RIP Ted Kennedy

The last of the uber-politico Kennedy brothers has died.

You can bet the good ole' boys of the military industrial complex and other gluttonous corporations are lighting up their illegally imported Cubans, whilst sipping on a vintage bottle of Bourbon saved from the days of slavery. 

Albeit, Teddy wasn't exactly the picture boy of morality, as demonstrated by his excessive drunkenness and the time he bailed on that chick when she was drowning, but he did do some good stuff which I won't waste time writing about here.

I wonder what Robert McNamara, Michael Jackson, and Ted Kennedy are talking about in whatever place their non-corporeal bodies have traveled to?

Perhaps MJ is teaching them the proper technique to maximize the visual effects of a crotch grab. Or maybe McNamara is still trying to sell them on that whole Vietnam thing.

I think most likely though, Teddy is mixing up fuzzy navels and reminiscing about that three way he had with his bros and Marlyn Monroe in the Oval Office. Or would that be a four way?

Shell is Evil

Shell to pay $15.5 million to settle Nigeria claims

(CNN) - Oil company Royal Dutch Shell will pay $15.5 million to settle a lawsuit against its Nigerian subsidiary by the family of executed Nigerian environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and other dissidents, the plaintiffs announced Monday. A team from Royal Dutch Shell works amid spilled oil in Atali, Nigeria.

A team from Royal Dutch Shell works amid spilled oil in Atali, Nigeria. The lawsuit accuses Shell of complicity in the 1995 hanging of Saro-Wiwa and the killings or persecution of other environmental activists by the military government that ruled the country at the time.

Roughly half of the settlement will go into a trust fund to help the people of Nigeria's Ogoni region, according to court papers.

"In reaching this settlement, we were very much aware that we are not the only Ogonis who have suffered in our struggle with Shell, which is why we insisted on creating the Kiisi Trust," Saro-Wiwa's son, Ken Saro-Wiwa Jr., said in a statement accompanying the settlement.

Nigeria's Ogoni people have complained for years that Shell was allowed to pollute its land without consequences. Saro-Wiwa's death sparked a worldwide outcry, and his movement ultimately forced Shell out of the oil- and gas-rich Ogoniland region.

There was no immediate response from Shell to Monday's settlement. The New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights went to court on behalf of Saro-Wiwa's family and others in 1996.

Shell fought the lawsuit until last week, when a federal appellate court ruled that the plaintiffs could sue the company's Nigerian subsidiary in American courts, overturning a March decision in the company's favor.

"This was one of the first cases to charge a multinational corporation with human-rights violations, and this settlement confirms that multinational corporations can no longer act with the impunity they once enjoyed," plaintiff's lawyer Jennie Green said in a statement released with the settlement.

Cold World

The instant we are conceived, whenever that may be, our futures and fates are sealed. If we are born to a rich and affluent family, opportunity awaits, the possibilities are limitless. To the poor and destitute, life may not be so easy. Though, many can climb out of the gutter, perhaps this game, life, is rigged.

Righteous Wretchedness

I like the anonymity of my name. A simple Google search turns up a host of interesting individuals with the same moniker.

Among them, a mystery writer, an American outlaw of the 19th century, a Canadian politician, an architect, a composer, and a multitude of other interesting characters.

They accomplished something, as their names are prominently featured when queried.

Then of course there is myself. I don't think my identity registers within the first dozen pages of a Google search. And I'm OK with that. I enjoy living in the shadows.

Why strive for recognition when someone else of the same handle can do it for me?

There are many interesting JW's that have existed. Take this fellow for example. He sacrificed himself at the age of 21 during the Battle of the Bulge.

At 21 I was in a haze of substance induced euphoria.

There's even an award named after a prominent JW. So, as it is, I am content with the other JW's of the world representing with a wealth of commendable and notorious achievements. I'll sit back and bask in their reflective glory.

Working in the jungle

From Michael C. Ruppert

REALLY BAD FUCKING NEWS -- There is one story that really stuck out today. It seems that someone at Baxter Pharmaceuticals "accidentally" mixed H5N1 bird flu with a human virus into one vaccine and sent it off to Eastern Europe where it was injected into humans. For those who have been with me a long time you know what kind of investigative journalism we did on biowarfare and how it would be used to reduce population eventually. You know how well we documented the relentless quest for gene-specific bioweapons. Well, the only thing that was saving us from H5N1 bird flu was that it was generally considered not transmittable to humans. (Of course we known that it already has been on a small scale.) But here's a pharmaceutical company that we have written about at FTW (I think also in Rubicon) that's accomplished what nature couldn't. This story has zero credibility for how the screw up occurred because even the most basic lab protocols would prevent it. Combine DNA from H5N1 with a human viral DNA, inject into a human, and then watch the perfect mutation take place... The mother of all superbugs. I don't have time to rewrite what I have already written. In fact none of us have time to slow down for those who don't get it or who slow us down. (Combat veterans know this attitude very well.) Go to Rubicon and go to FTW and search for biowarfare or Baxter.

For about seven years now I have warned that an event like this would confirm that the die-off was planned... and underway. This sounds like a starting bell. Combine what we know about events in eastern Europe and this makes very sick sense. I don't think the elites will be able to control this anymore than they can fully control the collapse; or than Warren Buffet could control getting his clock cleaned... But then again, Buffet may be screaming louder than he's actually hurt.

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Tuesday SITREP

Amidst rumors of a 'non-military' missile test by N. Korea, the United States and S. Korea will hold joint military exercises today.

Canada warns Russia about entering its airspace. And are Russian jets formidable opponents to Western tech? 

Mass migrations anticipated due to climate change.

Study finds that 1 in 50 US kids are homeless. And Fox News reports the 'God Spot' of human brains has been identified.

Indeed

Huh?

Sunday Coffe