Private gun sales are exploding in Austria as women prepare to defend themselves against migrant rapists.
“All long guns are currently completely sold out,” a Czech TV station reported. “Those arming themselves are primarily women.”
“The huge demand has its roots in fears generated by social changes.” MORE
A new video appears to show Islamists marching in the German city of Hannover while at least two girls look on and express their fears. The girls can be heard saying: MORE
Rose-Lynn Fisher studied 100 different tears and found that basal tears (the ones that our body produces to lubricate our eyes) are drastically different from the tears that happen when we are chopping onions. The tears that come about from hard laughter aren’t even close to the tears of sorrow. Like a drop of ocean water each tiny tear drop carries a microcosm of human experience. Her project is called The Topography of Tears. SOURCE
Tears from laughing until crying
While the Northern Lights are renowned for their colourful patterns, one Norwegian photographer has captured something altogether stranger. MORE
KATY, Texas – A Texas seventh-grader is standing up for her religious beliefs after she alleges her teacher forced students to deny that God is real, and threatened them with failing grades if they don’t agree. MORE
Forty years after the Swedish parliament unanimously decided to change the formerly homogenous Sweden into a multicultural country, violent crime has increased by 300% and rapes by 1,472%. Sweden is now number two on the list of rape countries, surpassed only by Lesotho in Southern Africa. MORE
Russia has just unveiled its cutting-edge weapon that emits light so powerful it can literally blind enemies. The new weapon is expected to be used in Russia’s ongoing military operation against ISIS militants in Syria.
The new dazzling weapon, a ‘visual optical jammer’ called Grach, was unveiled at a military expo in Russia last week. MORE
BEIRUT — A Lebanese official says Beirut airport authorities have foiled one of the country’s largest drug smuggling attempts, seizing two tons of amphetamine Captagon pills before they were loaded onto the private plane of a Saudi prince.
The official said the prince and four others have been detained Monday. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was authorized to give official statements. MORE
Just when I was getting to like Ben Carson.
Donald Trump is perplexed that his 2016 Republican opponent Ben Carson has surpassed him in Iowa polls. As Trump in recent days questioned why the former pediatric neurosurgeon is gaining ground, he’s also called into question Carson’s religious beliefs.
“I’m Presbyterian,” Trump said to a crowd in Jacksonville, Florida on Saturday. “Boy, that’s down the middle of the road folks, in all fairness. I mean, Seventh-day Adventist, I don’t know about. I just don’t know about.” MORE
About 71 percent of the Earth’s surface is covered by water, but unfortunately most of that liquid nourishment isn’t suitable for drinking because it’s salt water found in the oceans. Removing salt from water is not an easy process, either. Current desalination technology requires a high amount of energy, making it prohibitively expensive — especially in developing nations. But don’t worry: a team of researchers at Alexandria University in Egypt have bypassed these power-hungry methods and created a simple filtration technique; the details of which are described in a research paper published last month in Water Science and Technology. MORE
San Ramon appears to have broken a new earthquake record over the last two weeks: A total of 408 small quakes have struck the East Bay city, almost four times the amount of quakes set in 2003 in half the time period.
The U.S. Geological Survey reports that as of Oct. 13, the Northern California Seismic Network had detected 408 earthquakes – at least a dozen since 10 p.m. on Monday, with other quakes spilling into the wee hours of Tuesday. Most quakes have clocked in with magnitudes ranging from 2.0 to 3.0. MORE
The ‘battlefields’ now in play include China seeking to make the yuan a permanent replacement for the dollar as the world’s reserve currency, to the internet, where China continues its’ endless attacks upon the US, to a potential WW3, where China recently responded to plans by the US to send warships into the South China Seas by saying: “What On Earth Makes Them Think We Will Tolerate This“. MORE
Those Chamela village homes of the poor were not the only ones damaged. Hurricane Patricia left over 3000 homes partially or totally destroyed, according to Mexican President, yet U.S. and even French media repeatedly reports “no damage” in the same articles reporting massive home damage, as seen in the below listed articles.
Overview – Candy is meant to be a treat, but even when consumed in moderation some varieties push the wellness envelope. To have your sweets and stay healthy too, limit candy that’s particularly high in sugar, unhealthy fats and artificial ingredients. Read on for 20 candies that can really spook your health. MORE OF THE 20
