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Why People Reject Conspiracy Theories

Saman Mohammadi
The Excavator
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“On his Infowars.com[2] Web site, Jones headlines his page with “Because There Is a War on for Your Mind.” True enough, which is why science and reason must always prevail over fear and irrationality, and conspiracy mongering traffics in the latter at the expense of the former.” – Michael Shermer, “Why People

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German army's crisis role widened

The German military will in future be able to use its weapons on German streets in an extreme situation, the Federal Constitutional Court says.

The ruling says the armed forces can be deployed only if Germany faces an assault of "catastrophic proportions", but not to control demonstrations.

The decision to deploy forces must be approved by the

Water Shortages Hit U.S. Power Supply

Source: New Scientist[1]

As the United States’ extended heat wave and drought threaten to raise global food prices, energy production is also feeling the pressure. Across the nation, power plants are becoming overheated and shutting down or running at lower capacity; drilling operations struggle to get the water they need, and crops that would b

Suicide of Deloitte Partner Daniel Pirron Linked to Standard Chartered’s Iran Scandal

Source: Telegraph[1]
Deloitte

The family of a senior partner at Deloitte has called for answers after he apparently committed suicide days after the auditing firm was linked to the Standard Chartered Iran dollar trades scandal.

Daniel Pirron, a partner in Delloite’s key General Counsel’s office in New York, was found dead in a car park near his home in

Western spies helping Syria rebels

Source: AFP[1]

Aleppo: British and German spies are involved in covert operations to help Syrian rebels in their increasingly bloody fight to topple the regime of President Bashar Al Assad, press reports said on Sunday.

The reports said German and British spies were passing on information about Syrian troop movements to the rebels.

“We can be proud o

Former Barclays CEO 'held back evidence'

Former Barclays CEO 'held back evidence'

British parliamentarians have accused former Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond of holding back evidence during a hearing last month over the Libor rate-rigging scandal.

In a report issued on Saturday regarding the manipulation of a key inter-bank interest rate, the cross-party Treasury Select Committee claimed that Diamond offered "highly

“Why in the World are They Spraying?” Full Length Documentary HD

WHY in the World are They Spraying? is an investigative documentary into one of the many hidden agendas associated with chemtrail/geo-engineering programs.  Various groups are quietly pursuing these programs, but why and for whose gain?

This film is the follow-up to the groundbreaking documentary “What in the World are They Spraying?[1]” w

'You don't know who you're dealing with': Ecuador President warns Britain off 'grotesque' threat to storm embassy over Julian Assange

The diplomatic row over Julian Assange escalated last night when the President of Ecuador warned Britain that any attempt to storm its embassy in London would destroy relations between the two countries.

Rafael Correa used his weekly address to the nation to deliver his strongest warning to Britain yet, describing the UK’s stance as ‘grotesque’ and

The Army Has Issued Anti-Suicide Nasal Spray To Keep Troops From Taking The 'Easy Out'

The Army Has Issued Anti-Suicide Nasal Spray To Keep Troops From Taking The 'Easy Out'

The military suicide rate doubled in July. That's one of our troops, almost every day.

To come up with an answer, the Army recently gave 3 million dollars to a university of Indiana research center, and those researchers came back with this: Anti-Suicide Nasal Spray[1].

Katie Drummond of The Daily reports[2] researchers found a naturally

Perfecting the Technowar

The Fortune 500 Bleeds America Dry in Perpetual War for Global Expansion.

RT recently aired a piece titled, "Homemade bombs beat high-tech? Afghan war failure looms[1]," in which the astronomical amount of money spent on military weapons systems is examined versus the apparent inability of the US to "win" in Afghanistan.


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3D printed meat: It's what's for dinner

3D printing has been used to create running shoes[1], medical implants[2], and, to the delight of firearm enthusiasts, a .22 caliber handgun[3]. So why not a 3D-printed steak for the grill?

Billionaire investor Peter Thiel's philanthropic foundation plans to announce today a six-figure grant for bioprinted meat, part of an ambitious plan to bring

What The Threat Of A Global Food Crisis Means For World Markets

What The Threat Of A Global Food Crisis Means For World Markets

The global food crisis of 2007-2008 is threatening to repeat in the coming months, as the worst drought in 50 years devastates the US corn crop, with 51% of the crop rated "Poor/very poor" by the US Department of Agriculture. This crop is said to be on a par with that of 1988 crop, the worst in the past thirty years. Note that the US is the top

10 Most Profitable U.S. Companies Paid 9% in Federal Income Taxes

The largest corporations in the U.S., consisting of oil, retail, banking and technology giants, paid an average of only 9% of their earnings in income taxes to the Internal Revenue Service[1] last year.

 

According to the tax code, companies are supposed to pay 35% income tax. But NerdWallet[2] determined that the top 10 came nowhere near that.

 

Exxon

Genetically Engineering ‘Ethical’ Babies Is a Moral Obligation, Says Oxford Professor

Source: Telegraph[1]

Professor Julian Savulescu said that creating so-called designer babies could be considered a “moral obligation” as it makes them grow up into “ethically better children”.

The expert in practical ethics said that we should actively give parents the choice to screen out personality flaws in their children as it meant they

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