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Monday, February 28, 2011
Sunday, February 27, 2011
100,000 for rights of working people - Madison, WI
Can you hear us now? We, said we would negotiate but you can't take away our rights to free speech and association!
Amplify’d from blog.aflcio.org
More than 100,000 Rally in Wisconsin
On a snowy Wisconsin Saturday over 100,000 union members, working families, community members, faith leaders, activist groups and concerned citizens gathered in Madison to tell Gov. Walker to stop the attacks on the middle class and kill the bill.
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Saturday, February 26, 2011
Vaccinate to save the children!
Vaccinate, vaccinate, vaccinate, vaccinate, vaccinate, vaccinate, vaccinate, vaccinate, vaccinate, vaccinate, vaccinate. It's safe, it is safe, it is safe, it is safe, it is safe, it is safe, it is safe, it is safe, it is safe, it is safe, it is safe, it is safe, it is safe, it is safe, it is safe, it is safe, it is safe, it is safe, it is safe, it is safe, it is safe.
Amplify’d from www.boston.com
Measles: A bracing reminder on vaccines
The measles outbreak at a Back Bay office building this week is a reminder that the disease is still a threat. Fortunately, a simple immunization can prevent its spread. Now that the only study linking autism and childhood vaccination has been thoroughly discredited, parents can rest easy when protecting their children against a potentially fatal disease.
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Friday, February 25, 2011
Got a scary medical diagnosis? Is it real or is it the one making money?
Too crass a description? Read this story by a nationally known writer about healthcare and how she found that she probably got treatment for more than 25 years for something she may not have really had!
Amplify’d from www.healthbeatblog.com
Guess Who Has Been Over-Treated For More Than Twenty Five Years?
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Thursday, February 24, 2011
The people who voted to kill your children and grandchildren - listed below
These representatives want to trust the companies who have already poisoned generations of kids to now kill your kids and grandchildren with lead, mercury and dioxin. Mark the name of your representative and send him a note about what you think of the vote.
Amplify’d from switchboard.nrdc.org
Mercury and Toxic Pollution Hall of Shame: Meet The Members of Congress That Sided With Corporate Polluters Over Children and Your Health
For the first time in the forty-year history of the Clean Air Act, a majority of the House of Representatives has voted to block EPA from implementing and enforcing standards to sharply reduce mercury and other toxic air emissions from a polluting industry.
Mercury and lead both are dangerous neurotoxins – brain poisons – that harm the developing brains of children and fetuses. Dioxins are known human carcinogens linked to birth defects, reproductive abnormalities, and lung and breast cancer. Arsenic is a known human carcinogen linked to lung and kidney cancer and PCBs are probable human carcinogens linked to liver cancer.
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Organize! If you are Latino, Black, Native, Female, or Union American!
Those who want to enslave you, reassert elitism, and exert complete sway over America will never give up. The only way to keep this nation free and democratic is to organize to vote for freedom and democracy. If you have "recall" rights in your state - exercise then now and get ready for next election. Those who sat out the 2010 races, do so again and you may not have another chance to be free and equal again.
Amplify’d from www.npr.org
After the Civil War, the United States seemed poised to grant equal rights to African-Americans. But the Supreme Court's rulings in the late 19th century kept African-Americans segregated for decades, says constitutional scholar Lawrence Goldstone.
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Remember Polio - I do. If you don't vaccinate, you may know it too.
Millions live today without having to fear many diseases because of past vaccination campaigns. Blindly fearing vaccinations out of love and fear for your your children can cause more harm for all children. Life is not easy and there are no guarantees but without vaccinations many children will die or be permanently harmed by what could have been prevented.
Amplify’d from afludiary.blogspot.com
As a child of the 1950s I well remember a time when American kids by the tens of thousands were still being crippled – and sometimes killed – by polio. In the 1950s, the fear of polio was palpable across the nation.
There were hospital wards filled with polio-paralyzed children trapped in iron lungs (a grim technology many younger adults have no memory of), which were used to keep them alive.
See more at afludiary.blogspot.com
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Animals on Drugs Could Kill Us but There Is Something We Could Do
Listen to a microbiologist who is also a member of Congress rather than company hacks and make-believe, science dummies in Congress. Take steps to prevent further help by industrialized big company agriculture to foster bacteria resistant to medical treatment and harmful unto death to people.
Amplify’d from www.wired.com
Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Congress’s only microbiologist, said late today that she plans shortly to reintroduce PAMTA, the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act, a timely move given the collapsing antibiotic market (see this morning’s post) and continuing reports of resistance moving off farms (as in this post).
