♥ BRazil X The people in Brazil, like the rest of the world, are fed up with their corrupt political system that exploits the many and benefits only the few. This corruption along with the wasting of money on the world cup rather than health care and poverty amongst other pressing issues is what has […]
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STEPHEN KING’S 20 QUOTES ON WRITING
“Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no exceptions to this rule.” 2. “Writing isn’t about making money, getting famous, getting dates, getting laid, or making friends. In the end, it’s about enriching the lives of those who will read your work, and enriching your own […]
The Government, Corporations, Banking System, In Few Words
Government- Politicians Politicians, these are the people who we trust, they are the voices of the people whom elected them. Whom do they serve? How many times have they been elected only to go back on their word, with the thin defensiveness and mock apology we are used to hearing, if any at all. Who […]
5 Things No One Tells You About the Military Industrial Complex
Writing a comedic article about militarism is a lot like trying to escape a straightjacket: finding leverage in the midst of constriction is not nearly as easy as you think it is, and the padded room only softens the blow so much before you’re just crying yourself to sleep in the corner. But, like Mel […]
the man who saved the world – literally
Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov (Russian: Станисла́в Евгра́фович Петро́в; born c. 1939) is a retired lieutenant colonel of the Soviet Air Defence Forces. On September 26, 1983, he was the duty officer at the command center for the Oko nuclear early-warning system when the system reported a missile being launched from the United States. Petrov judged that […]
Happy 150th birthday London Underground
On January 9, 1863 the first section of the London Underground opened, between Farringdon and Paddington – the first subterranean railway in the world. It was an instant success, copied widely across the globe and giving its name to an entire system. And despite some under-funded and unloved years, it is now enjoying a renaissance. […]
Drugs – Time for Better Laws
NEWS SOURCE : http://www.release.org.uk/ ‘DRUGS – TIME FOR BETTER LAWS’ is Release’s new campaign engaging the public around the issue of drug policy. The failure of the current system is clear, it is time to stop criminalising 10,000s of people in the UK every year – it is time for better laws. Today we have […]
Paper: UK government getting US spy agency’s data
News Source: http://m.thepublicopinion.com/news/associated_press/science_and_technology/article_4e6c8757-1ca6-5622-a4f1-64105df8c243.html The U.K. has been secretly gathering communications data from American Internet giants with the help of fellow spooks at the U.S. National Security Agency, the Guardian newspaper reported Friday, a demonstration of the international scope of America’s top-secret espionage program. The Guardian said it had seen documents showing how the British signals […]