April 2010
Environmentalists: No, This Is Not An Oil Spill,... →
selva:
To understand the gravity of the danger facing Louisiana’s coast from the oil that began washing ashore Thursday, pollution clean-up veterans offered this starting point: Forget the word “spill.” ”This isn’t a spill,” said Kerry St. Pe, who headed Louisiana’s oil spill response team for 23 years. “This isn’t a storage tank or a ship with a finite amount of oil that has boundaries. This...
'Oklahoma, what have you done?' WTF →
New York (CNN) — As a reproductive rights advocate and a proud mother of two, my blood ran cold as I read about Oklahoma’s new abortion legislation (HB 2656). The state of Oklahoma just decided, and by an appallingly high margin I might add, that a doctor is protected from being sued if he or she chooses not to tell a woman that the baby she is carrying has a birth defect.
State...
New digital textbooks could save hundreds for... →
After spending a whopping $800 on textbooks during her second semester at the University of Colorado, Katie Muller decided something had to change.
Since February, Muller, now a sophomore, has been using her marketing skills and internship with the Colorado Public Interest Research Group — or CoPirg — to stir campus-wide interest in a new trend that could save students thousands of...
Can world's largest laser zap Earth's energy woes? →
Livermore, California (CNN) — Scientists at a government lab here are trying to use the world’s largest laser — it’s the size of three football fields — to set off a nuclear reaction so intense that it will make a star bloom on the surface of the Earth.
The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s formula for cooking up a sun on the ground may sound like...
It’s what they say in Buddhism: you can’t be an... →
Israel Goes Less Than Lethal Against Palestinian... →
selva:
As civil disobedience has largely replaced suicide attacks and other deadly violence, soldiers respond with tamer weapons. When the Skunk truck arrives, people hightail it.
”The white armored truck rumbles toward the scene. Protesters dive for cover as a small cannon on the vehicle’s roof takes aim and fires — not bullets or tear gas, but a heavy stream of the foulest-smelling liquid...
Whistler Mountain Foreclosure: The Ski Resort... →
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“The company is the largest developer and operator of resort properties in North America offering skiing, snowboarding, golf, mountain biking, lodging, and real estate opportunities at each of its resorts. Intrawest develops real estate at its resorts and at other locations across North America and in Europe.”
“On January 20, 2010, lenders seized Intrawest and announced a public...
New research shows the American maternal death... →
Over the past decade, the U.S. maternal mortality rate has nearly doubled, with about 500 women dying of pregnancy-related complications each year. That’s a tiny percentage of the 4 million American women who give birth annually. But what’s shocking is that among industrialized countries, the U.S. ranks an abysmal 41st on the World Health Organization’s list of maternal death rates, behind South...
GMOs Alter the Genetic Make Up of Our Healthy... →
(NaturalNews) Although GMOs have infiltrated our food supply, the results of human feeding trials have only been published on one single occasion. Unfortunately, that occasion offered some pretty disturbing findings. It found that the genetic code of GM soy can infiltrate the genetic code of the healthy bacteria in our guts - and change the genetic makeup of the healthy bacteria inside us. Nobody...
Dear Coke Talk: On balding. →
I’m a 30 y/o guy who despite beating the family average is finally losing his hair. Problem is, I have one of those ungainly scalps that is not suited to straight-up shaving it.
I swore I’d never be beholden to my hair and have no interest in forking over cash and dignity to pharm companies…
Dear Coke Talk: On three days salary. →
How much is a decent price for an engagement ring? I make about $85,000 a year. Thanks.
You’re asking the wrong girl. I’m one of the few who thinks this tradition is grotesque and vulgar.
The diamond engagement ring is a sucker’s bet. You’ve been convinced of its romantic necessity by some…
WatchApril 22, 2010: South Park Death Threats
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New Study: Insurers Take Both Sides in the War on... →
American insurance companies have invested $1.88 billion in the country’s five largest fast-food chains, according to the paper, by Arun Mohan and four colleagues at the Harvard Medical School. For example, Northwestern Mutual, which says it is “committed to promoting a wellness culture” for its employees, has $318.1 million invested in McDonald’s stock, according to this...
“Former Vice President Dick Cheney told a caller on a radio show that his telling...”
– Dick Cheney Reflects - The Awl via peterwknox
True. Story.
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Think Progress » Arizona militia recruiting... →
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“According to KOLD Channel 5 News in Arizona, local militiaman Bill Davis is recruiting “combat veterans, with kill records, to camp out and patrol” along the U.S.-Mexico border. “If it comes to when shots are fired in the general direction of these guys, they have my authorization to return fire, if they’re in defense of their life or their buddy next to them,...
America: The Grim Truth →
STRAIGHT UP
Americans, I have some bad news for you:
You have the worst quality of life in the developed world – by a wide margin.
If you had any idea of how people really lived in Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and many parts of Asia, you’d be rioting in the streets calling for a better life. In fact, the average Australian or Singaporean taxi driver has a much better standard...
