THIS WEEK IN REVIEW
THIS WEEK IN REVIEW
Monsanto faces two law suits that threaten to expose the company’s record of concealing adverse scientific evidence relating to its products. An agricultural worker in Los Angeles and a horticultural assistant in New York are charging that Monsanto’s Roundup Ready pesticide was the cause of their cancers and that the company intentionally misled the public about its dangers. Natural Society 2015 Oct 2 (Story) (Cached)
Oregon: A gunman opened fire at Umpqua Community College, killing ten people and injuring seven others. The facts of the case are not yet known, but Obama immediately called for more gun control. Fox News 2015 Oct 1 (Story)
US: The EPA stirred up a hornet’s nest of ridicule on social media after the agency claimed that sunlight was bad for trees because it can cause ozone to form, making trees weak. InfoWars 2015 Sep 30 (Story) (Cached)
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared that he is no longer bound by agreements signed with Israel because Israel continues to violate them. Many Palestinians no longer believe a two-state solution is realistic and now support violence. Abbas called on the UN to provide protection for the Palestinian people in accordance with international humanitarian law. AP 2015 Sep 30 (Story) (Cached)
Cecile Richards, the president of Planned Parenthood, testified before a congressional panel that abortions account for 86% of the organization’s non-government income but only 3% of its services. This apparent discrepancy is due to the fact that the group receives a huge amount of government (taxpayer) funding – about $528 million per year. InfoWars 2015 Sep 29 (Story) (Cached)
Yemen: Airstrikes targeted a wedding party and killed 131 people. The attack was blamed on Saudi Arabia, because it has been openly conducting similar attacks in the area against the Shia-supported Houthis. The Saudi government denies responsibility. PBS News 2015 Sep 29 (Story)
US: Rand Paul voted against a bill to extend the debt ceiling by another $400 billion, just as he always has done. However, this bill contained a provision to cut federal funding to Planned Parenthood, so now Rand’s opponents are painting him as a supporter of Planned Parenthood. TIM 2015 Sep 29 (Story) (Cached)
Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook, was caught on a hot mic telling German Chancellor Angela Merkel that Facebook was working on censoring negative comments about the wave of Syrian refugees entering Germany. InfoWars 2015 Sep 28 (Story) (Cached)
Russia’s President Putin has vowed to take countermeasures after the US upgraded its nuclear-bomb inventory that is stored in Germany and other countries across Europe. The new guided B-61 bombs have fins that steer them toward their targets. The new bombs are three to four times more powerful than the one detonated at Hiroshima. CNN 2015 Sep 28 (Story)VIDEO: More than 700 people were killed in a stampede in Saudi Arabia last week, including 155 Iranians, during a pilgrimage to Mecca. The crush occurred when two large groups of pilgrims converged at a crossroad. Reuters 2015 Sep 28 (Story)
The Utah branch of Planned Parenthood is suing Governor Gary Herbert for withholding federal funds from them following the release of videos showing Planned Parenthood officials providing fetal tissue from abortion. Planned Parenthood says it acted legally and that the recordings were deceptively edited. The organization is barred from using federal or state money for abortions. AP 2015 Sep 28 (Story) (Cached)
Pennsylvania: Sarah Behie, a nurse’s aide, was awarded $11.6 million for being paralyzed with Guillain-Barre Syndrome after receiving a flu shot required by her employer. This settlement will be paid, not by the vaccine maker or her employer, but by the public. That’s because pharmaceutical companies have secured passage of a law that protects them from legal liability for vaccine damage. Sharyl Atkisson posted 2015 Sep 28 (Story) (Cached)
More than 700 people were killed in a stampede in Saudi Arabia last week, including 155 Iranians, during a pilgrimage to Mecca. The crush occurred when two large groups of pilgrims converged at a crossroad. Reuters 2015 Sep 28 (Story)
Hillsdale, New York: Dr. Mitchell L. Gaynor, a 59-year-old oncologist who practiced alternative medicine, was found dead, and officials ruled that it was suicide. Eight others in the alternative-health field also have died under suspicious circumstances, and five others are missing. Twenty-nine naturopaths attending a seminar in Germany were hospitalized for poisoning. Natural News posted 2015 Sep 28 (Story) (Cached)
British Intelligence has a covert program called Karma Police that tracks the browsing activity of internet users around the world. It analyzes online habits and builds a person’s web profile. Edward Snowden says the program has no oversight, and the information has little or no value for public safety. RT 2015 Sep 27 (Story)
A young woman from Europe, who is fluent in Arabic, describes in shocking detail her experience when, as a traveler at the train station in Hungary, she found herself among throngs of unruly immigrants. This is quite different from the image of gentle and sad migrants that has been portrayed in mainstream media. Europa Magazine posted 2015 Sep 26 (Story)