Archive for the 'Atrocities' Category
City of L.A. Wants Construction of New Buildings to Include Catchment Systems to Handle Toxic Runoff During Rain Storms
February 2nd, 2010What is happening to the millions of people who are breathing the air that’s carrying all the pollutants that are winding up in the toxic runoff? This is the Los Angeles Times from 2002: A report by a Washington, D.C., environmental group says that children in California are at greater risk of contracting cancer from […]
Genetically Modified Forest Planned for U.S. Southeast
February 1st, 2010Via: Scientific American: Genetic engineering is coming to the forests. While the practice of splicing foreign DNA into food crops has become common in corn and soy, few companies or researchers have dared to apply genetic engineering to plants that provide an essential strut of the U.S. economy, trees. But that will soon change. Two […]
Airstrip Built at Zimbabwe Diamond Field
February 1st, 2010Via: Telegraph: A secret airstrip is being built in a diamond field illegally seized by the Zimbabwean army 14 months ago which would enable clandestine weapons shipments. Diplomats and analysts believe that the mile-long runway is intended for arms shipments, probably from China, for which troops loyal to President Robert Mugabe would pay on the […]
Mexico: 13 Teens, Adults Killed at Party in Juarez
January 31st, 2010Via: Houston Chronicle: Armed men stormed a party in this violent Mexican border city, killing 13 high school and college students in what witnesses said was an attack prompted by false information. About two dozen teens and young adults were hospitalized after the late Saturday assault in Ciudad Juarez, a drug cartel-plagued city which is […]
Formaldehyde-Laced Death Trailers to Haiti!?
January 29th, 2010Children in Katrina Trailers May Face Lifelong Ailments FEMA Trailer Manufacturers Knew About Formaldehyde, Findings Went Undisclosed Via: AP: The trailer industry and lawmakers are pressing the government to send Haiti thousands of potentially formaldehyde-laced trailers left over from Hurricane Katrina — an idea denounced by some as a crass and self-serving attempt to dump […]
Howard Zinn Dies at 87
January 29th, 2010Via: Reuters: Historian and activist Howard Zinn, whose 1980 book “A People’s History of the United States” was a rallying cry for the American left in a conservative era, has died aged 87. Family members said Zinn, who for decades was a fixture in the U.S. civil rights and anti-war movements and lived in Auburndale, […]
Hospitals Should “Be Extra Careful with Linear Accelerators”
January 25th, 2010This piece is classic New York Times. There must be an editorial template at that rag. Write about atrocity, smooth it over with experts and a clear, non-sticky Everything Is OK gel. The article below reads like this: Behold the marvels of modern medicine. Sure, atrocities happen here and there. Well, maybe more often than […]
Children Disappearing from Hospitals in Haiti
January 24th, 2010With $50 and a plane ticket to Haiti, one can buy a slave. Via: France24: The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced Friday that several children have gone missing from hospitals in Haiti in the aftermath of the killer earthquake, raising fears of trafficking for adoption abroad. “We have documented let’s say around 15 cases of […]
Chavez: U.S. Weapon Test Caused Haiti Earthquake
January 22nd, 2010If you know of better sources for this information, please send them over. UPDATE: Hugo Chavez Did Not Accuse the U.S. of Causing the Haitian Earthquake It turned out that the dodgy sources for the Chavez thing lived up to their reputations. Via: The Anti Press: On January 19, Spanish newspaper ABC, a newspaper of […]
Royal Navy Flotilla Withdrawn to Cut Costs, Weeks Before Haiti Disaster; First Gap in Cover in Caribbean Since 17th Century
January 21st, 2010See: PENTAGON DISASTER RELIEF EXERCISE FOR HAITI WENT LIVE AFTER EARTHQUAKE HIT Via: Times Online: A Royal Navy flotilla that might have provided relief in the first hours after the Haitian earthquake was withdrawn weeks before the disaster because of budget constraints, the Ministry of Defence said last night. Naval sources told The Times that […]
