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Just Because They Can: Man Blew 0.00 on Breath Test, Cops Charged Him with DWI Anyway
An Austin, Texas man was charged with a DWI last January, even though he took a breath test that cleared him of having alcohol in his system. Cops cited Austin’s “take-no-chances” policy, which might
Read More »Geoengineering side effects could be potentially disastrous, research shows
Large-scale human engineering of the Earth's climate to prevent catastrophic global warming would not only be ineffective but would have severe unintended side effects and could not be safely stopped, a comparison of five
Read More »Dianne Feinstein’s Husband Bags High-Speed Rail Construction Contract
Sen. Diane Feinstein’s husband Richard Blum won a construction contract for California’s high-speed rail project, reports the California Political Review. Author Laer Pearce says Perini-Zachary-Parsons, a construction group partially owned by Blum’s investment firm,
Read More »Bush cyberczar: NSA created ‘the potential for a police state’
The former cyber advisor under President George W. Bush had some harsh words for the United States National Security Agency during an address in California on Monday: "get out of the business of fucking
Read More »World begins 2014 with unusual number of extreme weather events
UN's World Meteorological Organisation says recent extremes of heat, cold and rain are almost certainly interlinked There have been heatwaves in Slovenia and Australia, snow in Vietnam and the return of the polar vortex to
Read More »The ‘Oldest Piece Of Earth Ever Found’
Tiny piece of zircon shows Earth's crust formed at least 4.4 billion years ago - and life could have appeared not long after that A gem found on a sheep ranch in Australia has been
Read More »Searchlights Converging On Huge UFO In Battle Of LA
[This From the Archive post originally published March 10, 2011. Today, Feb. 25, 2012, is 70th Anniversary of the Battle of LA.] Feb. 25, 1942: Searchlights converge on an unknown object in the skies over
Read More »Russia plans to build meteorite shield – minister
The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry is drawing up a concept of a zone for testing meteorite protection of the civilian population and facilities, Minister Vladimir Puchkov said
Read More »Water Found in Atmosphere of Nearby Alien Planet
Water vapor has been detected in the atmosphere of one of the first alien planets ever identified by astronomers. Advances in the technique used to scan the atmosphere of this "hot Jupiter" could help scientists
Read More »“Surrender Your Firearms,” Connecticut Tells Unregistered Gun Owners
State orders owners of newly-banned, unregistered firearms to turn them all in The State of Connecticut is now demanding that gun owners across the state turn in all newly-banned, unregistered firearms and magazines or face
Read More »The Routine Use of Fake Images and Video Footage by the Western Media
Image. CNN Report: “Chinese Cops” in Tibet: Footage of a protest movement in India, 2008 It has become routine for the mainstream media including network TV to present fake images and footage of protest
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