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Dumb n Dumber take over Arizona state government! Want guns on campus!
Are there not sane people in Arizona - who will go to the Capitol and tell these legislators to get real? Have they all been standing too long in the sun without a hat on?
Amplify’d from www.wiretapmag.org
Early this January, a 22-year-old former Arizona community college student named Jared Lee Loughner walked into the parking lot of a grocery store near Tucson, took out a gun and shot nineteen people—six of them fatally.
Now the Arizona State Senate is considering a law that would make it easier to carry a concealed weapon onto the state’s college campuses—including Loughner’s own alma mater, Pima Community College.
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Most Dangerous Places to Live? Mega-Pig Farm or BP Oil Refinery? Pig Farm May Be Worse!
Read the article - I recommend it!
Amplify’d from www.wired.com
Giant pig farms: Antibiotic resistance is not the only problem
See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/bre6y
BP your death dealing management is still killing dolphins
BP is looking for $5 a gallon gas to fill its coffers while people on the Gulp Coast see BP killing ways still washing up on their shores. BP should be criminally prosecuted for marine murder!
Amplify’d from www.sunherald.com
GULFPORT -- Baby dolphins, some barely three feet in length, are washing up along the Mississippi and Alabama coastlines at 10 times the normal rate of stillborn and infant deaths, researchers are finding.
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Dreams of Peace and Freedom in Afghanistan
Dreams - thankfully - no nothing of borders and reach from mind to mind with a swiftness that defies miles between the dreamers.
Amplify’d from www.awwproject.org
We Will Rise
We will rise like a bird in the blue sky of Afghanistan to bring peace
We will shine like a star in the dark sky of Afghanistan to bring brightness
We will rise like a sun to cover the darkness
We will stand like a stable mountain to reach our goals
We will plant like a gardener to raise our children
We will fall like a drop of rain to water our homeland
We will raise our hands to accomplish our dreamsBy Pakiza
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Friday, February 18, 2011
Any questions about venomous Arizona Atmosphere?
Kill a nine-year- old just cause she was there when you were trying to steal money to fund your anti-alien Minutemen??? Spin this away - not.
Amplify’d from news.feetintwoworlds.org
Vigilante Found Guilty of Murder in Arizona; Could Face Death Penalty
Shawna Forde (left) was convicted in the murder of 9-year-old Bricenia Flores (right) and her father Raúl Flores. (Via New America Media)
PHOENIX, Ariz.—Shawna Forde, the founder of a vigilante border group, could face the death penalty after she was found guilty on Monday of killing 9-year-old Bricenia Flores and her father Raúl Flores in 2009. The jury began deliberations on Tuesday on whether or not to impose capital punishment.
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Afghanistan: Time for everyone to come home in peace?
1939-1945 - that's almost 6 years to fight an actual world war. 2001-2011 US and allied nations fighting in Afghanistan. Something wrong with this picture? Read what this former elected official in Germany has to say after visiting/researching Afghanistan since 1980. Maybe has has learned something that Americans, as well as Germans need to know.
Amplify’d from www.spiegel.de
Why Germany Must End its Deployment in Afghanistan
A Commentary by Jürgen Todenhöfer
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Montgomery, Alabama is for you on Saturday - if you want to return to racism!
Post racial America? Not in Montgomery, Alabama on Saturday! They will be telling lies and yearning for times when no one even thought about Black-American voting but wanted to hang on to getting 3/4 of a person "credit" for Black-Americans when figuring seats in Congress and then decided to try and have a slavery country of their own.
Free speech - sure but I want them to hear that I think they are fools and not to be fully trusted - still.
Amplify’d from www.splcenter.org
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Both Sides Now: It Is Long Past Time to End this Afghan War; Is It Not?
Regardless of what your intentions are - the result is that children die and are maimed. Time to stop - no?
Amplify’d from circlingthelionsden.blogspot.com
makes very sad reading. It shows, for example, how children have been used by anti-government elements for suicide bombings and planting explosives, or recruited to the Afghan National Security Forces, despite official government policy banning such practices.
The report also sheds light on the detention of children for alleged association with armed groups, on the number of children killed or maimed by suicide attacks and on sexual violence committed by armed groups against boys and girls.
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Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Chicken salad please; hold the Superbug - whadya mean you cannot!
Canada, Greece, US everywhere or so it seems chicken is in the marketplace and in restaurants loaded up with drug resistant bacteria. Since poultry went global, really global 10-15 years ago, the problems with disease and flu and now Superbug have continued to climb.
