Archive for December, 2012

2000 BC tomb in Oman discovered

     While building a new border check post in the northern coastal Aswad province of Oman, the squad of Royal Oman Police (ROP) discovered ancient artifacts, settlements and tombs dating back to 2000 BC. Once the ROP team reported the discovery of the ancient graves in Aswad’s Shinas town, the crew of Sultan Qaboos University […]

‘Peking Man’ was a fashion plate

     “Peking Man,” a human ancestor who lived in China between roughly 200,000 and 750,000 years ago, was a wood-working, fire-using, spear-hafting hominid who, mysteriously, liked to drill holes into objects for unknown reasons. And, yes, these hominids, a form of Homo erectus, appear to have been quite meticulous about their clothing, using stone tools […]

‘Peking Man’ was a fashion plate

     “Peking Man,” a human ancestor who lived in China between roughly 200,000 and 750,000 years ago, was a wood-working, fire-using, spear-hafting hominid who, mysteriously, liked to drill holes into objects for unknown reasons. And, yes, these hominids, a form of Homo erectus, appear to have been quite meticulous about their clothing, using stone tools […]

Remains of 6th century high-caste man in armour found at ‘Pompeii of Japan’

The remains of a high-caste man wearing armour who was buried by hot ash — possibly as he tried to calm the wrath of an erupting volcano — have been found in an area known as the “Pompeii of Japan”. Archaeologists say they have unearthed the well-preserved body of a sixth-century man who had apparently […]

Remains of 6th century high-caste man in armour found at ‘Pompeii of Japan’

The remains of a high-caste man wearing armour who was buried by hot ash — possibly as he tried to calm the wrath of an erupting volcano — have been found in an area known as the “Pompeii of Japan”. Archaeologists say they have unearthed the well-preserved body of a sixth-century man who had apparently […]

Traditional rice farmers preserving India’s rice biodiversity

     In May 2009 super cyclone “Aila” swept the Sunderbans in eastern India and thousands of hectares of rice were ruined overnight and the area completely submerged in salt water. A handful of traditional rice farmers sowed three salt-tolerant rice varieties. These farmers were the only ones who harvested some rice in the following winter. […]

Traditional rice farmers preserving India’s rice biodiversity

     In May 2009 super cyclone “Aila” swept the Sunderbans in eastern India and thousands of hectares of rice were ruined overnight and the area completely submerged in salt water. A handful of traditional rice farmers sowed three salt-tolerant rice varieties. These farmers were the only ones who harvested some rice in the following winter. […]

Double Deja Vu on December 31st? Up to 300 starlings litter roadway and fields in Seymour, Tennessee

     Residents and those passing by near Dogwood Hills subdivision on Boyd Creek Highway Sunday afternoon were met with an unusual scene. Dozens of dead birds littered the highway and surrounding fields after falling from the sky.Sgt. Robert Stoffle of the Sevier County Sheriff’s Department said a call about the birds came in around 1:15 […]

Double Deja Vu on December 31st? Up to 300 starlings litter roadway and fields in Seymour, Tennessee

     Residents and those passing by near Dogwood Hills subdivision on Boyd Creek Highway Sunday afternoon were met with an unusual scene. Dozens of dead birds littered the highway and surrounding fields after falling from the sky.Sgt. Robert Stoffle of the Sevier County Sheriff’s Department said a call about the birds came in around 1:15 […]

#PALESTINE NEWS | Dec 31, 2012

Follow on Twitter for more live updatesFollow @occpalFollow @occpal2 Israel’s Psychological Warfare Effects on Children (Video) “I picture a dead Arab & that makes me happy” Israeli boy (Video) More on Israel’s military indoctrination of children ~ by StephenLendman More Photos of Palestine | Gallery Continuous updates.. LIVE BLOG | Israeli soldier Nofar Mizrahi assassinated […]

Could You Survive Being Sent To A FEMA Camp

Could You Survive Being Sent To A FEMA Camp? by Dave Hodges – thecommonsenseshow.com Our banker hijacked government has eviscerated the Constitution through tyrannical legislative acts such asThe Military Commissions Act, The Patriot Acts I and II, The John Warner Defense Act, The NDAA, Quantitative Easing I, II and […]

Obama’s Urging Illinois to Recognize ‘Gay Marriage’

Lynn Sweet of the Chicago Sun-Times touted her “exclusive report that President Obama is urging the Illinois General Assembly to legally recognize “gay marriage” in his adopted home state. Legislators may debate the measure as early as this week in Springfield. Both houses of the state legislature there are Democrat-controlled. “While the president does not […]

TV Guide Hails Martha Raddatz as ‘Moderator of the Year,’ Slams Clint Eastwood, Bristol Palin

TV Guide published a “Cheers and Jeers” issue to analyze “2012’s Best and Worst in TV.” When it came to political TV, the magazine made it quite clear that Obama’s re-election was a highlight, and conservative celebrities were only mentioned in “Jeers.” Raddatz was hailed for “asking direct questions and keeping the candidates on point,” […]

Media Bias Year-in-Review: The Most Horrendous Bias of 2012

It’s the last day of 2012, and NewsBusters is recounting the worst media bias of the year, as catalogued in the MRC’s Best Notable Quotables of 2012. Earlier, we documented journalists’ most partisan potshots against the Romney-Ryan ticket, as well as the most effusive “Obamagasms” of the preceding twelve months. Today, some of the most […]

WashPost’s 2012 Humor in Review Prefers to Mock Obama for Getting Osama bin Laden

