Police go hi-tech with new drink-driving crackdown

NZ Stuff
29 November 2014

Motorists suspected of drink-driving can now have their fingerprints taken and stored on a police database in the upgraded Tasman Police booze bus.

The booze bus biometrics system is one of two new crime-fighting tools that will be out on the road this summer – and reinforced by tougher new limits on drink driving.

The technology will allow officers at roadside checkpoints to electronically scan fingerprints and take digital photographs. They can confirm a suspect’s identity, compare their biometric data to existing records, and store new information.

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A Billion Go Hungry Because of GMO Farming: Vandana Shiva

United Nations Calls for an End to Industrialized Farming

Truth-out
26 November 2014

Gardener holding handful of Parisienne Carrots, which are a variety of heirloom carrot.

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In 2013, the United Nations announced that the world’s agricultural needs can be met with localized organic farms. That’s right, we do not need giant monocultures that pour, spray and coat our produce with massive amounts of poisons, only to create mutant pests and weeds while decimating pollinators and harming human health. Don’t believe the hype: We do not need genetically modified foods “to feed the world.”

Ukraine Admits Its Gold Is Gone: “There Is Almost No Gold Left In The Central Bank Vault”

Zerohedge
18 November 2014

Back in March, at a time when the IMF reported that Ukraine’s official gold holdings as of the end of February, so just as the State Department-facilitated coup against former president Victor Yanukovich was concluding, amounted to 42.3 tonnes or 8% of reserves…

Editorial: Put the brakes on Govt’s rush to pass drastic terrorism bill

NZ Herald
28 November 2014

Prime Minister John Key wants the new bill passed before the House rises for Christmas.

The Government is legislating at breakneck pace to pass a bill it calls “Countering Terrorist Fighters Legislation”. It was introduced on Tuesday, its deadline for submissions was yesterday, it is due back from a select committee next Tuesday and the Prime Minister wants it passed before the House rises for Christmas.

Stop bee-killing pesticides in the Netherlands, petition

Dear Kitty. Some blog

This video from Britain says about itself:

22 April 2013

Dr Keith Tyrell, Director of Pesticide Action Network UK (PAN UK), explains briefly how neonicotinoid pesticides work and their toxic effect on bees and other essential pollinators.

From Avaaz.org:

Dear friends in the Netherlands,

Bees are dying off worldwide and our entire food chain is in peril. Many scientists blame toxic pesticides, and in just days, the Dutch Parliament could ban these poisons from the Netherlands. Join the call and a key MP will bring our voices straight to the heart of the debate.

SIGN THE PETITION

Silently, billions of bees are dying off and our entire food chain is in danger. Bees don’t just make honey — they are a giant, humble workforce, pollinating 75% of our most important food crops. And in just a few days, the Dutch Parliament could ban poisons that many scientists blame for the…

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New Jurassic World Trailer Explores Dangers of Genetic Modification

Infowars & Natural Society
25 November 2014

In the latest blockbuster trailer for the new Jurassic Park sequel ‘Jurassic World’, genetically modified dinosaurs created by futuristic scientists end up wreaking havoc on the human race in what amounts to a cinematic warning over the dangers of uncontrolled genetic modification.

On a smaller scale, this trailer reminds us how our food supply has been genetically modified at a root level by mega corporations like Monsanto. While not gargantuan and scary, GMOs do in fact pose an even more concerning risk to your health than juggernaut dinosaurs.

Antarctic ice thicker than thought, drone submarine finds

RT
25 November 2014

A new type of 3D mapping revealed Antarctic sea ice could be much thicker than previously estimated, shows a study done with the help of a yellow robotic submarine named SeaBed.

The new study, published in Nature Geoscience, showed that average ice thickness in Antarctica is between 1.4 meters and 5.5 meters. The maximum thickness recorded was 17 meters.

Genetically Modified Organism has enter into New Zealand and being fed to Dairy Cattle. -Breaking News-

Sue Kedgley: Clean green image hides a dark reality

NZ Herald
14 November 2014

Imported supplements threat to tropical rainforests and a concern for consumers and export trade.

Cows are increasingly fed supplementary feed from a variety of suspect sources.

News that New Zealand cows are being fed genetically modified soy and cottonseed meal has come as a shock to many consumers who imagined our dairy cows were happily chomping away on an exclusive diet of lush green grass.

It will be even more of a shock, I suspect, to overseas consumers who have seen advertisements claiming our cows are fed “lush green grass, year round”, and who assume that dairy cows reared in clean, green New Zealand would not be fed genetically modified feed.

PUTIN ORDERS WAR ALERT, TELLS OBAMA: ‘STOP MONSANTO, OR WE WILL’

Fourwinds 10
Written on 21 July 2014 by Forewinds 10
Published on Eco Liberty 23 November 2014

An ominous memorandum from the Office of the President (OP) circulating in the Kremlin today states that President Putin ordered Russian military forces on “full combat alert” yesterday after a nearly two-hour long conversation with President Obama early Saturday morning wherein the Russian leader told his American counterpart: “Stop Monsanto, or we will.”