Posted on October 31, 2007 by yojoe
Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize, but he has yet to win over all of the scientific community. Dr. William Gray, called Gore’s view of anthropomorphic climate change “ridiculous” and the product of “people who don’t understand how the atmosphere works.” Dr. Gray continued, “We’re brainwashing our children, they’re [...]
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Posted on October 30, 2007 by yojoe
The contract, valued at 1/3 of a billion dollars, for approximately 3,000 ground robots was awarded to Robotic FX. iRobot was not happy about losing out on the contract,and filed a protest with the U.S. Government Accountability Office. The fight is over the xBot ground robot program. Robotic FX was started by [...]
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Posted on October 29, 2007 by yojoe
Alexander Pichushkin killed, according to him, 61 people in a murder spree that lasted from 1992 until his arrest in 2006. Pichushkin killed his victims by drowning them in a sewer or bludgeoning them with a hammer. According to Pichushkin, he planned to kill 64 victims, one for each square on a [...]
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Posted on October 24, 2007 by yojoe
The decision has been made to send Lieutenant Colonel Jeffery Chessani and Lance Corporal Stephen Tatum to courts-martial. LtCol Chessani faces charges of dereliction of duty and violation of a lawful order. LCpl Tatum faces charges of involuntary manslaughter, reckless endangerment, and aggravated assault.
For more background on Haditha.
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Posted on October 24, 2007 by yojoe
In August 2007 it was revealed that there was an unauthorized transfer of armed nuclear missiles, aboard a B-52 Stratofortress, from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana.
The procedural errors that led to the mishap have been identified:
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Posted on October 24, 2007 by yojoe
In a complaint entitled “Contract Killing My Life,” the JLR takes on Blackwater USA and others.
The text of the complaint:
Jonathan Lee Riches©, Plaintiff v. Blackwater USA; Blackwater Security Consulting Inc.; Blackwater Lodge and Training Center Inc.; Erik Prince d/b/a Blackwater Fonder; The Prince Group; Halliburton Inc.; Kellogg Brown & Root Services Inc “KBR”; L-3 [...]
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Posted on October 20, 2007 by yojoe
Block Game
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Posted on October 19, 2007 by yojoe
History of Religion shows the start and spread of the major religions through time.
This map shows the History of the Middle East over time, from 1450 B.C. to present.
yojoe
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Posted on October 18, 2007 by yojoe
Jonathan Lee Riches© (known on Dreadnaught as the JLR) has filed a number of complaints in the past week:
Jonathan Lee Riches© v. Eric Robert Rudolph, et al – “My name is Jonathan Lee Riches. I’m very high profile.”
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BP Admits To Criminal Wrongdoing: Settles Charges For $343 Million
BP has agreed pay $373 million in fines for the following criminal activity:
March 2005 explosion in Texas City, which resulted in the deaths of 15 workers.
March 2006 oil spill in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. During which BP spilled approximately 267,000 gallons of oil.
Illegal manipulation of the propane gas market in the [...]
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