Archive for the 'Atrocities' Category
Cannabis Oil Cures Cancer: “Run From The Cure” The Rick Simpson Story
September 22nd, 2009Top U.S. Commander for Afghan War: More Forces or ‘Mission Failure’
September 21st, 2009Failure? Someone wound up with a whole lot of opium and heroin, and a bunch of corporations made a killing from a gusher of absurd and lucrative contracts. That sounds more like just another day at the office than failure to me—considering the criminal organizations involved and their blood soaked gravy train. Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s […]
It Happened in America: Katrina’s Secret Jail
September 20th, 2009Zeitoun by Dave Eggers Via: Buffalo News: When the storm hit, Zeitoun stayed, to protect his house, help friends and clients, and watch over properties he and Kathy owned: their office building and houses bought as investments. Kathy and their four children evacuated to Baton Rouge. Zeitoun weathered the storm’s harrowing landfall, and ended up […]
China’s “Cancer Villages” Bear Witness to Economic Boom
September 19th, 2009Becky runs a food buying co-op. Both of the “organic” product wholesalers she deals with only sell products like beans, sunflower seeds and peanuts from China. The non-Chinese rice costs 3x to 4x more than the Chinese rice. Obviously, we consume no food from China, regardless of the fact that it’s certified organic. Now, if […]
This Week in Directed Energy Pain Weapons
September 17th, 2009Via: Wired: Whether you’re trying to control a disturbance at a food-distribution center, get a convoy through a packed junction or determine who the bad guys are in a crowd, it’s not always a good idea to have a lethal force as your only option. That, at least, is the thinking behind the Thermal Laser […]
Italy Finds Wreck of Toxic Waste Ship Sunk by Mafia
September 16th, 2009Related: ‘Toxic waste’ behind Somali piracy Via: Reuters: Italian authorities have found the wreck of a ship sunk by the mafia with 180 barrels of toxic waste on board, one of more than 30 such vessels believed to lie off Italy’s southern coast, officials said on Tuesday. Following a lead from a mafia turncoat, investigators […]
Oilsands Emit More Greenhouse Gas Emissions Than Some European Countries
September 15th, 2009Just wait until they hook up a few nuclear power plants to that apocalypse. Welcome to Alberta: “The worst of all worlds.” Via: CBC: Alberta’s oilsands produce more greenhouse gas emissions than some European countries right now and will produce more than all of the world’s volcanoes in just 11 years if the pace of […]
Pakistan Army Is Said to Be Linked to Many Killings in Swat
September 15th, 2009Via: New York Times: Two months after the Pakistani Army wrested control of the Swat Valley from Taliban militants, a new campaign of fear has taken hold, with scores, perhaps hundreds, of bodies dumped on the streets in what human rights advocates and local residents say is the work of the military. In some cases, […]
Israeli Government Ads Warn Against Marrying Non-Jews
September 14th, 2009U.S. Taxpayer money (a lot of it borrowed from China) is being used to promote crackpot religious purity propaganda in Israel. This is off the rails. Via: Alternet: The Israeli government has launched a television and Internet advertising campaign urging Israelis to inform on Jewish friends and relatives abroad who may be in danger of […]
British Secret Intelligence Service Calls the Cops on Itself
September 14th, 2009Via: Telegraph: The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) has referred an unidentified case involving alleged complicity in torture to the Attorney General who has in turn referred it on to the Metropolitan Police, the Daily Telegraph can disclose. The police are already investigating MI5, the Security Service, over allegations that they colluded in the torture of […]
