Archive for the 'Atrocities' Category
Obama May Widen Drone War Over Pakistan
March 18th, 2009Via: Wired: Six times in the last two months, the new administration has used unmanned aircraft to strike at Taliban camps in the largely-ungoverned tribal wildlands on Pakistan. That could be just the start, however. New York Times reports that President Obama’s national security team is considering an expansion the target set, to include the […]
Kenya: Wikileaks Related Human Rights Lawyers Assassinated
March 18th, 2009Via: Wikileaks: On Thursday afternoon, Oscar Kamau Kingara, director of the Kenyan based Oscar legal aid Foundation, and its programme coordinator, John Paul Oulo, were both shot dead at close range in their car less than a mile from President Kibaki’s residence. The two were on their way to a meeting at the Kenyan National […]
Anesthesiologist Faked Data in 21 Studies to Help Sell Billions of Dollars Worth of Potentially Dangerous Drugs
March 15th, 2009Do you get it yet? Via: Scientific American: Over the past 12 years, anesthesiologist Scott Reuben revolutionized the way physicians provide pain relief to patients undergoing orthopedic surgery for everything from torn ligaments to worn-out hips. Now, the profession is in shambles after an investigation revealed that at least 21 of Reuben’s papers were pure […]
The More Roundup the U.S. Sprays on Colombia, the More Coca is Grown
March 14th, 2009How can this be? Monsanto’s Roundup product should wipe out the coca plans, right? The Mystery of the Coca Plant That Wouldn’t Die is a fascinating read. I’m going to post the spoiler ending below, but I encourage you to read the whole thing: Four weeks later, the scientist sends me an email saying that […]
Industrial Pig Farms Breeding MRSA
March 13th, 2009Via: New York Times: The late Tom Anderson, the family doctor in this little farm town in northwestern Indiana, at first was puzzled, then frightened. He began seeing strange rashes on his patients, starting more than a year ago. They began as innocuous bumps — “pimples from hell,” he called them — and quickly became […]
Obama Regime Considering Making Veterans Pay for Treatment of Service-Related Injuries with Private Insurance
March 12th, 2009Sorry, guys. The criminal bankers needed new mansions, yachts and Rolex watches. Via: CNN: Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki confirmed Tuesday that the Obama administration is considering a controversial plan to make veterans pay for treatment of service-related injuries with private insurance. But the proposal would be “dead on arrival” if it’s sent to Congress, […]
Hitler’s Books: Insights Into an Evil Mind
March 12th, 2009Don’t miss the last sentence. Via: Providence Journal: The vault at the John Hay Library at Brown University is not exactly Hitler’s bunker, but it is below ground and could endure a bomb blast. It’s big. It’s locked. And inside, one finds something fascinating. No, the Führer’s not in there, but his books are — […]
U.S. Special Forces ‘Executive Assassination Ring’ Reported Directly to Cheney
March 12th, 2009Via: MinnPost: At the end of one answer by Hersh about how these things tend to happen, Jacobs asked: “And do they continue to happen to this day?” Replied Hersh: “Yuh. After 9/11, I haven’t written about this yet, but the Central Intelligence Agency was very deeply involved in domestic activities against people they thought […]
California Raw Almonds Must be Treated, Judge Rules
March 10th, 2009Mmm hmm. Oh, just wait for HR 875. Your clone burger with genetically engineered freedom fries and synthetic pHood perfumes—to hide the rancid smells—will be A-OK. But raw, whole foods that haven’t been saturated in carcinogens, cooked or irradiated… to render them “safe”… This is enemy combatant stuff. Via: McClatchy: A federal judge Monday upheld […]
‘Scrap’ FEMA Mobile Homes Turn Up in Trailer Parks in Georgia and Missouri
March 6th, 2009It’s the toxic gift that keeps on giving. Previous Cryptogon coverage on FEMA’s Formaldehyde Trailers Via: MSNBC: As FEMA ponders whether to resume public sales of thousands of surplus travel trailers and mobile homes that once housed Gulf Coast hurricane victims, at least one purchaser has figured out a way around the suspension: Buying “scrap” […]
