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Huawei deal could jeopardize special US-UK relationship
The United States warned the UK not allowing Huawei to build the new 5G network. 5G by Huawei would be a fatal mistake putting the special relationship between the two countries at risk. The US has many activities over here, intelligence and military bases included....
Hydrogen Car Breakthrough
As the world lithium resources are not endless and fossil fuel is fading away, scientists are working in overdrive mode to improve hydrogen fuel as the near future power source for electric cars. A major problem with hydrogen is to overcome the limited efficiency of...
Brexit: Easier Said Than Done
On the very day Britain originally should say goodbye to the EU, big disappointment. Brexit is not happening; on the contrary in a complete deadlock situation. Today, for the third time in a row, members of Parliament rejected the withdrawal agreement now plunging the...
Brexit drama: Billions of pounds already down the drain
Whether it is unclear Brexit will ever happen at all, the British economy is already suffering Hugh financial losses. Many large companies already left the country and financial experts warn companies to remove all financial assets from the U.K. Not to mention the...
Fiscal punishment based on scientific errors?
Climate change occurs, right in front of our very eyes. But is it really caused by humanity or are other influences -as the ongoing polar shift and changes in Earth's rotation- due to this event? What we know so far is that governments millions of people and companies...
“Hold your horses” as EU budget is under siege
As time runs out for achieving an orderly Brexit, the EU is financially preparing for the worst. In case of a no- deal Brexit, Britain will stop EU payments at the end of March immediately. It emerged that the EU is already holding back payments to the UK and other EU...
A picture says a thousand words
Who is not happy with this president? CNN (The Communist News Network) maybe. The troops in Iraq and Germany were in a euphoric mood as the "one of a kind" President of the United States arrived for an unexpected visit during the Christmas holiday. Image Source:...
World Economy is living on borrowed time
Time is ticking out for world’s economies. Thanks to the dovish, reckless money creating central banks and politicians not doing a d... thing about it, the world’s debt is now exceeding an average of $86,000 for every individual living being on this planet. Based on...
May can stay… for the moment, but still empty handed
The earlier mentioned no confidence vote took place on Wednesday December 12th, and the PM doesn’t have to leave Office. But the position of Mrs. May is terribly weakened, opening the door for further humiliation by the EU. Not much chance for getting the real deal....
Brexit tragedy unfolding, new referendum on the brink
Britain might be on the verge of a new referendum as Mrs. May fails to get a better deal with the EU. To prevent a massive defeat in parliament, the long awaited Brexit vote for today has been cancelled. Instead of the crucial vote, the PM is now traveling around...
Difficult times for our Prime Minister Theresa May
Political turmoil in Downingstreet. A political insider here in London told me he believes the PM will be forced to leave office soon. A confidence vote to be held in a couple of days could lead to the exit of Mrs. May. It’s now or never as events develop as we speak....
Think twice before you get into Organ Donation
Patient's should rethink before they get into Organ Donation. Beware of the Lazarus phenomenon, when the dead come back to life. When it is coming to donated organs, "thanks", to the so called Cell Memory Phenomenon you can inherit something more than the organ only....
Tesla dream disappears in thin air; Power grids around the world can’t handle massive future demand
Elon Musk’s Tesla dream is not sustainable. Electric Vehicle producer Tesla is among other EV manufacturers facing a dark future. Beside the problem that lithium battery powered cars are not environmental friendly at all, the most alarming is coming from power grid...
Tensions in the North Atlantic, U.S. Fleet command reactivated
A growing concern about the number of Chinese military vessels now operating in the Northern Atlantic, amid Russian submarines put America’s navy on high alert. Following the increased military threat, last month on the first of July, the U.S. has reactivated the...
Theresa May should follow Donald Trump’s advice
U.S. President Donald Trump advised U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May to sue the EU. This instead of further negotiating with the bloc. The position of the British PM is under siege since the Chequers summit agreement that preludes a soft Brexit is in fact no Brexit at...
