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POPSFor The First Time (A Movie Review) Kung may mga pelikulang kinokonsidera ng mga producer na isang sugal, ang For the First Time definitely ay hindi kasama sa mga pelikulang iyon. Casting na casting pa lang, sigurado nang panonoorin at pipilahan pa ng mga tao. Never mind na kinailangan nilang magbyahe at mag-shooting sa Greece.
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POPSParaguay hat das Ticket nach Südafrika gelöst - und wie! Der Arbeitsplatz des sich selbst überschätzenden Diego Armando Maradona ist gefährdet. Momentan steht er mit seiner desolaten Millionärstruppe gerade noch auf dem 5. Platz, der zu einem Ausscheidungsspiel berechtigt. Selbst wenn jetzt ein Heimsieg gegen Peru wieder 3 Punkte bringt, findet wahrscheinlich das Endspiel in Uruguay statt. Vereinfacht gesagt: Gewinnt Uruguay die letzten beiden Spiele, ist Argentinien draußen. Die Tabelle (2 Spieltage vor Schluss): 1. Brasil 33 2. Paraguay 30 3. Chile 27 4. Ecuador 23 5. Argentina 22 6. Uruguay 21 7. Venezuela 21 8. Colombia 20 9. Bolivia 12 10. Perú 10 Selbst Kolumbien hat noch Chancen auf den 4. Platz, der direkt nach Südafrika führt. Auf den 5. allemal, der zum Ausscheidungsspiel gegen den Sieger der Ozeaniengruppe berechtigt. Dieses hatte übrigens Uruguay gegen Australien vor der letzten WM verloren.
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POPSExxon Oil Spill Ordered to Pay--Again This Environmental Disaster Saga has been going on for 2 decades. With litigators, the art of the lawsuit is to outlive your opponents. Since the oil spill, families have had children, the children in turn have grown to adults and gone on to college, joined the military and had children of their own. Kind of strikes an angry cord when a jury awards damages, then a judge is simply asked by the defendants lawyers to set aside the verdict or reduce the amount of the award. And, magic, all is good with the world for the defendant.
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POPSOil and Indians Don't Mix 
Wally Hickel, the former Governor of Alaska, dismissed my suggestion that the Chugach deserved a bit more respect (and cash) for their property. "Land ownership comes in two ways, Mr. Palast." explained the governor and pipeline magnate, "Purchase or conquest. The fact that your granddaddy chased a caribou across the land doesn't make it yours." The Chugach had lived there for 3,000 years. I asked Chevron about the wave of poisonings and deaths. According to an independent report, 1,401 deaths, mostly of children, mostly from cancers, can be traced to Chevron's toxic dumping. Chevron's lawyer told me, "And it's the only case of cancer in the world? How many cases of children with cancer do you have in the States? ... They have to prove that it is our crude," which, he noted with glee, "is absolutely impossible." Big Oil treats indigenous blood like a cheap gasoline additive. That's why the Peruvians are up in arms. The Cofan of Ecuador, unlike their brothers in Peru,
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POPSstick you damn hand in it yes says Greg- the captain was drunk-but sleeping in his bunk- the ship was being guided blind- by the ships 3rd mate-guiding blind because the radar system was turned off-why off u ask? because Exxon was too cheap to fix the damn thing- it had been busted since the ships maiden voyage-how convenient for Exxon to be able to say ahhh- drunk driving accident- not a we're to cheap to kep our ships up to snuff-they have also been too cheap to clean up their mess
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POPS20th Birthday of the Exxon Valdez Lie
It also marks the 20th Anniversary of a lie. Lots of lies: catalogued in a four-volume investigation of the disaster; four volumes you'll never see. I wrote that report, with my team of investigators working with the Natives preparing fraud and racketeering charges against Exxon. You'll never see the report because Exxon lawyers threatened the Natives, "Mention the f-word and you'll never get a dime" of compensation to clean up the villages. The Natives agreed to drop the fraud charge - and Exxon stiffed them on the money. You're surprised, right? Doubtless, for the 20th Anniversary of the Great Spill, the media will schlep out that old story that the tanker ran aground because its captain was drunk at the wheel. Bullshit. Yes, the captain was "three sheets to the wind" - but sleeping it off below-decks. The ship was in the hands of the third mate who was driving blind. That is, the Exxon Valdez' Raycas radar system was turned off; turned off because it was busted and
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POPSStudents Strike Oil on Alaskan Beach Alaska High School Students find Oil on Prince William Sound beach, just inches under the surface. Dig shallow hole, pour water, get oil. 17 years after tragic oil spill, oil remains on beaches. Now, see the sequel. Students Strike Oil on Alaskan Beach: 2 at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Wqycq... This field trip was featured in an April 2006 NPR feature on the lingering effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill of 1989. To get a little more perspective, please listen to this report here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5344108
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POPSExxon Valdez Oil Spill Victims Hold News Conference On High Court Case Steve Smith (L), a longtime Alaska fisherman, confers with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) during a press conference with victims of the Exxon Valdez oil spill at the National Press Club February 26, 2008 in Washington, DC. The press conference comes a day before Supreme Court arguments are scheduled in Baker v. Exxon, a landmark case in the ongoing battle between Alaska residents and Exxon.
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POPSFILTHY COAL- SPILL WORSE THAN EXXON VALDEZ As the story is being ignored by the main media, the spill at the Kingston Fossil Plant turns out to be worse than the Exxon Valdez Spill, which is still not cleaned up. So don't hold your breath, or do hold your breath....
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POPSThe 10 Worst Corporations of 2008 I would pick Monsanto. No contest. On March 11 a new documentary was aired on French television - a documentary that Americans won’t ever see. The gigantic bio-tech corporation Monsanto is threatening to destroy the agricultural biodiversity which has served mankind for thousands of years. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6262083407501596844 The list: AIG: Money for Nothing Cargill: Food Profiteers Chevron: "We can't let little countries screw around with big companies" Constellation Energy: Nuclear Operators CNPC: Fueling Violence in Darfur Dole: The Sour Taste of Pineapple GE: Creative Accounting Imperial Sugar: 13 Dead Philip Morris International: Unshackled Roche: "Saving Lives is Not Our Business"
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POPSSupreme Court Overturns Exxon Valdez Verdict this makes me sick, sick, sick. i was just thinking about exxon today as i was watching the mess ike made in the gulf. you would think by now they would have figured out a way to cap off the drill so it would not leak during a storm.
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POPSSenate Passes Pork-Stuffed Bailout Bill Oink, Oink! Your Senate at work, stuffing ear-marks into the "must pass" financial bailout bill. They all lined up. This by itself should make it very tempting to reject by republicans. Yet the hypocrite McCain, as well as Obama, supports it, (and Bush would sign it), even though it will NOT FIX THE PROBLEM, BUT EXACERBATE IT (according to economists who know), and put all Americans and the federal government on the hook for the about a TRillion Dollars in new debt, transferring bad debt from Wall Street to Main Street. Even more sickening about all this is that both McCain and Obama support this balderdash. It favors Obama as he wants more government spending and government control. This however flies in the face of what McCain has been saying that he will veto earmarks and pork barrel spending. THE HOUSE SHOULD REJECT THIS. CALL THEM!
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