Archive for October 17th, 2010
Charity offers UK drug addicts £200 to be sterilised
Drug addicts across the UK are being offered money to be sterilised by an American charity.
Bisphenol A officially declared toxic by Canada
Canada became the first country in the world yesterday to declare bisphenol A (BPA) to be a toxic substance that poses risks to human health and the environment.
Police Misconduct Costs NYC Taxpayers Nearly $1B to Settle Claims
The increasing militarization of police has had profound social ramifications across the United States, as citizens increasingly feel threatened by those sworn to protect them.
Cold Earth: A Book Review
Cold Earth is a new novel (well, new to the United States–it was published in the UK in 2009) about an archaeological expedition to the west coast of Greenland, which takes place during a world-wide flu epidemic.
‘There’s no such thing as rape within marriage’, says Muslim leader of sharia law courts in Britain
A senior Muslim cleric has been condemned by police and other Muslim leaders for claiming that there is no such thing as rape within marriage.
Merkel says German multicultural society has failed
Attempts to build a multicultural society in Germany have “utterly failed”, Chancellor Angela Merkel says.
Why McDonald’s Happy Meal hamburgers won’t decompose – the real story behind the story
The latest “new” discovery by the mainstream media is that McDonald’s Happy Meal hamburgers and fries won’t decompose, even if you leave them out for six months.
Machines of War: Blackwater, Monsanto, and Bill Gates
A report by Jeremy Scahill in The Nation (Blackwater’s Black Ops, 9/15/2010) revealed that the largest mercenary army in the world, Blackwater (now called Xe Services) clandestine intelligence services was sold to the multinational Monsanto.
£462,000 reward for Iron Age discovery – not a bad day’s work
IT was a lucky discovery to rival the chances of winning the lottery – a treasure hunter on his first outing with a new metal detector uncovering an Iron Age jewellery hoard buried just inches underground.
