Israeli Cartoonist Stands By 9/11 Image of Benjamin Netanyahu

Forward | 30 Oct 2014 Amos Biderman Says ‘Never Imagined’ Storm Over Satire Israeli cartoonist Amos Biderman stood by his an explosive work that depicts Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flying a plane towards the World Trade Center. Biderman, the political cartoonist for the liberal Haaretz newspaper, said he “never imagined” the harsh reaction to the…

Putin to Western elites: Play-time is over

by Dmitry Orlov | Cluborlov | October 30, 2014 A unilateral diktat and imposing one’s own models produces the opposite result Most people in the English-speaking parts of the world missed Putin’s speech at the Valdai conference in Sochi a few days ago, and, chances are, those of you who have heard of the speech…

Brain decoder can eavesdrop on your inner voice

by New Scientist | October 30, 2014 As you read this, your neurons are firing – that brain activity can now be decoded to reveal the silent words in your head TALKING to yourself used to be a strictly private pastime. That’s no longer the case – researchers have eavesdropped on our internal monologue for…

Vaccine problems: theory and practice

Dr. Suzanne Humphries | 21 Oct 2014 Dr. Suzanne Humphries speaks on her background and about how she started to question the safety on vaccines. She also gives information about how authorities work to persuade people to vaccinate. The first full part of four contains information about tetanus. Dr Humphries speaks on the disease, how…

Pale Riders: The Moral Blindness of our Leading Liberals

Chris Floyd | 29 Oct 2014 Behold the quintessential earnest progressive liberal in the highest moral dudgeon: Digby railing with thunderous fury at the possibility (the very distinct possibility) that Barack Obama is going to suppress the Senate’s report on CIA torture. Digby quotes the recent letter from some of Obama’s fellow Nobel Peace Prize…