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Baxter Contaminates Flu Vaccine with Live Virus
‘Accidental’ Contamination Of Vaccine With Live Avian Flu Virus Virtually ImpossibleBy Paul Joseph Watson / March 5, 2009 Czech newspapers are questioning if the shocking discovery of vaccines contaminated with the deadly avian flu virus which were distributed to 18 … Continue reading
Middle East Peace: Probably Not This Year
Hillary Clinton meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at his Ramallah headquarters 4 March 2009.Here we go again?By Paul Beckett / The Rag Blog / March 6, 2009 So now it’s Hillary Clinton who begins to shuttle, looking for that … Continue reading
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Tagged Clintons, Israel, Middle East, Palestine, Paul Beckett, U.S. Government
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Like Jeffrey Dahmer Selling Body Parts to a Clinic
Jason Mesnick and his Bachelor’s harem. Photo source: Whitney Port.The Rant ListBy Gail Collins / March 4, 2009 I am having a tough time dealing with news that the former president of Countrywide Financial, the mortgage company that did so … Continue reading
Ethnic Media : Important Voice Seriously at Risk
The danger of losing the ethnic media With their ability to tap into the communities they serve, the ethnic media contribute context, history, and perspectives found nowhere else. By Sally Lehrman / March 5, 2009 AsianWeek, San Francisco’s English-language weekly … Continue reading
Annie Leibovitz and The Gay Tax : The Cost of Love
Susan Sontag. Photo © Annie Leibovitz / Politics, Theory & Photography.Annie Leibovitz and the gay tax Same-sex couples do not have the same privileges as straight married couples when it comes to inheritance. If your partner passes away and leaves … Continue reading
Perhaps BushCo Will Yet Meet Justice
Representative John Conyers Jr. has called for an investigation.Photo: Susan Walsh/Associated Press.Release of Memos Fuels Push for Inquiry Into Bush’s Terror-Fighting PoliciesBy Charlie Savage and Neil A. Lewis / March 3, 2009 WASHINGTON — A day after releasing a set … Continue reading
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Texas Public Schools : State-Mandated Ignorance
‘The report, Just Say Don’t Know: Sexuality Education in Public Schools, studied materials from 990 Texas school districts and found that 94% of the districts use “abstinence-only programs that usually pass moral judgments while either downplaying or ignoring contraception and … Continue reading
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Tagged Abstinence, Education, Public Schools, Sex Education, Texas
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Tom Hayden on Iraq and Afghanistan : Partial Peace, Looming War
President Obama announced his plan for withdrawing troops from Iraq at Camp Lejeune, N.C., on Friday, Feb. 27. Photo by Doug Mills / The New York Times Obama’s official stance comes after many months of appearing to support the notion … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Iraq Occupation, Iraq Withdrawal, Obama Foreign Policy, Tom Hayden
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