Friday
Nov052010
Tom Hayden: Midterm Election Results a Setback for Peace
November 5, 2010 The November election was a setback for the peace movement, not only because of the defeat of Sen. Russ Feingold but for deeper reasons.
Forging his way through the predictable UK media censorship: Dr Andrew Wakefield Responds to Measles Outbreak in Swansea
November 5, 2010 Friday
Nov052010
Mike Adams: Vaccination rates fall among better educated families even while CDC keeps pushing vaccine quackery
November 5, 2010 NaturalNews) Vaccination rates among children insured by commercial health insurance plans have dropped four percent between 2008 and 2009, says a new report by the National Committee for Quality Assurance. In its annual State of Health Care Quality report, the organization revealed that vaccine rates are falling sharply among high-education families.
Friday
Nov052010
Johann Hari: The Laws and Policies of the United States Are Now Openly for Sale
November 5, 2010 The laws and policies of the legislature of the United States of America are now effectively on eBay, for sale to the highest bidder. Are you a Wall Street boss who wants to party like it's 2007? Are you a Big Coal baron who wants to burn, baby, burn? Are you an insurance company that wants to be able to kick sick people off your rolls? Meet John Boehner, the most powerful Republican and soon-to-be Speaker of the House. But -- of course! -- you already have. Here's an example of how you have worked together. In 1995, the House was going to finally repeal subsidies for growing tobacco, because an addictive cancer-causing drug didn't seem like the most deserving recipient of taxpayers' cash -- until Boehner walked the floor of the House handing out checks from tobacco lobbyists to his fellow elected representatives. They changed their minds. The subsidy stayed. Explaining his check-dispensing, Boehner says: "It's gone on here for a long time." So get your bids in: The House is open for business.
Friday
Nov052010
Evelyn Pringle: Vaccination Profiteers Gang Up on Hannah Bruesewitz in Supreme Court
November 5, 2010 The AmericanAcademy of Pediatrics announced the submission of an amicus brief to the US Supreme Court on July 30, 2010, "joined by 21 partnering health organizations," in the vaccine injury case of Bruesewitz v Wyeth, to support the powerful vaccine maker against a lone family.
Friday
Nov052010
David DeGraw: Midterm Election Further Demonstrates Need for Revolution
November 5, 2010 The Obama referendum came in and he got what he deserved. When you run on change and leave the same criminals in positions of power and dont hold anyone accountable for obvious crimes, and allow them to continue to commit those crimes, you deserve to lose your power. This is what happens when you put Tim Geithner and Larry Summers in charge of the economy, and support Ben Bernanke for reconfirmation as Chairman of the Federal Reserve. This is what happens when you keep Robert Gates as your Secretary of Defense and General Petraeus in charge of your wars. This is what happens when you lie to protect the interests of BP over the American people. This is what happens when you bailout Wall Street and the health care industry and sell out everyone else. This is what happens when your rhetoric is the opposite of your actions. The past two years have clearly exposed Obama as a spineless corporate puppet and he deserves to be voted out in 2012.
Friday
Nov052010
Congress Seeks to put Dietary Supplement Makers in Jail for Ten Years!
November 5, 2010 The Senate is debating a bill that will enable the FDA to put vitamin supplement makers in jail for ten years if they cite findings from peer-reviewed published scientific studies on the label of their dietary supplements or their Web site.
Friday
Nov052010
Donald Brown: Is Climate Science Disinformation a Crime Against Humanity?
November 5, 2010 Deeply irresponsible corporate-sponsored programmes of disinformation have potentially harsh effects upon tens of millions of people
Friday
Nov052010
David Korten: Missing: A Vision of Economic Possibility
November 5, 2010 It is now the morning after. Republicans, as expected, are celebrating a sweeping victory. Democrats are licking their wounds. Meanwhile, record numbers of people are still contending with the hardships of unemployment and foreclosure with no relief in sight. And the nation braces for deepening political gridlock. [1]
Friday
Nov052010
Obama says he's out of touch, but offers no concessions
November 5, 2010 After leading his party to the worst midterm drubbing in 72 years, President Barack Obama all but conceded Wednesday that he's lost touch with the American people.
Wednesday
Nov032010
Joshua Holland: It's Not the End of the World -- 7 Things Progressives Need to Keep in Mind About Last Night's GOP 'Wave'
November 3, 2010 Election 2010 was, by any measure, the bloodbath the forecasters predicted. It was a terrible loss for the Democratic Party, but what about the progressive movement? Should liberals hang their heads in the wake of the GOP retaking the House? Was it a repudiation of everything we believe, or are these results merely a bump in the road for the movement -- a setback on the way to a better, more progressive America?