Brexit is melting down as the special UK–US relationship evaporates
While Boris Johnson, UK minister of foreign affairs is warning that the Brexit negotiations are on the verge of melting down, another shock comes from the United States. Donald Trump doesn’t like the British prime minister. With calling her a “school mistress” the so...
Is Europe on the verge of financial havoc? European countries massively repatriate Gold
With growing Euroscepticism in many European countries, the ongoing and vast process of Britain leaving the E.U., unrest in Catalonia, rising differences between East European countries and Brussels and -not to forget- the out of nothing ever money printing ECB,...
Donald Trump heading for Britain in July, but still no full blown state visit
It was not another bad hair day but a vitriol remark from the POTUS about the too expensive no go area location of the new American Embassy here in London. The official visit is now rescheduled as a working visit on July 13th. This will be a “light” version of the...
No future for battery powered vehicles, Tesla might go bust
I am not against electric powered driving. Sure, I do my best endeavors saving the environment. So far so good as long as electric transportation is not getting the energy from batteries. It’s an outrage plundering the environment for scares recourses like lithium and...
Our weird, alien made, Moon
Something seems to be shockingly wrong with the traditional explanation where our Moon came from. The official story is that the Moon broke off after Earth was struck by a huge planetary object like Mars. But a growing number of conspiracy theorists believe the...
Myriads of viruses and bacteria are swirling and twirling from the sky
Viral and bacterial contamination from an unexpected source. Scientists now discovered that billions of viruses and bacteria are not transmitted by living beings only but transported over the air and literally falling from the sky as well. The Journal of the...
Astonishment in Downing Street as the Potus cancelled visit
It must be a shock in Downing Street. Breaking news! The Potus is not visiting the U.K. next month to open the new American Embassy in London. In a Twitter message Donald Trump said he was not a "big fan" of the new embassy. It was a "bad deal". Reason I canceled my...
Wishing you a safe and sound 2018!
I am sure you agree with me that we live in a dangerous world. Not seen since the cold war era. Today the planet seems to be just a few steps away from total nuclear destruction. The North Korean government called the latest UN Security Council sanctions “an act of...
Do gay people run on a different genetic operating system?
Shocking claims from scientists reveal gay and straight men have different variations of at least two genes that somewhat correlate with their sexual orientation. The human operating system is based on DNA structures one is born with. Now it looks like even sexual...
World’s biggest threat: It’s not climate change. It’s overpopulation.
After Stephen Hawking, it’s now the Duke of Cambridge, Prince William, that has warned overpopulation could have dramatic effects for the planet. Overpopulation is an issue politicians don’t like to address and mostly avoided by the mainstream media. They simply do...
The Black Death Plague is back, Medieval horror illness strikes again
According to the World Health Organization, in Madagascar at least 33 people has been killed recently and over 200 infected by one of the deadliest plagues in human history known as the Black Death. The Black Death disease is known from one of the darkest episodes in...
Advanced computer technology: No scientific evidence for climate change caused by humans
We know that since the very beginning of this planet, over billions of years, earth faced warmer and colder periods. Even during the more “recent” Medieval Warm Period a comparatively warmer climate episode occurred. Those were times without man made machines...
A new milestone: For the first time in earth history: Human DNA successfully edited
A team of researchers from the Oregon Health and Science University for the first time managed to create error free genetically modified human embryos. The scientists demonstrated with CRISPR that they can alter DNA and doing so prevent diseases by removing genetic...
“Fake media trying to silence us, but people know the truth”
In an already historical one-liner U.S. President Donald Trump is warning: “Fake media trying to silence us, but people know the truth” Nothing more I can agree on. For over a decade, democracy is dying all around the globe and taken over by the mainstream media. In...
Using ad blockers could become costly
Fed up with annoying ads? The cure to prevent boring advertising showing up on webpages could become an expensive habit. More and more people are using ad blockers to restrict any kind of unwanted content showing up on webpages. A new tool, provided by Google, will...