About Scott
Senior Editor
Name: Scott Ogrin
Scottie is an electrical and computer engineer with a BSEE and MSEE. After working in the automotive and telecom industries in hardware and testing, he ended up as a software engineer.
He joined SOTT in 2003 as an editor, and is currently the webmaster and Chief Engineer for Sott.net.
In his spare time, he works on his popular techie blog.
Latest News
- BBC backtracks on their own fake news - claims regarding Istanbul death of White Helmets co-founder are deleted
- US congressional panel: Next phase of dirty war on Syria is occupying oil fields, blocking reconstruction
- Ready for execution, the former Israeli general's quest for a new Gaza war
- Expectations: Horowitz report will be damning and contain criminal referrals
- Tehran rejects IAEA reports of uranium traces at Netanyahu-labeled 'Secret Atomic Warehouse'
- Israel: Silencing the last voices attempting to prevent abuse of Palestinians
- MSM news makes Dems mad as hell, but they just come back for more, poll indicates
- Trump fired, demoted or suspended more than 8K veterans affairs employees since taking office
- Is the 'Mother of all Bubbles' about to pop?
- Flashback: Jeremy Corbyn once signed a motion backing an asteroid to wipe out humanity - looking prescient these days
- Flashback: Nigel Farage fears he was victim of assassination attempt after motorway crash in France
- Geoffrey Pyatt: The american destabilisation specialist is in Greece to cut any ties between Athens and Moscow
- A successful coup against Trump will be the end of American democracy
- Impeachment bully Schiff nixes Republican witness list as based on 'sham claims'
- GLAAD: We want '20% of series regular characters' to be 'LGBTQ by 2025'
- For millions of Americans in the middle of the country, it feels like an economic depression has already occurred
- Gabbard campaign pushes back hard against Clinton's defamation over 'fabricated' Russian asset claim, demands retraction
- Bolivian coup comes less than a week after Morales stopped multinational firm's lithium deal
- The IDF kills another unarmed young Palestinian 'for no reason' in Hebron refugee camp
- Fireball lights up the skies over St. Louis during Northern Taurid meteor shower
- BBC backtracks on their own fake news - claims regarding Istanbul death of White Helmets co-founder are deleted
- US congressional panel: Next phase of dirty war on Syria is occupying oil fields, blocking reconstruction
- Ready for execution, the former Israeli general's quest for a new Gaza war
- Expectations: Horowitz report will be damning and contain criminal referrals
- Tehran rejects IAEA reports of uranium traces at Netanyahu-labeled 'Secret Atomic Warehouse'
- Flashback: Jeremy Corbyn once signed a motion backing an asteroid to wipe out humanity - looking prescient these days
- Flashback: Nigel Farage fears he was victim of assassination attempt after motorway crash in France
- Geoffrey Pyatt: The american destabilisation specialist is in Greece to cut any ties between Athens and Moscow
- A successful coup against Trump will be the end of American democracy
- Impeachment bully Schiff nixes Republican witness list as based on 'sham claims'
- Gabbard campaign pushes back hard against Clinton's defamation over 'fabricated' Russian asset claim, demands retraction
- Bolivian coup comes less than a week after Morales stopped multinational firm's lithium deal
- Bolivia's deposed Evo Morales granted asylum in Mexico, vows to return, Trump hails 'democracy'
- Lavrov: US wants to create illegal quasi-state in Eastern Syria to control the oil
- Compromised? Nigel Farage admits he was offered a peerage 48 hours before Brexit U-turn
- SOTT Focus: Resignation of Bolivia's Evo Morales Was No Victory for Democracy, but a US-Sponsored Coup
- Google sucks up & analyzes healthcare data on millions of Americans in secret AI project
- Back with a Bang: Released Lula in for greatest fight of his life
- Jordan reclaims "every inch" of sovereignty over two plots of land leased to Israel
- Flashback Best of the Web: Evo Morales plans to transform Bolivia into major global hub of lithium-based technologies
- Israel: Silencing the last voices attempting to prevent abuse of Palestinians
- MSM news makes Dems mad as hell, but they just come back for more, poll indicates
- Trump fired, demoted or suspended more than 8K veterans affairs employees since taking office
- Is the 'Mother of all Bubbles' about to pop?
