Blackwater Contractor Saw Killing Iraqis as 9/11 Payback
In September of 2003, a Washington Post poll revealed that 69% of Americans actually believed that Saddam Hussein played some role in the 9/11 attack, and this was after the Bush White House denied any Iraqi involvement. In a 2006 poll, 85% of US servicemen in Iraq...
created by TheCameraObscura | 12 wks ago | updated 12 wks ago
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143 views | 8 recommendations | 5 comments
UK hostages 'likely to be dead'
" Two more of the British hostages held in Iraq are now thought "very likely" to be dead, the BBC has learned. Security guards Alan McMenemy, from Glasgow, and Alec Maclachlan, from south Wales, were kidnapped in...
Prisons + Tshirts = Jobs
Michael Norburyhttp://bringhomethepoliticians.comThe following is a comment I posted to a California newspaper's online Op-Ed complaining that the idea being considered to release 27,000 low risk and elderly prisoners was being unfairly opposed citing that just because the... 85 views | 0 recommendations | 1 comment
Whistleblowers to get paid under New Minnesota "false claims" Law
" People with inside knowledge about fraud perpetrated against the state of Minnesota have a new incentive to speak up: cash. Under a new law establishing a "false claims" civil action, whistleblowers who help the... 109 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Mounting Damage From Southern California Storm
Fire is a real problem, especially if it rains right after wards. Read about the mounting fire damage in California."December 15, 2008 (by Otto Smyth) According to reports the powerful storm that struck the area is responsible for vehicle accidents in which two people have...
Orange County Evacuated Residents In Fire Areas—40 Houses Were Damaged
I used to live in the area where these homes burned and my father actually helped rebuild. I could never understand why all these people would move somewhere where all these fires could happen. History...
created by panzerlawyer | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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314 views | 21 recommendations | 6 comments
Unintelligence in Federal Intelligence Agencies
The Bush administration has found yet another way to waste taxpayer money while providing huge sums to private contractors. According to a survey of activities in 2007 by the Office of the Director of... 151 views | 11 recommendations | 4 comments
What the Palin Pick Says
Here's a different look at the Palin Pick from New York Times columnist, David Brooks:"Op-Ed Columnist, By DAVID BROOKS, ST. PAUL John McCain is not a normal conservative. He has instincts, but few abstract convictions about the proper size of government. He’s a...
Helicopter crashes into oil rig, killing 7
A helicopter has crashed into an oil rig off the coast of Dubai, killing all on board and igniting a fire. The chopper was carrying foreign contractors from the rig when it struck the deck of the rig during... Cemetery officials illegally exhuming bodies in Hong Kong
China's anti-corruption body announced today that 18 senior cemetery officials in Hong Kong have been caught accepting bribes to prematurely exhume partially decomposed bodies from temporary graves in government-run cemeteries.""ICAC enquiries revealed that the arrested...Work at Home? Your Employer May Be Watching
"The clipboard toting, clock-watching, quota-setting productivity expert, peering nosily over your shoulder at work, has been out of fashion in business schools for decades.Now he's back, in electronic form -- in the home office.In a budding trend some employment experts say...
Blackwater: the Coca-Cola of Security Contractors, But Not For Long
Remember Blackwater? They're kind of hard to forget for obvious reasons, but not necessarily as well-known for others. But, take it from them, security was never "part of the master plan." Or the brand.Publicly,...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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409 views | 14 recommendations | 7 comments
The “I”- “Me”, uh, Barack, uh, Oba, uh, ma :: MAXINE
"Barack Obama sits down to speak with the editorial board of The Military Times. Image Credit: YouTube Account, pe11201 - Video by M. Scott Mahaskey / Military Times StaffThe “I”- “Me” (monopolistic...
created by Edmund Jenks | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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1638 views | 17 recommendations | 10 comments
