- Japan Doubles Estimated Radiation Leakage | Gizmodo
- The news coincides with the detection of plutonium in dirt over a mile away from the plant.
- Israeli Troops kill 20, wound Hundreds at Golan | Informed Comment • by Juan
- Israeli troops on Sunday fired live ammunition into unarmed crowds of protesters who moved toward the barbed wire fence marking the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights …
The Arab Spring has made most governments in the region look bad, and Israel has not behaved better than the others.
- Chiquita’s Alleged Victims Can Sue for Torture, But Not Terrorism
- …Judge Kenneth Marra has allowed the suit against Chiquita for its support of Colombian terrorists to go forward. But the ruling is fascinating, because it holds that the plaintiffs can sue for Chiquita’s involvement in torture, but not for its involvement in terrorism.
- Santorum: Health Care Disrespects Those Who Fought At Normandy | Cynical-C Blog • by Chris
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We stormed the beaches of Normandy to stop universal healthcare.
- In Haiti, America Isn’t Helping | Booman Tribune * by BooMan
- The United States would be a lot more popular around the world if we didn’t do things like demand that Haiti not raise its minimum wage from 24 to 61 cents an hour. …
But, hey, we also tried to tell the president of Haiti that he couldn’t take advantage of an arrangement with Venezuela that would save the poor island country a hundred million dollars a year.
- Palin supporters attempting to rewrite history on Wikipedia
- What resulted was a back and fourth editing war, with nearly 70 edits made before the page was locked. …
- Couple Forecloses on Bank of America — And Wins | GOOD • by Alex Goldmark
- Back in February we reported on a Philadelphia man who foreclosed on Wells Fargo for not refunding erroneous fees. All he did was file with the sheriff, asking for the bank’s assets to be seized and he got his money back.
But this Florida couple really went through with it. An armed sheriff’s deputy showed up at the bank with movers and an empty truck ready to seize furniture, computers and other assets (like the money) if Bank of America didn’t fork over the $2,534 they owed Maureen Nyerger and her husband for wrongfully filing for foreclosure on their home.
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