The Power Principle | Documentary

<a href="http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t256/Helvetic/IM_Blog/power_principle_film_web_zps3ab6e614.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t256/Helvetic/IM_Blog/power_principle_film_web_zps3ab6e614.jpg" width="225" /></a>Source: <a href="http://articlesoninformation.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">metanoia-films.org</a><br /> Please support the filmmaker.<br /> <br /> <b>The Power Principle | Video Documentary</b><br /> <br /> "Simply brilliant. It's a shame more people won't watch it due to the length. Because this is probably the best film ever made about American foreign policy." - <i>Spartacus - ICH</i><br /> <br /> A gripping, deeply informative account of the plunder, hypocrisy, and mass violence of plutocracy and empire; insightful, historically grounded and highly relevant to the events of today.<br /> <br /> This documentary is about the foreign policy of the United States. It demonstrates the importance of the political economy, the Mafia principle, propaganda, ideology, violence and force.<br /> <br /> It documents and explains how the policy is based on the interest of major corporations and a tiny elite to increase profits and the United States governments own interests in maintaining and expanding it’s imperialistic influence.<br /> <br /> Inside the United States this has been made possible with a propaganda of fear for the horrible enemies like the Soviet Union, Communists and so on and a love for “free markets”, “democracy”, “freedom” and so on.<br /> <br /> Externally (and increasingly internally) this has caused massive poverty and suffering, genocide, war, coups, crushed unions and popular movements and environmental destruction.<br /> <br /> <br /> <b>Part I - The Empire</b><br /> <b><br /></b><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="375" mozallowfullscreen="" src="//player.vimeo.com/video/101957662" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe> <br /> <br /> <b>Part II - Propaganda</b><br /> <b><br /></b><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="375" mozallowfullscreen="" src="//player.vimeo.com/video/101955125" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe> <br /> <br /> <b>Part III - Apocalypse</b><br /> <b><br /></b><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="375" mozallowfullscreen="" src="//player.vimeo.com/video/101955124" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe>

The Power Principle | Documentary

Source: metanoia-films.org Please support the filmmaker. The Power Principle | Video Documentary "Simply brilliant. It's a shame more people won't watch it due to the length. Because this is probably the best film ever made about American foreign policy." - Spartacus - ICH A gripping, deeply inform…

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Platinum Pro-Use Drafting Pencil

I acquired yet another mechanical drafting pencil. I really had a moment of weakness here. I don't even use pencils that often, and I certainly didn't need a new one. That said, I have no regret or buyer's remorse because the Platinum Pro-Use is super cool. Just look at the thing:<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf3Cdc1z4vr78D8Gh7hsMvsiXnbXwzc1Xf2plfQtlMfadA4GxrylgcMcxK_rg9pE1nGCCgI01pG3VWwC0A-2yU2EEBjz82nBhbJLcFjKpbaLGv3AZwhK2C7nocbSSwYwcaMUalx_PSbWo/s1600/IMG_7219.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf3Cdc1z4vr78D8Gh7hsMvsiXnbXwzc1Xf2plfQtlMfadA4GxrylgcMcxK_rg9pE1nGCCgI01pG3VWwC0A-2yU2EEBjz82nBhbJLcFjKpbaLGv3AZwhK2C7nocbSSwYwcaMUalx_PSbWo/s1600/IMG_7219.JPG" width="200" /></a></div> <br /> I don't remember how much I paid, but the Internet tells me that this pencil is now going for about 15 dollars. That's a lot for a pencil, but the Pro-Use is very well made and sturdy, and the fit and finish is great. I opted for the 0.5 mm size (0.3 mm and 0.7 mm sizes are also available), which has become my standard lead size. Platinum is nice enough to provide a big fat lead size reminder on the tail cap:<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhjqLR6TmCIgJ16oYkYw4V4cgF6Sq68hnE4PljprAgEzpT3JWcEN1oAYk8Smc5DEeznfFlLlZKgQ5fQilwOveF5lbUYYRwbRL-_Mcejd3LOcoRPLDgAm1zZMA74gahJrqPHPG-0bozb8M/s1600/IMG_7222.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhjqLR6TmCIgJ16oYkYw4V4cgF6Sq68hnE4PljprAgEzpT3JWcEN1oAYk8Smc5DEeznfFlLlZKgQ5fQilwOveF5lbUYYRwbRL-_Mcejd3LOcoRPLDgAm1zZMA74gahJrqPHPG-0bozb8M/s1600/IMG_7222.JPG" width="200" /></a></div> <br /> Although Platinum probably has a better reputation for its fountain pens, I'm impressed here. I really like the brushed metal finish of this pencil, and the overall "look, I'm a rocket ship" design aesthetic. The grip is fat and meaty, and it features some groovy channels that wick away your sweat during those aggressive penciling sessions. If I'm honest, I think that the grip section ought to be a little longer (extending further up the body). Other than that, I have no complaints. The pencil is well balanced, not too heavy and not too light, and it has a lead hardness indicator above the grip section. I assume that this is important to people who pencil for a living.<br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLp1N0P22qTNAA_0ArZ7GhsCVYJQHP44eHSB7kO7kJ2oToS1JG8PzgwNJGZjuQgD4_9nYa6sQ3JHHNp4c47btLg4_2q7C0Gf_3lu_bkTuWnseVIoTO3qtZ6sW6y6XDNe5KwIJ3x3GX8_s/s1600/IMG_7220.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLp1N0P22qTNAA_0ArZ7GhsCVYJQHP44eHSB7kO7kJ2oToS1JG8PzgwNJGZjuQgD4_9nYa6sQ3JHHNp4c47btLg4_2q7C0Gf_3lu_bkTuWnseVIoTO3qtZ6sW6y6XDNe5KwIJ3x3GX8_s/s1600/IMG_7220.JPG" width="200" /></a></div> <br /> Even though I don't use this writing instrument that much - perhaps only two pieces of lead so far - I still recommend it highly. If you are a fan of mechanical or drafting pencils and/or you collect shiny metal objects, then check out the Platinum Pro-Use.

