Archive for February, 2006

Pentagon touting “safe nukes”

Friday, February 17th, 2006

Although I am no longer in medical practice, I share with Helen Caldicott the medical opinion that nuclear war is contraindicated for the health of the population. - hws

New Pentagon Doctrine: Mini-Nukes are “Safe for the Surrounding Civilian Population”
by Michel Chossudovsky, February 17, 2006

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Audio - Prof. Steven Jones, Feb 1, 2006

Monday, February 13th, 2006

Prof. Steven Jones of Brigham Young University has undertaken a physicist’s approach to investigating the collapse of the World Trade Center towers on 9/11. His paper on the subject, Why Indeed Did the WTC Buildings Collapse? is rational, cool-headed, and revealing. On February 1, 2006, Prof. Jones presented his findings at the Utah State Valley College in Orem.

I have taken the monolithic 63 MB mp3 from radio4all.net, cleaned up some format issues that kept it from playing on my system, and segmented into 10-minute tracks here.
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Katrina recap

Monday, February 13th, 2006

With Michael Brown in the spotlight again regarding Katrina, it’s time for a recap of some of the headlines:

Katrina investigation gets limited support. The Bush White House is now refusing to turn over Hurricane Katrina related documents or make senior officials available for testimony.

Going back a little…

George Bush Plays Air Guitar While New Orleans Sinks

Veep fishing for solution to Katrina

Condi Rice Shops for Shoes, Works on Backhand

Chertoff: Katrina scenario did not exist

Brown joked in e-mail as Katrina churned

Barbara Bush: Things Working Out ‘Very Well’ for Poor Evacuees from New Orleans

FEMA

  • FEMA won’t accept Amtrak’s help in evacuations
  • FEMA turns away experienced firefighters
  • FEMA turns back Wal-Mart supply trucks
  • FEMA prevents Coast Guard from delivering diesel fuel
  • FEMA won’t let Red Cross deliver food
  • FEMA bars morticians from entering New Orleans
  • FEMA blocks 500-boat citizen flotilla from delivering aid
  • FEMA fails to utilize Navy ship with 600-bed hospital on board
  • FEMA to Chicago: Send just one truck
  • FEMA turns away generators
  • FEMA “First Responders Urged Not To Respond”

Louisiana Congressman Richard Baker (R-LA) said, after the hurricane, “We finally cleaned up public housing in New Orleans. We couldn’t do it, but God did.”

Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
- Martin Luther King Jr.