- GLAAD: We want '20% of series regular characters' to be 'LGBTQ by 2025'
- For millions of Americans in the middle of the country, it feels like an economic depression has already occurred
- The IDF kills another unarmed young Palestinian 'for no reason' in Hebron refugee camp
- A new chain of Christian pregnancy centers will provide a controversial service: Contraception
- 'Europe is dying!' Tens of thousands of far-righters march in 'independence' parade calling for 'Polish Intifada'
- Afghan government to swap top militants for American and Australian captives
- Europe's economic powerhouse? Homelessness on the rise in Germany
- Flashback Best of the Web: Bone-chilling national scandal: Thousands of babies are stolen from innocent parents by the UK state
- Can't make this stuff up: Florida man on probation burglarizes... the probation office
- Iran reveals it has active legal case against former FBI agent Robert Levinson, missing since 2007
- Flashback: UK mothers are taking refuge in Ireland to escape draconian 'forced adoptions'
- Video shows Hong Kong rioters SET MAN ON FIRE for not backing anti-China protests
- Hong Kong tries to calm fears: Says it's business as usual for banks & stock exchange despite protests
- Armed protesters break into Venezuelan embassy in Bolivia, diplomats forced to flee
- Palestinian olive harvest, Israeli propaganda
- Bot attack? 'Thousands' of newly-created generic Twitter accounts defend Bolivian 'right-wing coup'
- 'They thought it was judgment day': The night in 1833 when 'stars fell' on the southern US
- 'Stone age seafarers' depicted in newly discovered rock art in Sweden
- Centuries-old 'witch marks' in Creswell Crags, England can finally be seen thanks to 3D modeling
- New revelations about life on the edge of the Roman empire
- Was the Neanderthal extinction caused by human diseases?
- Many imperial Romans had roots in the Middle East
- Murderous meteorites in history: The sky is falling every day, but how many people get hit each year?
- Living Under the Spectre of Hyperinflation: 1923 Weimar and Today
- North African Paleolithic populations mostly replaced during migration period
- Archaeologists discover a lost Florida island settlement
- America Before by Graham Hancock - Book review
- DNA tests confirm one-legged skeleton found under Russian park's dance floor is Napoleon's 'lost general'
- Missing WWII submarine found in 'fantastic condition'
- Humans migrated from Europe to the Levant 40,000 years ago
- Best of the Web: Fall of the Berlin Wall - 30th anniversary: Don't forget Gorbachev's key role in re-uniting Germany and creating EU
- Ancient 70-mile-long wall found in Western Iran
- Neanderthals were able to control fire
- Bronze Age ring cairn monument discovered in England
- A World Split Apart: Solzhenitsyn's Warning to the West
- Staffordshire hoard revealed to be most important Anglo-Saxon find in history
- Scientists find Nile River to be older than previously thought
- 'Extinct' "mouse-deer" caught on camera in Vietnam, last sighting was 30 years ago
- NASA chief Jim Bridenstine doubles down on claim that Pluto is a planet
- Researchers find 150km wide caldera off Philippines coast, possibly the largest known on Earth
- Nature not tech better at mitigating air pollution - study
- New liquid crystals could lead to next-generation displays
- New evidence disproves a 25-year-old belief about the brain's Information Centre
- We must learn how to 'slow down and speed up asteroids' to avoid fate of dinosaurs, Apollo 9 astronaut tells RT
- Astronomers observe colossal winds blowing out of distant galaxy Makani
- Asteroid due to speed past Earth today will come almost as close as the moon
- Forget about 5G, China has now begun development of 6G
- Complex society discovered in birds for the first time
- Interstellar comet 2I/Borisov is still not acting very alien
- Permafrost coastlines' contribution to climate change possibly underestimated
- Phillip E. Johnson's seminal book 'Darwin on Trial' is as fresh and relevant as ever
- China begins research on 6G telecoms technology
- AI failures will be 'CATASTROPHIC' for humanity - tech entrepreneur tells Boom Bust
- 'Largest trove of mammoths bones ever found', unearthed in central Mexico
- Fossil discovery reveals apes first walked upright on two legs in Europe, not Africa
- The quest for the perfect ketone by the keto diet's most controversial champion
- November snowstorm shocker dumps up to 18 inches in Michigan
- Thousands of migratory birds die mysteriously at lake in Rajasthan, India
- Officials are using the word 'disaster' to describe the widespread crop failures happening all over America
- Shallow M6.1 earthquake hits Tonga
- France shivers in early cold spell of winter
- Anomalously severe cold in Siberia for the time of year
- 'Sounds like bells rubbing': Strange noises heard in Hillsboro, Oregon
- Adapt 2030 Ice Age Report: Antarctic sea ice gain causing global cooling
- Best of the Web: Several injured as rare 5.4M earthquake strikes southeast France - UPDATE: Earthquake revised down to 4.9M
