when sex, drugs and oil rock!!!!!!!!!

By nora at 17 September, 2008, 6:15 pm

In the cast, leading roles were attributed to the energy industry representatives (the bad) and U.S government employees (the ugly) as they mastered a new and unexpected episode of the famous 80’s TV show Dallas on Capitol Hill. All the secret ingredients for success were gathered once again, sex, drug and oil!
Who said that sex, […]

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war game

By nora at 13 August, 2008, 6:17 pm

It felt like deja vu a few weeks ago when the Pentagon announced that Iran possessed a a ballistic missile with the means to destroy Eastern and Southern Europe. It certainly brings to mind another herald of doom made by the Defense Department a few years ago: Iraq’s nonexistent weapons of mass destruction ring a […]

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autopsy of a crime

By nora at 23 June, 2008, 10:59 am

Police and its scientific investigators usually agree that most crimes are either motivated by passion, power or money. An autopsy of a crime revealed that once again, the latter explanation triumphed.
Her closest friends in the international scene always celebrated her strong will for independence, her steady micro and macro-economical anchorage. Did it make others envious? […]

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Shame On You, Oil Companies

By charles at 14 May, 2008, 3:46 pm

Perusing the Coors Brewing Company’s homepage reveals the words “Around here the best spots are located between perfect and just right. Like Adolph Coors brewery. It’s the only place with water worthy of his beer. Since 1873, it’s been brewed with rocky mountain water. And as long as it flows, so does the legend.” Next […]

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The Shock Doctrine

By lainie at 13 August, 2007, 4:43 pm

THE SHOCK DOCTRINE - The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

“At the most chaotic juncture in Iraq’s civil war, a new law is unveiled that would allow Shell and BP to claim the country’s vast oil reserves. Immediately following September 11, the Bush Administration quietly out-sources the running of the “War on Terror” to Halliburton and Blackwater. […]

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