So, you wanna cut spending on food inspection and leave it to the Col.? I did not think so. So tell your market, tell your Congressmember and stop buying it til you know it is safe.
Amplify’d from www.wired.com
Superbugs in Canadian chicken? Yes, and US too
Chicken bought at major supermarkets across Canada is frequently contaminated with superbugs — bacteria that many antibiotics cannot kill — an investigation by CBC TV’s Marketplace has found.
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Save your part of the world and your AmeriCorps Programs
I served two years as a not-so-grumpy elder - grin. Helps kids, families, elder for next to nothing. Let them cut the spending and watch your community sink faster and farther just so someone else can have their tea.
What does AmeriCorps do? Check it out and then sign the petition y'all!
http://www.americorps.gov/
Amplify’d from www.thepetitionsite.com
Continue Funding for AmeriCorps and Teach for America
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Monday, February 14, 2011
Budget fix - fix budget - End WarsSince 2001, military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have cost over one trillion dollars, and it is estimated that another $800 billion plus will be added to the ta before the wars are ended. End the war before you cut off someone's heat! http://amplify.com/u/aq92g
Border Minute Man supporter guilty of murger of father and 9-year old duaghter.
A little justice can go a long way toward settling bad feelings and uncover hate and fear's worst effects on us all.
Amplify’d from www.splcenter.org
Concluding a three-week trial that exposed the most unsavory side of Arizona’s militant border vigilante movement, a jury on Monday found Shawna Forde guilty of two counts of first-degree murder for the May 2009 killings of Raul Flores, 29, and his 9-year-old daughter in the border town of Arivaca, Ariz.
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Sunday, February 13, 2011
Valentine's Day Call - Support safe, affordable, and sustainable food
Give some love to each and every one of us - by supporting good food in USA!
I’m working on a campaign to support food that is safe, affordable, and
sustainable; and a food system that is fair for farmers and consumers. As
a first step, we need President Obama to finalize and implement the fair
livestock marketing rules that the USDA proposed from the last Farm Bill
– back in 2008. In order to make that happen, I’m helping to generate
hundreds of phone calls into the White House today. This can’t wait any
longer. Can you make a quick call? It only takes a minute and makes a big
impact. Here’s the number and a sample script:
1. Call the White House at (202) 456-1111 between 9am- 5pm EST. (call again if there is a back up)
2. Tell them your name and where you’re from, and then simply ask
that President Obama finalize and implement the fair livestock
marketing rules that USDA proposed from the last Farm Bill.
Or use this sample script:
“Hi. My name is ______ and I live in (city, state). As a constituent, I urge
President Obama to finalize and implement the fair livestock marketing
rules that USDA proposed from the last Farm Bill. Thank you for your
time today.”
Every call counts. When you’re done, shoot me a quick reply so I can keep
track of all the calls we’ve made today. Thanks for helping us in this fight for
a fair Farm Bill!
I’m working on a campaign to support food that is safe, affordable, and
sustainable; and a food system that is fair for farmers and consumers. As
a first step, we need President Obama to finalize and implement the fair
livestock marketing rules that the USDA proposed from the last Farm Bill
– back in 2008. In order to make that happen, I’m helping to generate
hundreds of phone calls into the White House today. This can’t wait any
longer. Can you make a quick call? It only takes a minute and makes a big
impact. Here’s the number and a sample script:
1. Call the White House at (202) 456-1111 between 9am- 5pm EST. (call again if there is a back up)
2. Tell them your name and where you’re from, and then simply ask
that President Obama finalize and implement the fair livestock
marketing rules that USDA proposed from the last Farm Bill.
Or use this sample script:
“Hi. My name is ______ and I live in (city, state). As a constituent, I urge
President Obama to finalize and implement the fair livestock marketing
rules that USDA proposed from the last Farm Bill. Thank you for your
time today.”
Every call counts. When you’re done, shoot me a quick reply so I can keep
track of all the calls we’ve made today. Thanks for helping us in this fight for
a fair Farm Bill!
See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/aq2xu
Saturday, February 12, 2011
U.S. postpones meeting with Pakistan and Afghanistan
U.S. postpones meeting with Pakistan and Afghanistan
Have to wonder: Raymond Davis US Diplomat? Employee of US Consulate? Or contractor from Xe/Blackwater? Negotiate his release and tell truth about circumstances - would be our best move.
Have to wonder: Raymond Davis US Diplomat? Employee of US Consulate? Or contractor from Xe/Blackwater? Negotiate his release and tell truth about circumstances - would be our best move.
