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The Arctic is melting, but not everyone is worried–in fact, it’s opening up large reserves of oil and minerals that are causing a "cold rush" by various countries who want to mine the area. It may even lead to a new "cold war:" The US recently dispatched two nuclear-powered submarines out to patrol 150 miles north of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, where the Chinese are eager to search for oil. This move comes at a time when Russia has increased missile testing in the region and Norway has moved its main military base to the far north.
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Everyone is spying on everyone else (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show): Robert Murdoch’s News Corporation has gotten into trouble for hacking into the phones of politicians, royalty, and the relatives of 911 victims and the parents of a murdered little girl. WickiLeaks has gotten into trouble for hacking into military and government internet communications. Twitter is judging you.
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The Climate Watch section of Unknowncountry.com was updated this week, and indicates that exceptional heat is gripping the whole northern hemisphere, even as intense cold affects the southern. Dangerous drought conditions are affecting the Southwestern US and the Horn of Africa, and if these droughts do not break by October, there will be serious water shortages in the US and a catastrophic failure of viability in Ethiopia. The high Arctic is experiencing exceptional polar melt and the Gulf Stream continues to weaken at this time.
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The Master of the Key warned about it. Whitley Strieber wrote about it in Hybrids. Now US scientists say that they’re on the point of creating memories that can be implanted into the human brain.

To construct the memory circuits, the scientists use a liquid alloy of gallium and indium, set in water-based gels that can be implanted into the brain. On the Register website, Rik Myslewski quotes researcher Michael Dickey as saying, "We’ve created a memory device with the physical properties of Jell-O. Our memory device is soft and pliable, and functions extremely well in wet environments–similar to the human brain." This would be a CURE for Alzheimer’s.
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