THE “BIGGEST CLIMATE FIGHT” OF THE YEAR MAY ALREADY BE HERE, AND IT COULD HAVE BIG CONSEQUENCES FOR THE HEALTH OF OUR PLANET. A tiny Oregon town is at the center of a brewing struggle over big profits for the coal industry and whether simply “offshoring” the dirtiest of fossil fuels will negate any [...]
WHAT’S MORE “INEFFECTIVE”? PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS OR NEW STUDENT/TEACHER EVALUATIONS? Principals and teachers in New York state are witnessing the first round of student and teacher evaluations under the new test-based achievement guidelines championed by education “reformers.” The results have been as flawed as many expected leading thousands of teachers and principals to protest [...]
“MARRIAGE IS THE FOUNDATION OF SOCIETY.” These opening words of the 1996 federal welfare-reform law symbolize the prejudice in American society to the favor married persons and to the disadvantage of those who live alone or in unmarried cohabitation. “Bridefare” public policies express this prejudice, whether in the form of “defense of marriage” insistence [...]
TINY “SUICIDE DRONES” COULD ALLOW THE UNITED STATES TO LAUNCH “PRECISION” ASSASSINATIONS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. 11 years after the attacks of September 11, the arsenal of weaponry that the “war on terror” has justified continues to grow along with the global reach of U.S military and intelligence operations. Drone strikes have become the [...]
` “EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS POINTS IN THE SAME DIRECTION: WE’VE MADE THE EARTH WARMER.” ` In a year that has already seen frightening signs of a warming world that includes record heat and drought across the United States and mass melting of the Green;and ice sheet, scientists say another ominous sign of rapidly escalating climate [...]
“IT SHOWS HOW MUCH DESIRE THERE IS FOR SECRECY AMONG HUGE DONORS WHO WANT TO BE ABLE TO SPEND MONEY TO INFLUENCE THIS ELECTION WITHOUT LEAVING ANY FINGERPRINTS.” So-called “social welfare” nonprofits groups are spending more money to influence the 2012 election than the super-PACs loosely connected to the actual campaigns, a new report [...]
UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS WILL NOW LITERALLY POLICE THE WORLD. While military police units have been a part of the United States armed forces and specifically the Marine Corps for decades, a new breed of “MP’s” is being trained by the military for missions that go well beyond their traditional role. Previously used as [...]
` STATE OF FLORIDA CLOSES TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL IN MIDST OF “WORST OUTBREAK IN 20 YEARS”; OUTRAGE ENSUES… (Palm Beach Post) ` In what may be the most bizarre yet potentially deadly political controversies seen in Florida, Gov. Rick Scott and some state lawmakers are facing questions from health officials and public wrath for their decisions [...]
President Obama won what some observers claim is a significant victory when the Supreme Court narrowly ruled that the Affordable Care Act — “Obamacare” — his signature legislation that expands health insurance coverage, was constitutional and could be implemented by the federal government. Democratic supporters of the president rejoiced at the ruling while Republicans denounced [...]
THE BIGGEST CORPORATE CORRUPTION CASE YOU PROBABLY NEVER HEARD ABOUT. (Reader Supported News) Matt Taibbi for Rolling Stone reports at length on the trial in New York City of three executives of GE Capital, the financial arm of General Electric. The case against them has all the earmarks of a Wall Street version of the [...]
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