The story of the Probo Koala is a dark tale of global corporate greed. The Trafigura company reported $28 billion in profit for 2005. Their ship, the Probo Koala, attempted to discharge toxic sludge under false pretenses in Amsterdam. The fraud was discovered and the ship informed that it would cost $300,000 for proper disposal….
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4 More Years…
A spokesman at the Guinness Book of World Records said that 14-year-old Nepalese boy Khagendra Thapa Magar(C), seen here in April 2006 sitting on his mother’s lap in Baglung, Nepal, must wait four years before he can be assessed for his claim as smallest man.
Mexico urges Bush to veto U.S. border fence bill
America has become a Holocaust Inn. cd MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico pleaded with President Bush on Monday to veto a Senate proposal to build a new fence to keep illegal immigrants out, saying it could backfire by making the border more dangerous. The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly backed a bill on Friday to construct about…
Rice doesn't recall meeting where she was warned of 9/11. Tenet does.
Did they know? Will we ever know? How did we end up in this mess? Was it a conspiracy? cd SHANNON, Ireland – Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said she cannot recall then-CIA chief George Tenet warning her of an impending al-Qaida attack in the United States, as a new book claims he did two…
Olympics worth watching
Am I the only person in the world that finds the Olympics to be boring? There is something about the rampant nationalism and flag waving that terrifies me and makes me want to vomit at the same time. Animal Olympics on the other hand…you can be sure that I am rooing for the roo below…(but…
Big Toe Rocks
Check out this video of Mark Goffeney. Mark plays guitar with his feet and he kicks ass. Another guy that is making the imPossible, Possible. UTUBE VIDEO (Thanks Francis) You can find more about Mark at www.myspace.com/bigtoerocks
I want to be your friend!!! At myspace….
Hey, I was ignoring my myspace account until yesterday when I started getting requests from all kinds of strange women that are looking for love and want me to view their webcams. At first I thought…who the hell is this? Then I thought, “This is my new friend!” and now I am thinking “I want…
Friars fleece their flock….
God helps those who help themselves. I once thought of becoming a man of God, but it seemed far too dishonest. As a kid, I watched the Jim Baker scandal and said to myself…if I want money and chicks I need to either go into religion, politics, or media. As it stands now, I am…
Wealthy Iranians embrace plastic surgery
The surgeon doing the nose job on the guy featured in this article has done 30,000 nose jobs. ALL the plastic surgeons in Britain combined last year did 7,000 nose jobs. (I don’t know how that compares to LA.) In any event, that’s way more concern-for-personal-appearance and disposable income than I gave Iran credit for….
Dictator hires doubles to do the boring jobs
The eccentric North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il has hired doubles to carry out his more mundane tasks, according to South Korean intelligence officials. While Kim himself attends major state occasions, two men stand in for him for more routine visits to tractor factories or farms. “They are the spitting image of Kim — the same…