Media is reporting that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS, ISIL) are planning to mint a precious metals currency out of gold, silver and copper. According to SITE Intelligence Group (SITE) and tweets from alleged ISIS members, the terrorist group told the organization that their leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi “created” the currency. SITE claims that a…
Government-funded sterilization surgeries performed in India has resulted in the deaths of 13 women and left 52 other in critical condition because of efforts to “help slow the country’s population growth”. It is presumed that because of “sterilization quotas” in India these women were victims of “health authorities [pressuring] patients into [sterilization] surgery rather than advising them…
Researchers from the University of California at the Davis Center for Neuroscience and the department of psychiatry (UCD) have successfully used an optogenetic technique that uses light to erase memories. Funding for this study was provided by Whitehall Foundation, McKnight Foundation, Nakajima Foundation and the National Science Foundation (NSF). Genetically modified mice were trained to develop memories…
Sondra Arquiett, who had never set up a Facebook page, had her identity stolen by US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent Timothy Sinnigen in order to communicate with “wanted fugitive[s]” in regard to a drug ring. Arquiett’s image was taken from her cell phone which was seized by law enforcement officers after she was arrested for…
Comsonics is a tech corporation currently working on a new device for law enforcement that could monitor driver’s texting habits while on the road by sending radio signals to their targets. In the same way, a police officer uses a radar gun, this device would “peek” into the signal emitted by the driver’s cell phone and differentiate whether…
According to Philip Smyth, researcher of activity of jihadists on social media, who has been monitoring the developments of the James Foley beheading video released by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and has found that tech corporations such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube were integral in stopping the viral spread of this…
House Representative Hank Johnson has brought the Stop Militarizing Law Enforcement Act (SMLE) back for consideration because it would prevent the local police departments nationwide from obtaining military-grade equipment from the Department of Defense (DoD). SMLE would prohibit the DoD from giving local law enforcement: • Mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles • Military grade weapons • Firearms • Computers…
John Hines is the coordinator of a new exploratory project headed by the US Geological Survey (USGS) to conduct sound blasting to research the ocean floor along the Eastern seaboard in order to predict Tsunamis and underwater landslides; not natural gas and petrol. But yes, they are looking for petrol and natural gas. This scheme is awaiting…
Researchers from Washington State University (WSU) and Newcastle University (NCU) have released a study regarding the healthful benefits of organic fruits and vegetables showing in conclusion that “organic crops, on average, have higher concentrations of antioxidants, lower concentrations of [the toxic mental] Cd and a lower incidence of pesticide residues than the non-organic comparators across regions and…
California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law the removal of a ban on the use of crypto-currencies such as Bitcoin and Dogecoin to “accommodate the growing use of alternative payment methods.” Roger Dickenson, assemblyman in California and author of Section 107 which allows for corporations or individuals to issue tradable legal tender other than US dollars, said: “In…
