Month June 2004

LA War posters These have been popping up all over LA lately (based on the Apple iPod ads)

The CEO of Shell is worried about global warming! Shell boss’s ‘confession’ shocks industry

Attacks halt Iraq oil exports Iraq’s oil industry has been brought to a virtual standstill after several attacks by saboteurs on pipelines in the north and south of the country. My favorite tell, the oil tanker stock NAT, was up…

Practice paintball against US – get life in prison Three defendants, two of whom apparently did nothing worse than “train for holy war by playing paintball games”, and one who traveled to Pakistan to train, received very long sentences.  Even…

UN official says Caterpillar may be complicit in war crimes A leading UN official has warned US manufacturer Caterpillar that it may be complicit in human rights violations in the West Bank and Gaza. The company supplies armoured bulldozers to…