“All the cops are just workers for the 1%…As soon as I’m let out of jail, I’ll be right back here and they’ll have to arrest me again.”-Ray Lewis, retired Philadelphia Police Captain
Don’t think the OWS movement is dead, thousands are trying to shut down Wall Street today, November 17. Those thousands include health […] Continue Reading…
“I hope that the United States is looking into this case, and the guilty party is properly punished for the crime against Brazil.”-Wilson Damasio, Social Defense Secretary of Brazil
Brazilian authorities have confiscated two containers with 45 tons of hospital waste from the U.S. They say they have info that another 14 containers […] Continue Reading…
The New York Times, and the Wall Street Journal, have been reporting that an unnamed source says Citigroup will layoff 3,000 employees.
Some employees have already been notified.
900 layoffs will take place in the banking and securities divisions. The unnamed source says the number of laid off Citi workers could exceed 3,000 by next year.
“Enough of this economy that exploits and divides us. It’s time we put an end to Wall Street’s reign of terror and begin building an economy that works for all.”-occupywallst.org
At 07:00 hours, New York time, on November 17 the OWS movement claims they will launch a human wave attack on Wall Street.
Organizers say events […] Continue Reading…
A Stanford University study has researchers shocked at how fast the middle class is disappearing in the United States: “We already kind of knew that segregation by income had been going up from 1970 to 2000, though I was struck by the magnitude of that increase. One of the striking findings […] Continue Reading…
A 12 page U.S. Department of Defense report, given to Congress, says all options are on the table for dealing with computer hackers: “When warranted, we will respond to hostile attacks in cyberspace as we would to any other threat to our country. We reserve the right to use all necessary means; diplomatic, […] Continue Reading…
“To determine whether lethal injection executions are fairly and humanely administered, or whether they ever can be, citizens must have reliable information about the ‘initial procedures’ which are invasive, possibly painful and may give rise to serious complications.”-9th U.S. Circuit Court, 2002 ruling
On November 18, Idaho will execute a man using […] Continue Reading…
The Fukushima Prefectural government says rice from a field in the Oonami district, in Fukushima City, are contaminated with 630 becquerels per kilogram of cesium.
The rice came from one farm. There are 154 farms in the Oonami district in Fukushima City, they will now test all the farms.
Officials claim the contaminated rice is still […] Continue Reading…
Scandal with Japan’s Olympus only gets deeper. Now the United Kingdom’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) confirmed they are investigating.
The SFO, located in a building known as Elm House, says they’re getting help from a former Olympus CEO, Michael Woodford. He’s already turned over corporate documents he kept after he was fired from Olympus last […] Continue Reading…
WalMart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, saw its 3rd quarter profits fall below what they expected. They blame price cutting in an effort to boost overall sales.
WalMart says that compared to the same time last year (3rd quarter, ending October 31), their net income was down 2.9%. The lower prices did increase […] Continue Reading…