Wednesday
Sep292010
"Pledge to America": Drinking Sand
September 29, 2010 The Republican "Pledge to America" doubles down on the Bush/Reagan policies which brought this country to its economic and ethical knees.
Forging his way through the predictable UK media censorship: Dr Andrew Wakefield Responds to Measles Outbreak in Swansea
September 29, 2010 Wednesday
Sep292010
Why Have the Democrats Lost Popular Support?
September 29, 2010 Perhaps the November elections will not be as harsh on the Democrats as the polls predict, but the Dems' behavior in power has decreased their popularity dramatically.
Wednesday
Sep292010
The GOP’s Worthless “Pledge” to America
September 29, 2010 This post was originally published at Not So Humble. Click here to read the post in its original habitat! Ever since the media descended on that little hardware store that shall now live in infamy to listen to some of the Teapublican Party’s most worthless representatives unveil their so-called “pledge” to America, I’ve been itching to take it apart piece by piece. Thankfully, a number of other great writers have done so for me, and called out the pledge for what it is – at best a shell of empty promises the Republicans simply can’t keep, and at worst a malicious plan to cripple the American middle class, shovel tons of money into the hands of the Republicans’ best friends, and pull money back from the areas that the American government should be investing in most heavily right now, like education and job training. But the Republicans, as always, see things differently – mostly through a lens of “I’ve got mine, you can go to hell,” which results in a legislative agenda that does nothing in the good times and actually reverses public progress and common good in the worst times; and that’s exactly what they plan to do.
Wednesday
Sep292010
“Pro-Israel” Neocons Go Global
September 29, 2010 “The Friends of Israel Initiative.” It sounds innocent enough. Hey, I’m a friend of Israel too. But with “Friends” like these — an international network of hard-core neoconservatives — Israel doesn’t need enemies.
Wednesday
Sep292010
Most Americans' Antibodies Ready to Squash Swine Flu
September 29, 2010 If the H1N1 virus is to continue its contagious ways this coming flu season, it will have to adapt to a highly immune population, according to a new study.
Wednesday
Sep292010
10 Signs The U.S. Is Losing Its Influence In The Western Hemisphere
September 29, 2010 We won't be the alpha dog in the western hemisphere forever.
Tuesday
Sep282010
Skill Up, Party Down
September 28, 2010 Ciaran Mundy, a successful high-tech entrepreneur with a Ph.D. in soil ecology, started a website to update people on all the “terrible news about climate change.” But after a while, he felt it wasn’t working—that it would never work. “It took me years to realize there’s no point in putting up more facts and figures,” he says. “They just bounce off people.”
Tuesday
Sep282010
GM Maize 'Has Polluted Rivers Across the United States'
September 28, 2010 An insecticide used in genetically modified (GM) crops grown extensively in the United States and other parts of the world has leached into the water of the surrounding environment.
Tuesday
Sep282010
Elevated Nitrogen and Phosphorus Still Widespread in U.S. Streams and Groundwater
September 28, 2010 Elevated concentrations of nitrogen and phosphorus, nutrients that can negatively impact aquatic ecosystems and human health, have remained the same or increased in many streams and aquifers across the United States since the early 1990's, according to a new national study by the U.S. Geological Survey.
Tuesday
Sep282010
Painless laser device could spot early signs of disease
September 28, 2010 Portable devices with painless laser beams could soon replace X-rays as a non-invasive way to diagnose disease.