Archive for the 'Elite' Category
Congressional Probe Reveals Cover-Up of “Auschwitz-Like” Conditions at U.S.-Funded Afghan Hospital
August 2nd, 2012Via: Democracy Now: A congressional investigation has revealed a top U.S. general in Afghanistan sought to stall an investigation into abuse at a U.S.-funded hospital in Kabul that kept patients in “Auschwitz-like” conditions. Army whistleblowers revealed photographs taken in 2010, which show severely neglected, starving patients at Dawood Hospital, considered the crown jewel of the […]
Body Blow to New Zealand: Pacific Fibre Dead
August 2nd, 2012I honestly thought we were seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. It turned out to be the train. Telecom wins again, the rest of New Zealand loses. Via: interest.co.nz: A Kiwi project to lay another undersea internet cable between New Zealand, Australia and the United States was scuppered by American concerns about […]
NREL: 200,000 GW of Solar Could be Installed; 4,000 TWh/a
August 2nd, 2012What if that lab had the funding equivalent of what the U.S. is spending on the war over a period of two or three days? —Chart: The Cost of the War in Iraq vs. Spending on Solar Energy Research Here’s another one for our herniating Woulda-Coulda-Shoulda file folders. The consolation prizes were a decade plus […]
Tate Modern Death Fall Man Was Senior HSBC Banker
July 31st, 2012Via: Telegraph: A man who plunged 100ft to his death at the Tate Modern art gallery in London was a senior bank manager with HSBC. Michael Foreman, 48, fell from a fifth-floor balcony in the members’ bar area of the gallery on the South Bank last Tuesday evening. The banker, who lived in Grays, Essex, […]
Disgraced Former Penn State University President Now Working for U.S. Government in National Security Role
July 29th, 2012Echos of the Franklin imbroglio. Via: Washington Post: Graham Spanier might have been ousted from his post at the helm of Penn State over the sex-abuse scandal that engulfed the university, but it seems he’s found a backup employer: the American taxpayer. Only a disgraced public figure would consider joining the much-maligned ranks of the […]
Toxic Clenbuterol in Chinese and Mexican Meat
July 29th, 2012Via: CBC: Fearing tainted meat, China’s women’s volleyball team has stuck to a strict vegetarian diet for the last three weeks — which the team’s coach is now blaming for his athletes’ abysmal performance. The Chinese team lost four of five matches at a world tournament that ended Sunday in Ningbo, China, falling to the […]
Basketball Players On a DLR Train: All Seeing Eye in British Government Transportation Advisory for 2012 Olympics
July 28th, 2012Check out the tattoo on the right arm of the standing basketball player. Via: Get Ahead of the Games – Basketball Players On a DLR Train (.pdf): This website has been developed by Transport for London on behalf of the Olympic Delivery Authority, London 2012, the Department for Transport, the Highways Agency, National Rail and […]
Research Firm Correlates Spending on Lobbying with Stock Market Performance
July 23rd, 2012Via: Breakout: While this financial connection, in and of itself, is hardly a great revelation, new analysis from Strategas Research Partners shows irrefutable evidence that companies are getting a real bang for their buck on the money they spend trying to influence lawmakers. By tracking the 50 companies that spend the most money — as […]
TEPCO Subcontractor Tried to Underreport Workers’ Radiation Exposure by Covering Dosimeters with Lead
July 23rd, 2012Via: Kyodo: An executive of a Tokyo Electric Power Co. subcontractor forced its nine workers at the crisis-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant to cover their radiation monitoring meters with lead-made plates, the company said Saturday.
Facebook, Wal-Mart Chiefs Meet to ‘Deepen’ Relationship
July 20th, 2012The mind boggles. Via: Reuters: Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg is about to add the biggest retail players to his list of friends. Zuckerberg and his senior management team will spend two days at Wal-Mart Stores Inc’s Bentonville, Arkansas home office this week, meeting with executives of the world’s largest retailer and discussing ways […]