Liberals always think humor has a liberal bias. That wasn’t certainly true when The Washington Post magazine published “Dave Barry’s Year in Review” on Sunday. Barry mocks Obama for his victories: “President Obama, in the State of the Union address, boldly rebuts critics who charge that his economic policies have been a failure by displaying […]

No, AP and Politico, It Isn’t About ‘What Hobby Lobby Says’; It’s About What Is Actually True

One of the establishment press’s favorite tactics to diminish the perceived strength of a position taken by people or companies they are inclined not to favor is to take objectively true facts and statements and reduce them to things only those people or companies “say” or “believe.” Hobby Lobby’s case against the ObamaCare mandates is […]

Iron Dome Has Been Significantly Improved Since Culmination of Operation Pillar of Defense

Iron Dome CRAM launcher near the town of Sderot. Photo: wiki commons. Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system continues to improve, a fact Hamas and other terrorist organizations in Gaza won’t be happy to hear. The news comes via the National Post, which interviewed a senior engineer with Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, the Israeli company […]

Former Foreign Minister Lieberman Officially Indicted in Corruption Case

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Yisrael Beytenu Chairman and former Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman was officially indicted on Sunday for fraud and breach of trust in the corruption case involving former Israeli Ambassador to Belarus Ze’ev Ben Aryeh, Israel Hayom repored. The State Prosecutor’s Office filed the indictment at the Jerusalem Magistrate’s […]

Likud MK Hotovely: Netanyahu Doesn’t Support Two-State Solution

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen speaking with fellow Likud parliament member Tzipi Hotovely. Photo: Miriam Alster/FLASH90. Benjamin Netanyahu’s 2009 speech at Bar-Ilan University, in which he accepted a two-state solution after campaigning on a platform of “economic peace,” was  “a tactical speech for the world,” according to Likud MK Tzipi Hotovely.  Speaking on a […]

Israel Sees World’s 10th-Fewest Road Deaths Per Kilometers Driven in 2012

Traffic in New York. The number of deaths in road accidents in Israel in 2012 was the lowest in 50 years, Transportation and Road Safety Minister Yisrael Katz announced on Sunday. Since the start of the year, there were 287 deaths in road accidents in Israel, a 25 percent drop from 2011. Katz said that […]

Videos Show Fatah Officials Supporting Violence Against Israel (VIDEO)

Screen shot of Abbas Zaki. Photo: PMW Videos recently published by Palestinian Media Watch reveal that multiple Fatah members continue to support violence against Israel. In the first video Abbas Zaki, Fatah Central Committee member, tells private Palestinian TV channel Wattan, “May Allah bless Islamic Jihad, may Allah bless Hamas.” In the second video Jibril […]

Merkel says euro zone crisis far from over

Reuters – The euro zone sovereign debt crisis is far from over even though reform measures designed to address the roots of the problem are beginning to bear fruit, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said in her New Year’s address. In a taped interview to be broadcast on Monday evening, Merkel urged Germans to […]

Bolivia nationalises electricity companies

Aljazeera – Bolivia has nationalised two electricity distribution companies owned by Spanish utility Iberdrola, the latest move by leftist President Evo Morales to assert control over the country’s resources. Iberdrola will be compensated according to a valuation to be drawn up by an independent arbiter, Morales said on Saturday, adding that the measure was […]

Jailed Qatari poet to appeal life sentence

Aljazeera – A Qatari poet who has been sentenced to life in prison for insulting the Emir of Qatar and spreading incendiary material has been granted an appeal, according to his lawyer. Muhammad al-Ajami, 36, was jailed in November 2011 after an investigative judge found him guilty of calling for the overthrow of the […]

Obama signs renewal of foreign surveillance law

Associated Press – President Barack Obama has signed into law a five-year extension of the U.S. government’s authority to monitor the overseas activity of suspected foreign spies and terrorists. The warrantless intercept program would have expired at the end of 2012 without the president’s approval. The renewal bill won final passage in the Senate […]

Revealed: how the FBI coordinated the crackdown on Occupy

Guardian – It was more sophisticated than we had imagined: new documents show that the violent crackdown on Occupy last fall – so mystifying at the time – was not just coordinated at the level of the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security, and local police. The crackdown, which involved, as you may recall, […]

Cloud Atlas – Hollywood Spews Depraved Occult Fantasy

  December 31, 2012 “Cloud Atlas” is a reminder the world is run by a satanic cult. Hollywood makes the cult’s home movies which remove us from truth and transport us to an occult world.  The good news: this one was a box office bomb. by Katy (a Reader) (henrymakow.com) Today I watched Cloud Atlas […]

‘Smash’: Jennifer Hudson Previews ‘Huge Challenge’ (VIDEO)

“Smash” is back this February and it’s out with the old and in with the new. In the preview video below, “American Idol” contestant and Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson previews the new season and her role on the series. “I’m having a ball recording all the original music,” Hudson says in the video below. “You’re […]

‘North By North West’ And Other Favorite Movie Sets Featured In House Beautiful’s February 2013 Issue (PHOTOS)

We tend to get design inspiration from a lot of places: books, magazines, bloggers and of course the sets from our favorite movies, whether they are classics or contemporary flicks. The interiors displayed in movies such as “North By Northwest” and “Marie Antoinette” have become iconic in the design world due to the stunning decor […]

30 Days Of LGBT Holiday Giving: Give A Gift To BAGLY

Note: This holiday season, in lieu of a traditional holiday gift guide, we’ll be featuring a different LGBT organization each day for our “30 Days Of LGBT Giving.” Check back tomorrow for a look at another incredible group that’s working tirelessly on behalf of the LGBT community. In the summer of 1980, a group of […]

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