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Newly declassified docs reveal post-war British concerns with Zionist terrorists operating in Europe


Sputnik
Thu, 04 Jan 2018 17:52 UTC
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© AFP 2017/ IntercontinentalPicture showing destruction of King David hotel in Jerusalem housing the British headquarters after it was bombed by Irgun
The newly declassified files center around the terrorist activities of two young militants who posted explosive letters to British officials in London and attempted to bomb the Colonial Office.

Official police documents from the late 1940s released by the National Archives in Britain have shed light on the terrorist activities of the Zionist underground movement in Europe as well as the UK authorities' efforts to stamp the movement out as it sought to hold onto colonial territory in Palestine and elsewhere after the Second World War.

Of particular concern to British police and intelligence were the actions of Betty Knout and Jacob Eliav, operatives of the Stern Gang, who were arrested for the posting of letter bombs to UK high officials in London. The two were arrested on the Belgian-French border. Ms. Knout was released from prison in Mons, Belgium after just six months. A newspaper article from the time recounts an extraordinary exchange of the reporter with 22-year-old Ms. Knout, who operated under the alias of "Elizabeth Lazarus," saying she was "sorry" that the letter bombs did not reach their targets which included the one-time Chief Secretary of the British Government in Palestine.
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Unknown Native American population revealed by DNA study

Stephen Fleischfresser
Cosmos Magazine
Wed, 03 Jan 2018 18:26 UTC
American Indian Inhabitants of Alaska
© Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty ImagesAmerican Indian Inhabitants of Alaska drawn in 1805 by French diplomat Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (1757-1810).
A little girl who lived 11,500 years ago has helped scientists to understand the story of human migration to North America, and revealed a previously unknown Native American population.

In 2013 the remains of two infants were found at the Upward Sun River archaeological site in the Tanana River Basin in eastern Alaska. One appeared stillborn, while the other was six-to-12 weeks old when she died.

A team of researchers led by Eske Willerslev, who holds positions at the University of Cambridge, UK, and the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, has now conducted genetic analysis of the DNA of the older child, named Xach'itee'aanenh t'eede gay, or Sunrise Child-girl, by the local Native community. The results, published in Nature, are surprising.

It is generally accepted that the first humans came to North America via a land bridge across the Bering Strait exposed during the last Ice Age. That's where the consensus ends. What is known is that this founding population gave rise to the two acknowledged branches of early Native Americans: the imaginatively named Northern and Southern groups.
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England's soggy historical place names could predict the climate future

Richard Webb
New Scientist
Tue, 19 Dec 2017 18:46 UTC
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© SWNS/Alamy Stock PhotoIsland story: Muchelney in January 2014
Anglo-Saxon England was unusually warm and stormy. Place names coined then could hold clues to how the weather will get wetter and wilder as the climate changes

It's blowy on the B4380 to Buildwas. A keen wind whipping across the floodplain from Shrewsbury flaps a misarranged saddle bag strap against my back wheel. As I cross the river Severn at Atcham, and bend right down the back road past Wroxeter, a black cloud delivers the first dribbles of rain.

England's place names are a treasure trove of hidden history - if only we could find the key. Shrewsbury: recorded in the 10th century as Scrobbesbyrig, the name's origin is as uncertain as its pronunciation today, but possibly means "the fortified place in the scrub". Atcham: a contraction of Attingham, "the homestead of Eata's children", a puzzling reference to an obscure 7th-century saint from England's far north. Wroxeter: origin disputed, but a rare Roman place name survival, as befits the site of what was Roman Britain's fourth largest town. Buildwas: we'll get to that.

In the title of one of her books, Margaret Gelling, the doyenne of English toponymists, called place names "signposts to the past". I'm cycling the road to Buildwas because they could be signposts to the future, too.
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Asbestos' deadly come-back: US corporations would rather let workers die on factory floor than pay disability claims


RT
Tue, 02 Jan 2018 11:55 UTC
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© Brendan McDermid / ReutersARCHIVE: Workers wearing Hazmat suits clean up asbestos-tainted site in New York
US corporations have been using asbestos despite evidence it causes cancer in workers, and millions of dollars are being spent on lobbying to cover this up, according to Farron Cousins, executive editor of Trial Lawyer magazine.

Asbestos has been used all over the world for more than 100 years in all types of manufacturing, from insulation to paper products. Its use in America is now back on the rise in spite of decades of evidence proving that the substance can lead to death.

After the public became aware of the deadly nature of asbestos, the US government claimed it had taken action to reduce the risk of exposure. Average Americans believe that asbestos is no longer widely used, and the product has been banned for decades. In the late 70s, new rules were drafted in the US that would limit the amount of asbestos in the country, and these rules were finalized in 1989.

A 10-year investigation resulted in more than 100,000 pages of clear evidence confirming a link between asbestos exposure and cancer.

Comment: Though banned in 50 countries, it is still sold in some brake pads, auto clutches, roofing materials, vinyl tiles and has even been found in children's crayons and makeup.

