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Avoiding Ecological Collapse in the Gulf Dead Zone
Satellite image of the Gulf of Mexico dead zone, October 2005.Scientists: act now on Gulf of Mexico’s dead zoneBy Cain Burdeau / December 12, 2008 NEW ORLEANS — Scientists have issued a report urging immediate government action to reduce urban … Continue reading
Vitamin D May Be Important for Diabetics
D for diabetes: Study says vitamin D may be needed for diabeticsBy Stephen Daniells / December 16, 2008 Over 75 per cent of young type-1 diabetics may require vitamin D supplements, after a US study reported ‘surprisingly’ high levels of … Continue reading
Cuba: Ahead of the Curve on Food Sustainability
A banana plantation is seen in San Antonio de los Banos in Havana in this July 18, 2008 file photo. Photo: Reuters/Enrique De La Osa/Files.In ‘Eat Local’ Movement, Cuba Is Years AheadBy Esteban Israel / December 16, 2008 HAVANA – … Continue reading
Global Warming : Past the Tipping Point
The Most Important Number on EarthNow that we know how far we are past the carbon tipping point, it’s time to freak out—and get to work.By Bill McKibben Sooner or later, you have to draw a line. We’ve spent the … Continue reading
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Brother: Shoe-Throwing Journalist Hospitalized After Beating
Muntazer al-Zaidi risks a miminum of two years in prison for insulting a visiting head of state. Photo by AFP. Brother says Bush shoe-thrower in hospital after beating: ‘He has been taken to Ibn Sina hospital because he has a … Continue reading
War Crimes Prosecutions: It’s About Us, Not Them
It’s not about them…it’s about us: Why We Must Prosecute Bush And His Administration For War CrimesBy Mike Ferner / December 16, 2008 During the rush to get the Nuremberg Tribunals underway, the Soviet delegation wanted the tribunal’s historic decisions … Continue reading
Send Your Smelly, Old Shoes to the Whitehouse
NOTE: Speaking of shoes and the White House, Skip Mendler of Honesdale, PA has a great idea. He suggests that everyone who is disgusted with the outgoing Bush/Cheney administration send a shoe to the White House. Just imagine a pile … Continue reading
MSM Silence About Torture, War Crimes Makes Them Complicit
What I am saying here is that we need to muster all the noise we are able to bring these bastards to justice. We cannot let these crimes go unpunished. Every day, we are uncovering new revelations of the depth … Continue reading
The Vatican: Working Their Way Back in Time
Pope Benedict XVI. Photo: roblisameehan via Flickr.Will a New Vatican Document Affect Science and Reproductive Health?By Brendan Borrell / December 12, 2008 Mischaracterizations of science lurk in the Vatican’s latest instructions on bioethics, but Catholics probably won’t follow them anyway … Continue reading
Iraq: A War Crime of Immense Proportions: The (Non-)Reconstruction Saga
Unbelievable: trash the nation, murdering thousands and thousands of innocent civilians, allowing the looting of invaluable artifacts, allowing ethnic cleansing to occur unabated, allowing the country to sink to Third World status, allowing basic services to vanish, allowing corrupt officials … Continue reading
POETRY / Larry Piltz : People of a Jealous God
move Air Wing One to Sector Nineand Air Wing Two just across the linerefresh the map at Sector Rnow flood the field with hover carclick it once to enlarge the gridencrypt the code for Captain Kidddelete and clear each square … Continue reading
