The U.S. Air Force has canceled a contract with the winner of a competition for the USAF’s new trainer aircraft.
Brazil’s Embraer Defense and Security, along with U.S. company Sierra Nevada, won the contract for the counter insurgency (COIN) aircraft deal in December 2011, for the A-29 Super Tucano.
There are rumors that a company that did not […] Continue Reading…
February 29, 2012, several thousand Yemenis have taken to the streets in the southern city of Taizz, demanding the U.S. ambassador leave.
Since 2011 Yemenis have been protesting against their authoritarian government. Have you heard anything from the U.S. government about forcing regime change, as they did in Libya, and as they are in Syria? […] Continue Reading…
“These figures are horrifying. You can’t call yourself a developed country and allow this many people to die from living in cold homes….These deaths are totally preventable. This is perhaps the greatest test of whether this government has an ounce of true compassion and moral fiber.”-Ed Matthew, Transform UK
An investigation revealed that the U.K. […] Continue Reading…
“In order to educate the children properly, we must separate them from their families. Some people may say that this is hard, but if we want to civilize them we must do that.”-Hector Langevin, Public Works Minister of Canada, 1883
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Canada has determined that the government, and Christians, […] Continue Reading…
“It seems that NATO members, especially the United States, have developed a peculiar interpretation of security that is different from ours. The Americans have become obsessed with the idea of becoming absolutely invulnerable…..absolute invulnerability for one country would in theory require absolute vulnerability for all others. This is something that cannot be accepted.”-Vladimir Putin
On […] Continue Reading…
A survey by NatCen Social Research British Social Attitudes, shows that 26% of the English support the separation of Scotland from the United Kingdom!
But that doesn’t mean the English like Scotts, no, it shows there is growing hatred of them!
31% say Scotland should no longer be allowed to vote on English policies. 44% say […] Continue Reading…
An investigation has revealed that investment firm, AIJ Investment Advisors Company, has lost most, or all, the money in retirement plans that affect more than 880,000 people!
More than half those plans are for people who’re still working. The loss could actually force the companies they work for out of business!
Japan’s Labor Ministry says the […] Continue Reading…
A 26 year old father of several children, was arrested when he picked up three of his kids from a Canadian school in Waterloo, Ontario. It’s wasn’t because of anything he did. It was because his four year old daughter drew a picture of a gun!
Specifically, she said it was a picture of her […] Continue Reading…
“Soldiers are now eating pre-prepared rations, and no one was affected. There is a full investigation that is narrowing down who was responsible.”-Major David Eastburn, NATO/ISAF
In eastern Afghanistan someone tried to poison the food at NATO/ISAF Forward Operating Base Torkham. A Pentagon spokesman said they are still trying to determine if it was intentional […] Continue Reading…
A panel of experts, in Japan, have released recommendations for future nuclear disaster, and one of those recommendations is: Do not rely on corporations or national governments for help!
After investigating disaster response, regarding the ongoing General Electric designed Fukushima nuclear reactor disaster, experts say local governments should have full control of things like evacuations, […] Continue Reading…