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Judge Rules CIA Can Withhold Info about Illegal Metho...
By Escape The Illusion on July 26, 2010 | 1 Comment
A federal judge has backed CIA efforts to conceal information about treatment of detainees, even if the suppressed records contain details about illegal activity on the part of the intelligence agency. U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein ruled that he was unwilling to “second-guess the CIA Direc... -
US on PR offensive against Wikileaks as 92,000 Afghan...
By Escape The Illusion on July 25, 2010 | 1 Comment
The White House denounced a massive leak of secret military files Sunday that allegedly describe how Pakistan’s spy service aids the Afghan insurgency, but said the information was no surprise. In all, some 92,000 documents were released by the web whistleblower Wikileaks, containing previousl... -
fossil record – crossbreeding origins of man ca...
origins of man http://www.aulis.com/twothirds2.htm The Inter-Breeding of Ancient Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon … the Outrageous Implications for Modern Society excerpt: ” … when Neanderthal and Cro-Magnon interbred. Now we can understand why our culture has so many establishe... -
Marines train for Afghanistan by patrolling streets o...
By AnotherSon on July 12, 2010 | No Comments
A tough-talking, muscular Los Angeles police sergeant steadily rattled off tips to a young Marine riding shotgun as they raced in a patrol car to a drug bust: Be aware of your surroundings. Watch people’s body language. Build rapport. Marine Lt. Andrew Abbott, 23, took it all in as he peered ... -
Gene Switches Sexual Desires of Female Mice
By Escape The Illusion on July 9, 2010 | No Comments
A GENE has been discovered that appears to dictate the sexual preferences of female mice. Delete the gene and the modified mice reject the advances of the males and attempt to mate with other females instead. While it is impossible to say whether the finding has any relevance for human sexuality, it... -
Miniature Energy Harvesting Technology Could Power Wi...
By Escape The Illusion on July 9, 2010 | No Comments
The journal NanoLetters recently published an article highlighting the fascinating nanogenerators developed by Dr. Yong Shi, a professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Stevens Institute of Technology. Dr. Shi’s work focuses on miniature energy harvesting technologies that could po... -
Lexington GOP Censures Knott For “Raghead”...
By Escape The Illusion on June 14, 2010 | 7 Comments
Chalk another one up for the good ole boys of the South Carolina GOP. Every time I read something about this group it feels like a slow, deep slide back to 1865. The Lexington County Republicans censured State Senator Jake Knotts Friday night for his nasty racist remarks about “ragheads.”... -
Who Do You Fear More: Aliens or British Petroleum?
By Escape The Illusion on June 13, 2010 | 13 Comments
By Doc Edwards. And Goldilocks said, “Somebody’s been sleeping in my bed!” “What are you doing out here, little girl?’ the wolf asked Little Red Riding Hood as friendly as he could muster.” From our earliest experiences as a child, as well as having it reaffirmed, again and again... -
Helen Thomas ends White House career amid uproar
By Escape The Illusion on June 7, 2010 | 1 Comment
WASHINGTON — Helen Thomas, the opinionated White House correspondent who used her seat in the front row of history to grill 10 presidents and often exasperate them, lost her storied perch Monday in a flap over calling on Israelis to get “out of Palestine.” Thomas, 89, who made her nam... -
Unarmed and Courageous: Emergency Workers in Afghanis...
By Escape The Illusion on June 1, 2010 | No Comments
For six days in late May 2010, Emergency, an Italian NGO providing surgery and basic health care in Afghanistan since 1999, welcomed us to visit facilities they operate in the capital city of Kabul and in Panjshir, a neighboring province. We lived with their hospital staff at both places and accompa...











































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