Monday
Jan312011
New Year's Resolution
January 31, 2011 A very informative, and quite sad, video about how we can help keep our oceans clean and its inhabitants safe. - Gary
Forging his way through the predictable UK media censorship: Dr Andrew Wakefield Responds to Measles Outbreak in Swansea
Entries from January 1, 2011 - January 31, 2011
January 31, 2011 Monday
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Ayn Rand Railed Against Government Benefits, But Grabbed Social Security and Medicare When She Needed Them
January 31, 2011 Ayn Rand was not only a schlock novelist, she was also the progenitor of a sweeping “moral philosophy” that justifies the privilege of the wealthy and demonizes not only the slothful, undeserving poor but the lackluster middle-classes as well.
Monday
Jan312011
Julian Assange: 'How Do You Attack an Organization? You Attack Its Leadership'
January 31, 2011 As his court case looms, Julian Assange is facing a rising tide of hostility. In this exclusive interview he insists: 'We have not once, in four years of publishing, got it wrong'
Monday
Jan312011
Pushing Back Against Economic Crisis, Youth Unrest Ripples Around World
January 31, 2011 Has anyone noticed that new unemployment claims just climbed by 51,000 to 454,000 ? Maybe we're tired of being reminded about the jobless rate. It was politely ignored in President Obama's State of the Union Address, even as he promised to boost opportunities for the next generation.
Monday
Jan312011
WE WANT JOBS! THE CRY IN EGYPT, AMERICA, THE REST OF THE WORLD
January 31, 2011 It's not just in Egypt, but in America and around the world, people want jobs. When Egyptians were asked what they most wanted, the vast majority said they wanted jobs -- they wanted Hosni Mubarak out so that they could change the economy because many said they had no jobs and no food.
Monday
Jan312011
Obama, Incorporated
January 31, 2011 Barack Obama's 2011 State of the Union address was an organized sprawl of good intentions-a mostly fact-free summons to a new era of striving and achievement, and a solemn cheer to raise our spirits as we try to get there. And it did not fail to celebrate the American Dream.
Monday
Jan312011
Revolution Is in the Air but US Sticks to Same Old Script
January 31, 2011 vents in the Middle East are moving too fast for the Obama administration to think it can get away with Plan A and Plan B reaction strategies according to the regimes or leaders it wants to keep in and out of power.
Monday
Jan312011
Arctic Defrost Dumping Snow on U.S. and Europe
January 31, 2011 The world's northern freezer is on rapid defrost as large volumes of warm water are pouring into the Arctic Ocean, speeding the melt of sea ice, according to a new study.
Monday
Jan312011
Authoritarian governments start stockpiling food to fight public anger
January 31, 2011 Authoritarian governments across the world are aggressively stockpiling food as a buffer against soaring food costs which they fear may stoke popular discontent.
Friday
Jan282011
Julia Ahier of the Lancet 12 speaks out!
January 28, 2011
We wanted to share this message from Julia Ahier, one of the "Lancet 12" parents whos child was treated by Dr. Andrew Wakefield.- Gary
"I am absolutely convinced that the MMR triggered my Son's condition, as the first problems with pain occurred on the first evening after the vaccination and the loss of skills happened after also he had been gaining weight at a good rate and after the MMR he only gained 1lb 7ozs in 9 months.
"I think that Dr Wakefield has only tried to help these children he has not done anything which we as parents did not want him to do. The allegations were unjust because they did not arise from anyone who had medical investigations carried out on them or their parents.
"Doctor Wakefield did not recruit anyone into the study group. In our case our Son was given the original referral to Professor Walker-Smith by another hospital and I sought a referral with Dr Wakefield our local paediatrician requested the referral.
"Dr Wakefield was the kindest most compassionate doctor who had ever taken an interest in our child's case. He did not perform any proceedures on our child, these were dione with our consent and agreement by other doctors. None of the tests which were performed on our child were against our wishes. There was no display of callous behaviour.
I have never had any communication with Brian Deer nor do I ever intend to."