- 8 inches of snow blankets southern Alberta
- 35 % of apple orchards heavily damaged by 5-feet deep snow in Kashmir
- Floods in South Sudan affecting nearly a million people - year's worth of rain falls in weeks
- Weather likely to cause drop in US potato yields
- 40,000 people displaced by flooding in Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Two men killed in avalanche in the Austrian Alps
- Big Sky Resort in Montana hit with over 51 inches of snow in October - 250% above monthly average
- Leopard mauls woman to death in Uttarakhand, India - 6th fatal attack in the state since October
- Floods and landslides caused by Tropical Storm Nakri kill at least 7, affect thousands in the Philippines
- Cyclone Bulbul leaves 8 people dead as it smashes into India and Bangladesh coasts
- Large waterspout filmed near Elaphite Islands in Croatia
- Fireball lights up the skies over St. Louis during Northern Taurid meteor shower
- They just keep coming: Skyscraper-sized asteroid due to pass Earth this week
- Bright meteor fireball streaks across the US East Coast
- Flash of light, loud boom shakes up Cabarrus County, North Carolina residents
- Mystery bang, flash of light rocks homes in Coventry, England
- Meteor fireball lights up sky in metro Atlanta, Georgia
- Meteor fireball soars over Germany, the Netherlands
- Two in two days: Another meteor fireball seen over Southern California
- Big boom, bright streak of light across the sky over Pacific Northwest was a meteor
- ANOTHER one! Chelyabinsk-sized asteroid skims Earth, third close fly-by in 5 days
- Loud house-shaking boom rattles residents in Wichita, Kansas
- Doorbell camera captures 'huge' meteor fireball over Southern California
- Yet another asteroid just skimmed Earth - ONE day after it was discovered
- Meteor fireball streaks over northeast Ontario
- Best of the Web: Halloween surprise! Asteroid narrowly missed Earth yesterday - Discovered as it flew by - Closest on record
- Large green meteor fireball widely observed flying over Ireland
- Grimsby, England residents report late-night 'deafening bang'
- Incoming! Five asteroids flew past Earth Friday - one twice as big as Empire State Building
- Meteor fireball caught on dash-cam as it flies over California
- Loud booms heard in Genesee County, Michigan attributed to meteor
- Red meat 'most perfect food' for humans, closely followed by milk
- SOTT Focus: Objective:Health: #36 - ITN - Aborted Babies in Vaccines | Childhood Obesity | Red Meat Studies
- Virginia doctor allegedly tied women's fallopian tubes, performed hysterectomies without consent, federal investigators say
- New study: low-carb education in a group setting for the win
- Australian company creates virus that can kill every type of cancer
- Some neurologists want to end daylight saving time, calling it unhealthy
- Sally Norton: The damaging effects of oxalates on the human body
- New evidence of neuroplasticity: Human brain can rewire itself after traumatic bodily injury
- Obesity Week 2019: Why is it so hard for doctors to admit their failure?
- House plants aren't purifying the air - major review
- A Natural Hormone the Key to Curing Body Dysmorphia Disorder
- 'Science' declares 'ideal diet' too expensive for world's poorest... unless necessary economic changes are made
- 10 hospitalized from Oklahoma facility after flu shot mix-up
- Scientists discover new HIV strain, first in nearly two decades
- Fatty liver isn't just the result of too much alcohol. Here's how to prevent it
- CDC petitioned to admit they accept corporate money
- Does Jordan Peterson's carnivore diet work?
- Deep sleep can rewire the anxious brain
- Several reasons why a low-carb or ketogenic diet can improve your mental health
- Counterfeit prescription pills made of fentanyl are killing Americans
- Study: Autistic adults who were not diagnosed until later in life grew up believing they were 'bad people'
- Researchers find new class of neurons that map memories
- SOTT Focus: MindMatters: Meaning in Chaos: Exploring Jordan Peterson's Maps of Meaning (Chapter 2)
- Stress hormone helps control the circadian rhythm of brain cells in rats
- Being close to water is good for the mind, body and soul
- Neurofeedback training shown to rebalance brain circuits in those with depression
- Dia De Los Muertos: Mexicans honor the souls of lost loved ones on Day of the Dead
- Caitlin Johnstone: Things are only going to get weirder
- Science as we know it can't explain consciousness
- How smart people neutralize the effects of difficult people
- Smooth-talking charmers: Why psychopaths can be so attractive to the unsuspecting
- Brain takes just less than 300 milliseconds to recognize familiar music
- The brain has distinct areas for all manner of ideas, research suggests
- Thinking about death: High neural activity is linked to shorter lifespans
- Discovering Wholeness and Healing after Trauma
- Ian Stevenson's case for reincarnation: Are we skeptics really just cynics?
