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The World's First Floating Wind Farm Just Started Delivering Electricity

by | Oct 19, 2017 |

This article originally appeared at Anti-Media.   Scotland — Fifteen miles off the coast of Scotland, anchored to the floor of the North Sea, the world’s first floating wind farm began delivering electricity to the Scottish grid on Wednesday. Statoil, the Norwegian energy company that developed the project, says that at peak production the system will provide power to 20,000 households. The Hywind Scotland project consists of five giant wind turbines, each extending nearly 600 feet above the water and over 250 feet below it. The turbines, which were installed in August and began...

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DEA Whistleblower: Opioid Crisis Fueled by Congress and Drug Companies for Profit

by | Oct 18, 2017 |

This article originally appeared at Anti-Media.    Following the publication of a pair of reports that shed light on the role Donald Trump’s pick for drug czar, Representative Tom Marino, played in fuelling the opioid crisis, Marino withdrew his name from consideration on Tuesday. Over the weekend, The Washington Post and CBS’s 60 Minutes published the findings of their joint investigation into the root causes of an American opioid epidemic that has claimed 200,000 lives over the last two decades. What the outlets concluded is that distributors — the companies that ship the pills to...

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The mainstream media has begun targeting Trump's sanity

by | Oct 18, 2017 |

This article originally appeared at Anti-Media.    Punch “Trump impeachment” into the search engine of your preference right now, and you’ll get a screen packed with articles on the subject. Anyone who follows politics — or even just glances at the news from time to time — will understand that this possibility was inevitable. It’s no secret that the mainstream media and their partners in the Washington establishment never wanted the former reality TV star in the Oval Office. And lately, the method by which they hope to remove him is becoming increasingly clear. According to the current...

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The mainstream media has begun targeting Trump’s sanity

by | Oct 18, 2017 |

This article originally appeared at Anti-Media.    Punch “Trump impeachment” into the search engine of your preference right now, and you’ll get a screen packed with articles on the subject. Anyone who follows politics — or even just glances at the news from time to time — will understand that this possibility was inevitable. It’s no secret that the mainstream media and their partners in the Washington establishment never wanted the former reality TV star in the Oval Office. And lately, the method by which they hope to remove him is becoming increasingly clear. According to the current...

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Julian Assange offers reward for info on the killers of Panama Papers journalist

by | Oct 17, 2017 |

This article originally appeared at Anti-Media.    Malta — Following Monday’s car bomb murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia, the journalist leading the Panama Papers investigation into corruption within the government of Malta, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has offered a hefty reward to anyone with information about the killing. “Outraged to hear that Maltese investigative journalist+blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia has been murdered this afternoon not far from her home with a car bomb,” Assange wrote on Twitter Monday night. “I issue a €20k reward for information leading to the conviction...

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Chinese President to Cement Control as China Assumes Role of Top Global Superpower

by | Oct 16, 2017 |

This article originally appeared at Anti-Media.    Next Wednesday, the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China will begin. The week-long event, during which President Xi Jinping will further cement his control of the government, comes at a pivotal time for the Asian superpower. Countries in the region — and, indeed, much of the rest of the world — are increasingly looking to China for guidance. For years, in fact, the media has painted the image of China overtaking the United States as the dominant force on the planet. As Anti-Media has previously observed, evidence...

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Why China’s Support of Spain Against Catalonia Independence Makes Sense

by | Oct 14, 2017 |

This article originally appeared at Anti-Media.    Through its Foreign Ministry spokeswoman on Thursday, China officially showed support for the Spanish government as it works to suppress an independence movement in the semi-autonomous region of Catalonia. “The Chinese side closely follows the relevant situation in Catalonia, understands and supports the effort of the Spanish government to uphold national unity, ethnic solidarity and territorial integrity and believes the Spanish side is capable of safeguarding the social order and civil rights and interests in accordance with law,”...

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Why China's Support of Spain Against Catalonia Independence Makes Sense

by | Oct 14, 2017 |

This article originally appeared at Anti-Media.    Through its Foreign Ministry spokeswoman on Thursday, China officially showed support for the Spanish government as it works to suppress an independence movement in the semi-autonomous region of Catalonia. “The Chinese side closely follows the relevant situation in Catalonia, understands and supports the effort of the Spanish government to uphold national unity, ethnic solidarity and territorial integrity and believes the Spanish side is capable of safeguarding the social order and civil rights and interests in accordance with law,”...

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