17 Articles

Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Watchdog Group SAEN Banned from National Primate Meeting
SAEN will release documents and photos detailing law violations and waste of tax dollars

Friday, June 15, 2007
Congo soldiers arrested for Radio Okapi journalist's murder
Police have arrested suspects in the murder of Serge Maheshe, a broadcaster for Radio Okapi, a nationwide radio network set up to aid the peace process in Congo after the 1998-2003 war, was shot on Wednesday in the South Kivu provincial capital of Bukavu. He has a wife and two children.

Thursday, June 14, 2007
IFJ Condemns Shooting of Journalist in DRC; Killing Is Third in Two Years
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned the killing of radio journalist Serge Maheshe, whose shooting yesterday evening in the eastern town of Bukavu made him the third journalist murdered in the country since November 2005.

Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Coleen Rowley for Congress...Er, Prophet
(2 comments) I smiled as I saw the email from Coleen Rowley. She is the former 911 FBI whistleblower, Time Magazine Person of the Year, and I happily worked on her campaign for Congress last year. The email subject line said something about "rapture insurance" and I immediately thought Coleen was in one of her witty moods about policy, so I promptly clicked on the link she provided-- http://www.sovereigndeed.com

Tuesday, June 5, 2007
Research Watchdog Demands Probation for Harvard and Vanderbilt
(2 comments) SAEN, a national research watchdog organization has demanded that the Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC) place Harvard Medical School and Vanderbilt University on probation for incidents of animal abuse and negligence.

Sunday, June 3, 2007
Gorillas and the Myths
(4 comments) Why are mainstream media so loathe to demystify the myths of African savages? Don Imus was crucified for racist comments that pale compared to what conservation organizations are saying about villagers in the Democratic Republic of Congo who are fighting starvation. Allow them to plant some maize in the Virungas, for gods's sake.

Friday, May 25, 2007
Research Watchdog Organization (S.A.E.N.) Demands Ban On Largest U.S. Primate Importers
Government Documents Reveal Pattern of Extreme Federal Law Violations

Tuesday, May 15, 2007
The Greening of Hate Exposed
(4 comments) Hiasl the chimp might just expose the haters in the environmental movement.The Greening of Hate is real. Racism and prejudice is the soft underbelly of the animal rights movement, which in itself, is a noble concept.

Sunday, May 6, 2007
Primate Worship? Or Depo-Privations?
In the jungle of international human rights, the primate protection community and international conservation organizations can hardly be said to care a sniff for the rights of the humans who live in the environments of the great apes themselves. Viennese chimp "Hiasl" has more human rights.

Wednesday, April 25, 2007
More "Regime Change" as Bush Outs "Terrorists" in Somalia
(2 comments) Machine gunfire, mortars, rape, disease and more are plaguing the African nation of Somalia, and civilians are taking the brunt of yet another mess created by the United States.

Thursday, April 12, 2007
Greenpeace Report Exposes Empty Promises in Congo
Greenpeace, to their credit, has gone after the World Bank and International logging companies. NOT ONE DOLLAR of the World Bank imposed taxes on logging companies has gone to local authorities, according to the report. However, conservation organizations have mysteriously remained immune from criticism.

Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Whining Sportswomen Beat Burning Congo Rape Victims in Imus Media Ratings
(4 comments) When will Americans wake up, and turn away from glorified sports heroes and champion the poor, the dispossessed, the robbed, and the abused in the third world? The Imus tempest in a teapot is a national shame and shows how ignorant Americans are of real suffering and racism.

Tuesday, March 27, 2007
DRC Update: Shape-Shifting and Ignoring the Truth
The US State Department issued a belated release late Monday (March 26), condemning the violence of last week in the Democratic Republic of Congo. What is most disturbing is that the number of dead and wounded was low-balled at 12 dead and 47 wounded by China, which has huge economic interests in the region.

Tuesday, March 27, 2007
DRC Update From Ground: "Ay Ay Ay, This is Grave!"
(1 comments) At a press conference in Kinshasa this Tuesday March 27 2007, the representatives of the European Union countries to the DRC expressed their 'indignation' at the recourse to the violent armed Kinshasa conflict of March 22 to 25 2007, 'when all routes to dialogue were not yet exhausted.' German ambassador Karl Albrecht Wokalek said the death toll 'could reach 600.'

Monday, March 26, 2007
"You Cannot Eat Propaganda, and You Cannot Eat Hope..."
(3 comments) Nearly 4 million people have died from hunger and disease in DRC in an unreported war which has raged since 1998. The UN Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) is reporting that over 100 people were killed in the capital city of Kinshasa in two days of heavy fighting that ended Friday. Try to find this story in mianstream media.

Tuesday, March 13, 2007
IFJ Calls on African Union to Protect Somali Journalists after Beating of Four Reporters
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Monday called on the African Union (AU) to protect journalists in Somalia after the recent beating of four reporters by soldiers.

Monday, March 5, 2007
Miserable Eyes In the Democratic Republic of Congo: Please Read This, Congressman Murtha
Ever wonder where your tax dollars are going in Africa through USAID conservation programs? Conservationists don't want you to know.The USAID money wasted in Africa could rebuild our veterans and conservation programs here at home.