(USA Today.com) – There are signs that underground shelters, almost-forgotten relics of the Cold War era, are making a comeback.The Vivos network, which offers partial ownerships similar to a timeshare in underground shelter communities, is one of several ventures touting escape from a surface-level calamity. Radius Engineering in Terrell, Texas, has built underground shelters for [...]

(MSNBC.com) — Scientists behind the European particle collider aimed at uncovering the secrets of the universe pushed Monday to build an even bigger machine — with money and partners from around the world.  Instead of whirling atoms in giant rings, as existing colliders in Switzerland and the United States do, scientists want a new-generation machine [...]

(FOXNEWS.COM) — Days after the NAACP clashed with Tea Party members over allegations of racism, a video has surfaced showing an Agriculture Department official regaling an NAACP audience with a story about how she withheld help to a white farmer facing bankruptcy — video that now has forced the official to resign. via FOXNews.com – [...]

(YNET NEWS) — “This is a messianic regime. There should be no doubt — they are going to commit the most horrendous suicide bombing in human history. They will attack Israel, European capitals, and (the) Persian Gulf region at the same time,” said Kahlili in one of his first public appearances to promote his new [...]

Mordechai Ben-Porat the former minister and chairman of the Center for the Heritage of Babylonian Jewry announced on Sunday that he had received reports that a convoy of heavy trucks carrying ammunition and missiles were headed from Iran to Syria by way of Iraq. via Ben-Porat: Iranian missile, ammo convoy headed to Syria.

Some are now claiming that the real source of the plumes in the Gulf are from a ‘mud volcano’. With that in mind, we bring you this story from February 2010. This Indonesian ‘mud volcano’ has been spewing 100,000 tons a day for four years now. — PID (WIRED.COM) — A new analysis shows that [...]

(THE NEW YORK TIMES) – The United States and South Korea are expected to hold joint military exercises soon in the Yellow Sea, a response to the sinking of a South Korean warship in March, the Pentagon said Wednesday. North Korea has been widely blamed for the sinking, which killed 46 sailors. Geoff Morrell, the [...]

U.S. President Barack Obama told Channel 2 News on Wednesday that he believed Israel would not try to surprise the U.S. with a unilateral attack on Iran. via Obama: Israelis suspicious of me because my middle name is Hussein – Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News.

(New York Post) – The legal case against the Arizona immigration law is unassailable. The Justice Department and the American Civil Liberties Union argue that the law impermissibly “conflicts with federal law and enforcement priorities,” in the words of the ACLU suit. And who can disagree? Clearly, Arizona’s priority is to enforce the nation’s immigration [...]

(THE RAMAGE REPORT) — /SNIP/ The teleconference was hosted by the University of Georgia, which has taken the lead in academic research on the British Petroleum disaster in the Gulf. UGA marine scientist Samantha Joye repeatedly stressed that oxygen is rapidly being depleted in the Gulf thanks to “tremendous” amounts of gas—about 95 percent of [...]

(Wired) – 1908: A fireball streaks across the sky, and a massive explosion in the Siberian hinterlands marks the largest recorded collision ever between Earth and an object from space. via June 30, 1908: A Very Close Encounter of the Second Kind | This Day In Tech | Wired.com.

(NaturalNews) -  In its never-ending attempt to fabricate “mental disorders” out of every human activity, the psychiatric industry is now pushing the most ridiculous disease they’ve invented yet: Healthy eating disorder. via Choosing healthy foods now called a mental disorder.

(CNN) — The Pew Research Center for the People & the Press released a new survey this week that looks at the year 2050. Of note to followers of the Belief Blog is 41% of people surveyed believe Jesus is coming back by the year 2050. via Survey: 4 in 10 say Jesus is coming [...]

(The Denver Post) — A Christian endeavor of almost 2,000 years could be substantially completed by 2025. Protestant translators expect to have the Bible — or at least some of it — written in every one of the world’s 6,909 spoken languages. via Bible translators hope to have every language covered in 15 years – [...]