Year: 2014

‘Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov attempted to dampen the escalating rhetoric around the Arctic, after his Canadian counterpart said his country was ready “to protect its sovereignty” in the resource-rich region. “The Arctic shouldn’t be […]

‘The residents of the San Joaquin Valley are facing an ominous crises due to California’s drought. Unlike most communities in the drought stricken state, the unincorporated town of East Porterville isn’t just running low on […]

‘Invoking the risk of famine as a justification for GMOs is “a deceitful strategy, no different from…Russian roulette,” according to a statistician and professor at New York University. Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a scholar, statistician, […]

Another intriguing video from Anita Fuentes’ You Tube channel.   If you’re interested Anita has the most complete list of 2014 animal deaths on her website (link).  Here is a sampling (all links can be found […]

From an article in Medical Daily: “In 1982, coroners found semen in the body of murder victim, Karen Range. With the killer denying ever raping Range, the semen’s owner remained a mystery for nearly 30 […]

‘Close to 200 state and local police departments in the United States have been suspended for losing military-level equipment transferred to them by the Pentagon, a new investigation found. According to the media outlet Fusion, […]

‘French authorities have formally opened a negligence investigation into Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). She has been questioned about her role in awarding 400m euro (£318m; $527m) in compensation to […]

‘Cardiff city centre has been turned into a high security ‘prison’ with 10 miles of fencing – which is being dubbed the ‘ring of steel’ – ahead of the Nato conference next week. Police have […]