kelp-earthquake-radioactiOrange Country Register – by ERIKA I. RITCHIE

Anyone wondering about radiation found in kelp along the West Coast can check out the latest details on a new website.

Steve Manley, a biology professor at Cal State Long Beach, just launched Kelp Watch 2014 at kelpwatch.berkeley.edu. The site will update readers on how much radiation is found in kelp growing in the waters off California, Oregon, Washington, Alaska and British Columbia. The website will be updated as data come in.   Continue reading “Cal State Long Beach professor tracks radioactive kelp”

Kyiv Post

Open warfare broke out on the streets of Kyiv today, with at least 22 persons reportedly killed and more than 1,000 people injured. It was a day of non-stop bloodletting, smoke, fire and screeching ambulances.    Continue reading “Ukraine: At least 22 reported dead, more than 1,000 injured in Feb. 18 clashes”

Israeli premier meets wounded Syrians, blames IranYahoo News – by IAN DEITCH

ERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister met with wounded Syrians treated at an Israeli hospital Tuesday and blamed Iran for bloodshed in neighboring Syria as world powers meet in Vienna for talks over Tehran’s nuclear program.

Benjamin Netanyahu visited a hospital in the Golan Heights where Israeli doctors treat Syrians wounded in the civil war raging across the border. Although Israel and Syria are enemies having fought several wars, Israel provides medical treatment and humanitarian aid for wounded Syrians that reach its border.   Continue reading “Israeli premier meets wounded Syrians, blames Iran”

KATC News – by MELISSA CANONE

Today, there was a demonstration in Morgan City of the Anaconda, a boat designed for military use, by Swiftships Shipbuilders LLC and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. U.S. Rep. Charles Boustany, who represents Louisiana’s 3rd congressional district, was also present at the demonstration.

UL researchers (faculty and students) working with Swiftships are adding autonomous navigation to the Anaconda. Autonomous naviagtion integrades sensors and technology that will enable the boat to to be self-driven. Swiftships enlisted the University’s help to enhance the Anaconda because of its expertise in control systems, sensors and robotics.   Continue reading “UL, Swiftships demonstrate unmanned boat”

GEAB N°82 is available! 2014, resumption of the of the global systemic crisis’ « normal » pathGEAB N 82

The avalanche of liquidity from the Fed’s quantitative easing in 2013, allowed the world before’s tenets to wake up: indebtedness, bubbles, globalization, financialization… But all it took was a slight slowing down in the astronomical amounts injected by the US central bank every month for the rampant crisis, buried under these piles of liquidity, to reassert itself. As anticipated, the method of “resolving” the crisis by accentuating the excesses that caused it is ineffective, causing a crisis squared instead. All the same one can find an actual benefit: time is gained which everyone uses to their best advantage.    Continue reading “2014, resumption of the of the global systemic crisis’ « normal » path”

AOL – by LAURA MILLS

MOSCOW (AP) – A trade ban on lacy lingerie has Russian consumers and their neighbors with their knickers in a twist.

The ban will outlaw any underwear containing less than 6 percent cotton from being imported, made, or sold in Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. And it has struck a chord in societies where La Perla and Victoria’s Secret are panty paradises compared to Soviet-era cotton underwear, which was often about as flattering and shapely as drapery.   Continue reading “Trade ban will outlaw certain lacy underwear in Russia”

AOL – by MARIA DANILOVA

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Thousands of police armed with stun grenades and water cannons charged into the large opposition camp in Ukraine’s capital that has been the epicenter of nearly three months of anti-government protests after at least nine people were killed in street clashes Thursday.

The police dismantled some of the barricades on the perimeter of Independence Square, and many of the demonstrators’ tents were set on fire. But the 20,000 protesters fought back, armed with rocks, bats and fire bombs, and singing the Ukrainian national anthem.   Continue reading “Riot police move in against Kiev protest camp, at least 9 dead”

The U.S. military has begun testing troops to see if using low level shocks of electricity keep them alert during combat. Early experiments are underway using 'noninvasive' treatments, such as transcranial magnetic stimulation, stock image pictured, on volunteers who reported increased performance as a resultThe Boston Globe – by Bryan Bender

WASHINGTON — For some modern soldiers, caffeine is just not enough to stay vigilant, especially for the growing ranks of digital warriors who must spend hours monitoring spy drone footage and other streams of surveillance data.

So the Pentagon is exploring a novel way to extend troops’ attention spans and sharpen their reaction times: stimulate the brain with low levels of electricity.   Continue reading “Pentagon considers using electricity to stimulate troops’ brains”

Lew Rockwell – by Walter E. Williams

Evil acts are given an aura of moral legitimacy by noble-sounding socialistic expressions, such as spreading the wealth, income redistribution, caring for the less fortunate, and the will of the majority. Let’s have a thought experiment to consider just how much Americans sanction evil.

Imagine there are several elderly widows in your neighborhood. They have neither the strength to mow their lawns, clean their windows and perform other household tasks nor the financial means to hire someone to help them. Here’s a question that I’m almost afraid to ask: Would you support a government mandate that forces you or one of your neighbors to mow these elderly widows’ lawns, clean their windows and perform other household tasks? Moreover, if the person so ordered failed to obey the government mandate, would you approve of some sort of sanction, such as fines, property confiscation or imprisonment? I’m hoping, and I believe, that most of my fellow Americans would condemn such a mandate. They’d agree that it would be a form of slavery — namely, the forcible use of one person to serve the purposes of another.   Continue reading “Concealing Evil”

devo bob casale reuters.jpgFox News

Bob Casale, one of the original members of the new wave group Devo, died suddenly from heart failure, according to a post on the band’s official Twitter account. He was 61.

Devo singer and co-founder Mark Mothersbaugh released the following statement: “We are shocked and saddened by Bob Casale’s passing. He not only was integral in DEVO’s sound, he worked over twenty years at Mutato, collaborating with me on sixty or seventy films and television shows, not to mention countless commercials and many video games.  Bob was instrumental in creating the sound of projects as varied as “Rugrats” and Wes Anderson’s films. He was a great friend. I will miss him greatly.”    Continue reading “Devo guitarist Bob Casale dead of heart failure at age 61”

Canada Free Press – by Cliff Kincaid

The Sunday CBS “60 Minutes” program aired a dramatic story about murder and corruption in Russia and the criminals who run the regime in Moscow. But it did not mention the failure of the Obama administration to challenge the Putin regime over its blatant human rights abuses and official corruption.   Continue reading “What “60 Minutes” Didn’t Say About Russia”

The Daily Caller – by Caroline May

Food stamp redemption at military grocery stores, or commissaries, has nearly doubled since the beginning of the “Great Recession,” topping out at $103.6 million in fiscal 2013, from $31.1 million in 2008.

While the amount of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, or food stamps, have soared over the past five years, the rate of increase has slowed, according to data from the Defense Commissary Agency and published by CNN Money Monday.   Continue reading “Food stamp use among troops skyrockets during Obama admin”

I DIDN’T BELIEVE THESE LAWS AT FIRST, BUT HAVE FOUND THEM TO BE TRUE (Many Times) FROM ACTUAL EXPERIENCE.

1.Law of Mechanical Repair – After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you’ll have to pee.

2.Law of Gravity – Any tool, nut, bolt, screw, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner.   Continue reading “Laws not found in the books”