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Visions Of Inconceivable Pasts: JRR Tolkein

Written by Martin Sieff

Look at any photograph of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien taken during his service as a young British Army officer serving on the Western Front during World War I and there is no hint of the suffering and pain he had already endured, or of the extraordinary genius he was to become.

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The Government Has Been Making Bugs More Deadly

Written by Dr Joseph Mercola

It mimics the symptoms of multiple sclerosis, arthritis, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, and even Alzheimer’s disease, yet it’s hard to detect because its corkscrew-shaped form allows it to burrow into and hide in your tissues. Now an epidemic out of control, did it too come from the U.S. biological weapons program?

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Scottish Union for Education – Newsletter No7

Written by Joel Smalley

Following my “Dumb Japan” article (which was intended to provoke debate, not just to derogate the nation), I had an insightful exchange with the author of this article, who kindly explained to me how it has come about that the Japanese are “dumb” (my word, not hers).

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polar bears are abundant & thriving despite sea ice loss

Written by Dr Susan Crockford

Experts who used the American Endangered Species Act (ESA) to list polar bears as ‘threatened’ in May 2008 were mistaken: sea ice authorities got their predictions wrong about future ice extent and polar bear specialists erroneously declared that two-thirds of polar bears would disappear if summer sea ice declines continued unabated

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