Mainstream media puppets – you decide, Martin
By Melissa Martin Whoever controls the media, controls the mind.” –Jim Morrison New York Times, Washington Post, Time Magazine – mainstream media puppets or not? Fact or fiction? Truth or false? As reported on the website of The Spectrum in an op-ed article by…
Is a food shortage coming? Martin
By Melissa Martin Rumblings around the globe are predicting a food shortage, but can the citizens believe the power-driven politicians and the lying leaders? Even leaders of sovereign nations are known to manipulate and spew falsehoods. Why? Because they can…
A Solomon Islands sellout? Martin
By Melissa Martin In a move that shocked many in the region, the prime minister of the Solomon Islands confirmed Wednesday his nation has entered into a security agreement with China. It’s the first of its kind for the communist…
A new world order is not the solution, Martin
By Melissa Martin The age-old dream of world domination is alive and well. Since the beginning of the beginning, man has battled for the top seat on the planet. “Absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Read your history books. Free countries do not…
Solutions, journalism and the future of google algorithms
By Giles Crosse, From Reuters Community A recent story from Journalism.co.uk hints a new google algorithm system could shake up page rankings for original, positive reporting. The story reveals that to help publishers reap the rewards for their original investigative reporting, Google…
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Virgin Galactic is going public to fund its expensive tourist spaceflights
By Steve Dent From engadget It’ll keep the company running until commercial launches begin. Space tourism company Virgin Galactic has announced that it will go public via a merger with an investment firm. Its new partner, Social Capital Hedosophia (SCH), will invest…
US cyberattack reportedly knocked out Iran missile control systems
By Jon Fingas From engadget The President reportedly signed off on the digital strike. he US may have withheld a physical military response to Iran shooting down a drone, but it might not have shown similar restraint with a digital…
The promise Mars, Nestlé, and Hershey won’t make
By Katrina French From Freedom United Mars, Nestlé, and Hershey Won’t Promise Chocolate is Free from Child Labor – The Washington Post The world’s largest chocolate companies promised to eradicate child labor from their supply chains 20 years ago. But…
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Scientists not amused by endangered monk seal with eel in its nose
By Laura Goldman from Care2 Could it be the seal equivalent of human teens eating Tide pods? Maybe you’ve seen the photo of a juvenile Hawaiian monk seal with an eel stuck up its nose. Believe it or not, this wasn’t…
NASA launching safety review of SpaceX because Elon Musk smoked pot
By AJ Dellinger From engadget Boeing will also be reviewed. When NASA tapped SpaceX and Boeing to fly astronauts to the International Space Station, the companies likely expected the government agency would keep a close eye on things. But they…
