A New Perspective on Cost of War (graphics galore)

"United States, Britain and the UN-Member nations all went into Afghanistan and Iraq to help save the world. This is how much it cost them to "Ensure safety for the World"."

Oberhausen, Germany: New Currency Brings Hope to Debt-Stricken City

"Tough Times Encourage Innovation

As it happens, such community currencies have a long history. They took off during the turbulent times of the Great Depression when communities decided to fight back against soaring inflation and mass unemployment. In 1932, the mayor of Wörgl, a small town in Austria made the bold decision to print a local currency. Despite the fact that unemployment dropped dramatically and investment in the town increased, the currency lasted only 16 months after the Austrian bank complained that it was undermining its power. But the enormous success encouraged many communities around the world to try something similar."

New theory: CO2 makes you fat

"Mad as it may sound, Danish researchers have announced a theory that may not only explain why people all over the world are getting fatter and fatter, but also warn of the serious consequences for life on Earth of continued pollution of the atmosphere by CO2 emissions.

In itself, the theory is quite simple: CO2 contributes to making us fat.

Several studies have shown that you can lose weight in the mountains, where there is less oxygen in the air and where you expire more CO2."

ODD.

How Qatar bought Britain: They own the Shard. They own the Olympic Village. And they don't care if their Lamborghinis get clamped when they shop at Harrods (which is theirs, too)

"A sovereign wealth fund with tens of billions of pounds in assets and a global reach, QIA has already invested £10 billion in Britain, with more planned. Its influence is everywhere.

It owns 20 per cent of the London Stock Exchange and, at the other end of the scale, it owns  20 per cent of Camden market, the biggest grunge emporium in the country."

TOKYO - JAPAN: Fear of radiation creeping south Some parents with young kids relocating from Tokyo area

"KAMAKURA, Kanagawa Pref. — Lingering concerns about radiation a year into the Fukushima nuclear crisis have prompted people even as far away as the Tokyo area, some 100 to 250 km from the Fukushima No. 1 power plant, to move away."

Pole Shift Data Coverup – 2012 (graphics)

"NOAA made some significant and apparently linear changes to the pole location data going back to the years 2001 through 2010. The most noticeable result of the changes that they made was an overall linear slow down of the shift during the past decade, although still currently high at 30 miles per year. They have projected positional data through 2015 and have slowed the pace of movement each subsequent year from 30 miles (2012) to 24 miles (2015)."

Smart meter fire risks? (video)

"Watch the “completely safe” smart meter explode and catch this unfortunate person’s house on fire."

10 Reasons Why The Reign Of The (U.S.) Dollar As The World Reserve Currency Is About To Come To An End

"Over the past few years, China and other emerging powers such as Russia have been been quietly making agreements to move away from the U.S. dollar in international trade.  The supremacy of the U.S. dollar is not nearly as solid as most Americans believe that it is.

As the U.S. economy continues to fade, it is going to be really hard to argue that the U.S. dollar should continue to function as the primary reserve currency of the world.  Things are rapidly changing, and most Americans have no idea where these trends are taking us."