Archive for the 'Atrocities' Category
How Hollywood Helped Hitler
August 1st, 2013Via: Hollywood Reporter: Beginning with wholesale changes made to Universal’s 1930 release All Quiet on the Western Front, Hollywood regularly ran scripts and finished movies by German officials for approval. When they objected to scenes or dialogue they thought made Germany look bad, criticized the Nazis or dwelled on the mistreatment of Jews, the studios […]
Florida: Christian Cannibal Puppeteer Arrested with Kiddie Porn; Planned to Abduct and Eat Child
August 1st, 2013Via: Dangerous Minds: This is one of those stories that just makes your blood run cold: Ronald William Brown of Largo, Florida, the 57-year-old proprietor of “Puppets Plus,” has been charged with the possession of child pornography and of conspiring with another man to kidnap and then eat a child. The Christian Television Network kids […]
U.S. Pays Public Benefits to Suspected Nazi War Criminals
July 30th, 2013Blowback: America’s Recruitment of Nazis and Its Effects on the Cold War by Christopher Simpson America’s Nazi Secret: An Insider’s History by John Loftus Via: AP: At least 10 suspected Nazi war criminals ordered deported by the United States never left the country, according to an Associated Press review of Justice Department data – and […]
Halliburton to Plead Guilty to Destroying Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Evidence
July 28th, 2013You’ll think it’s comedy hour on Cryptogon this morning when you get to the part about the penalty. Via: BBC: US company Halliburton will plead guilty to destroying evidence relating to the 2010 Gulf Of Mexico oil spill. The plea agreement, which is subject to court approval, means Halliburton will have to pay the maximum […]
Spills at Alberta Oil Sands Operation
July 28th, 2013Via: The Star: Oil spills at a major oil sands operation in Alberta have been ongoing for at least six weeks and have cast doubts on the safety of underground extraction methods, according to documents obtained by the Star and a government scientist who has been on site. Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. has been unable […]
Egypt: Army Fires on Morsi Protestors, Many Dozens Dead
July 27th, 2013Via: Independent: Egypt’s troubled transition reached a new nadir of bloodletting today when at least 70 supporters of toppled President Mohamed Morsi were gunned down during a sustained attack by the security services – three weeks after the army committed a similar massacre in nearly exactly the same spot. Doctors at the scene said they […]
Ireland: Teachta Dála Clare Daly on Barack Obama: “This Man Is A War Criminal”
July 24th, 2013Via: Russia Today: More: Clare Daly’s Speech
Leaked Report Shows High Civilian Death Toll from CIA Drone Strikes
July 23rd, 2013This only covers the period from 2006 to 2009. Via: Salon: A secret document obtained by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism reveals for the first time the Pakistan government’s internal assessment of dozens of drone strikes, and shows scores of civilian casualties. The United States has consistently claimed only a tiny number of non-combatants have […]
CDC Admits 98 Million Americans Received Polio Vaccine In An 8-Year Span When It Was Contaminated With Cancer Causing Virus
July 22nd, 2013Via: Prevent Disease: The CDC has quickly removed a page from their website, which is now cached here, admitting that more than 98 million Americans received one or more doses of polio vaccine within an 8-year span from 1955-1963 when a proportion of the vaccine was contaminated with a cancer causing polyomavirus called SV40. It […]
Norwegian Woman Fighting Jail Sentence in Dubai for Reporting Rape
July 21st, 2013Dubai: The “cosmopolitan city” where rape victims are sentenced to prison. Via: AP: A Norwegian woman sentenced to 16 months in jail in Dubai for having sex outside marriage after she reported an alleged rape said she decided to speak out in hopes of drawing attention to the risks of outsiders misunderstanding the Islamic-influenced legal […]
