Germany To Close Seven Nuclear Reactors For ‘Safety Review’
Brunsbüttel Nuclear Power Plant. Photo: Steffen Papenbroock (CC) Could Japan’s tragedy be used as a wake-up call for other countries? Germany has decided to close some of it’s oldest nuclear reactors...
View ArticleFake ‘Radiation’ Text Messages And E-mails
Fukushima Nuclear Reactors 1-4. Photo: National Land Image Information (Color Aerial Photographs, Ministry of Land, Infastructure, Transport and Tourism Many citizens across Asia have been warned...
View ArticleSales of Doomsday Bunkers Up 1,000%
Blake Ellis reports for CNN: A devastating earthquake strikes Japan. A massive tsunami kills thousands. Fears of a nuclear meltdown run rampant. Bloodshed and violence escalate in Libya. And U.S....
View ArticleAmerica’s Most Vulnerable Nuclear Power Plants
Is this list a case of fear-mongering? Possibly, but I would want to be aware if one of these was in my neighborhood. The Daily Beast presents a ranking of our nation’s most ripe-for-disaster nuclear...
View ArticleDoes Safer Nuclear Power Exist?
Photo: Stefan Kühn (CC) Can thorium be a safer alternative to uranium? China thinks so. The Telegraph reports: This passed unnoticed –except by a small of band of thorium enthusiasts – but it may mark...
View ArticleToxin From Genetically Modified Crops Detected In Canadians’ Blood
Until now, scientists and multinational corporations promoting GM crops have maintained that Bt toxin poses no danger to human health as the protein breaks down in the human gut. But the presence of...
View ArticleConfessions Of A Nuclear Power Safety Expert
An expert on the safety of nuclear power plants comes to the conclusion that there is simply no such thing as an 100 percent safe nuclear reactor. Via Miller-McCune: I soon came to the conclusion that...
View ArticleStudy: Marijuana Legalization Reduces Traffic Deaths
Legalizing pot across the nation would save many lives. The University of Colorado Denver Newsroom explains: A groundbreaking new study shows that laws legalizing medical marijuana have resulted in a...
View ArticleAmericans Are As Likely To Be Crushed To Death By Furniture As Killed By...
Writes Micah Zenko in the Atlantic: [On June 6th], the National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC) released its 2011 Report on Terrorism. The report offers the U.S. government’s best statistical analysis...
View ArticleThe Psychology of Mass Denial: 9/11 Truth and Cognitive Dissonance
“Explosive Evidence: Experts Speak Out” by the Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth. Join 23-year architect Richard Gage, AIA, in this feature length documentary with cutting-edge 9/11 evidence...
View Article20,000 Emergency Room Visits Caused By Energy Drink Consumption In 2011
Idiocracy in our midst, via USA Today: A new government survey suggests the number of people seeking emergency treatment after consuming energy drinks has doubled nationwide during the past four years....
View ArticleDo Depressed People Simply Suffer From An Accurate View Of Reality?
Wikipedia on depressive realism, the theory that those with depression are free from the “optimism bias” that skews most people’s perception of the world: Depressive realism is the proposition that...
View ArticleRobotic Bees to Pollinate Monsanto Crops
Maybe. Russ McSpadden writes at Earth First! Newswire: Pollinators participate in the sexual-reproduction of plants. When you eat an almond, beet, watermelon or sip on coffee, you’re partaking of an...
View ArticleAmericans and Their Conspiracy Theories
As you all know, we’re not scared of a conspiracy theory or two here at disinformation, but we’re also skeptical, wanting to hear multiple views. Not so Jeff Nesbit of US News: There’s just no polite...
View ArticleIranian Government Scientist Claims To Have Invented Machine That Reveals The...
How does it work? Algorithms, duh. Via the Telegraph: Ali Razeghi, a Tehran scientist has registered “The Aryayek Time Traveling Machine” with the state-run Centre for Strategic Inventions. The device...
View ArticleHow To Potty Train Your Child By Demonic Exorcism
Could parenting difficulties be attributable to Satanic possession of your children? Top anti-demon website DemonBuster reveals: We received the following email about a woman learning DELIVERANCE, and...
View ArticleDeir Yassin Massacre Remembered
Picture: Palestine Solidarity Project (C) (Note from the editor: I regret that we weren’t able to run this on April 9 due to site upgrades, but it’s still an important story and worthy of your...
View ArticleConvenient Insect Cuisine Coming to UK
I’ve likened my gastronomic habits to that of a catfish: If I’m hungry, I’ll be happy to eat just about anything that floats by. I credit my lack of pickiness to growing up in a home where there...
View ArticleVatican Department Shares Building With Italy’s Biggest Erotic Gay Sauna
Can the Catholic Church just no longer be bothered to make a token effort to hide the obvious? The Vatican’s department of missionary activities recently paid $35 million to house its officials within...
View Article‘What a Conspiracy Theorist Believes’
Another day, another smug, politically-motivated take on the beliefs of others. One man’s conspiracy is another’s truth. Via New Yorker: But, over all, the trends were clear. The more people believed...
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