Tag: corruption
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envirohealth: the pharmaceutical-industrial complex
depression drug illegally marketed to kids from ecochildsplay: A five year probe of Forest Laboratories by the U.S. Justice Department into illegal marketing of Lexapro to children has an ironic twist to it: The FDA just approved the use of Lexapro for depression in children. “Federal health care programs have paid thousands of false and…
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April is the cruelest month
obamessiah & the apostles of war obama’s dictator status expands with firing of wagoner*now, obama ‘owns’ general motors*obama’s involvement in chicago climate exchange*obama intimately tied to carbon trading scam*did obama just get his ‘aug6 pdb’?*ho-hum, another obama nominee (sebelius) doesn’t pay taxes*former naval officer files criminal complaint against obama*video: extras from ‘the obama deception’* police…
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econocrash: problem, reaction, solution
obama received a $101,332 bonus from aigfrom examiner: Senator Barack Obama received a $101,332 bonus from American International Group in the form of political contributions according to Opensecrets.org. The two biggest Congressional recipients of bonuses from the A.I.G. are – Senators Chris Dodd and Senator Barack Obama. The A.I.G. Financial Products affiliate of A.I.G. gave…
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2 arrested in fbi raid at obama appointee’s office
dc official & contractor arrested in bribery stingfrom raw story: The office of the District of Columbia’s chief technology officer was raided by federal agents Thursday morning as part of a federal bribery sting. The Washington Post is reporting that Yusuf Acar, 40, was taken into custody this morning by FBI agents at his home…
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oregon oddities: bankbombs, embezzlement & chemwars
video: federal charges considered in oregon bank bombing from kgw: Court records obtained by KGW suggest the two Oregon men charged in connection with a deadly bank bombing in December often talked about robbing a bank and even practiced a dry-run in Woodburn in 1994. Bruce Turnidge and his son Joshua Turnidge are facing aggravated…
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investigation shows army charity hoards millions
from ap: The biggest charity inside the U.S. military has been hoarding tens of millions of dollars meant to help put fighters returning from Iraq and Afghanistan back on their feet. An Associated Press investigation shows that between 2003 and 2007, the Army Emergency Relief grew into a $345 million behemoth. During those years, the…
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econocrash: hoarding, seizing, drinking & cashless
this is all starting to sound like a bad country song…economist says hoard gold & scotch outrage brewing in oregon over proposed 1900% beer taxfrom kgw: Five Oregon state lawmakers want to impose a hefty tax on beer and have introduced a bill that brewers say would cripple them. Four Portland legislators joined a Springfield…
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miltech: crashing subs, cameras, guns, computers & internet2
french & uk officials confirm nuclear subs collided in atlanticfrom washington post: Nuclear submarines from Britain and France collided deep in the Atlantic Ocean this month, authorities said Monday in the first acknowledgment of a highly unusual accident. Officials said the low-speed crash did not damage the vessels’ nuclear reactors or missiles or cause radiation…
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a bitter end for blagojevich: illinois governor impeached
illinois senators vote 59-0 to oust ‘devious’ & ‘unfit’ governor from washington post: The state senators stood up one by one in a hushed chamber on Thursday to call Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) a liar and a hypocrite who put his ego and his pocketbook ahead of the interests of Illinois. One called him “devious,…
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sensitive army files found on used mp3 player
from danger room: It’s like Burn After Reading, the latest Coen brothers’ flick, come to life. Well, kinda sorta. “A New Zealand man has found confidential United States military files on an MP3 player,” the Age reports. He bought at an Oklahoma thrift shop, for less than ten bucks. Chris Ogle wasn’t looking for secrets…
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obamessiah: inaugural emergencies & the end of the beginning
‘state of emergency’ declared for inaugurationfrom nytimes: It is true, President Bush sounded alarms about Barack Obama during the campaign season. On Tuesday, Mr. Bush went one step further: He declared Mr. Obama’s inauguration an actual emergency. The declaration, though, was not a political statement about Republicans being run out of town. Rather, it was…
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‘deep throat’ mark felt dies at 95
from washington post: W. Mark Felt Sr., the associate director of the FBI during the Watergate scandal who, better known as “Deep Throat,” became the most famous anonymous source in American history, died yesterday. He was 95. Felt died at 12:45 p.m. at a hospice near his home in Santa Rosa, Calif., where he had…
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illinois gov arrested for trying to sell obama’s senate seat
the chicago machine’s corruption hits the fan, as webster tarpley predicted, in this twisted tale of “operation board games” that has connections to rezko, auchi & bankster’s revenge…from washington post: FBI agents this morning arrested Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich (D) and his chief of staff on conspiracy and bribery charges, including allegations that the…
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kbr subcontractor holding 1,000 workers in iraq warehouses
from danger room: KBR, the defense services giant, and its subcontractors have been repeatedly accused of using slave labor in Iraq. But despite the lawsuits, and despite the Congressional hearings, KBR and its business partners keep getting busted for treating its workers like little more than chattel. The latest: “About 1,000 Asian men who were…
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american teens lie, steal & cheat at ‘alarming’ rates
from afp: American teenagers lie, steal and cheat more at “alarming rates,” a study of nearly 30,000 high school students concluded Monday. The attitudes and conduct of some 29,760 high school students across the United States “doesn’t bode well for the future when these youngsters become the next generation’s politicians and parents, cops and corporate…