Commemorating the Shatila Massacre, 34 years Ago Today

Commemorating the Shatila Massacre, 34 years Ago Today

It began on September 16, 1982, thirty-four years ago today. The Phalange, an Israeli-backed militia, entered the Palestinian refugee camp of Shatila and neighboring Sabra, engaging in an orgy of torturing and killing that lasted several days. It is estimated that 3000 people died in this massacre, which has become one of the enduring symbols…

How to Turn Kids Into Debt Slaves: Toymakers Busted for Data Mining Children

How to Turn Kids Into Debt Slaves: Toymakers Busted for Data Mining Children

There’s no better way to prepare kids for the future than through play.  The lessons we learn during playtime as youngsters will stick with us through life. How else could we learn the rules of society and how we should appropriately work within those rules? Back in the old days, we learned that if we…

The Intellectual Yet Idiot

The Intellectual Yet Idiot

What we have been seeing worldwide, from India to the UK to the US, is the rebellion against the inner circle of no-skin-in-the-game policymaking “clerks” and journalists-insiders, that class of paternalistic semi-intellectual experts with some Ivy league, Oxford-Cambridge, or similar label-driven education who are telling the rest of us 1) what to do, 2) what…

Pea-Brained Nation: New Study Reveals Many Common Drugs that Cause Brain Shrinkage

Pea-Brained Nation: New Study Reveals Many Common Drugs that Cause Brain Shrinkage

A recent study implicates a common class of drugs in causing brain atrophy and reduced cognition in the elderly. A group of common drugs used to treat allergies and other chronic health issues increase the risk of Alzheimers and dementia, according to a new study by the University of Indiana School of Medicine. The study…

‘Crusaders! Infidels! Dogs! Get out!’ US-backed Rebels Force US Commandos to Leave Syrian Town

‘Crusaders! Infidels! Dogs! Get out!’ US-backed Rebels Force US Commandos to Leave Syrian Town

“Five or six” US special forces troops had to withdraw from the town of al-Rai on Syria’s border with Turkey, after allies from the Free Syrian Army (FSA) had driven them out, calling them “infidels” and “crusaders,” several media outlets have reported. The Turkish military, which last month openly crossed the Syrian border to fight…

1/3 of Saudi Strikes Hit Yemeni Hospitals, Schools and Other Civilian Targets – Study

1/3 of Saudi Strikes Hit Yemeni Hospitals, Schools and Other Civilian Targets – Study

In five of the last 18 months of the Saudi-led war in Yemen, the coalition hit more non-military than military targets, a Guardian study has revealed. Overall more than one-third of all strikes ended up hitting civilian sites including hospitals, schools and mosques. After analyzing public source data for some 8,600 air raids conducted by…