Today, it’s apt caption competition time …
21st February 2009
Cross posted from How This Old Brit Sees It)
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Bits about Israel, Gaza, White Phosphorous and Worse
15th January 2009
These first two photos show unmistakable white phosphorous bombs/shells indiscriminately showering down death upon the “caged” Palestinian civilian population.
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Cheney Coming Out Of The Closet …
30th October 2008
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World food crisis gets worse
2nd May 2008
The United Nations now estimates that 3.5 million people will need food aid. And that’s just in Somalia.
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Japanese Nuclear Power Plant Reported Only 1/2 Of The Spill
23rd July 2007
The world’s largest nuclear plant.
In Kashiwazaki, Japan a 6.8-magnitude earthquake disrupted a nuclear plant on Wednesday creating a radioactive leak. At the time they reported that about 100 barrels had fallen over polluting surrounding areas. Well, turns out it was actually about 400 barrels, with the lids coming off 40 of them.
The amount that leaked into the Sea of Japan was one-billionth of Japan’s legal limit. Other productions were halted because of quake damage at major parts suppliers such as Toyota, Nissan, Mitsubishi and Fuji. Repairs workers are climbing all over charred machinery and unstable structures. There are cracks in the buildings and roads, toppled fences and walls and buckled sidewalks.
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Bush Returns to Still-Devastated New Orleans
29th August 2006
New Orleans residents find little comfort in Bush’s reappearance
President Bush will return to New Orleans on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, part of a two day photo-op in the Gulf region. Tomorrow, Bush will resume his vacation.
A year ago, the president and most of his cabinet were on vacation. Vice President Cheney was in Wyoming, Secretary of State Rice was buying shoes, and President Bush was hugging Senator John McCain during a birthday celebration. Meanwhile, more than 1,800 Americans were dying.
One senior adminstration official was working: chief domestic policy advisor Karl Rove. Of course, he wasn’t working on formulating a policy to help evacuate or rebuild the Gulf Coast. He was in Crawford, thanking the people who had come to tell Cindy Sheehan to go home and forget that she ever had a son.
A year ago, President Bush pledged to rebuild the area, and he repeated his promise yesterday:
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Earthquake in Indonesia Kills 3,700
28th May 2006
3,700 were killed by an earthquake on the island of Java. The US has pledged $2.5 million in emergency relief.
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