In a post Nov. 9 about the apparent launch of a missile off the California coast one day earlier, I wrote: As a former Air Force public affairs officer who served for nearly two years with the 381st Strategic Missile Wing — think Titan II ICBMs — at McConnell Air Force Base near Wichita, Kan., [...]
Experts Agree: It Was A Missile
November 20th, 2010 · 35 Comments
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Missile Launch Incident Raises Serious Questions
November 9th, 2010 · 8 Comments
As a former Air Force public affairs officer who served for nearly two years with the 381st Strategic Missile Wing — think Titan II ICBMs — at McConnell Air Force Base near Wichita, Kan., I can guarantee with 100 percent certainty that officials inside the Pentagon know the exact location from which the large missile [...]
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Natural Gas Pipeline Explosion Renews Fears Among Homeowners in Subdivision Near St. Louis
September 13th, 2010 · 7 Comments
Though natural gas pipeline explosions like the one that leveled a neighborhood and left several people dead in San Bruno, Calif., Sept. 9 are rare, having petroleum product and natural gas pipelines running through her yard still makes Shelley Miller of St. Peters, Mo., nervous and scared. “I started shaking from the inside out,” said [...]
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Vandals Strike, Remove Mojave Cross
May 11th, 2010 · 2 Comments
Only two weeks after the Supreme Court decided the Mojave Cross could remain on display near the Mojave National Preserve in California, vandals struck the site and removed the cross that has stood since 1934 as a memorial to veterans of World War I. I just learned of the vandalism via Fox News Channel. Developing… [...]
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Conflict of Interest in $27B Suit Against Chevron
February 9th, 2010 · No Comments
Loyal readers of this blog will remember the name of Richard Cabrera as one that has appeared in a half-dozen posts on this blog, including one in which I asked the question, What Will Be The Outcome of the Amazon Defense Coalition’s Lawsuit Against Chevron in Ecuador? Thanks to news that broke today out of [...]
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Was Trucker Cell Phone, Texting Ban Premature?
January 29th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Only three days after Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced the new rules that prohibit drivers of trucks and buses from using cell phones and texting while behind the wheel, officials at the Highway Loss Data Institute released study findings that show no reductions in crashes after hand-held phone bans take effect. Rresearchers for HLDI, an [...]
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Ten ‘Heistman Trophy’ Finalists Named
December 11th, 2009 · No Comments
Today, one year after sharing a similar report in 2008, I share a new oversight report issued this week on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act by Sens. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.). Inside, it contains candidates for what an annual award I’ve decided to call “The Heistman Trophy.” Among those, descriptions of [...]
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