The alarming rise in the incidents of child rape, gang-rape, and even rape of daughters by their fathers in Bangladesh and many other countries will shock any conscious person at any part of the world. On the other hand, the sex perverts will be inspired – thanks to lax enforcement of laws and rise of […]
Chronique des temps fous 1
The Bankers Grab The Prosecutors By The Cojones, The Coward Who Could Have Saved Greece, The Economist’s Nightmare And A Shameless Promo For Myself J Iddhis Bing And so, like the revolving mechanisms of an old mantelpiece clock, each playing his part without a clue how the whole mechanism works, we tumble into […]
Internal BP Probes Warned of Accidents – For Years
by Abrahm Lustgarten and Ryan Knutson A series of internal investigations over the past decade warned senior BP managers that the company repeatedly disregarded safety and environmental rules and risked a serious accident if it did not change its ways. The confidential inquiries, which have not previously been made public, focused on a rash of […]
An Investigative Report on Cyber-stalking at Alfred State College, New York
Introduction In 2007, when I first spoke to Dr. Uma Gupta about writing an investigative piece about her experience as the target of cyber-predators during her Presidency at Alfred State College from 2003 -2006, my creative juices immediately began flowing as Dr. Uma Gupta and I examined the compelling elements: the harassment of […]
GM Bankruptcy – Executives Will Lose Millions in Pension Benefits
Why did Rick Wagner fight so hard to avoid bankruptcy? Was it out of altruism or was a little voice in the back of his head saying, “Careful dude, you are going to lose that supplemental ERP pension.” Rick stands to lose $20 million. Supplemental pension plans have been a feature of the corporate landscape […]
Matabeland Migration Linked to South Africa Violence
Matabeleland activist says mass exodus to Zimbabwe’s southern neighbour always carried with it the seeds of a possible backlash. By Joseph Nhlanhla in Bulawayo The xenophobic attacks that have rocked South Africa in recent weeks, claiming the lives of an estimated 60 people and displacing and dispossessing tens of thousands of legal and illegal immigrants, […]