Category Archives: General

Brazil’s torture report moved its president—a torture survivor—to tears

Posted on December 12, 2014 by agogo22
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Oil Prices: Who win and who loses? What about Brazil?

Posted on December 12, 2014 by agogo22

Originally posted on EconoToon:
The plummeting oil costs are affecting the world in two different ways, for exporters this is serious loss of profitability (Saudi Arabia, Russia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Nigeria…), and for importers (USA, China, Japan, India, South…

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CIA torture report and corporate media

Posted on December 12, 2014 by agogo22

Originally posted on Dear Kitty. Some blog:
This video from the USA says about itself: Torture Report Causes Awesome Eruption From Fox News Anchor 10 December 2014 “That the CIA used interrogation methods on detainees that bordered on torture isn’t…

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AI or Die — Summoning The Demon

Posted on December 11, 2014 by agogo22

Originally posted on Contra Spem Spero… Et Rideo:
Speaking at event in London, Professor Stephen Hawking told the BBC, “The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race.” It is not the first time the famous …

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Don’t call deniers “skeptics”.

Posted on December 11, 2014 by agogo22

Originally posted on Science or not?:
Forty-eight prominent skeptics (real ones!) from the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry have signed a statement calling on the media to stop using the term “skeptic” to describe those who deny scientific reality. The list includes our…

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Behind The Mask, Exhibition

Posted on December 11, 2014 by agogo22
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Electrik Bar – 559 Wilbraham Rd, Manchester M21 0AE, United Kingdom

Posted on December 11, 2014 by agogo22
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Showsec heroine Cherice Wallen saves young boy’s life in Manchester

Posted on December 11, 2014 by agogo22

Originally posted on TheSecurityLion:
Cherice Wallen – a member of Showsec’s Christmas Market team – has been hailed a life-saving heroine for preventing a young boy from choking to death in Manchester. Wallen responded swiftly and decisively to a medical…

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Manchester Central Library

Posted on December 11, 2014 by agogo22

Originally posted on Being 42:
Wednesday 10th December 2014, 9.35am (day 1,203) I pictured the inside of this building a few weeks ago. It reopened earlier this year after a long refurbishment — one which fortunately began before the present government…

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Sub-marine Sandwich

Posted on December 11, 2014 by agogo22

Originally posted on dragon's mous tache:
Hold on to your sandwiches! Stop-motion hero Pes released his latest animation just a moment ago. Enjoy!

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