Tag: new orleans
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black helicopters over new orleans for terror drills
bombs & choppers during military exercises startle residentsfrom wwltv: Residents in and around New Orleans have been hearing the sounds of low-flying helicopters and what sounds like bomb blasts over the past few nights, but the sounds are part of a training exercise for some of America’s elite military troops… according to military officials, it’s…
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police state int’l: borders, biometrics & stupor bowl security
US/mexico border fence almost completefrom ap: The fence along the U.S.-Mexico border is mostly finished. Customs and Border Protection spokesman Lloyd Easterling says that 601 miles of the project had been completed as of a week ago. Easterling says 69 miles of the fence still must be built to meet the goal set during the…
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nagin on gustav: ‘this is the storm of the century’
fema: gustav to be category 5from ap: The government’s disaster relief chief says Hurricane Gustav is growing into a monster Category 5 storm. The storm that hit Cuba Saturday could reach landfall along the Gulf Coast by early Tuesday. Federal Emergency Management Agency chief David Paulison told reporters several times at a briefing Saturday that…
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we remember what happened in new orleans
from brasscheck tv: In the chaos and trauma that accompanied the levee collapses in New Orleans in 2005, a few basic facts were obscured: 1. Katrina was not a natural disaster. It was an engineering disaster caused by the federally funded U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 2. Far from performing incompetently, the Bush administration and…
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leaky new orleans levee alarms experts
from ap: Despite more than $22 million in repairs, a levee that broke with catastrophic effect during Hurricane Katrina is leaking again because of the mushy ground on which New Orleans was built, raising serious questions about the reliability of the city’s flood defenses. Outside engineering experts who have studied the project told The AP…
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the three amigos in ‘the trojan taco’
from bloomberg: President George W. Bush and the leaders of Canada and Mexico are using a summit meeting today in New Orleans to defend free trade and $930 billion in cross-border commerce against a political backlash. It won’t be easy. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe Calderon have each made lowering trade…
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fema cancer, aspartame, fluoride, vaccines & coal
fema covered up cancer risks to katrina victimsfrom salon: Last summer, the Federal Emergency Management Agency was publicly shamed when lawmakers revealed the agency, to avoid lawsuits, put off testing trailers used to house Hurricane Katrina victims for formaldehyde, a toxic chemical. Now, documents obtained by Salon show that FEMA also pressured scientists to water…
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john edwards drops out
from press tv: Democrat John Edwards gives up his bid to become the next US president, after coming in third in all the nominating contests so far. Edwards is expected to make his formal announcement in New Orleans later today. An advisor in Edwards’ campaign, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the former North…
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police & protesters clash in new orleans
from usa today: There is a protest underway at New Orleans City Hall as the City Council decides whether to demolish 4,500 public housing units damaged by Hurricane Katrina. The AP says police have used stun guns and chemical spray to repel protesters, and that “a scuffle” occurred in the City Council chambers. The New…
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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…