Seven deadly poisons - and a law that won't protect you

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Supernova SN 185 of 185AD could have been an exploding comet


Malaga Bay
Mon, 01 Jan 2018 18:15 UTC
Supernova SN 185
© Malaga Bay
One of the Jewels in the Crown of Settled Science that's been extracted from the mire of mainstream manuscripts and academic assertions is Supernova SN 185.
A supernova is a transient astronomical event that occurs during the last stellar evolutionary stages of a massive star's life, whose dramatic and catastrophic destruction is marked by one final titanic explosion.
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The earliest recorded supernova, SN 185, was viewed by Chinese astronomers in 185 AD.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernova

The gaseous shell RCW 86 is probably the supernova remnant of this event and has a relatively large angular size of roughly 45 arc minutes (larger than the apparent size of the full moon, which varies from 29 to 34 arc minutes).

The distance to RCW 86 is estimated to be 2,800 parsecs (9,100 light-years).

Recent X-ray studies show a good match for the expected age.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SN_185
Supernova SN 185 is scientifically important because it's [supposed] remnants suggest a "titanic explosion" occurred in the "hollowed-out cavity" of an object in space.
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Tantalus bowl: Rare ancient artifact dating back to the 4th century AD proves the Romans were the original pranksters


RT
Fri, 29 Dec 2017 17:40 UTC
Roman artifact
© Bodgan Cristel / Reuters
What have the Romans ever done for us? Well, besides water systems, straight roads and central heating, the discovery of the Tantalus bowl now suggests they were the masters of cracking good jokes.

The function of the Tantalus bowl, which soaks whoever drinks from it in wine, was only fully realized after it was studied by an archaeologist from the British Museum. The bowl was uncovered in Vinkovci, eastern Croatia, in March 2012, and is believed to date back to the 4th century AD.

The silver object is a testimony to how, despite being regarded as one of the most sophisticated societies in the history of human civilization, the Romans were also a total bunch of jokers.

"This is the earliest example of a physical practical joke, certainly for the Romans," said Dr Richard Hobbs, curator of Roman Britain at the British Museum.
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Declassified documents reveal British government sought Loyalist paramilitaries to assassinate Irish leader Haughey in 1985


RT
Fri, 29 Dec 2017 16:54 UTC
Charles Haughey
© Joost Evers / The Netherlands National ArchiveCharles Haughey
Former Irish Prime Minister Charles Haughey was warned by loyalist paramilitaries that they were once tasked with murdering him in an assassination plot purportedly dreamt up by the British secret service.

The sensational disclosure was sent in a letter to the Irish government, newly released under the Public Records Act, which requires documents of historical value to be published by the National Archives within 30 years.

Written on Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) signature paper, the warning claims the terrorist organization was asked by an MI5 operative about the prospect of carrying out an attack on Republic of Ireland leader Haughey in 1985.

At the time, Haughey would have been in opposition as head of political party Fianna Fáil, but details of the solicitation did not become known to Irish authorities until 1987.

Comment: The Loyalists apparently balked at the sheer scummery of the request, which tells you all you need to know about Her Majesty's Secret Services.

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Perfectly preserved 130-million-year-old dinosaur eggs unearthed in China

Tracy You
Daily Mail, UK
Thu, 28 Dec 2017 08:37 UTC
Dinosaur egg in China
A nest of perfectly preserved dinosaur eggs have been discovered under a construction site in China.

Up to 30 fossilized eggs were found by construction workers on Christmas Day in the city of Ganzhou, which is known in China as the 'hometown of dinosaurs', according to Chinese state media. Archaeologists said the incredible eggs were about 130 million years old.

The giant eggs were discovered on December 25 in Ganzhou's Dayu County under the construction site of a middle school, reported People's Daily Online

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Bad Guys

The UN's role in exporting feminist ideology

Janice Shaw Crouse
American Thinker
Thu, 16 Mar 2017 15:52 UTC
UN women
The Left's route to promoting their radical agenda around the world is engineering the enactment of a United Nations treaty that contains their distorted "women's rights" policies that can then be used to impose their alien feminist views on third world nations.

I know this from my experience of more than 20 years at the UN -- including working as an NGO delegate advising official delegates plus being an official U.S. delegate appointed by President George W. Bush to two sessions, The Children's Summit (2002) and the Commission on the Status of Women (2003).

Comment: Whether conservative or liberal, both sides have ideologies that contribute to the problem.

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Ancient military fortress network discovered in northern Syria

Brooks Hays
United Press International
Thu, 21 Dec 2017 16:13 UTC
ancient fortress syria
© M.-O. Rousset mission Marges arides/CNRSThe network's Qal'at al-Rahiyya outpost offers a view toward the northwest.
"The purpose of this regional network would have been to defend the territory," researchers wrote.The network's Qal'at al-Rahiyya outpost offers a view toward the northwest.

Researchers have discovered a network of military structures and remains in northern Syria dating to 4,000 years ago.

The ancient surveillance and communication network was discovered a team of French and Syrian researchers who meticulously examined satellite and aerial imagery of the region's rocky terrain. The team detailed their discovery in a paper published this week in the French journal Paléorient.
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