Posts Tagged ‘comets’

Assessing Russia’s economic Achilles heel

     For three days this month, June 16-18, I had the opportunity to participate as a panelist in the annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in Russia. I’ve been in Russia many times since the Ukraine US-backed coup d’état of February 2014, and the deliberate escalations of NATO military and economic tensions and sanctions against […]

Panic as 3 earthquakes hit Umbria, Italy

     An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale struck the central Italian region of Umbria on Monday night, and was followed by two smaller quakes this morning, creating panic among residents and closing schools in the hilltop town of Orvieto. The first quake, which was also felt in Tuscany and Lazio, was registered by […]

Neocon Ghoul Announces Plan Underway to Ensure Hillary Clinton Becomes President

Neocon Ghoul Announces Plan Underway to Ensure Hillary Clinton Becomes President May 30th, 2016 Wealthy Republicans Planning to Run Third Party Candidate to Stop Trump: Some other flunky Republican-as-3rd-Party candidate would simply take votes from Trump, making it more likely that Clinton would win. […]

Remembering the Golan Heights

     During the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, Syrian forces had surprised Israel and were fast approaching the edge of the steep Golan Heights, captured by Israel during the 1967 war. It seemed as if Syrian armor and infantry would retake Golan, then pour down into Israeli Galilee. Soviet recon satellites observed Israel moving its nuclear-armed, 500km-range […]

Strange object spotted falling from the sky over South West England

Photos have surfaced of what appears to be an object falling from the sky. Gudrun Limbrick posted the photo in the Facebook page A Place In North Devon.      People have been coming up with possible explanations including a meteorite, plane entrails or a strange cloud. It was seen from all over North Devon including […]

A Powerful Spring Snowpack Isn’t Going To Help California

California’s historic drought isn’t ending anytime soon. Though state-surveyors will dig through very deep snow this week to measure a “normal” Sierra Nevada snowpack, things are not looking up for the water conditions in the Golden State. The Seattle Times reports: A year ago, Gov. Jerry Brown stood on the same spot — then a […]

Glorifying Nazis: Ukrainian fashion magazine to tour Europe with exhibition featuring neo-Nazi fighter

     Among the models shot for a photo exhibition of Ukrainian fighters with war disabilities is a 20-year-old man brandishing Nazi tattoos on his naked torso. The exhibition, currently in Kiev, is set to tour in Europe, the US and Canada. Called ‘Winners’, the photo exhibition was prepared by the Ukrainian fashion magazine VIVA and […]

Glorifying Nazis: Ukrainian fashion magazine to tour Europe with exhibition featuring neo-Nazi fighter

     Among the models shot for a photo exhibition of Ukrainian fighters with war disabilities is a 20-year-old man brandishing Nazi tattoos on his naked torso. The exhibition, currently in Kiev, is set to tour in Europe, the US and Canada. Called ‘Winners’, the photo exhibition was prepared by the Ukrainian fashion magazine VIVA and […]

Iranian wrestlers enjoy golden night in Paris

Competing on Sunday evening in the French capital, Iran’s Hassan Rahimi, Seyed Ahmad Mohammadi, Alireza Karimi and Komeil Ghasemi all hammered their rivals in the finals clinching gold medals. Hassan Rahimi (61kg) won against Quentin Jean-René Sticker of France 12-2 in the first round. In the same weight category, Iran’s second representative Iman Sadeghi also […]

Peru Creates ‘Yellowstone of the Amazon’ for Uncontacted Tribes & Endangered Wildlife

Home > Peru Creates ‘Yellowstone of the Amazon’ for Uncontacted Tribes & Endangered Wildlife Sierra del Divisor’s famed cone. Photo by Diego Pérez / El Taller.pe Rhett A. Butler, MongabayWaking Times After more than a decade of discussion and planning, Peru on Sunday will […]

Comet Hitchhiker would take tour of small bodies

This artist concept shows Comet Hitchhiker, an idea for traveling between asteroids and comets using a harpoon and tether system. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Cornelius Dammrich Catching a ride from one solar system body to another isn’t easy. You have to figure out how to land your spacecraft safely and then get it on its way to the […]