Day: September 17, 2016

Commemorating the Shatila Massacre, 34 years Ago Today

September 17, 2016

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 tort…

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

September 17, 2016

Technology

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 societ…

The Intellectual Yet Idiot

September 17, 2016

Miscellaneous

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 pater…

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

September 17, 2016

Science

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 increas…

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

September 17, 2016

Middle East

“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” …

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

September 17, 2016

Middle East

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 …

Spike in US Intel Ops Against Russia Signals Relations at ‘Point of No Return’

September 17, 2016

Politics

On Wednesday, US media reported that America's intelligence agencies have expanded the scope and breadth of their operations against Russia to Cold War levels. Commenting on the news, Russian experts …