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Yearly Archives: 2008
Emerging from the Drug War Dark Age : A Psychedelic Drug Revival
Alex Grey’s Oversoul.LSD and other psychedelic medicines make a comebackBy Charles Shaw After a 40-year moratorium, credible research for treating illnesses and addictions with psychedelic compounds has made a miraculous comeback. The return flight from Switzerland was a mix of … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative Medicine, Drug War, Drugs, Healing, LSD, Medicinal Drugs, Mental Health, Psychedelics
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Limbaugh : ‘Edwards Might be Attracted to a Woman Whose Mouth Did Something Other Than Talk’
Limbaugh blowing smoke about Elizabeth Edwards: ‘Could it be that she doesn’t shut up?’By J.M. / August 12, 2008 On the August 12 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Rush Limbaugh said of former Sen. John Edwards’ recent disclosure … Continue reading
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Tagged Electronic Media, Elizabeth Edwards, John Edwards, Right Wing Media, Rush Limbaugh, Talk Radio
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Some Web Firms Say They Track Behavior Without Explicit Consent
‘Increasingly, there are no limits technologically as to what a company can do in terms of collecting information’By Ellen Nakashima / August 12, 2008 Several Internet and broadband companies have acknowledged using targeted-advertising technology without explicitly informing customers, according to … Continue reading
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Tagged Advertising, Google, Internet, Internet Marketing, Privacy, Surveillance, Technology
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Rush to Arctic As Warming Opens Oil Deposits
US Coast Guard Cutter Healy will embark on Arctic Voyage this week to determine the extent of the continental shelf in Alaska and to map the ocean floor, data that could be used for oil and natural gas exploration. Photo … Continue reading
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Tagged Arctic Ice Cap, Ecology, Energy, Environment, Global Warming, Oceans, Oil Exploration
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Do No Harm : The Complicity of Psychologists in Cheney-Bush Torture Program
Psychologist protesting APA complicity in torture in 2007.APA pressured to take a stand… ‘Psychologists have been identified as key figures in the design and conduct of abuses against detainees in US custody’by Meteor Blades / August 12, 2008 Unlike the … Continue reading
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Tagged Abu Ghraib, Bush Presidency, Criminal Justice, Detention, Guantanamo, Human Rights, Medical Ethics, Medicine, Psychologists, Torture
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ROCK ‘N ROLL : The Sixties Series from American Beat
‘Sugar Sugar’: Bubblegum Gold and more…By Margaret Moser / August 11, 2008 This American Beat series from last year languished under a stack of poorly sorted CDs until my recent excavation. The label’s sense of whimsy and willingness to produce … Continue reading
Larry Piltz : The NeoContry Fair
‘George W. Bush and the Iraq’ by Werner HorvathThe NeoContry Fair Come on up now everybody to The NeoContry Fair drag your spouse out of your cave and all your terror-free lairs be sure to bring your bulletproof armor-piercing underwear … Continue reading
Fox News Suffers Another Debate Snub; Bloggers Take a Bow
‘Fox News has been busy airing doctored, cartoonish images of New York Times journalists, dubbing Obama hand gestures as “terrorist fist jabs”…’by Eric Boehlert / August 12, 2008 Coveted assignments for presidential debate moderators were handed out last week, and … Continue reading
College Students Choosing Action Over Protest
‘Activism isn’t dead on the nation’s college campuses; it’s just different’By Jeannie Kever / August 10, 2008 The Kent State shootings and other iconic protests of the 1970s are so last century. Student activists now are more likely to run … Continue reading
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Tagged Campuses, Direct Action, Houston, Protest, Social Action, Social Change, Student Activism, Student Movement, Texas, Youth
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Feds Have Erected Barriers : Help Our Veterans Vote
Veterans Affairs has banned nonpartisan voter registration at federally financed facilitiesBy Susan Bysiewicz / August 10, 2008 WHAT is the secretary of Veterans Affairs thinking? On May 5, the department led by James B. Peake issued a directive that bans … Continue reading
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Tagged Presidential Campaign, Veterans, Veterans Affairs, Voter Registration
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It Is Not Too Late to Redeem the Situation
Suskind on America’s declining moral authorityJohn Walbridge / August 12, 2008 Most of the discussion of Ron Suskind’s new book, “The Way of the World,” has focused on a single anecdote. Citing CIA sources, he claims that the White House … Continue reading
