Exxon's $10B fill-up: Cashing in on crunchOil companies came under new fire yesterday when it emerged that ExxonMobil's profits are likely to soar above $10 billion this quarter on the back of the fuel crisis.
That's $110 million a day, and more net income than any company has ever made in a quarter. It's also a stunning 69 percent increase over the same period a year ago and a 34 percent jump from the $7.6 billion Exxon made just last quarter.
``Do you realize President Bush has just given a tax ... (more)
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Cheney told to 'go f*ck yourself' in Gulfport, MississippiVice President Dick Cheney, in Gulfport, Mississippi on a tour of the Katrina hurricane zone, was told to "go fuck yourself" twice on live television, RAW STORY has learned.
During a discussion on hurricane relief efforts, an off camera protester shouts, "Go fuck yourself, Mr. Cheney. Go fuck yourself."
The camera remains on Cheney while we hear scuffling in the background. Cheney continues speaking.
CNN's reporter asks Cheney, "Are you getting a lot ... (more)
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Police Use Stun Gun On 12-Year-Old Girl, Then Laugh At HerA Cincinnati-area mother says her 12-year-old daughter was humiliated and eventually stunned with a taser gun by Cincinnati Police inside Burton Elementary School Wednesday.
"My daughter Rakehsa has never been arrested and never been in trouble with the law," Cynthia Harris tells ONN affiliate WXIX.
Rakesha Thomas was taken to Children's Hospital with taser injuries and arm and facial bruises.
After the hospital visit the girl was taken to juvenile ja... (more)
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CIA Publishes Its Own "Assassin's Manual," Proving It Condones Killing Those Who Oppose U.S. PolicyIf there are any lingering doubts about whether the U.S. government acts like a bunch of mafia hit men, the following documents, classified for years, should clear things up.
And as the “CIA’s Killer’s Instruction Manual” points out remember that possibly the only thing separating the mafia from the U.S. government is that the thugs in the underworld are much, much smarter.
Never in a month of Sundays would mafia thugs ever think of leaving b... (more)
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Clarke: Europe must trade civil liberties for securityBritish Home Secretary Charles Clarke has warned that European citizens will have to accept that civil liberties may have to be bartered away in exchange for protection from terrorists and organised criminals.
Speaking at the European Parliament, he said that the European Convention on Human Rights might need to be changed if judges in European courts did not recognise that the right to life was more important that concerns about privacy.
"If the judges don't unders... (more)
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Howard pushes new anti-terror lawAustralia's prime minister has outlined proposals for tough new anti-terrorism laws which include tagging suspects and detaining them without charge.
John Howard said he was not creating a police state but said these were "unusual and threatening" times.
The new legislation will be discussed by state government leaders on 27 September, Mr Howard said.
Critics say Mr Howard's support for the US-led war on terror has put Australia at risk of an attack o... (more)
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FEMA Still Blocking Firefighters and Police From Entering New OrleansMichael D. Brown, director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency — who is under fire for the agency's slow response to the flooding — said Wednesday that scores of police and volunteer firefighters from around the nation, as well as trucks loaded with donated water, were even now being prevented from entering New Orleans while troops conduct house-to-house searches.
"They can't just yet," Brown said during a briefing in Baton Rouge. "There is going to come this na... (more)
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U.S. Meteorologist Says Russian Inventors Caused Hurricane KatrinaA meteorologist in Pocatello, Idaho, claims Japanese gangsters known as the Yakuza used KGB inventions to cause Hurricane Katrina, Wireless Flash reported Thursday.
Scott Stevens says after looking at NASA satellite photos of the hurricane, he’s is convinced it was caused by electromagnetic generators from ground-based microwave transmitters.
“There is absolutely zero chance that this is natural, zero,” Villagevoice quoted Stevens as saying after K... (more)
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Police operation targets possible snipers near cell phone workersNEW ORLEANS There are reports from New Orleans of shots being fired at cellphone workers on towers trying to restore service.
Authorities have been going door to door at nearby apartment buildings, sometimes forcing doors open in their search for potential snipers.
Some pawn shops in the area are federally licensed gun dealers that were looted in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
The operation includes dozens of New Orleans police, state police, A-T-F and other ... (more)
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San Diego hospital closed to accommodate Bush visit; No chemoEditor's note: This article was held over from last week because of the hurricane.
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 30 -- The Naval Medical Center in San Diego's Balboa Park was shut down to accommodate a visit by President George W. Bush Aug. 30, RAW STORY has learned, forcing patients to cancel chemotherapy treatments and hundreds of scheduled patient visits.
"The pharmacy is closed. The emergency room is closed. Even chemotherapy patients will not be allowed on base," the ... (more)
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Two Bush 2000 Florida recount aides were rewarded with top FEMA postsReversing an eight-year crusade to rid the now-embattled Federal Emegency Management Agency of political patronage, a newly elected George W. Bush in 2001 named two key players in his Florida recount fight to important FEMA posts.
