China is a land of extremes, literally.
In Central China the drought has become so bad that people are being told not to expect any water for another year. It has drastically cut rice production. The area is normally flooded at this time of year: “Usually it’s the season to fight floods, local villagers […] Continue Reading…
French Agriculture Minister Bruno Le Maire reporting that rain fall is only half what it was at the same time last year. French wheat harvests will be down by at least 11%, and exports will be cut in half.
Russia is banning fresh produce from Germany and Spain. At least 14 Germans died from e-coli. […] Continue Reading…
“I can say that the Libyan leader is ready to implement what is in the roadmap by the AU.”-South African President Jacob Zuma
For the second time, Gaddafi has accepted an AU cease fire and peace plan. The first time U.S. led NATO, and the rebels, rejected the offer. The South African president said: “…the […] Continue Reading…
In the Philippines 800 tons of fish, on a fish farm, died suddenly because of a drop in water temperature.
The fish began dying last week. Officials say the fish died from a combination of low temperatures, and low oxygen levels.
“The absolute overbearing audacity of the federal government in threatening Texas while Texas is trying to protect their citizens should really offend any red-blooded American.”-Carl Wimmer, Utah State Representative
Texas tried to make it a crime if Transportation Security Administration screeners touched your fiddly bits during a pat downs. The U.S. Department of […] Continue Reading…
According to nature.com, Homeland Security field tested the new Future Attribute Screening Technology system, at an undisclosed location in March 2011. Up ’till now testing was done in a laboratory setting, officials claim 70% success rate.
FAST is a system that is supposed to tell if you are going to commit a crime (they call […] Continue Reading…
“Regardless of Her Majesty’s personal views, it is the job of her private secretary to take these issues seriously and to investigate them and that’s precisely what is going on.”-unnamed Buckingham Palace source
In the Sunday Times Queen Elizabeth II expressed concerns she may be the last monarch of the U.K.
In a meeting […] Continue Reading…
If you’re wondering if the United States could become a Police State, stop, you’re too late, it already is!
For proof go to YouTube and type in “police brutality” and get ready for hundreds of videos. You can even get specific by typing in city names, or something like “nypd brutality” or “lapd brutality”, etc.
Here’s […] Continue Reading…
“The president called this incident a great mistake, the murdering of Afghanistan’s children and women, and on behalf of the Afghan people gives his last warning to the U.S. troops and U.S. officials in this regard.”-Press statement from the office of President Hamid Karzai
On May 28, yet another U.S. led NATO […] Continue Reading…
In March 2011, The Taliban (aka Leadership Council of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan) declared another spring offensive (aka Operation Badar, after a Mujahideen leader killed in 2003) against all foreign occupiers, and locals they view as supporting the foreign forces.
“…I can report that thanks to the extraordinary service of our […] Continue Reading…