WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS PLANET?

updated 2026-09-05 In the 1930’s Roy Rife invented a microscope which enabled everyone to see a living virus. Then, using his microscope, he discovered a cure for cancer. The 3 biggest drug co.s with the help of the head of the AMA, had the money and power to destroy knowledge of both the microscope and the cure. (today, treatment of a single cancer patient averages over $300,000.) This is only. . . CONTINUE

the growing gap between rich and poor

a “super-entity” made up of 147 gigantic corporations basically dominates the entire global economy…. Faine Greenwood, September 10, 2013 America’s top 1 percent of earners control 19.3 percent of total household income, a gap wider even than in 1927. The current gap between America’s rich and poor is the widest in history, new research using Internal Revenue Service data reveals, as the country continues to struggle to recover from a. . . CONTINUE

Environmental Activists Killed in Record Numbers, Worldwide

By George Black, from OnEarth Last summer, photographer Ron Haviv and I were in Cajamarca, Peru, where the Denver-based Newmont Mining Corporation plans to spend $4.8 billion on a new gold mine, Conga, in an environmentally sensitive area of the high Andes. The project has provoked massive opposition, and Haviv and I were detained by security officials when we tried to visit the mine site and later tear-gassed by riot. . . CONTINUE

Strip Mining Coal vs. Health and Jobs

the devastating economic costs and mounting humanitarian crisis related to reckless mountaintop removal operations Jeff Biggers, September 26, 2011; alternet.org 2009 North American Goldman Prize Winner Maria Gunnoe testified. “Jobs in surface mining are dependent on blowing up the next mountain and burying the next stream. When are we going to say enough is enough? In truth, thanks to the heavily mechanization of strip-mining and shift to Powder River Basin. . . CONTINUE

The Am. Revolution, to protect the tea smugglers

Ideas & Discoveries, Oct. 2011, 8-20-2011 Today oil co’s deny global warming despite all the undeniable, overwhelming, evidence, and Ins. co’s fight health care reform at their own peril. Recent wars have been fought more for oil profits than for human rights so why are we so surprised to learn that even the Am. Revolution may have been started by American tea smugglers and their “bought and paid for” politicians.. . . CONTINUE

Independent Businesses – shafted by the GOP

Posted: 01/24/11 10:41 AM For the past two years, the NFIB has been less an advocate for small businesses than an arm of the Republican Party. When the interests of the GOP and the needs of small firms have collided, the NFIB has repeatedly sided with Republicans, jeopardizing billions of dollars in credit, tax benefits and other federal subsidies that are critical to the small enterprises that form the backbone. . . CONTINUE

Huge Plumes of Oil in the Gulf! People Dying!

Reappearance of Huge Plumes of Oil is Making It Hard to Pretend that the Problem Has Disappeared Florida Oil Spill Law -&- Washington’s Blog “I just got this from a friend fisherman in Florida. It just shows that the oil did not disappear but is slowly getting into the food chain. BP and the media are covering this up. This is only the start of chain reaction in the food. . . CONTINUE

Acoustical Warning System Protects Whales and Dolphins

Friday, August 20, 2010; Sea Shepherd News Early Warning System for the Whales: Sea Shepherd Deploys Acoustical Warning System for Whales in the Faroe Islands Over the last few weeks, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has maintained a presence in the Danish Protectorate of the Faeroe (a.k.a. Faroe) Islands. Sea Shepherd is partnered with the Brigitte Bardot Foundation in our opposition to the brutal and barbaric slaughter of pilot whales by. . . CONTINUE

BP Damage Assesment, over 200 million gallons!

BP’s blownout Deepwater Horizon well gushed up to 2.6 million gallons a day, the federal government now says, a total equivalent of 19 Exxon Valdezes. For months, BP insisted the figure of 1,000 then 5,000 barrels a day. BP will be responsible for a $17.6 billion fine – $4,300 for each barrel of oil, less the 800,000 barrels directly siphoned from the well-head. BP’s leaking well gushed 62,000 barrels of. . . CONTINUE

oil giant BP: 97% of Worst Industry Violations

Renegade Refiner: OSHA Says BP Has “Systemic Safety Problem” 97% of Worst Industry Violations Found at BP Refineries By Jim Morris and M.B. Pell | May 16, 2010 “a risk taking corporation that operated in an industry with ineffective regulatory oversight.” Two refineries owned by oil giant BP account for 97 percent of all flagrant violations found in the refining industry by government safety inspectors over the past three years,. . . CONTINUE

Deep Water Horizon Oil spill, clean-up workers getting sick

BERNARD LAGAN, May 31, 2010 In the US, which assumes no engineering challenge is beyond conquer – nor does it lack the private capital to achieve it – the brackish rouge beneath the waves that is slowly strangling the Louisiana shore not only stains the sea and the sands, that creeping black is also gutting confidence, upturning myths and ruining reputations. When Americans learned at the weekend that British Petroleum. . . CONTINUE

Invention Secrecy 3

updated 11-25-2013 Patents for solar photovoltaic generators were subject to review and possible restriction if the photovoltaics were more than 20% efficient. Energy conversion systems were likewise subject to review and possible restriction if they offered conversion efficiencies “in excess of 70-80%.” The Federation of American Scientists has published an extremely important article entitled Invention Secrecy Still Going Strong. It comes from a mainstream organization and corroborates information The Orion. . . CONTINUE

BP’s Slick Greenwashing

The petroleum giant tried to sell itself as a green industry leader. That was just an oily tactic. By James Ridgeway | Tue May. 4, 2010 5:30 AM PDT For the last decade, BP has been busily engaged in a multi-million-dollar greenwashing campaign. Changing its name from British Petroleum to BP, the company adopted a new slogan, “Beyond Petroleum,” and began a “rebranding” effort to depict itself as a public-spirited,. . . CONTINUE