From Jenna Orkin 

The Global Run On Physical Cash Has Begun: Why It Pays To Panic First

Ku Klux Klan rally in Anaheim erupts in violence; three stabbed, 13 arrested

This 19-year-old started a massive protest movement in Hong Kong — and now the government is putting him on trial

STRATFOR founder George Friedman gave us some jarring predictions for the future

A 12-year-old girl is facing criminal charges for using emoji, and she’s not the only one

Reindeer are still very radioactive 30 years after Chernobyl

Pot is power hungry Why the marijuana industry's energy footprint is growing  

Bees Are Dying And That Could Be Devastating For Food Security

Iran Pivots Toward Democracy As Moderates Sweep Elections 

The Hidden Persuaders - How The Internet Flips Election & Alters Our Thoughts 

Obama To Expand Surveillance State Powers By Signing A 21 Page Memo 

Japan Hits Demographic Tipping Point With First Official Population Decline In History 

"Let's Pray This Works": Syria "Ceasefire" Begins After Russia Takes "Total Control" Of Country 

 

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Oregon City Fires Goats From Landscaping Duties

From Jenna Orkin 

1 of world's biggest banks prepares for massive layoffs
Caught On Tape: U.S. Test Fires Nuclear ICBM, Warns "We Are Prepared To Use Nuclear Weapons"
According To This, 2016 Is Set To Be The Most Volatile Year On Record
Chesapeake's AIG Moment: Energy Giant Faces $1 Billion In Collateral Calls
Economic Recovery? 13 Of The Biggest Retailers In America Are Closing Down Stores
JOHN MCAFEE: The US may be violating the 13th amendment if it forces Apple to create a back door

'My party has gone bats**t crazy': GOP lawmakers are freaked out about Trump 

Here's what will happen to your bank account if Federal Reserve interest rates go negative

University of California Berkeley alerts 80,000 people of a cyberattack

Germany says it lost 130,000 refugees

At least 5 reportedly dead, including gunman, following standoff in Washington 

From Jenna Orkin 

Don’t teach “sensitive topics” or anger students, Houston professors are warned after “campus carry” gun law passed

Want To Know If GMOs Are In Your Food? Congress Is Trying To Make That Harder

Rubio And Cruz Took Anti-Environmental Stances On 100 Percent Of Key Votes In 2015

Shop sells 'expired' food to save people and the environment
Assessing the cumulative risk of pesticides on people

Women infected with Zika should continue to breastfeed: WHO

Colorado tourists using marijuana hospitalized in record numbers

Dripping Blood, a Severed Arm, & 67 Tons of Cash on a CIA Plane

Pregnant Secretary of Pope Francis Found Dead in Her Rome Apartment
Ground Delivery Drones Ready to Roll in England
Israeli Researchers Find Mobile Phones Cause Male Fertility Problems

India: Ten Million Without Water in Delhi

From Jenna Orkin 

U.S. Unable To Halt ISIS March Towards Libyan Oil
Now It's China's Turn To Crash: Shanghai Plunges 6.4% Overnight
In Biggest Victory For Saudi Arabia, North Dakota's Largest Oil Producer Suspends All Fracking
Norway Warns Sweden Will Collapse, PM Will Defy Geneva Convention To Protect Border
We Just Found Out The Real Reason The FBI Wants A Backdoor Into The iPhone
Detroit Teachers Face "Payless Paydays" As Dilapidated School District Faces Financial Reckoning 
What Could Go Wrong? Brazil Plans To Kill Zika With Gamma Radiation Burst 
The 14 best places to go if the world is going to end
The writer of apocalyptic political satire 'Idiocracy' thinks the movie has 'become a documentary'

How to Uncover a Military Conspiracy 

$16 Water Filter Could Save 100,000 Lives A Year 

From Jenna Orkin 

 

Google's "SkyNet" Robots Are All Grown Up, And Terrifying 

Half of Gay Black Men Are Projected to Get HIV  

"I'll Be Right There Big Brother": Leaked Transcripts Prove ISIS-Turkey Link 

Brazil Cut To Junk By All Three Ratings Agencies After Moody's Joins The Fray 

In "Unprecedented, Historic" Move, Senate GOP Will Deny Obama Supreme Court Nominee Hearings 

Truman Show USA - "Concerned Citizens" At Townhall Meetings Exposed As Paid Actors 

In "Dramatic Escalation," China Sends Fighter Jets To Disputed Islands

Venezuela's Gold Liquidation Begins: Maduro Quietly Exports 36 Tonnes Of Gold To Switzerland

How Google Could Technically Fix An Election 

Hacktivists Couldn't Have Pulled Off Cyber Attacks On Sony

Nanoparticle delivery system to tackle cancer

Severe droughts led to fall of the Maya — Can we learn from this?

