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GULBERWICK, Scotland (AP) — In the late winter dusk, hundreds of Vikings are marching down to the beach, bearing flaming torches. Their studded leather breastplates glint in the firelight as they roar and sing.

It’s a scene that would have struck terror into the hearts of Dark Age Britons — and also perhaps an unsettling one for modern politicians on both sides of Scotland’s independence debate. The fearsome-looking participants in a Viking fire festival known as Up Helly Aa live in Scotland’s remote Shetland Islands, a wind-whipped northern archipelago where many claim descent from Scandinavian raiders. They are cool to the idea of Scotland leaving Britain to form an independent nation, and determined that their rugged islands — closer to Norway than to Edinburgh — will retain their autonomy, whatever the outcome of September’s referendum.   Continue reading “Scotland’s Vikings go own way in independence vote”

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Jr Books Online – by Viktor Suvorov

Chapter 15. Spetsnaz‘s First World War

I was standing on the top of an enormous skyscraper in New York when I saw King Kong. The huge gorilla surveyed Manhattan triumphantly from a dizzy height. Of course I knew it wasn’t real. But there was something both frightening and symbolic in that huge black figure.   Continue reading “The Inside Story of the Soviet Special Forces”

New York Times – by THOMAS FULLER and CHRIS BUCKLEY

PEARCE AIR FORCE BASE, Australia — Malaysia’s prime minister said Monday that further analysis of satellite data confirmed that the missing Malaysian airliner went down in the southern Indian Ocean. The announcement narrowed the search area but left many questions unanswered about why it flew to such a remote part of the world.

Experts had previously held out the possibility that the jet could have flown north instead, toward Central Asia, but the new data showed that it could have gone only south, said the prime minister, Najib Razak.   Continue reading “Malaysian Leader Says Flight 370 Ended in Ocean”

My Fox DC

Parents of students at a California high school are reacting to news that a long-time male high school science teacher is going to return after spring break as a woman.

The teacher, Gary Sconce, informed the Yosemite School District that he will be back in the classroom April 22 as his “true self,” a woman by the name of Karen Adell Scot, KFSN-TV reported Thursday.   Continue reading “Transgender teacher to return to California classroom as ‘true self’”

Yahoo News – by Kristina Lindborg, Christian Science Monitor

Ana was a good student in middle school. She got above-average grades, seemed poised and self-possessed, and, like many of her friends in her charming coastal town north of Boston, was on a probable path to college. Then, during her freshman year in high school, she decided to experiment with drugs and alcohol.

One night she got very drunk with some friends and loved it. She says it made her feel like “the person she wanted to be.” Before long she was also smoking marijuana. Soon after, a friend gave her some prescription painkiller pills to try, which Ana (not her real name) says made her feel even better than the alcohol.   Continue reading “Why heroin is spreading in America’s suburbs”

iran carrierThe Daily Sheeple

A replica of a US nuclear-powered air-craft carrier is being constructed on ”pontoons with steel construction to replicate hull, flight deck and superstructure”, the US Navy’s 5th Fleet has disclosed.

Why would Iran be building a mock US aircraft carrier? Is it for a propaganda piece or for something more sinister?   Continue reading “Iran Is Building a Mock US Aircraft Carrier…But Why?”

Infowars – by Paul Joseph Watson

Leaked Homeland Security documents obtained by Infowars reveal details of a joint DHS/FEMA national exercise set to take place this week, one of the components of which revolves around an effort to counter online dissent by a group called “Free Americans Against Socialist Tyranny,” which is disgruntled at the imposition of martial law after an earthquake in Alaska.

The document again underscores the federal government’s obsession with characterizing libertarians and conservatives as some kind of extremist radical threat.   Continue reading “Homeland Security Exercise Targets “Free Americans Against Socialist Tyranny””

Mother Jones – by Mariah Blake

In February, a group of Food and Drug Administration scientists published a study finding that low-level exposure to the common plastic additive bisphenol A (BPA) is safe. The media, thechemical industry, and FDA officials touted this as evidence that long-standing concerns about the health effects of BPA were unfounded. (“BPA Is A-Okay, Says FDA,” read one Forbes headline.) But, behind the scenes, a dozen leading academic scientists who had been working with the FDA on a related project were fuming over the study’s release—partly because they believed the agency had ​bungled the experiment.   Continue reading “Scientists Condemn New FDA Study Saying BPA Is Safe: “It Borders on Scientific Misconduct””

The Patriot Post – by Burt Prelutsky

As you have probably heard, John Kerry, who is nearly as screwy as Al Gore, has announced that climate change “is the most dangerous, most fearsome, weapon of mass destruction.”

Inasmuch as Obama and his underlings have once again dragged out this bugaboo in hopes of currying favor with their base and redirecting attention away from the stench of the Affordable Care Act, it would be better described as a weapon of mass distraction.   Continue reading “Proud to be a Flat Earther”

ARMs Are Costing People Their HomesThe New American – by Bob Adelmann

Back in September, the Associated Press took a close look at U.S. census data and learned that the supposed economic recovery was leaving an awful lot of people behind. One segment is homeowners who bought the dream of owning a home using ARMs — adjustable rate mortgages — and who are now finding out how these sub-prime mortgages really work. ARMs are forcing homeowners to walk away from their mortgages, resulting in declining home ownership rates for the fifth straight year.   Continue reading “ARMs Are Costing People Their Homes”

The prisoner worries about a criminal conduct being behind in jail (Shutterstock.com)The Raw Story – by David Edwards

The state of Tennessee has asked to execute a record number of death row inmates — and a new law means that the state can plan it all in secret.

According to the Times Free Press, officials have asked the state Supreme Court for permission to execute 10 inmates, the largest request ever.   Continue reading “New law allows Tennessee to plan record number of executions — and keep details secret”

fbmonsantoJon Rappoport

Seven of the top 12 shareholders of Facebook and Monsanto are identical.

Even more to the point, three of the top five shareholders are the same.

The top shareholder, at the moment, in Monsanto is The Vanguard Group, which is number two on the list of top Facebook shareholders.   Continue reading “Facebook and Monsanto: top shareholders are identical”

Chicago Train DerailmentUSA Today – by Kim Hjelmgaard and Doug Stanglin

Around 30 people were injured, none seriously, when an eight-car train crashed through a barrier at the end of the platform and hit escalators at Chicago O’Hare International Airport on Monday, according to Chicago’s Transit Authority.

Six people were listed in fair condition and 26 in good condition at three area hospitals, according to fire officials, the Chicago Tribune reports.   Continue reading “Dozens hurt on derailed train at O’Hare Airport”

Image:NBC News – by Elisha Fieldstadt and Alexander Smith

Rescuers in Washington state continued the desperate search for survivors overnight into Monday more than 36 hours after a massive mudslide killed at least eight people and destroyed 30 homes.

The slide turned a square mile of Snohomish County into a wasteland of mud, trees and wrecked buildings that Washington Gov. Jay Inslee described as “immense devastation.”   Continue reading “Rescuers Search Overnight for Survivors of Washington Mudslide”

Washington’s Blog

Like Bush Saying “You’re Either With Us or Against Us”

Preface: The scientific method requires allowing a free-for-all of hypotheses, which then rise or fall based upon the results of actual experiments.

For example, imprisoning Galileo for life because he didn’t agree with the “accepted” consensus that the Sun revolved around the Earth was not a great example of the scientific method. Instead of conducting experiments to see whether the Earth or Sun were the center of the Solar System, those with the prevailing view simply silenced the dissenter.   Continue reading “Anti-Science: Those Who Wish to Debate Climate Threatened with Death or Jail”