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Solar Power Breakthrough Stores Energy for Later Use
MIT’s Daniel Nocera.‘Now we can seriously think about solar power as unlimited and soon’August 2, 2008 CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Within 10 years, homeowners could power their homes in daylight with solar photovoltaic cells, while using excess solar energy to produce … Continue reading
FILM : The Sociology of Wealth in the USA
Johnson and Johnson heir and filmaker Jamie Johnson.‘Johnson is obviously thoughtful and also disturbed by his view from the top of the class pyramid of American society’By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog / August 4, 2008 Having no choice … Continue reading
Foster Kids In Texas Get Lots of Meds
Copyright © Illustration by Olaf Hajek.They get ‘three times the amount of psychotropic meds as their non-fostered Medicaid counterparts’By Craig Malisow / August 4, 2008 As if they weren’t getting shafted enough, foster kids on Medicaid in Texas are receiving … Continue reading
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Tagged Health Care, Medicine, Mental Health, Pharmaceuticals, Psychotropic Medication, Texas, Youth
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Bill Richardson for Obama’s Veep? : Two Views
The nation’s only Hispanic governor, New Mexico’s Bill Richardson, formally announced his endorsement of Barack Obama Friday, March 21, in Portland, Oregon. Photo by Brandon / AP.Richardson is ‘a vicious politician’ and an ‘opportunist’By Mark Rudd / The Rag Blog … Continue reading
FILM : Arianna Huffington on ‘Swing Vote"
Kevin Costner in ‘Swing Vote’. Photo courtesy of Walt Disney Pictures.What the new film tells us about the ’08 race, and why Obama needs to put Kevin Costner on his iPodBy Arianna Huffington / August 4, 2008 The makers of … Continue reading
Barack Obama : Pride and Prejudice
Barack Obama the new Mr Darcy? Dominic Cooper played the part in the BBC adaptation of Jane Austen’s ‘Sense And Sensibility.’ Read ‘Mr. Darcy Comes Courting’ by Maureen Dowd below. Maureen Dowd hits the nail on the headBy Steve Russell … Continue reading
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Tagged Hillary, Jane Austen, Obama, Race, Racism, Women's Movement
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Texas Republican Congressman Pete Sessions’ Week of Scandal
Republican Rep. Pete Sessions celebrates with supporters after claiming victory over Democratic Rep. Martin Frost for the Texas 32nd Congressional District House seat in November, 2004. Photo by Jeff Mitchell / Reuters.Self-styled ‘morality champion’ pays strippers with campaign money, raises … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Pete Sessions, Political Corruption, Political Scandal, Republican Party, Texas
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Death Row and ‘The Rat Trap’
Levon Jones was freed from North Carolina’s death row in May after a paid informant recanted her testimony.Death row exonerations expose failings of the ‘snitch system’By Christopher Moraff Since 1973, 129 innocent people were released from death row — more … Continue reading
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Tagged ACLU, Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice Reform, Death Penalty, War on Drugs
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Texas Death Row : Those Who Are About to Die
Photo courtesy of the Wood Family / Austin Chronicle.Your Texas death machine gets rolling once againBy Jordan Smith / August 1, 2008 A Nation of Laws? José Medellín.Scheduled for Execution Aug. 5: José Medellín There is no doubt that the … Continue reading
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Tagged Capital Punishment, Criminal Justice, Human Rights, Texas, Texas Death Row
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McCain, Anthrax and the Afghan Blunder
McCain: Let’s see. Bin Laden? Afghanistan? Yes, let’s invade Iraq. See Video of McCain on Letterman in 2001 below. ‘Barely a month after the 9/11 attacks and while the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan was still underway, McCain was already eyeing … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Bin Laden, Campaign Tactics, Iraq, Iraq War, McCain, Presidential Campaign, Terrorism, Video, War on Terror
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HEALTH : Is vitamin D Deficiency a Public Health Crisis?
‘Current guidelines are not enough to prevent vitamin D deficiency’By Monica Reinagel An article in this week’s New England Journal of Medicine charges that the government’s current recommendations for vitamin D intake are woefully inadequate. The author, Dr. Michel Holick, … Continue reading
Garrison Keillor : No Time for Dithering
‘In a month, the Republicans will convene a few blocks from my house and I’d like to stand across the street with a sign, but I can’t come up with the right wording. “Bleaughhhh,” maybe, or “Arghhhh.”‘ By Garrison Keillor … Continue reading →