Who Said This Blog Was All Bad News? Department 

Mom Who Fostered 90 Kids Gets Surprise Reunion, Kitchen Makeover

From Jenna Orkin 

 

NYTimes Editorial Board Endorses Monetary Fascism - Backs War On Cash

Hillary Clinton Is Backed By Major Republican Donors
The Canadian military developed 'green' ammo that won’t poison drinking water

Phew.  Now we can kill people with our environmentally sensitive consciences intact. - JO

Details only deepen mystery surrounding Kalamazoo shootings

Sea levels are rising faster than they have in 28 centuries — and it spells a worrisome reality for New York City

THE BILL GATES INTERVIEW: An energy miracle is coming, and it's going to change the world

A group of scientists in Iowa has a desperate plan to prove GMOs are safe 

These US war conspiracies turned out to be true

The South China Tiger Is Functionally Extinct. This Banker Has 19 of Them  

 

 

 

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Kevin Spacey's Frank Underwood from 'House of Cards' gets his own presidential portrait in the Smithsonian

Cathedral Moves Sculpture Because Texters Keep Bumping Into It

 

From Jenna Orkin 

 

"There Is Definitely Something Strange Going On" In Sweden

Scientists are floored by what’s happening in the Arctic right now

Safes Sell Out In Japan, 1,000 Franc Note Demand Soars As NIRP Triggers Cash Hoarding 

A Panicked China Orders Media To Stick To "Positive Reporting" Or Risk "The Stability Of The Country" 

"We've Reached The Limit": Denmark Central Bank Chief Says Monetary Policy Is Exhausted 

Germans Cheer As Refugee Center Burns, Crowds Stop Firefighters From Extinguishing Blaze 

Greek Attempt To Force Use Of Electronic Money Instead Of Physical Cash Fails 

Cameron Unleashes 'Project Fear' - UK Military Leaders Warn Against Brexit Threat To National Security 

10 Dead, Troops Deployed, Water Rationed As Indians Riot: "We Are Here To Die" 

Trump is dominating everywhere

Scientists just printed usable human bones and muscle

From Jenna Orkin 

Multiple Suicide Attacks Rock Shiite Strongholds In Syria; Dozens Killed, Hundreds Wounded
Caught On Tape: Ukraine Nationalists Trash Offices Of Russian Banks; Police Refuse To Intervene
Muslims Should Be Executed With Bullets Dipped In "Pig's Blood," Trump Says
Prescription drugs are increasingly facing shortages — and the consequences could be 'disastrous'
Banks are hiring former CIA agents to spy on their employees
Exclusive: Mitt Romney To Endorse Marco Rubio 
Poland's Lech Walesa was communist spy: secret police file 
Beijing Is Banning All Foreign Media from Publishing Online in China  
‘See Something Suspicious Online? Homeland Security Wants to Know About It’  
DARPA: ‘Stentrode’ Obtains Neuron Signals from Inside Blood Vessels Near Brain  

From Jenna Orkin 



France Declares All New Rooftops Must Be Topped With Plants Or Solar Panels

1 in 3 Oil Producers Could Go Bankrupt in 2016: Deloitte

Is Oil Wastewater A Cure For California’s Drought?

There's a reason it hasn't been proposed so far. 

Coffee Tycoon's Ashes Interred In The Iconic Pot He Made Famous

Scientists Print Human Ear

"It Just Occurred To Me" - Trump Proposes Boycott Of Apple, While Tweeting From An iPhone 

'Ransomware': The New Cyber Threat Targeting Hospitals and Police Departments 

VA suicide hotline sent callers to voicemail  

Egypt bombs Islamic State targets in Libya after 21 Egyptians beheaded 

Scores Of Dismembered Corpses Found In Pipes At Colombian Jails

Harvard Launches Free Online Class to Promote Religious Literacy

Indian Point Contaminates the Hudson River With Uncontrollable Radioactive Flow

From Jenna Orkin 

 

Bilal Erdogan Accused Of Money Laundering In Italy

"I Guess It's Food Stamps": 400,000 Americans In Jeopardy As Giant Pension Fund Plans 50% Benefit Cuts

Tech Exec "Outraged" At Having To See "Homeless Riff-Raff", Warns Of Revolution

Japan Goes Full Goebbels: Government Cracks Down On Media Over Negative Economic Reporting

A nervous Saudi Arabia just launched a massive military exercise

See yesterday's post;  Start Preparing for the Collapse of Saudi Arabia

A 19-year-old made a free robot lawyer that has appealed $3 million in parking tickets

Crypto-Wars Escalate: Congress Plans Bill To Force Companies To Comply With Decryption Orders

