Republicans Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst of Iowa. Continue reading “ChemChina’s Bid for Syngenta Needs Scrutiny, Senators Say”
Al Jazeera America may be shutting off the lights permanently soon, but that doesn’t mean reporters likeDavid Shuster aren’t continuing to go about their business until the final gun sounds.
Wednesday night, Shuster just reported on the 7:00 PM EST AJAM nightly newscast that the FBI has completed its examination of Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton‘s private email server after an investigation lasting nearly one year. The former Fox News and MSNBC reporter states investigators are nearing a verdict whether to seek criminal charges against the Former Secretary of State, Senator and First Lady. Continue reading “Hillary Clinton to be Interviewed by FBI Director Comey in Coming Days”
The Post & Email – by Sharon Rondeau
(Mar. 27, 2016) — At approximately 6:21 p.m. EDT, North American Law Center (NALC) lead attorney Stephen Pidgeon stated on the TNALC radio show that NALC has obtained “intelligence” and documentation from Canada showing that presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz was strictly a Canadian citizen throughout his life. Continue reading “NALC Lead Attorney: Documents Obtained From Canada on Ted Cruz”
It’s no longer the Nineteenth Century. And a dealer who wants to “clear” a firearms purchase through the useless Washington bureaucracy can contact the FBI (or any state) in a fraction of a second.
So it’s become an incredible anachronism that a New Jersey resident can’t purchase a rare handgun from a Connecticut dealer 50 miles away, unless the purchase is intermediated by two separate licensees — the one from Connecticut AND one from New Jersey. Continue reading “New Congressional Bill Will Allow Out-of-State Purchases”