LOS ANGELES, Kalifornia (PNN) - October 18, 2017 - The future of privacy in big cities is bleak. Cities are now getting paid to convert streetlights into spying SmartNodes.

SmartNodes will soon replace streetlights because they are equipped with cameras, microphones, speakers etc., all-in-one light pole.

By Mark Nestmann

October 18, 2017 - In the Fascist Police States of Amerika, you have no right to privacy with respect to your facial features. No federal law regulates the collection of biometric data. For instance, anyone with a camera can legally take your picture in a public space; and with applications such as FindFace Pro, terrorist pig thug cops can match your photo to a database of millions of photos in a fraction of a second.

BARCELONA, Catalonia (PNN) - October 17, 2017 - The spokesman for the government of Catalonia has ruled out any move to renounce last week’s Declaration of Independence, saying that their answer will be no different on Thursday, the latest in a series of deadlines imposed by Spain to abandon the declaration.

HAMPSHIRE, England (PNN) - October 15, 2017 - A senior inventor at IBM has forecast artificially intelligent nano-machines will be injected into humans within 20 years to repair and enhance muscles, cells and bone.

John McNamara, who works at IBM Hursley Innovation Center, in Hampshire, submitted evidence to the House of Lords Artificial Intelligence Committee, which is considering the economic, ethical and social implications of AI.

BARCELONA, Spain (PNN) - October 9, 2017 - Catalan President Carles Puigdemont and a majority of parliamentarians declared Catalonia's right to be a sovereign independent state.

A 92% referendum "yes" vote demanded it. For democracy to have meaning, it's essential to enforce the will of the people.

"It is not a personal decision," Puigdemont explained, adding, "(t)his is a special and historic moment having a long outreach."

QUEENSLAND, Australia (PNN) - October 7, 2017 - Scientists from the University of Queensland, Australia, have used single particles of light (photons) to simulate quantum particles traveling through time. They showed that one photon can pass through a wormhole and then interact with its older self. Their findings were published in Nature Communications.

WASHINGTON (PNN) - October 10, 2017 - Republicans have been frustrated over the ineffectiveness of the GOP-dominated legislature since President Donald Trump has been in office, and certainly well before that too. Congressional leaders have pushed for more of the status quo, and have been stubbornly unwilling to defy their special interest donors. This inaction has Trump ready to take control, and use his executive authority to provide healthcare relief for Amerikan citizens.

LONDON, England (PNN) - October 9, 2017 - Fascist United Kingdom Prime Minister Theresa May has finally had enough of European Union unending intransigence.

May went on the offensive by telling EU leaders that the ball is in their court.

Theresa May will warn European leaders today that Britain will make no more concessions on Brexit until they compromise on opening trade and transition talks.

BARCELONA, Spain (PNN) - October 9, 2017 - In a quite shocking escalation of the rhetoric in Spain, Pablo Casado, a spokesman for the ruling People's Party, just issued a veiled death threat to the President of Catalonia.

BARCELONA, Spain (PNN) - October 4, 2017 - Spanish stocks tumbled, with the IBEX index sliding into a 10% correction, following an overnight report that Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont was set to make a statement at 9:00 p.m. (1900 GMT) on Wednesday, after an all-Party committee of the region's Parliament meets to agree on a date for a plenary session on independence. That concluded moments ago and CUP, the pro-secession Party that is a majority in the Catalan Parliament, has announced it will declare independence from Spain in a plenary session on Monday.