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Coca Cola: Corruption, water depletion, pollution... murder?
More corporate corruption in the name of Coca Cola. From Nazi sponsorship, to racism, to allegations of murder and workers' rights violations in Columbia, Coca Cola like so many other companies shows that it cares little for anything else but profit. Watch and make up your own mind... I however, have not and will not ever use any product put out by this company.
This video has four other parts. More corporate corruption in the name of Coca Cola. From Nazi sponsorship, to racism, to allegations of murder and workers' right... more -
Obama and McCain on foreign policy
The candidates' foreign policies are being closely watched around the world [EPA]
Al Jazeera looks at the foreign policy positions of the two main US presidential candidates, Barack Obama of the Democratic party and John McCain, his Republican rival, including the war in Iraq, the Middle East conflict and the ongoing nuclear stand-off with Iran.
This article concisely sums up the candidates approaches to dealing with: Iraq, Iran, Israel/Palestine, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Cuba, Columbia, China, North Korea, Russia, and Darfur. The candidates' foreign policies are being closely watched around the world [EPA] ... more -
"A Eme O"
Columbian singer Andrea Echeverri (this last name betrays a Basque origin) is best known as part of alternative Latin rock duo Los Alterciopelados. But after taking time off to have a baby, she recorded a self-titled solo album in 2005 that explored the joys and pains of motherhood. Columbian singer Andrea Echeverri (this last name betrays a Basque origin) is best known as part of alternative Latin rock duo Los Alt... more
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Presidential Candidates Discuss Public Service
Republican John McCain declined Thursday to disavow his campaign's tough criticism of Democrat Barack Obama's experience as a community organizer, saying politics is ``tough business'' even as he praised Obama's service. Republican John McCain declined Thursday to disavow his campaign's tough criticism of Democrat Barack Obama's experience as ... more
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Columbia University student raped and tortured for approx. 19 hours
A 23-year-old Columbia University student was raped and tortured in her own apartment for approximately 19 hours.
BE WARNED--DESCRIPTION IS HIGHLY DISTURBING
(taken from NY times)
"Over many torturous hours, she had been repeatedly raped, sodomized and forced to perform oral sex, a prosecutor told a jury on Thursday. The accused, Robert A. Williams, 31, had doused the woman’s face and body with boiling water and bleach, forced her to swallow handfuls of pills and to chase them with beer, sealed her mouth with glue, and bound her wrists and legs with shoelaces, cords and duct tape, said the prosecutor, Ann P. Prunty. And now, Ms. Prunty said, he was asking the woman to gouge out her own eyes with a pair of scissors.
And so the woman, sitting on the floor of her studio apartment in Hamilton Heights and holding a pair of scissors between her knees — the blade pointing toward her face — tried to stop the suffering. She lowered her face to the blade, but turned her head at the last moment, trying to stab herself in the neck instead of her eyes."
This is only a part of what happened, but I feel the rest of the description is too graphic for some people, if you would like to know the rest, click the link, but be warned--the descriptions are highly disturbing. A 23-year-old Columbia University student was raped and tortured in her own apartment for approximately 19 hours. ... more -
Colombia: FARC rebels vow to continue fight the government
Colombia's largest rebel group pledged Sunday to carry on in its decades-long war against the U.S.-backed government after confirming that the group's legendary commander had died of natural causes. The Defense Ministry had said the day before that Manuel Marulanda, who led one of the world's oldest insurgencies in a brutal if quixotic battle against the state, had died in March.
"With immense sadness, we inform that our commander in chief, Manuel Marulanda Vélez, died March 26 of a heart attack in the arms of his companion and surrounded by his personal guard," Rodrigo "Timochenko" Londoño, one of seven members of the guerrilla directorate, said in a video provided to a Venezuelan state television station, Telesur. "Our struggle continues without rest until we reach the objective of a new Colombia, a great Latin American fatherland and socialism."
The announcement closes a long chapter in the history of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, and raises the possibility that the new rebel leadership may consider peace negotiations in the face of a military offensive that has recently resulted in the deaths of top commanders and the desertions of thousands of fighters. Colombia's largest rebel group pledged Sunday to carry on in its decades-long war against the U.S.-backed government after confir... more -
Meet the United States of South America! - Next Step in the New World Order?
Unasur is the name of the new union and the founding member countries are Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela. However, president of Venezuela Hugo Chavez stated prior to the Brasilia summit, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez described the "empire" of the United States as Unasur's "number one enemy".
The Empire of the United States will now have a formidable opponent. Unasur is the name of the new union and the founding member countries are Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana... more -
FARC top commander confirmed dead, rebels to "release hostages"
"Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said Saturday he has received "calls" from some Marxist FARC rebel leaders who claimed they were ready to hand themselves over and free hostages including Franco-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt.
In a potentially major breakthrough, just after Colombia confirmed the death of FARC leader Manuel Marulanda, Uribe said "the government has received calls from the FARC in which some of the leaders announced their decision to leave the FARC and hand over Ingrid Betancourt if their freedom is guaranteed."
