One of the growing concerns resulting from Trump’s decision to pull the U.S. out of the Iran deal, is that oil – and gasoline – prices will jump so much, now that anywhere between 200kb/d and 700kb/d in Iran exports is taken out of the market, they will offset most benefits to U.S. consumers from the Trump […]
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3 Easy habits that you can pursue today to dramatically improve your "sustainability score"
(Natural News) Green living isn’t only beneficial for the environment. By practicing certain habits, you can also greatly improve your “sustainability score.” Improving your health via green habits While it’s true that practices such as not buying products in plastic packaging, recycling, and taking shorter showers are part of a sustainable lifestyle, there are […]
WordPress.com Gets a Perfect Score from the EFF for Digital Privacy Rights
At Automattic, we’re proud of our commitment to fighting for the digital rights of our users and of our work to keep the internet free and open. Today we’re honored to receive another perfect score from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) in its annual Who Has Your Back? report. The EFF is a well-known nonprofit organization committed […]
Two Major Credit Reporting Agencies Have Been Deceiving Us – Is Your Credit Score a Scam?
Isaac Davis, Staff WriterWaking Times As the world is pressed ever closer to a cashless society, individual control over one’s own wealth will become a thing of the past and our personal finances will be lorded over by government and the ‘official’ agencies contracted to manage our financial lives. The pieces are already in […]
Clinton’s ‘infatuation with war’ and neoconservatism stirs misgivings on the left
As the Democratic convention approaches and Hillary Clinton tries to win over, or finesse, the progressive anti-war component of her base, many writers are expressing misgivings about her foreign policy. Not that they are Trump supporters; but they worry about being left out in the cold in a Clinton administration studded with neoconservatives. Here are […]
Official: Iran not to lose China’s $60bln market
TEHRAN (FNA)- Head of the Iran-China Joint Chamber of Commerce Asadollah Asgaroladi underlined that the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) will have no adverse effects on the volume of trade exchanges between Tehran and Beijing. “We will not lose our 60-billion-dollar trade exchanges with China,” Asadollah Asgaroladi said on Tuesday, addressing […]
Relative of Murdered Palestinian Teen Mohammed Abu Khdeir Beaten Up in Jerusalem
Source: Haaretz His family says police refused to launch an investigation unless the victim files it himself. A 63-year-old Palestinian was attacked Thursday night in Jerusalem by unknown assailants. As of Saturday evening, the police have yet to launch an investigation. The man, Zoheir Abu Khdeir, a resident of East Jerusalem’s Shoafat neighborhood who works […]
Starman Has Left The World Stage
The world mourned the death of the most influential musician of our era today, Starman David Bowie. The man who fell to earth and shared his celestial ingenuity in performance art and music here on earth with us has gone back to the stars. Former astronaut Chris Hadfield pays tribute to David Bowie with his […]
Newly Released Email Shows Clinton Instructing Aide To Strip Header and Send Information Over Unsecured Lines After Objections Over Security
such as 18 USC 793: d) Whoever, lawfully having possession of, access to, control over, or being entrusted with any document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blueprint, plan, map, model, instrument, appliance, or note relating to the national defense, or information relating to the national defense which information the […]
British Intelligence Tried To Recruit ‘Jihadi John’, Says Report
Britain’s intelligence agency MI5 attempted to recruit ISIS militant ‘Jihadi John’ in order to become a double agent gathering intelligence on the Islamic State for Britain. The ISIS militant, who’s real name is Siddhartha Dhar, managed to flee to Syria before MI5 persuaded him to join. Thehindu.com reports: Dhar, who was dubbed the “new Jihadi John” […]
Dan Rabinowitz’s response to Nadia Abu El-Haj on BDS
Nadia Abu El-Haj wrote: BDS has a hidden agenda; it is not being honest about its political intentions. In other words, without naming it as such, Rabinowitz—following in the footsteps of many a critic of BDS—raises the specter of anti-Semitism in his op-ed. Rabinowitz: I never thought BDS to be anti-semitic, and am not inclined […]
Supreme Court rules broader immunity to police using deadly force in chases
The Supreme Court made it harder Monday to sue police for using deadly force against fleeing suspects, ruling that officers are immune from lawsuits unless it is “beyond debate” that a shooting was unjustified and clearly unreasonable. By an 8-1 vote, the justices tossed out an excessive force suit against a Texas police officer […]
Will Obama Pull the Plug on Libya to Score Reelection?
Will Obama Pull the Plug on NATO’S ’Imminent Liberation of Tripoli’? Dr. Franklin LambActivist Post August 21, 2011 Since this observer is not privy to any secrets around here and would not share them if he were, it’s fair enough to engage in frank discussions with former colleagues in Congress and new cyber acquaintances […]