Archive for the 'Atrocities' Category
Hungry Canadian Aboriginal Children Were Used in Government Experiments During 1940s
July 19th, 2013Via: The Star: Aboriginal children were deliberately starved in the 1940s and ’50s by government researchers in the name of science. Milk rations were halved for years at residential schools across the country. Essential vitamins were kept from people who needed them. Dental services were withheld because gum health was a measuring tool for scientists […]
Cancer-Free Woman Undergoes Chemotherapy After False Diagnosis
July 18th, 2013Via: KHOU: A 54-year-old Victoria woman is trying to find sense in a life-changing diagnosis that never should have happened. Herlinda Garcia said she became “a whole different person” after she was diagnosed with Stage IV terminal Breast Cancer. That diagnosis came after Garcia had a benign tumor removed from her left breast. “When you’re […]
Insecticide Laced Food Kills at Least 22 Children in India
July 17th, 2013Some of this food wasn’t “properly washed” and dozens of children are dead? Via: The Star: At least 22 children died and more than two dozen others were sick after eating a free school lunch that was tainted with insecticide, Indian officials said Wednesday. It was not immediately clear how chemicals ended up in the […]
Judge Demands Tech Companies Hand Activist Data Over to Chevron
July 17th, 2013Via: Grist: Chevron is attempting to defend itself against a pesky $18 billion-plus judgment for its dirty dealing in the Ecuador rainforest. In the company’s appeal against the landmark judgment, a federal judge in New York has upheld a subpoena from Chevron seeking IP addresses and identity records of people allegedly tied to the investigation. […]
Gangs Ruled Prison as For-Profit Model Put Blood on Floor
July 13th, 2013Via: Bloomberg: In the four privately run prisons holding Mississippi (BEESMS) inmates last year, the assault rate was three times higher on average than in state-run lockups. None was as violent as the Walnut Grove Youth Correctional Facility. The for-profit detention center, surrounded by razor wire and near the forests and farms of central Mississippi, […]
Celebrated University of Toronto Education Professor and Highly Regarded Civil Servant Arrested on Child Porn Charges
July 10th, 2013Via: Toronto Star: It was a child exploitation investigation that spanned from New Zealand to Canada that included an undercover agent conducting an online chat with a suspect believed to be from Toronto. On Monday, Toronto police say, that multi-jurisdictional investigation culminated in the arrest of Benjamin Levin, a celebrated U of T education professor […]
The New Warrior Cop Is Out of Control
July 8th, 2013Via: Salon: SWAT teams raiding poker games and trying to stop underage drinking? Overwhelming paramilitary force is on the rise. Book: Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America’s Police Forces by Radley Balko
BP Thinks It Overpaid Damages for Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Disaster
June 27th, 2013Via: AP: BP oil spill settlement payments are being aggressively contested by London-based BP. The company may seek to recover what BP calls ‘overpayments’ that businesses received from the court-supervised settlement program for the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Research Credit: almaverdad2
Nuclear Waste May Be Leaking Into Soil from Hanford Site
June 23rd, 2013Via: AP: An underground tank holding some of the worst radioactive waste at the nation’s most contaminated nuclear site might be leaking into the soil. The U.S. Energy Department said workers at Washington state’s Hanford Nuclear Reservation detected higher radioactivity levels under tank AY-102 during a routine inspection Thursday. Spokeswoman Lori Gamache said the department […]
U.S. CIA and Special Forces Training “The Terrorists” in Syria
June 22nd, 2013Now that Uncle $cam is shredding million dollar MRAPs for scrap in Afghanistan, it’s time to get the party started all over again. Via: Los Angeles Times: CIA and U.S. military operatives have been secretly teaching Syrian rebels how to use anti-tank and anti-aircraft guns, the Los Angeles Times has learned. The White House refuses […]
