Archive for the 'Collapse' Category
Philadelphia Earns Millions By Seizing Cash And Homes From People Never Charged With A Crime
August 28th, 2014Via: Forbes: Chris Sourovelis has never had any trouble with the law or been accused of any crime. But that hasn’t stopped the City of Philadelphia from trying to take his home. The Sourouvelis family, along with thousands of others in Philadelphia, is living a Kafkaesque nightmare: Their property is considered guilty; they must prove […]
Soldiers Enforce Liberian Ebola Quarantine
August 28th, 2014Via: Reuters: Security forces in the Liberian capital fired live rounds and tear gas on Wednesday to disperse a stone-throwing crowd trying to break an Ebola quarantine imposed on their neighborhood, as the death toll from the epidemic in West Africa hit 1,350. In the sprawling oceanfront West Point neighborhood of Monrovia, at least four […]
Mountain of Tourist Landfill Threatening Bali’s Paradise
August 27th, 2014Via: Journeyman Pictures:
Private Military Contractor Providing Security for One Person in Ferguson
August 21st, 2014Via: The Verge: A menagerie of armed state and federal agents have filtered in and out of Ferguson, Missouri for more than a week as unrest has grown there, and now even a private military company is joining the mix. Asymmetric Solutions, a PMC that claims to be “capable of deploying highly qualified former special […]
Police Come Under Gunfire, Arrest 31 in Missouri Racial Unrest
August 19th, 2014Heavy gun fire??? Via: Reuters: Police said early on Tuesday they came under heavy gunfire and arrested 31 people during another night of racially charged protests in Ferguson, Missouri, sparked by the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager by a white policeman 10 days ago. Demonstrations, mostly peaceful but with spasms of violence by […]
Ebola: Liberian Army Ordered to ‘Shoot on Sight’ Anyone Crossing Sierra Leone Border
August 19th, 2014Via: International Business Times: Liberia’s armed forces have been given orders to shoot people on sight who are attempting to illegally cross the border from Ebola-stricken Sierra Leone, according to local media reports. The order was given to soldiers stationed in Bomi and Grand Cape Mount counties on the border with Sierra Leone in hope […]
National Guard Ordered Onto Streets of Ferguson, Missouri
August 18th, 2014Via: NBC: Missouri’s governor ordered the National Guard onto the streets of Ferguson early Monday after another night of violence following the shooting of an unarmed black teen by police in the St. Louis suburb. “Tonight, a day of hope, prayers, and peaceful protests was marred by the violent criminal acts of an organized and […]
Central American Gangs: Made in America
August 16th, 2014Via: Guardian: Central America didn’t always have a gang epidemic. That was exported there by us. And the current immigration crisis is as much a United States legacy as it has become a local tragedy – a consequence of US-financed civil wars from the 1980s that sparked the first migration wave, and of US policies […]
Missouri Governor Declares State of Emergency, Curfew in Ferguson
August 16th, 2014Via: USA Today: Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon declared a state of emergency and curfew in Ferguson, Mo., on Saturday, following nights of protests after 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by a police officer.
Police in Ferguson Fire Tear Gas Amid Looting
August 16th, 2014Via: NBC: Armored vehicles rolled back onto the streets of Ferguson early Saturday, as riot police faced off with looters in the Missouri town gripped by protests since the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black teen. The violence broke the brief period of calm that had settled over Ferguson, Missouri, after outrage over the […]
