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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
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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Guantanamo Irregularities Yield Broken Men
Cal study finds ex-Guantanamo prisoners brokenBy Bob Egelko / November 17, 2008 The first extensive study of prisoners released from the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, finds that many of them are physically and psychologically traumatized, debt-ridden and … Continue reading
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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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Junior Termed a ‘Vigilante’: Sounds Right to Us
Lest we forget, we must continue to apply pressure to the incoming US administration to recognise that what occurred in the lead-up to and prosecution of the invasion of Iraq was a violation of international law and should be treated … Continue reading
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
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