Archives for فبراير 2013

Wal-Mart Worries About Slow February Sales — Are Americans Broke Or Boycotting The Retailer?

Nawal Elmilliax joins the protest against Wal-Mart in Boynton Beach, Fla., Friday, Nov 23, 2012. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter) (MintPress) – Late last week the online news site, Bloomberg, reported they obtained leaked emails from Wal-Mart executives calling early February sales a “total disaster.” Now some in the retail industry are panicking that the reason Wal-Mart […]

بواسطة Katie Rucke

(MintPress) - Late last week the online news site, Bloomberg, reported they obtained leaked emails from Wal-Mart executives calling early February sales a “total disaster.” Now some in the retail industry are panicking that the reason Wal-Mart saw the worst sales in seven years so far this February is because customers are broke. Brian Sozzi,

Activists Shut Down Frack Wastewater Site In Ohio

Banner at the protest opposing the transport of toxic fracking fluid through Ohio. (Photo/via Appalachia Resist! twitter feed) (MintPress) – “No Frack Waste By Truck, No Frack Waste By Boat, No Greenhunter Waste Down Ohio’s Throat” read a sign at a protest this week opposing the transport of toxic fracking fluid through Ohio. Anti-fracking activists […]

بواسطة Martin Michaels

(MintPress) - “No Frack Waste By Truck, No Frack Waste By Boat, No Greenhunter Waste Down Ohio’s Throat” read a sign at a protest this week opposing the transport of toxic fracking fluid through Ohio. Anti-fracking activists successfully shut down a fracking wastewater storage facility Tuesday after one protester climbed a 30-foot pole attached to

Mexico Asks US For Gun Registry To Cut Down On Border Violence

Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) inspector at a federally-licensed gun dealer. (Photo/via Wikimedia Commons) (MintPress) – The Mexican Congress passed a resolution in January asking the U.S. Senate to create a registry of all firearms purchased in border states. The Mexican government believes that the initiative will make it easier to track firearms used in attacks […]

بواسطة Martin Michaels

(MintPress) - The Mexican Congress passed a resolution in January asking the U.S. Senate to create a registry of all firearms purchased in border states. The Mexican government believes that the initiative will make it easier to track firearms used in attacks along the border. In the six years of former President Felipe Calderon’s

Malcolm X Anniversary: What Is His Legacy Today?

Malcolm X waiting for a press conference to begin on March 26, 1964. (Photo/Marion S. Trikosko, donated to public domain) On Feb. 21, 1965, El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz was assassinated by three members of the Nation of Islam (NOI) at the Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan. At the funeral, the actor Ossie Davis spoke of the significance […]

بواسطة Frederick Reese

On Feb. 21, 1965, El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz was assassinated by three members of the Nation of Islam (NOI) at the Audubon Ballroom in Manhattan. At the funeral, the actor Ossie Davis spoke of the significance of El-Shabazz — known as Malcolm X during his tenure with the NOI: “There are those who will consider it their duty, as friends of the

Lifelike ‘No More Hesitation’ Targets Of Pregnant Women, Children Made Available To Law Enforcement

Examples of lifelike “no hesistation” targets available to police forces. (Photo/screen grab) In light of the national gun violence debate that is currently taking place in Washington and in state capitols across the country, a new trend is developing: Police officers are being trained to override hesitation when shooting a suspect. Law Enforcement Targets, Inc., […]

بواسطة Frederick Reese

In light of the national gun violence debate that is currently taking place in Washington and in state capitols across the country, a new trend is developing: Police officers are being trained to override hesitation when shooting a suspect. Law Enforcement Targets, Inc., a Minneapolis-based company that supplies shooting targets for the

Cameron Visits Site Of 1919 British Massacre In India, Offers Hollow “Acknowledgment”

British Prime Minister David Cameron visits the Golden Temple, Sikh’s holiest shrine in Amritsar, India, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013. Cameron also laid a mourning wreath at Jallianwala Bagh, the site of a notorious 1919 massacre of hundreds of Indians by British colonial forces. More than 300 Indians were killed during the massacre on unarmed Indians […]

بواسطة Martin Michaels

(MintPress) - British Prime Minister David Cameron made an historic visit to India this week to acknowledge the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre, a mass killing of hundreds of Indian protesters by British troops during an anti-colonial protest. The visit was welcomed by Indian citizens, many with relatives killed in the massacre. Cameron become