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THE 97 PERCENT SCIENTIFIC CONSENSUS ON CLIMATE CHANGE IS WRONG—IT’S EVEN HIGHER!

Submitted by babanaba1 on Fri, 07/10/2015 - 18:40 

(Photo: Cheoh Wee Keat/Getty Images)

The debate on global warming is over. Way over...

ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST CATHOLIC NATIONS ANSWERS THE POPE’S CALL ON CLIMATE CHANGE...

Submitted by babanaba1 on Thu, 07/09/2015 - 17:37
Pope Francis and Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle embrace during the pope's visit to the Philippines in January. (Photo: Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters)

WHICH ADVANCED COUNTRY HAS THE MOST CLIMATE SKEPTICS? HINT: IT'S NOT THE UNITED STATES...

Submitted by babanaba1 on Thu, 07/09/2015 - 17:11

RECOVERY WORKSHOP FOR FORMER GROUP MEMBERS IN COLORADO...and others around the world...

Submitted by babanaba1 on Thu, 07/09/2015 - 17:07

 

HOW SCIENTOLOGY’S 1970S INFILTRATION SCANDAL LED TO THE CREATION OF ITS IAS SLUSH FUND...

Submitted by babanaba1 on Thu, 07/09/2015 - 17:02
new video with Chris Shelton below...

We have another fun dive into Scientology history courtesy of correspondent Jeffrey Augustine. And this time, he’s starting out with a subject dear to us, the notorious burglarizing of federal government offices in the 1970s, an audacious operation Scientology called the “Snow White Program.” We love the 70s, Jeff! Take it away…

EX- SCIENTOLOGY MEMBER TALKS ABOUT LIFE AFTER A $9.2 MILLION VICTORY AND COLLECTION AGAINST SCIENTOLOGY...

Submitted by babanaba1 on Tue, 07/07/2015 - 18:53

ROBERT REDFORD GIVES AN INSPIRING SPEECH TO WORLD LEADERS ABOUT CHANGING THE COURSE OF HISTORY...

Submitted by babanaba1 on Sun, 07/05/2015 - 18:54

Legendary actor Robert Redford came to United Nations on June 29, 2015, with one mission: "To save the world before it's too late."

 

Many of the officials present were really excited to see him.

TOM CRUISE SHOCKER: QUITTING SCIENTOLOGY FOR DAUGHTER, SURI...

Submitted by babanaba1 on Sat, 07/04/2015 - 11:52
Tom Cruise Leaving ScientologyCredit: Getty Images

JON ATACK: LOOKING BACK ON A WEEK OF SCIENTOLOGY ENTURBULATION IN TORONTO...

Submitted by babanaba1 on Sat, 07/04/2015 - 11:22

WHY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND CLIMATE ACTIVISTS ARE NATURAL ALLIES...

Submitted by babanaba1 on Fri, 07/03/2015 - 13:34
Why the Catholic Church and Climate Activists Are Natural Allies
 

It may come as a surprise to those unfamiliar with the faith (or environmentalism), but the Catholic Church and climate activists are natural allies: they both recognize climate change poses the greatest threat to the world’s poor, and that we have a moral obligation to fight it.

SCIENTOLOGY LEADER DAVID MISCAVIGE'S FATHER TO PEN TELL-ALL BOOK...

Submitted by babanaba1 on Thu, 07/02/2015 - 14:34
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David Miscavige Portrait (Wikipedia)

POPE FRANCIS JUST NAILED WHY EVERYONE AFFECTED BY THE ECONOMY SHOULD CARE ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE...

Submitted by babanaba1 on Thu, 07/02/2015 - 14:17

He just schooled the world on why a warming planet deserves all our attention.

THIRSTY YET? EIGHT CITIES THAT ARE IMPROBABLY RUNNING OUT OF WATER...

Submitted by babanaba1 on Thu, 07/02/2015 - 12:57
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A woman in India walks atop a water main on her way to collect water. (Photo: Meena Kadri/Flickr)

TORONTO EX-SCIENTOLOGY STAR STUDDED ALL STAR CAST CONFERENCE WAS THE "WOODSTOCK" OF ANTI- COS ACTIVISTS

Submitted by babanaba1 on Mon, 06/29/2015 - 20:13

"Going Clear" Conference in Toronto, Canada last week!

FATHER OF TUNISIA GUNMAN SEIFEDDINE REZGUI CLAIMS HIS SON WAS 'BRAINWASHED'... ISIS?

Submitted by babanaba1 on Mon, 06/29/2015 - 17:20
Seifeddine Yacoubi Tunisia Isis
Seifeddine Rezgui shot and killed 38 people, mostly Britons, before being killed in Sousse, Tunisia(Facebook)

NO CHARGES FILED AGAINST VISTA KIDNAPPING SUSPECTS WHO CLAIM TO BE SAVING FAMILY MEMBER FROM CULT...

