Andymatic

Month: November 2005

  • Contractors Kill Iraqis in Trophy Video

    Contractors are not bound by law. They are bound by profit: The video, which first appeared on a website that has been linked unofficially to Aegis Defence Services, contained four separate clips, in which security guards open fire with automatic rifles at civilian cars. All of the shooting incidents apparently took place on "route Irish", […]

  • Darwin Exhibit Having Trouble Finding Corporate Sponsors

    Darwin Exhibit Having  Trouble Finding Corporate Sponsors

  • Larry King Grills Bob Woodward

    Bob Woodward just said the phrase Bush at War (The title of his book.) I could’ve sworn he said Bullshit War

  • Tobacco Industry Targets Latino Children

    From PR Watch: Not only do Latino communities have relatively low smoking rates – making them "ripe for an industry seeking to boost sagging sales" – but Spanish-language marketing often "goes under the radar of the Federal Trade Commission." Full article: Whatever the Skin Color, Inside Are Black Lungs

  • Andymatic 014

    Andymatic 014 Murtha, oil execs, my cat’s psychotic break.

  • Clum Baby

    Did anyone catch Drawn Together tonight? Fantastically funny and disgusting all at the same time!

  • Oil Execs Lied to Congress About Meeting Cheney

    Thank goodness we didn’t have them under oath: A White House document shows that executives from big oil companies met with Vice President Cheney’s energy task force in 2001 — something long suspected by environmentalists but denied as recently as last week by industry officials testifying before Congress. They weren’t sworn in but you can […]

  • Pentagon Admits Using White Phosphorous

    The DoD has admitted that they used white phorphorous in Iraq: Pentagon spokesperson Lt. Steve Boylan denied the allegations, saying “I know of no cases where people were deliberately targeted by the use of white phosphorus.” The Pentagon now says it used the weapon against insurgents. White phosphorus produces a dense white smoke that can […]

  • Former Texas State Judge Catherine Crier Speaks Out

     Catherine Crier, former Texas state judge speaks out: The Far Right wants to control our federal judiciary in order to enact this reactionary agenda. At first blush, the focus seems to center on social issues—abortion, gay rights, affirmative action, and religion in schools. There is another insidious aspect to their designs. Economic and political issues […]

  • FDA Put Politics Ahead of Women's Health

    God, I’m glad I don’t have a womb. Top-ranking FDA officials have acknowledged they overruled their own scientists’ decision that nonprescription sales would be safe, and the women’s health chief resigned in protest.