"The government's answer is 'yes, they are guaranteed freedom'" if they handed over hostages, Uribe said in a speech in the country's southwest". "Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said Saturday he has received "calls" from some Marxist FARC rebel leaders who claime... more -
Chavez: Interpol report a 'clown show'
Colombia did not alter computer files that it claims show Venezuelan support for a leftist rebel group, the international police organization Interpol said Thursday.
But Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez dismissed the findings from an Interpol report as "a clown show" and ridiculed Interpol secretary general Ronald Noble as "a tremendous actor."
Chavez issued the statement after Interpol concluded that Colombia did not modify computer files that were seized during a raid of a leftist rebel camp in March.
The items were seized during Colombia's March 1 raid on a rebel camp in Ecuador occupied by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. The raid killed 25 people, including Raul Reyes, second-in-command of FARC, who is thought to have owned the files.
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe says the files contain evidence that Venezuela and Ecuador were supporting the rebels. Colombia did not alter computer files that it claims show Venezuelan support for a leftist rebel group, the international police organ... more -
Filling the Void
Amanda Stapp's husband Jason, a National Guardsmen, will soon be deployed to Kosovo. Amanda found out about Flatdaddies.com, where she ordered a cardboard cut-out of her husband to fill the void while he's away. Everything Amanda does with "Flat Jason" is documented in a blog she started, allowing the real Jason to see.
To check out Amanda's blog, go to: http://www.ayeartogetherapart.blogspot.com Amanda Stapp's husband Jason, a National Guardsmen, will soon be deployed to Kosovo. Amanda found out about Flatdaddies.com, wher... more -
Zero emissions lawn care
"Gallon for gallon — or, given the size of lawnmower tanks, quart for quart — the 2006 lawn mower engines contribute 93 times more smog-forming emissions than 2006 cars, according to the California Air Resources Board."
A 2006 New York Times article pretty much sums it up.
But Robert Johnson does something different. His Green Team Lawn Care service, only recently started, uses zero emissions equipment: a reel mower, brooms, lawn clippers. And he travels around pulling all of it in a trailer behind his bike. The verdict? His customers love it. "Gallon for gallon — or, given the size of lawnmower tanks, quart for quart — the 2006 lawn mower engines contribute 93 times mor... more -
"It's not A and B"
It's been thirteen years since Phil became Natalie in the small Midwestern town of Columbia, Missouri. Inspired by fashion, Natalie has chosen to forgo a sex change operation and defines herself and her gender by clothes and attitude alone.
Thumbnail photo courtesy of Angela Jimenez. It's been thirteen years since Phil became Natalie in the small Midwestern town of Columbia, Missouri. Inspired by fashion, Natal... more -
Shakira's 'humble breasts' raise $3,000 for charity
A bra belonging to singer Shakira was auctioned off for $3,000 (£1,500), to raise money to build a school for poor children in Columbia.
Using your assets for a good cause! A bra belonging to singer Shakira was auctioned off for $3,000 (£1,500), to raise money to build a school for poor children in Columbi... more -
Rapping at Fear
Whether in the Colombian countryside before the rebels forced his family to leave, or the city slum where his family now lives, Andrés Tabares has always had a way with words. In Andrés' barrio where "social cleansing" groups wage war, this 13 year-old writes and performs rap to speak out against violence . . . and people are listening. He now hosts his own Saturday morning variety show on Colombian national television. Whether in the Colombian countryside before the rebels forced his family to leave, or the city slum where his family now lives, Andrés... more
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Current TV @ True/False: February 29th
We'll be on the ground at True/False Film Festival for a meet & greet & pitch sessions with T/F & local filmmakers. On the 1st March, we'll be doing one on one pitch sessions with the festival's filmmakers, as well as local filmmakers.
29 Feb- 4:30 Meet & Greet
1 Mar- time TBD, pitch sessions with T/F filmmakers. We'll be on the ground at True/False Film Festival for a meet & greet & pitch sessions with T/F & local filmmakers. O... more -
Bomb-making factory found in Columbia professor's apartment
A cache of bombs and weaponry have been found in the Brooklyn apartment of Michael Clatts, a medical anthropologist at Columbia University.
"A 9-mm. handgun, two ammunition magazines, a 12-gauge shotgun, silencers, a bulletproof vest, a crossbow and bomb-making equipment, including a drill and threading machine that could be used to make pipe bombs, were also recovered, cops said."
Wow.
Is this going to lead to a further distrust of academia? A cache of bombs and weaponry have been found in the Brooklyn apartment of Michael Clatts, a medical anthropologist at Columbia Univer... more -
True/False Film Festival official site
True/False Film Festival Feb. 28 - March 2, 2008 ? Columbia, MO Current will be there!
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Northern State
Northern State, named after a highway in Long Island, is a female hip-hop trio from the suburbs who moved to NYC to try and make it as rappers. Often compared with the Beastie Boys, they signed with Columbia before deciding to go independent again. Northern State, named after a highway in Long Island, is a female hip-hop trio from the suburbs who moved to NYC to try and make it as... more
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Duke Controversy: Mizzou Reacts
Students at Mizzou discuss the social issues that have been brought to the forefront in the Duke rape case.
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