Platinum Pro-Use Drafting Pencil

I acquired yet another mechanical drafting pencil. I really had a moment of weakness here. I don't even use pencils that often, and I certainly didn't need a new one. That said, I have no regret or buyer's remorse because the Platinum Pro-Use is super cool. Just look at the thing: I don't remember h…

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Russia taking McDonald to Court

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDGMoGlS0wgzeLPr00M-T8rh2amRiovcaiOtQYZkc7Fy4LyZsNH1UjfVZPKdSdARr1XvdbZZqdxrBxaFqQacy-cQjCZmjWZd64GQyPRqQtuGS8rp9O8pd0T937pinTcP6K0Gg1NV9Ys5qd/s1600/1459175_10202486533508477_1600108637_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDGMoGlS0wgzeLPr00M-T8rh2amRiovcaiOtQYZkc7Fy4LyZsNH1UjfVZPKdSdARr1XvdbZZqdxrBxaFqQacy-cQjCZmjWZd64GQyPRqQtuGS8rp9O8pd0T937pinTcP6K0Gg1NV9Ys5qd/s1600/1459175_10202486533508477_1600108637_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">NaturalNews) The scary-looking clown named Ronald McDonald and his minions are going to court.<br /><br />Russia, which has already denounced genetically modified food earlier this year, is now taking McDonald's to court. A Moscow court recently announced that the fast food chain has violated Russia's nutrition and safety codes for many of its burger and ice cream products.<br /><br />The case is set to be heard at Tverskoi District Court. Russian health officials are already threatening to place a temporary ban on McDonald's ice cream, milkshakes, cheeseburgers, and Filet-O-Fish and chicken sandwiches. A hearing is scheduled for August 13.</span><br /> <h1> Safety of the entire McDonald's fast food chain called into question by Russian health officials</h1> The Interfax news agency reported that Russia's consumer protection agency has identified several product quality violations that have called into question the safety and integrity of the entire McDonald's food chain. The McDonald's products under question contain more fats and carbohydrates than are allowed by Russia's health-conscious regulations.<br /> <br /> Inspections at two McDonald's restaurants in Novgorod found that caloric values of milk shakes, fish sandwiches and Royal Cheeseburgers (the Russian equivalent of Quarter Pounders) exceeded safety standards, harboring two to three times more calories per serving than legally allowed.<br /> <br /> This means that the court could temporarily shut down all of McDonald's operations in Russia. A spokesperson for the Tverskoi District Court, Yekaterina Korotova, didn't comment on the matter but relayed that the consumer protection agency is demanding that the court "halt <a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/McDonalds.html" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration: none;">McDonald's</a> illegal activity."<br /> <b><i><br />Will Russia push McDonald's out of their country for good?</i></b><br /> <br /> <h1> Big Mac bun is nothing close to real bread</h1> While calorie, fat and carbohydrate levels of McDonald's food measure through the roof, it's what the food is made out of that should be most troubling to consumers.<br /> <br /> For example, a Big Mac bun is not real bread but, instead, a mixture of bleached wheat, malted barley flour, thiamin mononitrate and fake vitamin enrichments. This enriched flour is mixed with the biotech industry's usual flavor science of high-fructose corn syrup and soybean and canola oil. A couple of ammonia compounds like ammonium sulfate and ammonium chloride are added along with dangerous conditioners like azodicarbonamide, which is outlawed in some countries. McDonald's also preserves its buns using sorbic acid, calcium propionate and sodium propionate, while conditioning the dough further by using ingredients like sodium stearoyl lactylate, DATEM and mono- and diglycerides. To finish it off, the bread concoction is riddled with salt, sugar, wheat gluten and soy lecithin.<br /> <br /> And this is only the McDonald's buns.<br /> <br /> <b>Sources for this article include:</b><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/food/product_nutrition.sandwiches.255.big-mac.html" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.mcdonalds.com</a><br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/26/world/europe/russia-sues-mcdonalds-questioning-quality-of-the-food.html?_r=0" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com</a><br /> <br /> <a href="http://money.msn.com/business-news/article.aspx?feed=AP&date=20140725&id=17807622" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://money.msn.com</a><br /> <br /> <a href="http://science.naturalnews.com/junk_food.html" style="color: #3366cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://science.naturalnews.com</a><br /> <br /> Learn more:<a href="http://articlesoninformation.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> http://www.naturalnews.com/046191_mcdonalds_russia_food_safety.html#ixzz38kemYppw</a></div>

Russia taking McDonald to Court

NaturalNews) The scary-looking clown named Ronald McDonald and his minions are going to court.Russia, which has already denounced genetically modified food earlier this year, is now taking McDonald's to court. A Moscow court recently announced that the fast food chain has violated Russia's nutritio…

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