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Note to Self : Pot May Actually HELP the Memory
OR NOT!!Researchers at Ohio State say that THC ‘can reduce inflammation in the brain and might even stimulate the production of new brain cells.’By Mary Ann Roser / November 19, 2008 How many Baby Boomers have blamed pot smoking for … Continue reading
Detroit Bailout : We Can Save Capitalism But We Can’t Tell it to Behave
Streetcar in Portland: Detroit killed the streetcar system. Photo by Steven Nehl / The Oregonian.‘We need government to chain down capitalism and set up rules that force it to start using its innovative powers for the public benefit.’By Roger Baker … Continue reading
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Tagged Automobile Bailout, Automobile Industry, Capitalism, Detroit, Public Control
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Neil Young : How to Save a Major Automobile Company
‘We need visionary people now with business sense to create automobiles that do not contribute to global warming.’By Neil Young See ‘Neil Young’s car heads west’ by Chris Frank and Video, Below. Find a new ownership group. The culture must … Continue reading
Dr. Stephen R. Keister : On Aging
Sir William Osler: “Pneumonia is the old man’s friend.”‘In the United States, for oh so many years we have merely warehoused the disabled, senile and near senile elderly, in nursing homes of variable competence.’By Dr. Stephen R. Keister / The … Continue reading
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Tagged Dr. Stephen R. Keister, Economy, Elderly, Health Care, Health Care Reform, Universal Health Care
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Ritmo : Inhumane Texas Detention Center Should be a Crime. Cheney or No Cheney.
Federal detention center in Raymondville, Texas. ‘Willacy County is home to the largest of a new generation of detention camps where thousands of undocumented immigrants live in massive tents with poor food, non-existent health care, facing months if not years … Continue reading
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Tagged Cheney, Criminal Justice, Detention, Immigration, Prison Conditions, Prisons, Private Prisons, Texas
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Fatty Foods : All the Skinny
‘Obesity, though some would prefer to call it eating disorders, is a big growth area, not just for the unwitting sufferers, but also for some food companies which contribute so greatly to the problem.’By Asinus Asinum Fricat / November 18, … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Pharma, Health, Medicine, Nutrition, Obesity, Organic Food, Pharmaceutical Companies
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Cheney and Gonzales Indicted in Texas : Abuse of Federal Prisoners
Dick (look out, he’s got a gun) Cheney, photographed in Sydney, Australia, February, 2007.‘The indictment criticizes Cheney’s investment in the Vanguard Group, which holds interests in the private prison companies running the federal detention centers.’November 18, 2008 McALLEN, Texas — … Continue reading
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Book Banning in Round Rock : Ta Ta to TTYL
Teen novel removed from middle school library in Texas town.By Bob Banta / November 18, 2008 A teen novel that stirred controversy when the parent of a Round Rock student complained that it is obscene was removed from the district’s … Continue reading
Robert Jensen : Real Hope: Facing Difficult Truths About an Uncertain Future
Photo: ‘Contemplating an Uncertain Future’ by Phil Bebbington.‘If there is to be a decent future for humanity — indeed, any future at all — we must face painful realities with intellectual honesty and moral strength.’By Robert Jensen / The Rag … Continue reading
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Tagged Economic Collapse, Progressive Movement, Social Activism, Texas, UT-Austin
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Sarah Palin : Call of the Moose!
The previously unknown state governor is using her hockey mom hoopla VP candidate exposure to seemingly promote tourism in Alaska.By Larry Ray / The Rag Blog / November 18, 2008 Sarah is making the most of what’s left of her … Continue reading
