Video: Did lawyers cash in on Ford/Firestone lawsuit?
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If you buy a faulty product from a big corporation and want it held accountable, you might think there’s strength in the numbers of a class-action lawsuit. But what happens when the lawyers are the only real winners? Watch video: http://www.cardealerreviews.org/?p=118657
Published on Friday 10th of February 2012 07:32:53 PM
WORLD GOLF CHAMPIONSHIPS----BRIDGESTONE INVITATIONAL LIVE THREAD
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My favorite week of the golf season(other than the majors of course)has FINALLY ARRIVED!!!! The world's best make their annual appearance in my back yard, if you consider 30 miles close that is!!! Firestone Country Club(the South Course)is the scene for an event that actually dates back to 1962. The classic, straightforward design provides very few tricks, but creates an opportunity for low scoring which lots of touring pros love to see. The field of 79 players, encompasses all 5 worldwide tours(PGA, European, Japan, Austrilasian and the Sunshine(South Africa)contains 17 of the top 18 top ranked players in the world....
Published on Friday 10th of February 2012 07:32:53 PM
Terrestrial Evidence of a Nuclear Catastrophe in Paleoindian Times
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Terrestrial Evidence of a Nuclear Catastrophe in Paleoindian Times by Richard B. Firestone & William Topping The Paleoindian occupation of North America, theoretically the point of entry of the first people to the Americas, is traditionally assumed to have occurred within a short time span beginning at about 12,000 yr B.P. This is inconsistent with much older South American dates of around 32,000 yr B.P.1 and the similarity of the Paleoindian toolkit to Mousterian traditions that disappeared about 30,000 years ago.2. A pattern of unusually young radiocarbon dates in the Northeast has been noted by Bonnichsen and Will.3,4 Our research...
Published on Friday 10th of February 2012 07:32:53 PM
Firestone Accused of Using Slave Labor
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LOS ANGELES -- A federal lawsuit filed Thursday accuses tire maker Bridgestone Firestone of employing slave labor and child labor on its massive rubber plantation in Liberia. The suit, filed in U.S. District Court, seeks class action on behalf of 12 adult workers and 23 children who work and live on the "Firestone Plantation" in Harbel, Liberia. The suit claims the workers are trapped in a "gulag of misery" and forced to work under conditions that have changed little since the plantation was founded in 1926. "The plantation workers are modern day slaves, forced to work by the coercion of...
Published on Friday 10th of February 2012 07:32:53 PM
Firestone Lease an Issue in Liberian Election Campaign
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As new elections approach in Liberia, signaling the end of a two-year transition period, many in the war-crippled country have begun questioning the legitimacy of the interim government's business dealings. Among them is a new land lease with the United States-based Firestone rubber company, one of Liberia's most important foreign investors. A tanker truck barrels down a hill on its way to the main factory on Firestone's rubber plantation in Harbel, Liberia. Nearby, a work crew uses steaming asphalt to patch potholes in the road. The Harbel plantation has some of the only paved roads left in the country. Earlier...
Published on Friday 10th of February 2012 07:32:53 PM
WSJ: No Blood for Oil - Automobile fuel standards cost lives.
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...The leading current proposal, promoted by environmental groups and Congressional Democrats, would raise the standard to 40 mpg by 2010 from 27.5 mpg today. This might save gas, but we know for sure it will cost lives. That's because a primary way auto companies meet CAFE standards is to reduce the weight of their cars. Auto weight fell by about 500 pounds per vehicle after CAFE rules were introduced in 1975. Research has consistently confirmed that the lighter the vehicle the more dangerous it is in a crash because there is less survival space and less physical structure to absorb...
Published on Friday 10th of February 2012 07:32:53 PM
GOP activists mapping out California election strategy (Firestone weekend)
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Firestone Weekend's message:'Win one for the Gipper' "Let there be no mistake -- California is in play for President Bush," thundered Mario Rodriguez, the party's vice chairman, to loud applause. In an overview of competitive legislative seats, Republican analyst Allan Hoffenblum described how many more districts were in play than previously expected -- largely because of excitement about Schwarzenegger. Ed Rollins, the Jones campaign's senior strategist who managed President Reagan's 1984 re-election campaign, said that with its vast financial resources, the Bush campaign would be "fools" not to make an effort in California, even if the prospects for victory were...
Published on Friday 10th of February 2012 07:32:53 PM
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