- Sent using Google Toolbar
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Friday, February 11, 2011
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Drones in Pakistan Nuture Anti-American Frenzy
Our US Embassy employee may have been defending himself but the Pakistani reaction to the problem is based in the rage from all the innocents killed by drones that killed civilians based on bad information. Now we are truly between a rock and a hard place and may trigger a total meltdown of the Pakistan government. The Lebanese, Iranian Green, Egyptian and Tunisian revolts are not lost on Pakistani people - karma all over the place...!
Amplify’d from circlingthelionsden.blogspot.com
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Wednesday, February 09, 2011
Super Pig Farms in EU - Just Say No
Why? The Superbug that threatens people in hospitals and other locations - resistant to most medicines and eats you - started in Denmark among pig farms that used too much anti-biotics. American supported Big Ag firms and partners want to export our 1,000 plus pig farm messes to EU for more Euros in their accounts regardless of whether it kills us later or not.
Amplify’d from www.wired.com
Opposing industrial-scale pig farming — in Europe
As I’ve written before (long archive here and here),the MRSA strain ST398 arose on Dutch pig farms in 2004, among pigs that had been given prophylactic doses of antibiotics, especially tetracycline. It has since spread through the EU, Canada and the United States, affecting not only farm workers and veterinarians, but also hospital patients with no connection to agriculture.
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"Family" group preaches: Native American Immorality Led to Being Conquered
This man's historical and cultural ignorance is perhaps equaled by his not understanding how hate and fear colors all his life. His ignorance will support more years of violence and hate against those who settled this land before Europeans came and well most know the history of dishonor against Native Americans. The American Family Association seems to be un-American, anti-family and a closed society for people filled with fear and hate.
Amplify’d from action.afa.net
Bryan Fischer: Native Americans morally disqualified themselves from the land
The native American tribes at the time of the European settlement and founding of the United States were, virtually without exception, steeped in the basest forms of superstition, had been guilty of savagery in warfare for hundreds of years, and practiced the most debased forms of sexuality.
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Tuesday, February 08, 2011
Fan Fun w Jane Fonda and JLo
Well - not everything is politics and doom and gloom - grin.
Amplify’d from janefonda.com
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Thursday, February 03, 2011
End Bird Flu Pandemic Threat - Cull Industrialized Poultry Farming
When the natural system sees that there is an overpopulation of any species - birds in particular - it "creates" a situation that allows killer viruses to mutate and re-balance the system by killing birds. Creating in this case means that birds are stressed and in close quarters both conditions facilitated/trigger an outbreak of a virus - and the result is a system that re-balances itself by reducing the number of animals in a confined space.
Culling the birds stops the immediate outbreak but continued industrialized breeding starts up the virus cycle again. Raising fewer birds and in less confined space reduces the outbreaks. Additionally, cleaning out urine and feces often and putting it in digesters that can kill all viruses, produce methane gas for energy production, and clean fertilizer. Another by-product? Fewer outbreaks of the "normal" flu which all start from an interaction between people, poultry, and pigs.
Amplify’d from www.atlanticfarmfocus.ca
Japan culls another 190,000 chickens
It has now sacrificed more than half a million birds in efforts to contain H5N1 avian influenza.
This 10th outbreak was in the Miyazaki prefecture where it is proving difficult to find places to dispose of carcasses. It is the seventh outbreak since Jan. 22 in southwestern Miyazaki Prefecture.
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Wednesday, February 02, 2011
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor - does not apply to Anti-Gay Christian Group?
It is never a surprise that extreme groups often lie to raise funds and convince prospective "supporters" to support their "true" cause but in today's cyber-world, I wonder why they think they will get away with it for long. I guess telling the truth and finding out the facts - if they disagree with what you want to believe - is painiful enough to make lying OK?
Amplify’d from www.splcenter.org
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You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor - does not apply to Anti-Gay Christian Group?
It is never a surprise that extreme groups often lie to raise funds and convince prospective "supporters" to support their "true" cause but in today's cyber-world, I wonder why they think they will get away with it for long. I guess telling the truth and finding out the facts - if they disagree with what you want to believe - is painiful enough to make lying OK?
Amplify’d from www.splcenter.org
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Tuesday, February 01, 2011
Illinois Representative OK with Date or Drug Rape?
Trying to do a two-step confuse you - not working. This guy thinks he knows what's best for all women and is more than ready to force his will on women.
Amplify’d from chicagoist.com
Lipinski Finally Opens Up About "Forcible Rape" Law
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