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I’m sick today and nobody wants to take care of me….You people need to understand: My life’s not a trade-off.

I’m sick today and nobody wants to take care of me….You people need to understand: My life’s not a trade-off. James "Catfish" Miller, fisherman from Biloxi, who worked on BP cleanup for 60 days ...

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by admin - January 13, 2011 at 7:35 am

Oil spill’s health effects raise concern, but are unproven, commissioner says

Oil spill’s health effects raise concern, but are unproven, commissioner says By David Hammer Times-Picayune Original Article Coastal residents finally found a receptive audi…

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by admin - at 7:24 am

Gulf of Mexico oil spill: BP’s Doug Suttles to retire

Gulf of Mexico oil spill: BP’s Doug Suttles to retire By Rowena Mason Telegraph Original Article The oil giant said on Wednesday that Mr Suttles was retiring from his role as...

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by admin - at 7:21 am

Feinberg: Gulf victims’ release form won’t change

Feinberg: Gulf victims’ release form won’t change By Harry R. Weber Associated Press Original Article HOUMA, La. – The administrator of the $20 billion Gulf oil spill...

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by admin - at 6:49 am

I need you to help me understand why you are not paying legitimate claims, why?

I need you to help me understand why you are not paying legitimate claims, why? Orange Beach Mayor Tony Kennon criticizing Ken Feinberg's claims process

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by admin - at 6:19 am

Berms and boom were largely ineffective responses to oil spill, panel reports

Berms and boom were largely ineffective responses to oil spill, panel reports By Jonathan Tilove Times-Picayune Original Article About of a third of the way through the National Oi...

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by admin - at 6:06 am

Increased Security for Orange Beach Feinberg Meeting (VIDEO)

Increased Security for Orange Beach Feinberg Meeting (VIDEO) By Debbie Williams WKRG Original Article ORANGE BEACH, Alabama – When Kenneth Feinberg returns to Orange Beach next w...

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by admin - at 5:41 am

Mr. Feinberg Eyes Yet Another Victims’ Compensation Fund

Mr. Feinberg Eyes Yet Another Victims’ Compensation Fund Having done such a bang-up job here in the Gulf, BP claims czar Kenneth Feinberg is looking to expand his victims-compensation niche business by taking over the...

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by admin - at 5:23 am

Petition Circulates to have Feinberg Fired (VIDEO)

Petition Circulates to have Feinberg Fired (VIDEO) By Debbie Williams WKRG Original Article FOLEY, Alabama – The only thing wrong with these vacation rental homes, nobody is in t...

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by admin - at 5:16 am

Center aims to help Asian-Americans with oil spill, Katrina recovery

Center aims to help Asian-Americans with oil spill, Katrina recovery By Harlan Kirgan Mississippi Press Original Article OCEAN SPRINGS, Mississippi – A resource center for Asian-...

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by admin - at 5:05 am

Brad Meltzer: “DHS Recruited Me To Write Terror Plots”

Danny Panzella TruthSquad.TV The Department of Homeland Security is looking for terrorism ideas from unexpected sources like Hollywood producers, futurists, philosophers, software programmers, pop musicians and authors. In 2004, the Washington Post reported on Homeland Security’s Red Cell program: an “anti-terror” intelligence program that recruited “out of the box thinkers” to help them create potential [...]

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Alex Thomas - January 12, 2011 at 11:36 pm

Claims operation severs ties to BP-linked law firm

Claims operation severs ties to BP-linked law firm By Dan Murtaugh Press-Register Original Article MOBILE, Ala. – The Gulf Coast Claims Facility has severed ties with a law firm ...

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by admin - at 6:03 pm

Failing to Prosecute Financial Fraud – On Either Side of the Atlantic – Is Extending Our Economic Crisis

As numerous experts have pointed out for years, failing to prosecute financial fraud is extending our economic crisis. This continues to be a key, ongoing story. For example, the Telegraph reports today:The EU's financial watchdog has systemically "sab...

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by George Washington - at 5:17 pm

“Man Made Global Warming Is Total Drivel & Nonsense”

IMVA By Dr. Mark Sircus As it is with vaccines it is with global warming in the mainstream, which is mostly a gigantic myth-making machine. People are gullible though and accept just about anything from the media, even if it’s a denial of a link between “matches, gasoline and fire.” They might as well say [...]

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Alex Thomas - at 4:31 pm

DC Mail Facility: Suspicious Package Reported

The Intel Hub According to the Associated Press, there has been reports of a suspicious package at a mail facility in DC Wednesday. Istmania Bonilla, the DC police spokesperson said technicians were responding but had no additional info. The FBI is looking into the matter to see if this event is linked to similar events [...]

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Shepard - at 2:12 pm

National Guard Deployed In Mass. Due To Massive Snow Storm

The Intel Hub Radio By Shepard Ambellas Due to a massive snowstorm sweeping the northeast, blizzard conditions and the potential for danger, the National Guard has been deployed in Massachusetts as of Wednesday afternoon. Patrick Deval the governor of Mass. has declared a state of emergency. At least 250 National Guard troops have been deployed [...]

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Shepard - at 1:28 pm

Humans – The Next Canaries In the Mine?

The Intel Hub Radio By Shepard Ambellas With cancer levels on the rise and the recent events where birds have been dropping from the skies; one must consider his or her surroundings. For years nuclear plants around the country have experienced problems. The Yankee plant is due to be closed down in 2012, but is [...]

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Shepard - at 11:52 am

Housing Slump Worse than the Great Depression

Zillow's reports:The Zillow Home Value Index has now fallen 26% since its peak in June 2006. That’s more than the 25.9% decline in the Depression-era years between 1928 and 1933. November marked the 53rd consecutive month of home value declines, ...

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by George Washington - at 11:46 am

Report: BP not required to fund some economic restoration efforts after oil spill

Report: BP not required to fund some economic restoration efforts after oil spill By George Altman Press-Register, Washington Bureau Original Article WASHINGTON — The Oil Polluti...

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by admin - at 11:34 am

If dramatic steps are not taken. I’m afraid at some point in the coming years another failure will occur…

If dramatic steps are not taken. I’m afraid at some point in the coming years another failure will occur… Former U.S. Sen. Bob Graham (D-FL), co-chairman of the oil spill commission ...

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