“The U.S., the most democratic country in the world, has the infrastructure to arrest Bush if he is charged with human rights abuses. Why don’t they ask the Obama administration to arrest that guy?”-Mikael Atsbeha, Ethiopian cameraman
Last week Amnesty International naively asked three pro-U.S. African countries to arrest George W. Bush.
Bush, along with the […] Continue Reading…
On December 3, all Latin American and Caribbean countries came together under CELAC (Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños, or Community of Latin American and Caribbean States).
The United States and Canada were intentionally left out. China has expressed support for CELAC, and so has Russia.
However, in the official Russian statement there is an ominous […] Continue Reading…
Rutgers’ Heldrich Center for Workforce Development has been following people who lost their jobs at the beginning of the Great Recession (2008-2010). They found that the overwhelming majority have not recovered!
The ongoing study is called Categorizing the Unemployed by the Impact of the Recession.
They have five categories they ask people to describe their situation […] Continue Reading…
The independent commission investigating Olympus has submitted their report. The optic company began losing money, and covering it up in 1998.
Losses totaled more than 100 billion yen (about U.S.$1 trillion by today’s exchange rate)!!!
Olympus accountants began covering up the losses after the Japanese government introduced stricter accounting rules. The report also named Hideo Yamada and […] Continue Reading…
Japanese powdered milk maker Meiji says they will replace 400,000 cans of their product, after it was found contaminated with cesium.
The levels are below safe limits but the company says it’s better to be safe than sorry. The powdered milk was produced from March 14 to 20. The base powder used was made before […] Continue Reading…
Continuing inspections of rice crops are revealing how pervasive the radiation contamination is. Three more farms have been found to be contaminated above safe limits.
The result is that the national government, on 05 December 2011, banned rice shipments from 406 farms. The farms are located in several districts within the cities of Fukushima and […] Continue Reading…
On 01 December 2011, Russian port authorities in Vladivostok stopped a shipment of tires from Japan. They say the tires are emitting beta and gamma rays.
This is not the first time Russian inspectors found radioactive products from Japan. In April, 49 second hand (used) cars shipped from Japan were found to be emitting radiation […] Continue Reading…
The trade war between Chinese photovoltaic companies, and their supposed ‘U.S.’ rivals heats up as the U.S. International Trade Commission votes to continue the Department of Commerce investigation.
I say “supposed ‘U.S.’ rivals” because it turns out the gang leader is owned by a European corporation. Likewise, at least one supposed ‘U.S.’ polysilicon producer is […] Continue Reading…
Southwestern Idaho’s KRTV, channel 12, is no longer a Fox affiliate, and it has ended its Boise area news coverage.
“In the spring of 2011, the Fox Television Network and Block Communications parted company. Although we did offer to sign a new affiliation agreement with Fox for KTRV, they chose to move the affiliation to […] Continue Reading…
A study to find out the main causes for the August 2011 riots that hit several locations in England, revealed a surprise. Economic factors were not the number one reason, police brutality was!
The London School of Economics, along with the Guardian newspaper, conducted a study called Reading the Riots. 85% of those surveyed blamed […] Continue Reading…