MoJo Video: The Coca Stompers of Bolivia
Along the Bolivian front of the war on drugs, men work for hours stomping coca leaves with water, gasoline, and chemicals to create a cocaine paste. —By Marco Vernaschi and Sebastiano Vitale
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Iraq Contract Fraud | mojoblog A GAO report estimates that the Army Material Command loses about $43 million each year providing free meals to contractors—the same ones that receive per diem food allowances. —By Bruce Falconer
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CAESAR'S MESSIAH Diary Entry by Drew Terry | opednews http://www.caesarsmessiah.com/main.html Our understanding of Jewish and Christian history has changed dramatically with the publication of Caesar’s Messiah by Joseph Atwill (Ulysses Press), which had previously been privately published under the title The Roman Origins of Christianity. According to Atwill, the Gospels are not accounts of the ministry of a historical Jewish Jesus compiled by
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Poll: Prosecute Bush before Bashir | Press TV Wed, 23 Jul 2008 A
new poll finds that an international arrest warrant should be issued
for US President George W. Bush before Sudan's Omar al-Bashir.
Last week, the International Criminal Court (ICC) accused al-Bashir of masterminding a genocidal campaign in Darfur and issued a warrant for his arrest.
Over 62 percent of some 2382 respondents to an online Press TV poll believe that while the court has the authority to prosecute a head of... Read Full Story
HOW BRITAIN WAGES WAR
In an article for the New Statesman, John Pilger describes the insidious militarisng of Britain as the effects of two colonial wars and the cover-up of atrocities come home. ONE JOURNALIST'S STORY: FROM TRIUMPH TO TORTURE In an article for the Guardian, John Pilger describes
presenting a top journalism award to a young Palestinian, Mohammed
Omer, and how, on his return home to Gaza, he was seized by the
Israelis, who demanded the prize money and tortured him... Read Full Story
Bullying And Being Bullied Linked To Suicide In Children, Review Of Studies Suggests (July 19, 2008)
-- Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have found signs of an
apparent connection between bullying, being bullied and suicide in
children, according to a new review of studies from 13 countries
published in the International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and
Health. ... > sciencedaily full story
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Sun Could Cause 15% To 20% Of Effects Of Climate Change, Researcher Says (July 18, 2008)
-- Global warming is mainly caused by greenhouse gas emissions
resulting from human activities; however, current climatic variations
may be affected "around 15% or 20%" by solar activity," according to
one researcher. In the past, the sun was the main external agent
affecting climate change on Earth, together with the effects of
volcanic explosions and internal factors such as ocean currents. The
role of... Read Full Story
From The Real Legacy of the ‘Reagan Revolution’ By Robert Scheer McCain campaign co-chair Phil Gramm is right: We have “become a nation of whiners.” But who is whining more than the bankers that former Sen. Gramm’s financial deregulation legislation benefited? The very bankers who now expect a government bailout, such as those at UBS Investment Bank, where Gramm found lucrative employment. [...] The bookends of the Bush years are the Enron debacle and the federal bailout of bankers... Read Full Story