Submitted by babanaba1 on Sun, 06/28/2015 - 18:00

Relatives Kidnap "Brainwashed" Man From Religious Commune...

Submitted by babanaba1 on Sun, 06/28/2015 - 17:59

 The Twelve Tribes religious group has a commune and farm in north San Diego's Vista and Valley Center areas

 

Deputies in north San Diego are investigating a kidnapping involving three people who allegedly tried to rescue a family member they believed was being brainwashed by a religious community.

THE TWELVE TRIBES CULT ACCUSED OF BEATING CHILDREN IN FRANCE...

Submitted by babanaba1 on Sun, 06/28/2015 - 17:41

View taken on 21 November 2006 at the Navarrenx Sus mansion that houses the community " Tabitha 's Place " which is considered a cult by the Parliamentary Commission on cults. GUILLAUME BONNAUD / AFP

STUDY: A THIRD OF BIG GROUNDWATER BASINS IN DISTRESS...

Submitted by babanaba1 on Sun, 06/28/2015 - 13:07
Groundwater storage trends for Earth's 37 largest aquifers from UCI-led study using NASA GRACE data (2003 - 2013). Of these, 21 have exceeded sustainability tipping points and are being depleted, with 13 considered significantly distressed, threatening regional water security and resilience. Credit: UC Irvine/NASA/JPL-Caltech. View larger image.

ANOTHER GAY MARRIAGE VICTORY, ANOTHER LESSON FOR CLIMATE ACTION...

Submitted by babanaba1 on Sun, 06/28/2015 - 11:53

The United States Supreme Court ruled today that the right to same-sex marriage is guaranteed under the U.S. Constitution.

Having spent 10 years writing about gay rights, and the past 10 years focused on climate change, I find that the tremendous success of the gay rights movement offers many lessons in how social change happens that are potentially useful to people fighting for climate action.

POPE "MIC DROP" VIDEO MIGHT BE BEST COMMENTARY ON CLIMATE ENCYCLICAL YET....

Submitted by babanaba1 on Sat, 06/27/2015 - 19:19

SIXTH MASS EXTINCTION IS HERE: US STUDY...

Submitted by babanaba1 on Sat, 06/27/2015 - 19:00
 

FAST TRACK PASSES. TPP NOW NEARLY CERTAIN TO PASS TOO...

Submitted by babanaba1 on Sat, 06/27/2015 - 18:46

AUGUSTINE: HOW L. RON HUBBARD DEVISED SCIENTOLOGY’S MOST DIABOLICAL LEGAL MECHANISMS...

Submitted by babanaba1 on Sat, 06/20/2015 - 16:33

Underground Bunker contributor Jeffrey Augustine continues his dynamite series excavating Scientology’s hidden structure. This week, he puts together several lines of evidence to show L. Ron Hubbard was responsible for the church’s most nefarious plots against is own members…

10,883 SCIENTIFIC STUDIES AGREE GLOBAL WARMING IS REAL, AND CAUSED BY HUMANS. TWO DO NOT...

Submitted by babanaba1 on Sat, 06/20/2015 - 13:12

THROWAWAY CULTURE: POPE FRANCIS PUTS TECH CULTURE ON BLAST IN HIS ADDRESS ON CLIMATE CHANGE...

Submitted by babanaba1 on Fri, 06/19/2015 - 18:25

SATIRE: GLOBAL WARMING IS TOTALLY A LIE LIBERALS TELL TO DISTRACT US FROM THEIR COMMIE AGENDAS!!!

Submitted by babanaba1 on Fri, 06/19/2015 - 12:54

Liar. Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images

Everybody is talking about global warming. Clearly, it’s got a great publicist. My guess is it’s the same one that Amy Schumer uses. However, unlike Schumer – whom I have on good authority is real – Global Warming is a big fat lie.

 

KATIE COURIC: POPE RELEASES MAJOR CLIMATE CHANGE DOCTRINE...

Submitted by babanaba1 on Thu, 06/18/2015 - 14:24

On Wednesday morning, Pope Francis released his first major teaching letter — known as an encyclical — and it focuses on a “hot-button topic” around the world: climate change.

ATLANTIC PYRENEES: PROMPT DRAGNET RAID IN THE SECT OF TABITHA’S PLACE IN SUS, FRANCE...

Submitted by babanaba1 on Tue, 06/16/2015 - 22:34

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SO WHAT EXACTLY IS THE POPE’S NEW ENCYCLICAL ON THE ENVIRONMENT ANYWAY?

Submitted by babanaba1 on Tue, 06/16/2015 - 20:58

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