Just a week ago we detailed how China was preparing to bailout Russia’s liquidity crisis via the 150 billion yuan swap line the two nations agreed in October. Today, as Bloomberg reports, we got confirmation as two Chinese ministers offered support for Russia. China will provide help if needed and is confident Russia can overcome […]
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Former Proteus Airlines boss Marc Dugain claims MH370 may have been shot down by US military near Diego Garcia
A SECOND senior airline industry source has revealed his belief that there is some sort of conspiracy behind the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. Emirates president and CEO Sir Tim Clark made world headlines in October when he revealed his doubts about the fate of the missing plane, which disappeared early in the morning […]
North Koreaās Internet Connections Disrupted, May Be Under Attack / North Korea Goes Offline
Internet connections into the isolated nation of North Korea are showing what researchers call āsigns of distress,ā which could indicate they are under some kind of cyber attack. Analysts at DYN Research, a New Hampshire-based firm that tracks the health of the Internetās underlying infrastructure, says the firm has monitored some disruptions to the flow […]
PIRATE BAY RESPONDS TO THE RAID, COPIES AND THE FUTURE
The Pirate Bay crew has broken its silence for the first time since the site was knocked down hard by a raid in Sweden last week. The people behind the site are still considering their options and have no concrete comeback plans yet. Nevertheless, they encourage the public to keep the Kopimi spirit alive. For […]
PIRATE BAY DOMAIN BACK ONLINE, WAVING A PIRATE FLAG
After nearly two weeks of downtime the official domain of The Pirate Bay is showing signs of life. For now ThePirateBay.se is only waving a pirate flag, but that’s good enough to give many Pirate Bay users hope for a full recovery. On December 9 The Pirate Bay was raided at the Nacka station, a […]
UN General Assembly adopts resolution for Palestinian sovereignty in West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem
On Friday December 19th, the General Assembly of the United Nations passed a resolution recognizing the Permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources. UN General Assembly (image by Uprooted Palestinians blog) The Assembly adopted […]
FAKE PIRATE BAY LIES TO PRESS AND FAKES USER UPLOADS
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The People Have Spoken: This is the Most Brazen Lie of 2014
Fact-checking project PolitiFact has released the results on a poll they ran where people voted for what they believe was the biggest lie of 2014. The winner? “Climate change is a hoax”, a video released this summer by failed congressional candidate Lenar Whitney. Earlier this year, readers of the Tampa Bay Timesā fact-checking project […]
ICANN hackers sniff around global DNS root zone system – Timing couldn’t be worse for domain name overseer
Domain-name overseer ICANN has been hacked and its root zone administration system compromised, the organization has said. Attackers sent staff spoofed emails appearing to coming from icann.org. The organization notes it was a “spear phishing” attack, suggesting employees clicked on a link in the messages, and then typed their usernames and passwords into a bogus […]
WOW Sony just Canceled the Release of the Rogen/Franco movie The Interview
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