CHILL: Inside America’s Plan to Kill Online Privacy Rights Everywhere
The United States and its key intelligence allies are quietly working behind the scenes to kneecap a mounting movement in the United Nations to promote a universal human right to online privacy,...
View ArticleCamille Paglia: ‘It’s a Man’s World, And It Always Will Be’
The modern economy is a male epic, in which women have found a productive role—but women were not its author Camille Paglia writes: If men are obsolete, then women will soon be extinct—unless we rush...
View ArticleDwindling Economic Freedom in the U.S.A.
Regulation, taxes and debt knock the U.S. out of the world’s top 10 Terry Miller writes: World economic freedom has reached record levels, according to the 2014 Index of Economic Freedom, released...
View ArticleCurrency Crises Abroad Are Benefiting the U.S.
If this looks like good news, think again. Being the ‘best looking horse in the glue factory’ isn’t an enviable position to be in. Christopher Matthews writes: Analysts are calling them “The Fragile...
View Article[VIDEO] Violent Riots in Rio de Janeiro: Protesting Public Transportion Fare...
Hundreds of people in Brazil have clashed with police during a protest against increased fares for public transport. Commuters were caught up in the violence at Rio de Janeiro’s Central Station during...
View ArticleTear Gas vs. Bow and Arrows: Indigenous Protesters Clash Outside Brazil’s...
For Mail Online, Julian Robinson reports: Indigenous people armed with bows and arrows have clashed with mounted police armed with tear gas, helmets and riot shields – just weeks before the World Cup...
View ArticleSnowden Seeks Asylum in Sunny Brazil
Brasília (AFP) – Former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, wanted by US authorities and currently living in Russia, said in a TV interview that he has applied for asylum in Brazil. “I would love...
View Article[VIDEO] Mind-Controlled Robotic Exoskeleton Gears up for World Cup Debut
YouTube.Filed under: Robotics, Science & Technology Tagged: Brain–computer interface, Brazil, Duke University, Exoskeleton, Miguel Nicolelis, Mind control, São Paulo, YouTube
View ArticleCNN Map: Hong Kong Apparently in Brazil
If CNN says Hong Kong’s in Brazil, it must be so! – http://t.co/DF70jMgVFE pic.twitter.com/GreSLkRHTv — Marc Hilliker (@MarcHilliker) August 8, 2014Filed under: China, Mediasphere, U.S. News Tagged:...
View Article[VIDEO] BREAKING: Brazil Presidential Candidate Dies in Plane Crash
Presidential candidate Eduardo Campos has been killed in a plane crash in Santos, officials say BBC News reports: Brazil’s Vice President Michel Temer expressed his regret over the death of Mr Campos,...
View Article[VIDEO] Astrud Gilberto ‘My Foolish Heart’
As often happens, I found this song on my way to look for something else. I was captivated by the scenic video, taken from a boat, apparently unrelated, but what a tasteful way to represent the feeling...
View ArticleSedução! Orgia! Escapar! Mass Escape from Brazilian Prison After Women Seduce...
Police found a bag of lingerie and dominatrix police uniforms believed to have been worn by the escapees. Twenty-eight inmates escaped from a Brazilian jail after three women in fantasy police costumes...
View Article[VIDEO] Eduardo Kusdra Plays John McLaughlin: Shakti’s ‘Face to Face’
retroculturati writes: I never thought I would be writing about an alternative version of my favourite instrumental of all time. As a lifelong fan of guitarist John McLaughlin I adore the album by him...
View ArticleBREAKING: Fresh Protests Sweep Across Brazil as Hundreds of Thousands Seek...
SAO PAULO – Nationwide demonstrations calling for the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff swept Brazil for the second day in less than a month, though turnout at Sunday’s protests appeared down,...
View ArticleSacré Bleu! Seventeen Endangered Monkeys Stolen From French Zoo
Saint-Aignan (France) (AFP) – Two families of endangered monkeys were stolen from a zoo in central France over the weekend, the sanctuary’s director told AFP late on Monday. Rodolphe Delord said the...
View Article[VIDEO] Astrud Gilberto, Pim Jacobs & Ruud Brink, 1962: ‘It Might as Well Be...
Pim Jacobs piano, Ruud Brink tenorsax, Wim Overgaauw gitaar, Don Un-Romeo drum’s & Astrud Gilberto vocal. Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment Tagged: Art Blakey, Bossa Nova, Brasil,...
View Article[VIDEO] Man plays Beatles Song on Guitar WHILE UNDERGOING BRAIN SUGERY
Headline of the day: ‘Watch man playing the Beatles on his guitar while undergoing brain tumour surgery‘ Filed under: Entertainment, Health and Social Issues, Mediasphere Tagged: Anesthesia awareness,...
View Article[VIDEO] China’s Latest Fashion Trend? Beansprout Hairpins: ‘The Highly Sought...
Men, women, grandmothers and children in China are all donning the beansprout hairpin—a barrette that creates the highly sought illusion of a plant protruding from the head. Photo/Video: Menglin...
View Article[VIDEO] ‘Controversial’ Coke Ad Preserved by Latino Rebels: Coca-Cola...
White people are bad, and everything they do is intrinsically racist. Especially when you throw free-market capitalism into the mix. Nina Lakhani at the miserable, communist Guardian: Coca-Cola issued...
View Article[VIDEO] How Brazil’s Libertarian Movement Helped Bring Down a President
The Free Brazil Movement (Movimento Brasil Livre) was instrumental in the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff. Students for Liberty (Estudantes Pela Liberdade) is larger in Brazil than in any other...
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