Kellogg Brown and Root 3: Return of the King (Extended Edition) Two Disk Set

Episode 5 January 09, 2024 01:04:56
Kellogg Brown and Root 3: Return of the King (Extended Edition) Two Disk Set
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Kellogg Brown and Root 3: Return of the King (Extended Edition) Two Disk Set

Jan 09 2024 | 01:04:56

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Christian Borkey

Show Notes

I PROMISE this is the last part to our exploration of KBR! This episode features a big thematic swing of including the best food review of all time throughout the episode. If you’re into gargantuan oil failures, extensive explanations of holes, politically correct GOOP, or droopy baked alaskas then this episode is for YOU! Again, we’ll move on from this wound I’ve been picking for three weeks. 

Also, hello! It is nice to be back from tour and to have wi-fi! I am swamped with the thousands of other bits of work I have to do now that the holidays are allegedly over. I will get back to posting as regularly as possible. Thanks for your patience; I love making this podcast! 

Follow @blenderbluid, say hello to Amy Do, and thank Casey Synesael for wonderful audio doctoring as ALWAYS! 

Before we get to the sources...PLEASE VOTE FOR ME FOR BEST CHICAGO PODACST OF 2023: https://chicagoreader.com/best-of-chicago/2023-ballot/#/gallery?group=468483

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okay anyways heres my sources: 

SOURCES: 

As Not Seen on TV, Pete Wells, The New York Times, November 13 2012

Rebuilding of Iraqi Pipeline as Disaster Waiting to Happen, James Glanz, New York Times, April 25, 2006

OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION: Pipeline River Crossing Al Fatah, Iraq link here: https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA533936.pdf

Blood Money: Wasted Billions, Lost Lives, and Corporate Greed in Iraq, T Christian Miller, May 2007

Full text: George Bush's Iraq speech, The Guardian, June 28, 2005

Military Burn Pits: A Toxic Legacy of War, Pamela Lein, phD, UC Davis Veterinary Medicine

“Contracting Abuses in Iraq: Is the Bush Administration Safeguarding American Taxpayer Dollars?” Frank Cassaday testimony, Senate Democratic Policy Committee Hearing link here; https://www.dpc.senate.gov/hearings/hearing42/cassaday.pdf

I didn't get to this on pod but here's some other reading: 

ELECTRICITY -(testimony from Eric Peters, Former KBR Electrician, 5/20/09)

“I would estimate approximately 50 percent of KBR electricians in Iraq do not understand the basic principles of bonding and grounding…By the time I left Iraq, I concluded that KBR was not capable of performing quality, legal electrical installations in Iraq. I worried every day that people would be seriously injured or killed by this defective work. “

"'Multiple' failures led to Iraq electrocution, Pentagon says", Scott Bronstein, CNN Special Investigations Unit, July 2009

KBR Got Bonuses for Work that Killed Soldiers, Jeremy Scahill, The Nation, May 2009

No criminal charges in electrocution death, Associated Press, Aug 2009

 

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