Jobless Benefits Claims Soar 100% In Canada's Dying Oil Patch As Construction Jobs Plunge 84%

Is It All Just A Publicity Stunt: Apple Unlocked iPhones For The Feds 70 Times Before

Bananas could be on the edge of extinction

  

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Sweden To Store 1,800 Migrants On Docked Luxury Cruise Ship

From Jenna Orkin 

 

Start Preparing for the Collapse of Saudi Arabia

The Beetles: Eighty-Nine Million Acres of Abrupt Climate Change
Indian Point Contaminates the Hudson River With Uncontrollable Radioactive Flow

Flu vaccine barely working this year, CDC says

This Is The Real Reason For The War On Cash

Hungarian Central Bank Hoards 200,000 Bullets, Hundreds Of Guns Due To "Security Risks"

China Unleashes A Debt Tsunami: Creates $1 Trillion In Debt In First Two Months Of 2016 

Turkey Blames Kurds, Assad For Terrorist Attack, Vows Swift Response 

Venezuela Devalues Currency By 37% As Maduro Announces 62-Fold Increase In Gasoline Prices 

Land Of The Debt Slave: Texas Man Arrested At Gunpoint For Not Paying $1500 Student Loan 

"Highly Dangerous" Radioactive Material Stolen In Iraq, "Could Be Used For ISIS Dirty Bomb"

23 award-winning photos from 2015 that everyone should see

 

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ISIS Stops Handing Out Snickers Bars, Gatorade As Cash Crunch Deepens 

From Jenna Orkin 

India's Crackdown on 'Anti-Nationalism' on Campus and How It Can Affect Universities Here

China Puts Missiles On Disputed Islands, Says West Should Ignore Them, Focus On Lighthouses

Tim Cook Refuses To Comply With "Chilling" Government Demand To "Build A Backdoor" Into iPhone

'Who do they think they are?': Donald Trump blasts Apple for not unlocking San Bernardino shooter's phone

In 6 States, A Felony Drug Conviction Prompts Lifetime Food-Stamp Ban

South Australia sees storing the world's nuclear waste profitable
Air pollution is the world’s second biggest killer

‘Let Us Inspect Your Home For Dirty Dishes – Or We’ll Get A Warrant,’ City Says

Scientist Runs Piracy Hub for Science Journal Articles—Almost All Science Journal Articles

The NSA’s SKYNET Program May be Killing Thousands of Innocent People
Petrofascism: The Koch Brothers’ Dirty War on Solar Power

Agrochemical companies circle their wagons over Zika virus 

Doctors Think Microcephaly Caused by Pesticide Pyriproxyfen, Not Zika Virus

Bombardier Thanks Canada For $1 Billion Bailout By Firing 7,000 People

 

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Vietnamese Drug Smuggler Escapes Death Row By Impregnating Herself In Prison 

From Jenna Orkin 

 

Foreign Officials Sell A Record $48 Billion In U.S. Treasurys In December
Student debt protests planned after armed marshals arrest man for old loans

The food we eat influences our genes 

Water table dropping all over globe — 4 billion people at risk

Europe to crack down on Bitcoin anonymityEssential Science: Bio-designing yeast to improve biofuels 

Global Water Shortage Risk Is Worse Than Scientists Thought

Justice Scalia Found Dead "With Pillow Over His Head", But No Autopsy Ordered

Chinese Brokers' Profits Plunge 98% As Traders Flee Rigged, Burst Bubble Markets

Yats Is Out: Victoria Nuland's Appointed Prime Minister Of Ukraine Is About To Replaced

America's top spy reportedly was aware that analysts were cooking ISIS intelligence reports

Watch the world's fastest gun effortlessly fire 1 million rounds per minute

China 9,000 people uprooted for huge telescope in search for aliens

From Jenna Orkin 

 

Remarkable Floating Farms Could Help Feed Hungry People Around The World

The War On Paper Currency Begins: ECB Votes To "Scrap" 500 Euro Bill

Washington's Dismal Comedy Of Terrors - When In Doubt Bomb Syria

Road To World War III: Turkish Army Enters Syria After Second Day Of Shelling As Saudi Warplanes Arrive

How The Clintons Enabled The 2008 Economic Crisis And Financial Coup d'Etat

Here's a shortlist for the Supreme Court seat Scalia's death just left vacant

4 American journalists reportedly detained by police amid riots in Bahrain

India's biggest student protests in 25 years are spreading to campuses across the country

At least 7 dead after airstrike hits Doctors Without Borders hospital in northern Syria

The Dark Secret Of Massive Dairy Farms, In One Photo  

 

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Australian police have seized £600 million of methamphetamines hidden in push up bras 

Octopus Valentine's Day Sex Session Scrapped Over Cannibalism Fears