- The geography of sorrow: Interview with Francis Weller
- A dog's size and head shape predicts its temperament
- Fast and the furriest: Rats enjoy driving tiny cars, US researchers discover
- Best of the Web: Why it's wrong to cast stones at Jordan Peterson for seeking treatment
- Missing 411? Hiker found dead in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
- David Paulides details 'Missing 411: The Hunted' in Edge of Wonder interview
- UFO? Strange 'rotating disc' caught on video by driver stuck in North Carolina traffic
- 'This is crazy': Mysterious UFO lights appear in nighttime skies of Bountiful, Utah
- UFO enthusiasts stabilize shaky 2008 video footage from Turkey
- New book on Elisa Lam case looks at evidence of police coverup and botched investigation
- Exploring the fourth dimension: Possible implications for consciousness and the paranormal
- Missing 411: 'Expert' hiker found dead at bottom of Appalachian Trail embankment
- 'UFO crashed after battle with red object in Australian sky', locals claim
- US Army announces agreement with To The Stars Academy of Arts & Science to study 'mystery materials' of unexplained origin
- Bigfoot prints found in western North Carolina?
- Mysterious rash of cattle mutilations in Oregon
- UFO? Lantern? Mysterious light seen on Lincolnshire, UK coast
- Will TTSA peer review UFO materials? Elizondo claims some come from 'governmental' sources
- Strange lights off North Carolina Outer Banks spark UFO debate: Aliens or the military?
- Strange black 'smoke ring' appears above Moscow region
- ISS live feed captures 'triangular US Space Force ship' hovering over Earth
- US Navy confirms videos of real UFOs were never cleared for release to the public
- A Taos Close Encounter of the Hunters and Aliens Kind
- UFO seen grazing past Popocatepetl volcano in Mexico
- Millennial wishes for historical examples of socialism to study to see how it might turn out
- Cat-astrophe averted! Loyal Siamese cat saves 1 year old toddler from falling down stairs
- Bob the Tomato praised for being a fruit who identifies as a vegetable
- Bible scholars now agree writing on the wall actually said 'Epstein didn't kill himself'
- Oops! Killary Clinton accidentally posts condolences for Tulsi Gabbard's suicide a day early
- Progressive utopia of California becomes first state to eliminate electricity entirely
- SOTT Focus: MindMatters: Halloween Special: Oh the Horror! Why Do People Like Getting Scared?
- Motorcyclist who identifies as bicyclist sets cycling world record
- Need a new phone plan: GPS-tagged eagle sneaks into Iran, drains Siberian ornithologists' research budget with expensive text messages
- Brazilian man solves cockroach infestation by blowing up his garden
- Asylum orderlies return Hillary to padded cell disguised as Oval Office
- Hillary Clinton asked to leave Costco after repeatedly accusing sample lady of being a Russian asset
- ABC News airs authentic footage of Godzilla rampaging through Syria
- 'Stop the press!' TIME 'redeploys' US troops from Syria to Iran; will Khamenei welcome them?
- Warren: 'I was fired for being pregnant transgender gay Indian' [Satire]
- Police protect Columbus statues from Antifa by taping job applications on them
- Norwegian committee criticized for selecting Ethiopian prime minister for Nobel Peace Prize
- Constitution slowly disappearing say stunned officials at National Archives
- British citizens drawn to idea of chimpanzees running the country
- Hillary informed by staffer that she lost 2016 election
Quote of the Day
Comfort, the prevailing word for Progress, in its many different aspects and to varying degrees, forms a sufficient aim for the majority of civilized men of our era. Under these conditions of our times, man is only open to divine values in carefully measured doses, kept within limits so that they do not trouble his bourgeois conscience or threaten the material well-being he has acquired.
- Boris Mouravieff
Recent Comments
That's what I would call a heated argument. In all seriousness, this was a horrible crime and hope the individual responsible faces justice.
I think it was Doug who made the comment and a paraphrase loosely,that somone out there does not want us to eat meat. Well seems there is, this is...
I'm not sure why the Department of the Navy isn't arresting a whole bunch of scam artists and throwing them in the brig. It is my understanding...
Proof that truth perseveres. R,C.
I love that picture of Schifty pulling the evil eye and casting some kind of Sith spell on all of us. "You don't need to see our identification....
