Day: December 16, 2011

Chevron Ecuador: Petroecuador Plans To Clean Up Its Oil Mess

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Since 2008, this blogger has said that the Ecuador land damage that Chevron was blamed for was really the fault of the state-run oil company called Petroecuador, and because Chevron has not operated in the country since 1992, and over that time Petroecuador and other oil companies were and were using those oil lands that … Read more

Oakland Mayor Jean Quan Blasted On Facebook Page

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On December 15th, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, or someone working on her behalf, elected to announce to the World that the Mayor’s Facebook Page would be, in their words, “disabled.” Not to be insulting, but frank: that was a great example of how the Mayor and the Mayor’s Office doesn’t know how to use social … Read more

Barry Bonds Sentenced To House Arrest For Federal Conviction

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Barry Bonds, the Former San Francisco Giants Slugger, got off easy in today’s sentence for Federal Conviction of obstruction of justice. Bonds was sentenced to 30 days of house arrest, and 2 years probation. Barry has to do 250 hours of community service, and a drop-in-the-bucket $4,000 fine for obstruction of justice. This started because … Read more

Christopher Hitchens Of Vanity Fair Passes At 62

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Death is not something one is prepared for, it just happens. That was true last night for the great public intellectual and Vanity Fair writer Christopher Hitchens. This blogger thought Hitchens would beat his battle with esophageal cancer, of which he announced he was fighting in 2010. Very sad, because the thought in my head … Read more