Archive for the 'Atrocities' Category
Chocolate of Mass Destruction
September 29th, 2008This small excerpt doesn’t do it justice. Click through to gaze upon the face of hissing, snarling fascism. Via: Natural News: When Ron and Nadine from the Living Libations beauty care and chocolate company (www.LivingLibations.com) attempted to fly to the United States in August of this year, they ran into something completely unexpected: Drug-sniffing dogs […]
China: Toxic Milk Sickens 53,000
September 22nd, 2008The number is probably understated by an order of magnitude, or two. Via: AFP: China’s tainted milk scandal spiralled into uncharted territory Monday as authorities said nearly 53,000 children had been sickened and more countries moved to ban or recall Chinese dairy imports. In a dramatic update of previous figures, the health ministry said a […]
Merck Cancer Vaccine Made Mandatory for Immigrants Seeking Permanent U.S. Residence
September 17th, 2008Breathtaking. Via: Prison Planet: Immigrants seeking permanent legal residency in the U.S. are now mandated to take an expensive and controversial vaccine that has been linked with thousands of serious complaints and several deaths. The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine — known as Gardasil — is one of five the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services recently […]
Chinese Baby Formula Contained Melamine
September 16th, 2008Via: New Zealand Herald: Chinese police have arrested two brothers suspected of adding an industrial chemical to milk they sold to a company that produced infant formula that has killed two babies. The news came just hours after Fonterra chief executive Andrew Ferrier said he was happy with the way the NZ dairy giant had […]
Scottish Activist Films Israeli Navy Shooting at Gaza Fishermen
September 15th, 2008Via: Sunday Herald: A SCOTTISH human rights activist has filmed the Israeli navy firing machine guns at unarmed Palestinian fishing boats in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of the Gaza Strip. The footage, taken on September 6 by Andrew Muncie, who is from the Highlands, shows an Israeli gunboat engaging fishing boats while international […]
American Female Soldiers More Likely to Be Raped than Killed in Action
September 11th, 2008Via: ABC News: A House subcommittee is set to shed new light on the problem of sexual assault in the military today, when it will hear testimony on sexual assault numbers, prevention and response as part of its ongoing investigation into the issue. “You serve your country and then destroy your life because the guy […]
Yes, The U.S. Did Kill 92 Afghan Civilians, 60 of Which Were Children
September 8th, 2008Via: Times Online: As the doctor walks between rows of bodies, people lift funeral shrouds to reveal the faces of children and babies, some with severe head injuries. Women are heard wailing in the background. “Oh God, this is just a child,” shouts one villager. Another cries: “My mother, my mother.” The grainy video eight-minute […]
Bisphenol A May Impair Learning and Memory
September 5th, 2008One waking nightmare to another… Via: Globe and Mail: Exposure to bisphenol A, the hormonally active chemical used to make the linings of most tin cans and hard plastic bottles, may be able to alter brain function, impairing the ability to learn and remember, according to a new study by researchers from Canada and the […]
A Sampling of What U.S. Inmates Make, and for Whom
September 5th, 2008Via: Mother Jones: Tens of thousands of US inmates are paid from pennies to minimum wage—minus fines and victim compensation—for everything from grunt work to firefighting to specialized labor. Here’s a sampling of what they make, and for whom. Eating in: Each month, California inmates process more than 680,000 pounds of beef, 400,000 pounds of […]
The Numerati
August 30th, 2008After staring down the bottomless abyss of formal schooling, this is what the best and brightest can expect when working for IBM: Full time, automated surveillance by a Magic 8 Ball system that will match “commoditized” workers to tasks and monitor their progress on a minute by minute basis. Via: Business Week: By building mathematical […]
