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Fukushima Aftermath? 98 Percent Of Parts Of The Pacific Ocean Floor Covered By Dead Sea Creatures
thetruthwins.com |Michael Snyder | 12/15/13

National Geographic recently published a very interesting article about this study of the Pacific Ocean floor. The scientists running the study cannot really explain the very strange changes that they have observed since 2011… In March 2012, less than one percent of the seafloor beneath Station M was covered in dead sea salps. By July 1, more than 98 percent of it was covered in the decomposing organisms, according to the study, published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. ...

... "In the 24 years of this study, the past 2 years have been the biggest amounts of this detritus by far," said study leader Christine Huffard, a marine biologist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in California. ...

... Could this phenomenon possibly be related to what has been going on at Fukushima? ... Read more

You Should Never, Ever Leave Your Webcam Uncovered When You Aren't Using It
Slate | Tyler Lopez | 12/19/13

Is your webcam recording you right now? If that little green light is off, you'd probably think the camera is, too. But think again. Wednesday, the Washington Post highlighted an unnerving study published at Johns Hopkins University which found that a laptop webcam can function in relative secrecy -- a slightly subtler Eye of Sauron. ...

... The FBI has also publicly acknowledged its ability to employ such techniques when investigating criminal activity: Last year, a federal magistrate rejected the agency's request to secretly monitor a suspected criminal through his webcam. The Chinese government used a program called Ghostnet -- which involved remote access to webcams -- to spy directly on the Dalai Lama, though it is not known whether or not they first disabled the indicator light. But it isn't just governments who are co-opting webcams to do their surveillance work. ... Read more

Ron Paul Blasts "After 100 Years Of Failure, It's Time To End The Fed"
ZeroHedge | author | 12/20/13

A century ago, politicians failed to understand that the financial panics of the 19th century were caused by collusion between government and the banking sector. Today, however, we do know better. We know that the Federal Reserve continues to strengthen the collusion between banks and politicians. We know that the Fed's inflationary monetary policy continues to reap profits for Wall Street while impoverishing Main Street. And we know that the current monetary regime is teetering on a precipice. One hundred years is long enough. End the Fed. ... Read more

Meet Wall Street: Your New Landlord
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ZeroHedge | author | 12/20/13

Blackstone Group appears to be trying to oligopolize the business of renting single-family homes in the U.S.. As Bloomberg reports, after the housing crash left more than 7 million foreclosed homes in its wake, the investment firm has spent more than $7.8 billion purchasing about 41,000 single-family homes for rental conversion. The world's largest private equity firm has quickly become the largest landlord (of rental homes) in the U.S. and in October, Blackstone offered the first-ever "rental-home-backed" security on Wall Street. One has to wonder if this was the plan all along?

How Bad is the Corporate and Conservative Media?
AlterNet | author | 12/20/13

Actually both corporate and right-wing press are getting much worse. There are dozens of examples of journalistic failure every week. The right-wing media is often insane as we report on AlterNet in our super popular weekly series on Right-wing wackos. And, increasingly, mainstream media is about protecting the 1% and the media owner's financial interests. They too often miss the real story or mislead the reader.

It is no accident that the world's richest man -- Mexico's Carlos Slim, worth $73 billion -- is the second largest stockholder of the New York Times. Or that The Washington Post is now owned totally by one super rich person -- Jeff Bezos, the emperor of Amazon.   Bezos recently landed a $600 million contract with the CIA. But, the Post's articles about the CIA are not disclosing that the newspaper's sole owner is the main owner of CIA business partner Amazon. ... Read more

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