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Cartoon: The Health Care Reform Plan
Source / Seattle P-I Thanks to Jeffrey Segal / The Rag Blog
Meditation Helps Veterans with PTSD
Dr. David Kearney, standing, a veterans-hospital physician, conducts a mindfulness-based stress-reduction class that uses meditation and yoga techniques to combat chronic pain, depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder. In front is Stephen Brakus. Photo: Courtney Blethen, Seattle Times.Seattle hospital teaches … Continue reading
What Will We See with the Democratic Majority? Probably Not Much …
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (2nd R) talks about tax legislation during a news event with (L-R) Rep. Gary Peters (D-MI), Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) and Rep. … Continue reading
Single Payer Health Insurance: Ending a Parade of Preventable Misery
Dr. Claudia Fegan.Single-payer health insurance is way to goBy Don Terry / May 14, 2009 An army of lawyers and lobbyists is gathering along the Potomac. The upcoming battle in Washington over national health care reform is going to be … Continue reading
Venezuela Seizes Non-Compliant Cargill Plant
Last March President Chavez nationalised Cargill’s rice plant.Venezuela seizes US pasta company Venezuelan officials accompanied by soldiers have seized “temporary” control of a US-owned pasta producer. Venezuela says the plant, owned by the big US firm Cargill, had violated regulations … Continue reading
Lest We Forget the Horror That Is Iraq
StatisticsBy Dr.Mohammed / May 15, 2009 Yesterday, I was chatting with my colleague about the situation in Iraq and specially regarding the social aspect…we both reached an agreement that we would witness a social crisis or a disaster…the Iraqis’ ethics … Continue reading
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How Much of the Official 911 Story Is Really True?
With ongoing revelations like these, we cannot be surprised at the continuing influence the 9-11 truth folks have, and are gaining. My suspicious little mind begins to wonder if the REASON the authorities obfuscated and bullshitted from the get-go was … Continue reading
Cheney’s Chief Assassin to Head Afghan Effort
Here’s a little more of that blessed change from the Obama administration. The more things change, the more they look the same. Richard Jehn / The Rag Blog General Stanley McChrystal and Tory Clark during Gulf War II.McChrystal was Cheney’s … Continue reading
SCIENCE / Next Generation Lighting on the Horizon
OLED light sources. The devices are flat – another reason they are desirable as light sources.Flat-screen light bulbs switch onBy Jason Palmer / May 15, 2009 Researchers have demonstrated white, organic light-emitting diode (OLED) sources with the same efficiency as … Continue reading
The Right Wing Vision of the Future
I received this unsolicited from someone identified as Linda Hunnicutt. I thought it suitable to share because it is such a fear-filled (and racist) image that the right insists on painting. Some of the statements are truly remarkable. Richard Jehn … Continue reading
Afghanistan: Needless Civilian Death Continues
It is time to start acknowledging the lies of the Obama administration. They will close Guantanamo, but the military tribunals will resume shortly (they will be more “humane and effective”). They will stop the Iraq war, but the civilian murders … Continue reading
