That heparin contamination that killed a few dozen folks might have been a deliberate act, not an accident…well, duh…
I noted that two weeks ago…
And this is on the heels of the fake protein in cat/dog food, and the lead in the kids’s toys.
But in Africa and Asia, things are worse. The tainted cough medicine that […]

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Global warming?
It’s the girls’ fault. They prefer men who drive Ferraris to those who drive a tiny low power Prius.
No, this is not my opinion: it is the opinion of Sir David King, a UK Scientist who advises the government of the UK in policy matters.
Sir David managed to get the UK government to buy […]

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By John Donovan
Secret documents published for the first time on the open Internet reveal that a top Executive of the Royal Dutch Shell Group gave blatantly false information when questioned by financial analysts in a presentation in New York.
On Friday, February 7, 2003, Sir Philip Watts, the then Group Chairman of the Royal Dutch Shell […]

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Bringing up the subject of tougher speed limits in Germany is a lot like suggesting more stringent gun control in the United States. A polarizing issue par excellence, speedy German people react almost as emotionally to the first suggestion as heavily-armed American people do to the second. Just ask that little old lady in the wheelchair. […]

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Germans just have this thing with the autobahn. They really do. For young and old alike it’s a no-win situation really, whenever they start discussing it that is (although driving on them can also be a big pain in the autobahn, too). Just ask Eva Herman. She recently used the A-word directly after using the […]

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By John Donovan
5 October 2007
On 22 September 2007, The Times newspaper reported: 
“Since the 1990s, Royal Dutch Shell has been at war with a family who registered a website, royaldutchshellplc.com. The Donovan family, led by 90-year-old Burma veteran Alfred…”
http://royaldutchshellplc.com/2007/09/21/the-times-martin-waller-city-diary/
Alfred Donovan is the father of the author of this article. The website has been described by the Financial […]

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In a heroic effort to help save the Umwelt (environment) and not spend any of those less than hard earned euros sprudelnd (bubbling up) so impressively from the booming German economy, German consumers have instinctively and spontaneously begun an open-ended strike and now steadfastly refuse to buy any of the gas guzzling and environmentally threatening […]

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Here in the rural Philippines, most people cook with LPG, i.e. propane. You see stores that exchange empty tanks for full ones everywhere, and any increase or decrease in LPG prices is front page headlines.
Actually this is good, since the alternative, i.e. using trees for wood fires, can lead to both air pollution and deforestation.
But […]

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          The government is requiring that all 2013 model-year vehicles come equipped with side air bags. This upgrade has been in consideration since 2004. Side air bags will protect the torso and head from serious injury in the event of an accident. It is said that these measures could save up to 300 lives and […]

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Last Friday, 31 August 2007, The Guardian newspaper published an article focussed on Jeroen van der Veer, the Chief Executive of Royal Dutch Shell Plc.
http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0,,2159465,00.html
The portrait painted by Guardian journalist Terry Macalister was of an endearingly frugal and religious man who earned a paltry £2.9 million ($5.8 million) in 2006 (described as a “relatively modest […]

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On 1 September 2007, a UK national newspaper, the Daily Mail, published an article on its City & Finance pages revealing “ROYAL Dutch Shell is getting rattled by a ‘gripe site’ that alleges there are safety problems with its North Sea oil platforms.” The article relates to the author of this article, John Donovan.
The following […]

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By John Donovan
Pennzoil-Quaker State Company (PQS) is seeking $1 million in damages from a Pennsylvanian resident, Keith R. Smith, for alleged trademark infringement, counterfeiting, dilution, unfair competition, false advertising and unjust enrichment.
The draconian legal proceedings brought against Smith are in his capacity as the owner of “Lube Pro”, a single bay quick oil change facility […]

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A Court case against Shell Oil Products alleges predatory conduct by the oil giant against a small New Jersey company, Wexco Industries. Allegations against Shell include fraud and misrepresentation.
By John Donovan
We recently published an article about how the management of Shell Oil Products in the USA had for a number of years turned a blind […]

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By John Donovan
In a press release issued on 3 August 2007, David Pirret, Executive Vice President of Shell Lubricants claimed that “Shell Lubricants has some of the world’s most trusted brands”. He named Pennzoil, a well known and previously highly respected oil brand now owned by Shell, as being one of its “trusted” brands.
It […]

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In what appears to be a concerted effort set into motion by mysterious dark forces pulling strings at the World Carfree Network headquarters in Prague, scores of high-powered luxury automobiles have been targeted for attack by environmentally aware nature freaks (freaks of nature?) in Berlin this year.