Neither man, Jacksonville attorney Reynold Hoover and Miami lawyer Mark Wallace, had any experience in emergency management before they were named by the Bush administration to FEMA, now under fire for its botched response to Hurricane Katrina.
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Cost to US economy could be ten times greater than 9/11Hurricane Katrina will be by far the costliest disaster in United States history, requiring $150bn (£81bn) to $200bn in relief, clean-up and reconstruction spending by the federal government, and causing the short-term loss of some 400,000 jobs.
This desolate picture emerges from preliminary estimates circulating on Capitol Hill and at the White House. Although the figures are highly tentative, it is already clear that the damage from the storm will eclipse the $20bn bill fo... (more)
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Big Brother Alert: Lexus, MCI Working to Help Cars Monitor YouDETROIT — Japanese automaker Toyota and U.S. telecom provider MCI have come up with two different safety devices whose basic premise is the same: monitor the behavior of drivers in an attempt to enhance safety.
Toyota said its 2007 Lexus GS 450h sedan, due next spring, will feature what may be the world's first production system to monitor the driver's face.
The system tracks the orientation of the driver's face, using a camera mounted on the steering column a... (more)
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Nuclear stockpiles could create 300,000 bombsThe world has made enough explosives for more than 300,000 nuclear bombs, according to the latest scientific assessment of countries' nuclear stockpiles.
Stores of plutonium are growing, and there are new dangers from two lesser-known nuclear explosives, neptunium-237 and americium. Experts are worried that terrorists could steal enough to trigger a nuclear catastrophe.
"Our first concern is the risk of nuclear terrorism," says David Albright, president of the Insti... (more)
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'China has f*cked us' - Bill GatesMicrosoft's internal politics - the slipping roadmaps, the meetings about meetings about meetings, and the lack of even a coherent medium-term strategy - are more than just a tech industry soap opera. They're a source of amusement for the Chinese Government, a departing Microsoft exec has alleged.
It's Dr Kai-Fu Lee, the former head of Microsoft's Chinese Labs and now a Google employee, who's at the center of an employment dispute between the two companies. After Google recruited ... (more)
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Republicans block efforts to amend Katrina relief bill, hold vote without providing copy of billIn the wake of what the Wall Street Journal projected may be the most expensive natural disaster in American history, the Republican Leadership in the House of Representatives limited floor consideration of the $52 billion Katrina relief bill proposed by President Bush and voted to reject any Democratic efforts to amend the bill to include a wider array of relief measures, RAW STORY has learned.
Democrats said no one had even seen a copy of the legislation.
Voting a... (more)
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Katrina + Oil = Profits for Our KingsHow are you feeling about your government’s response to Hurricane Katrina? The fact that the people who should have been there to help your desperate neighbors instead are off killing and being killed in Iraq? Along with all that equipment your taxes bought.
How do you feel about oil prices? The fact that Exxon Mobile Corp, the world’s largest publicly traded oil company, reported a 32 % jump in profits during the second quarter of 2005, while the rest of us dug deep ... (more)
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New Orleans evictions falterWASHINGTON - Local and state officials wrangled Wednesday over whether to forcibly evict the thousands of people who were refusing to leave the crippled and contaminated city of New Orleans. Military leaders said that despite a mayoral order, they had no intention to force people out.
The White House, struggling to help the devastated region while fending off mounting public and political criticism, asked Congress on Wednesday to provide $52 billion for relief and reconstruction,... (more)
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Weatherman Claims Japanese Mafia Behind Hurricane KatrinaPOCATELLO, Idaho (Wireless Flash) – Here’s a theory that’s sure to cause a storm of controversy: A meteorologist in Pocatello, Idaho, claims Japanese gangsters known as the Yakuza caused Hurricane Katrina.
Scott Stevens says after looking at NASA satellite photos of the hurricane, he’s is convinced it was caused by electromagnetic generators from ground-based microwave transmitters.
The generators emit a soundwave between three and 30 megaher... (more)
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Largest Solar Flare On Record Could Disrupt Communications On Gulf CoastOne of the largest solar flares on record was observed Wednesday by forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Environment Center in Boulder, Colo. and continued eruptions could interfere with communications along the hurricane stricken U.S. Gulf Coast.
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NOAA forecasters say more solar eruptions are possible and they say there cou... (more)
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Bush requests $51.8 billion for hurricane relief: Republican leaders try to contain political falloutWASHINGTON - President Bush sent to Congress Wednesday a request for $51.8 billion in additional hurricane relief, raising Katrina's cost to the federal government to $62.3 billion so far, easily a record for domestic disaster relief.
Separately, Republican leaders moved to try to contain the political fallout from Katrina, forming a joint House-Senate review committee of senior lawmakers who will investigate the government's preparation and early response to the catastrophe. Demo... (more)
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