Tag: katrina

  • halting hurricanes with directed energy

    halting hurricanes with directed energy

    from blacklisted news/telegraph uk: Scientists have made a breakthrough in man’s desire to control the forces of nature – unveiling plans to weaken hurricanes and steer them off course, to prevent tragedies such as Hurricane Katrina. The damage done to New Orleans in 2005 has spurred two rival teams of climate experts, in America and…

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  • naomi klein: america is succumbing to fascism

    from raw story: Author Naomi Klein sits down with Bill Maher to discuss her new book, The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism. The Shock Doctrine shares a sentiment that, while corporations are engineered to profit off of situations, planned or otherwise, the United States under President Bush has corporations opportunistically poised to collect…

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  • hero 9/11 rescue dog dies of cancer

    hero 9/11 rescue dog dies of cancer

    from nbc5: A black Labrador that burrowed through smoking debris after Sept. 11 and flooded rubble after Hurricane Katrina in search of survivors has died of cancer. Owner Mary Flood had 12-year-old Jake put to sleep Wednesday after a last stroll through the fields and a dip in the creek near their home in Oakley,…

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  • audio: greg palast in portland

    audio: greg palast in portland

    from portland indymedia:Greg Palast, investigative reporter visited Portland Wednesday evening, April 24, 2007, promoting the addition of two chapters to his most recent book, “Armed Madhouse.” The event was co-sponsored by KBOO, and was a benefit for the Portland Alliance. Palast was in town last year on his Armed Madhouse Tour, and this visit presented…

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  • outside the box #80

    here is the latest episode of “outside the box,” hosted by alex ansary.it was originally broadcast by portland community media on december 7, 2006. from alex ansary: Tonight I spoke with Elizabeth Atly, Filmmkaer of “Left to Die”, a film that exposes the untold story of the Causeway concentration camp. This was a location near…

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  • painful lessons of hurricane katrina

    painful lessons of hurricane katrina

    from propaganda matrix: One year after Hurricane Katrina and the lessons remain painfully clear – the event paved the way for the standard government response to a crisis – sabotage the rescue efforts, dominate and enslave the victims, then reap the windfall from the tragedy. Katrina was a trial balloon for widespread gun confiscation under…

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