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Entries from August 2009

Amazon Defense Coalition Responds to Allegations of Bribery by Accusing Chevron of ‘Dirty Tricks’ (Update)

August 31st, 2009 · No Comments

UPDATE 9-4-09 at 12:11 p.m. Central: Just learned that the judge in the $27 billion environmental lawsuit filed by Amazon Defense Coalition against Chevron in Ecuador has recused himself.  Details here and here! In response to Chevron Corporation’s release today of incriminating video footage that appears to support allegations of bribery on the part of [...]

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Transcript: Ecuadoran Officials Caught on Tape Seeking $3 Million in Return for Favorable Ruling (Update)

August 31st, 2009 · 1 Comment

UPDATE 9-4-09 at 12:12 p.m. Central: Just learned that the judge in the $27 billion environmental lawsuit filed by Amazon Defense Coalition against Chevron in Ecuador has recused himself.  Details here and here! In a post earlier today, I offered a 20-minute snippet of highlights from 2 hours of video documentation purported by Chevron Corporations [...]

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Scandal Erupts in Chevron-Ecuador Environmental Lawsuit; $3MM Bribery Scheme Caught on Tape! (Update)

August 31st, 2009 · 10 Comments

UPDATE 9-4-09 at 12:14 p.m. Central: Just learned that the judge in the $27 billion environmental lawsuit filed by Amazon Defense Coalition against Chevron in Ecuador has recused himself.  Details here and here! Today, according to this news release, Chevron Corporation officials provided authorities in Ecuador and the U.S. with video recordings that reveal a [...]

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Organizing For America Thugs at Work in Denver

August 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Tonight, El Marco at the Looking at the Left blog informed me he had published a piece that, like a post I published earlier today, offers another example of what Americans can expect in their future with President Barack Obama in charge. Highlighted in a first-person account — with several telling photos, I might add [...]

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Cop Threatens Arrest Over Town Hall Meeting Sign

August 29th, 2009 · No Comments

Here’s an update to the post I published two days ago about the Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) and his town hall meeting gone bad.  Today, I have an update about how far down the slippery slope our country has fallen under President Barack Obama:  A man is threatened with arrest for displaying a sign that’s [...]

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Tim Hawkins Nails Parody of Government

August 28th, 2009 · 7 Comments

Delivered to the tune of “The Candy Man,” Tim Hawkins‘ video below is one of the most-accurate parodies ever produced about the government of the United States.

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Cartoonist Captures Lightning Storm on iPhone

August 28th, 2009 · No Comments

Perhaps because a thunderstorm, complete with a lot of lightning, passed through the area late last night, I was intrigued by the video montage of  lightning storm that passed through “Tornado Alley” (i.e., Enid, Okla.) recently.  It comes courtesy of Curtis Tucker, one of the biggest little success stories to surface out of the small [...]

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