Archive for the 'Collapse' Category
One in Five Children in New York City Relying on Emergency Food Aid
February 4th, 2010Via: NBC New York:
One in eight Americans needed emergency food help in 2009—–one of five children in New York City are relying on emergency food.
These sad statistics come from Feeding America and the Food Bank for New York City.
“Food insecure” is the bureaucratic term for hungry people — and New York is, unfortunately, a textbook [...]
Ron Paul Warns of Social Unrest and Martial Law
February 3rd, 2010City of L.A. Wants Construction of New Buildings to Include Catchment Systems to Handle Toxic Runoff During Rain Storms
February 2nd, 2010What is happening to the millions of people who are breathing the air that’s carrying all the pollutants that are winding up in the toxic runoff?
This is the Los Angeles Times from 2002:
A report by a Washington, D.C., environmental group says that children in California are at greater risk of contracting cancer from inhaling toxic [...]
Schwarzenegger: Pay to Build Prisons in Mexico to Incarcerate Illegal Alien Convicts (Not The Onion)
January 28th, 2010Via: Sacramento Bee:
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Monday offered yet another way California can save on incarcerating illegal immigrants: pay to build prisons in Mexico.
Schwarzenegger said in a Sacramento Press Club speech that rather than raise taxes, the state could find money by cutting pension costs, allowing offshore oil drilling and lowering prison expenditures.
His budget calls [...]
City Condems House Because Woman Was Trying to Save Money By Using Solar Panels and Batteries Instead of Utility Power
January 28th, 2010Via: Arizona Republic:
An Avondale woman who spent 11 days sleeping in her car said the city treated her unfairly when her home was condemned in December for lack of electricity.
But city officials said Christine Stevens violated building codes, a health and safety concern because Avondale homes are required to have heating systems and a running [...]
Better Off Deadbeat: People Get Into Debt, Learn the Law, Become “Credit Terrorists”
January 27th, 2010Via: Dallas Observer:
While most Americans with unpaid bills dread the collector’s call, Cunningham sees them as lucrative opportunities. Many collection and credit card companies, intentionally or not, violate little-known consumer rights laws, and Cunningham’s favorite pastime is catching them doing so and then suing them. In fact, it’s a profitable side job.
Call it ironic, but [...]
Americans Sign Petition to Repeal the First Amendment
January 26th, 2010I need a Zombies category.
Ron Paul: “Great Danger Lies Ahead”
January 24th, 2010Here are several perspectives that you’ll never hear in a State of the Union speech:
Children Disappearing from Hospitals in Haiti
January 24th, 2010With $50 and a plane ticket to Haiti, one can buy a slave.
Via: France24:
The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced Friday that several children have gone missing from hospitals in Haiti in the aftermath of the killer earthquake, raising fears of trafficking for adoption abroad.
“We have documented let’s say around 15 cases of children disappearing [...]
Computers Down at All 168 California DMV Offices
January 23rd, 2010Via: AP:
A systemwide computer failure at the California Department of Motor Vehicles caused several hours of delays at all 168 offices Thursday.
The offices remained open, but with computers unable to connect to the state’s network, DMV workers were forced to do everything by hand, such as processing driver’s licenses and registrations, DMV spokeswoman Jan Mendoza [...]
