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Swine Flu’s H1N1 Big Brother?

December 4th, 2009 · No Comments

The Australian government went into over-drive about swine flu, however, the ‘mother of flus’ – as yet unnamed, but why not Terminal Gullible Flu – has made itself known in Europe and originating from the Ukraine.
The story translated from Russian (said to be based on autopsies) came to the ‘conclusion’ it’s not pneumonia, but [...]

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Tags: australia · europe · health

ETS – Environment Terminator Specialists

December 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

As far as I am concerned, greed is the motivator for the majority of environmental damage around the world.
We rarely get to see footage of absolutely destroyed natural areas, malnourished people and the terminal illnesses from contamination because corporations like Shell and BHP line the pockets of politicians, making it illegal to film at these [...]

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Tags: big picture · canada · climate change · environment · health · money · morality · oil

Nuclear? Nothing Can Go Wrong …

December 1st, 2009 · No Comments

Indian government officials say workers at a nuclear power plant in the country’s south have been treated for poisoning after drinking water was deliberately spiked with radiation.
Routine tests showed 55 employees from the plant in Kaiga in the state of Karnataka had increased levels of the radioactive element tritium, which is used in nuclear reactors.
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Tags: asia · health · nuclear power

Corporate Government Greed Kills

November 27th, 2009 · No Comments

It’s pretty common knowledge that many board members are elected not so much for real business accumen but because of their political connections.
Queensland has seen a spate of under-performers who obtained office (in State politics), continued their lack-lustre operand and subsequently had the ‘expertise’ to act as a go between for corporate and government ‘cohesivness’.
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Tags: australia · doctors · funding · health · money · new south wales · queensland