While the more roughneck anarchist climate thug inhabitants terrorizing […]

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By John Donovan 
When the news media reports on rising high oil prices, militant attacks in Nigeria are inevitably cited as a factor e.g. the following extract is from a report in The Scotsman, Friday 13 July 2007: “The attacks have contributed to a drop in production of about 25 per cent, driving up oil prices […]

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In the past ten years every rehash of the Transformers franchise has suffered the same critical flaw: annoying human characters that get in the way of robots fighting.  Yes, this is my very simplistic view of the transformers universe and as you can tell I am a fan from way back in that simpler time […]

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A Reuters report today says that tires made by the Chinese company Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Co. may not meet US safety specifications and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is forcing a New Jersey importer to recall more than 450,000 tires.
The manufacturer denies allegations of defective manufacturing or changes in specifications, although several deaths have […]

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That’s right, I said fuel rationing, IN IRAN. The rationing restrictions, which took effect at midnight local time, are reported to limit private motorists to 100 liters of fuel each month. Given only two hours notice, Iranian motorists are experiencing long lines at filling stations.
At least one filling station in the western suburbs of Tehran […]

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Yesterday, the EPA announced that it is considering reducing the allowable concentration of ozone pollution (smog, not to be confused with smug), a known contributor to many respiratory problems.
For many metro areas, the news is roughly equivalent to trying to get blood out of a turnip. For example, none of the Northeast Ohio counties surrounding […]

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By Staff Writer Justice Sam Banjul.
Paid for And Commissioned by the
Freedom Newspaper.
Gambia’s collapse economy is taking its toll on the transportation industry. A major gas shortage  is making life difficult for travelers, local cab drivers and private vehicle owners. Thousands of travelers have been left stranded due to the gas shortage, the Freedom Newspaper can […]

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Well, here is an interesting turn of events. A fellow in North Carolina converted his auto to run on vegetable oil so that he could “make a statement” against our usage of fossil fuels.
Great, you say? Stick it to the oil companies, the Saudis the whole mess in the Mid East? And on top of […]

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MakeMagazine has articles about making biodiesel, and about using it in cars.
However, this week on their blog, they give warning to those using biodiesel that they could be fined by local and federal government regulators: for not paying fuel taxes.
Bob Teixeira decided it was time to take a stand against U.S. dependence on foreign oil.
So […]

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Denver has recently announced a policy that plans to remove 500,000 cars from the road in an aggressive attempt to curb the effects of global warming. This follows on the heels of other plans nationwide to reduce emissions as well as commentary from elites who encourage the further increase in gas prices so fewer […]

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Well, here is an interesting turn of events. A fellow in North Carolina converted his auto to run on vegetable oil so that he could “make a statement” against our usage of fossil fuels.
Great, you say? Stick it to the oil companies, the Saudis the whole mess in the Mid East? And on top of […]

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There’s a lot of talk about ethanol, which is widely used in Brazil, and would be a boon for corn/maize farmers in the US midwest.
But here in the Philippines, we use a lot of diesel, and biodiesel seems to be the way to go, since we can make it from local plants like palm trees […]

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Everyone complains about how everyone else on the road can’t drive, but no one is willing to admit that they are the ones everyone is complaining about. Maybe the results of this year’s GMAC Insurance National Drivers Test will make people more willing to admit that they are not completely sure of the rules of the […]

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The Associated Press imagines itself a “news” organization. Ordinarily, “news” does not convey opinion, but only facts… at least that’s the ideal. That being the general understanding of what comprises news, it is interesting when we at Newsbusters find odd bits of opinion encased inside any particular AP “news” story. But, it is really odd […]

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When Daimler proposed to Chrysler back in 1998, it was inconceivable to him that their unbridled passion could ever fizzle out or that their steamy dream team would ever break up as it now has with this messy divorce, filled with mutual mixed negative emotions and the occasional intricately planned murder plan (he was that close […]

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“I cannot sell you that car,” the man said firmly in thickly accented English. He was short, wearing an imaculate white coat like a doctor’s, with fierce blue eyes and  close-clipped reddish hair 
Bill and I looked at the rusted VW van with the faded advertising for a brand of Scotch whisky painted on the side. Our investigations […]

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