IMPORTANT UPDATE ON BENZENE: (AP) Cancer-causing benzene has been found in soft drinks at levels above the limit considered safe for drinking water, the Food and Drug Administration acknowledged. "The admission contradicted statements last week, when officials said FDA found insignificant levels of benzene.""In fact, a different study ound benzene at four times the tap water limit, on average, in 19 of 24 samples of diet soda" http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/04/06/health/main1476464.shtml TAKE ACTION http://www.consumersunion.org/campaigns/notinmyfood/learn.html ASPARTAME SAFE? http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/04/05/health/webmd/main1473654.shtml With aspartame being increasingly contained in practically all areas of food items these days, it stands to reason that with as much lobbying power industry weilds in …
Tim Christopher
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HOW ABOUT A LITTLE FIRE, SCARECROW? Arsenic may be called the king of poisons, but it is everywhere: in the environment, in the water we drink and sometimes in the food we eat. "The amount is not enough to kill anyone in one fell swoop, but arsenic is a recognized cancer-causing agent and many experts say that no level should be considered safe. Arsenic may also contribute to other life-threatening illnesses, including heart disease and diabetes, and to a decline in mental functioning." The important thing to keep in mind is the accumulation of toxins, from a variety of sources, over …
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The last time I checked, hospitals were the fourth leading cause of death in the United States. And besides infection, drug administration (medicine) is the other major culprit along with gross negligence and incompetence at all levels. "Most of what women do at home is unnecessary cosmetic work that often spreads germs." -- an arresting accusation. Got proof or is this merely bashing the woman of the house? LOL If this bird flu pandemic ever gets off the ground... I seriously doubt anyone will be willing to part with any product claiming to be antiseptic - that claims to kills germs …
Posted to Are Hospitals Hazardous to Your Health?
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"Most of what women do at home is unnecessary cosmetic work that often spreads germs." Well, I mean, I had always suspected the possibility... if it were not for women us men would still be living (happily) in trees, after all. Save your kitchen stories, witchy woman, proof is in the bathroom... How is it the great American toilet ended up being designed solely for women and when men adapt to using it according to their own physical anatomy, they are castigated for it? Never mind this underlying architectural oversight but heaven forbid that the toilet seat ever gets left …
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wileywitch: I never claimed that the bathroom contained any more or any less germs than the kitchen - but merely that a measure of tongue-in-cheek "proof" existed there. And even though I chose to agree with your original supposition, you still find disagreement.... you wrote: "I kinda doubt that the toilet was designed for women." Actually, it was designed by men, for women, according to the architectural parameters of affordable housing. It's the woman that requires a nest, you see, and men are always willing to make certain sacrifices for women - particularly if those sacrifices will save them some hard …
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Kristal Clear: http://tvnewslies.org/html/kristol_clear.html
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"I smite, you smite, he smites... we done smote!" -- from the Coen Brothers movie; 'The Ladykiller's' WTH wrote: "...just because the president is a religious [fundamentalist] is no reason to tar the whole [Republican] party with the same brush. This only serves to further divide and radicalize people." WTH here writes perfect copy for postcards from the 51st state -- what Kurt Vonnegut refers to as the fifty first state -- the state of denial. Where were you during the election campaign when the party used the church as a bully pulpit, or during the end days of Terri Shiavo, …
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The writer has an agenda, alright. I have an agenda, you have an agenda -- we all have our agendas.
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The Great Beast writes: "The ability to quote Plato does not make one right. Remember, Plato also thought that societies should be ruled by philosopher-kings who had the right of sovereignty by virtue of being smarter than the rest of us." Goddamn right. If you should meet Buddha along the road... kill him! Karma Chameleons: http://bodyandsoul.typepad.com/blog/2004/08/karma.html And now... Van Morrison: "Rough God" "Why must we believe that God is sadistic, brutal yadda yadda yadda? What evidence is there that God slaughters?" Hey, what evidence is there that a God exists, at all? "A test of what is real is that it …
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When the going gets tough, the beast merely ignores the 911 investigations. Can't say that I blame him much though. The point of contention that the Bush administration has used 911 as it's modus operandi, so to speak, is well taken and pointing out the dubious nature of the facts as presented by the 911 panel is most apropos. That there exists a reasonable suspicion of a possible complicity on the part of those (figures within the U.S. hierarchy), who would stand to gain by such an event, is indeed plausible and worthy enough to base opposing views of the evangelically …
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With John Roberts presiding over home plate, we should expect more of the same rationale as demonstrated by National Baseball Hall of Fame president, Dale Petroskey, when he nixed Tim Robbins from entering the batter's box. No Bull Durhams, no joys in Mudville. http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0412-09.htm Plus, I don't usually comment on appearances, but this guy creeps me out with his cyborg like eyes. A programmable six billion dollar man?
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Wolf: "I suppose it cuts both ways." Actually, Robbins was only going to be part of a group representing a popular baseball movie being commemorated; whereas, Petroskey, an overtly partisan Republican, disallowed their scheduled appearance for purely political reasons while at the same time inviting other [partisan republicans] speakers, with no real connection to the baseball hall of fame, to come and give speeches that praised Bush and the war in Iraq. So, no, it didn't really cut both ways at all and I fully expect Roberts, a go to mouthpiece for Republicans, to funnel conservative opinion on the bench in …
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Good report but I would have enjoyed seeing more photo journalism in accompaniment. (hey, I'm available!) I would have liked to see the two protesters and the crowd reaction, or the gal in the T-shirt, for example. The reference to president stupidhead's approval rating having "sunk below sea level" is priceless. There was a time when the grunge bands of Seattle were popular and Shirley Maclain was Out On A Limb -- supposedly there were all these global psychic fault lines converging in that area of the Pacific rim. I think the insanity has clearly shifted over to Florida now though, …
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"Until the next attack?" Yeah, you have to wonder who or where the Pentagon will attack next.
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In answer to the question of any New Deal happening in the wake of Katrina: president stupidhead sure was johnny-on-the-spot in suspending the 1931 Davis-Bacon Act (as if he had ever even heard of it before) to allow contractors to pay less than scale in the rebuilding efforts. They don't have a problem with doling out billions to private contractors in Iraq, where much of it remains unaccounted for, but when it comes to rebuilding here at home.... http://money.cnn.com/2005/09/08/news/economy/katrina_wages.reut/
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"Experts have warned for years that the levees and pumps that usually keep New Orleans dry have no chance against a direct hit by a Category 5 storm." -- AP story, 8/29/05 Ummm... "I don't think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees." -- George W. Bush, 9/1/05
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"[Nobody's] saying that Katrina was a direct consequence of global warming." Although there is plenty of reliable scientific evidense that suggests that warmer waters in the Gulf of Mexico did in fact contribute to the storm's intensity. Storms increase in intensity as they pass over warm waters. It figures that the warmer the water the more a storm's intensity will increase. http://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/reference/bibliography/2004/tk0401.pdf http://www.heatisonline.org/main.cfm So who are you going to believe? Bona fide scientific scholars, or a pathological liar (George Bush)?
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Social Democracy: "By the time the next election rolls around the voting public will have forgotten all about it." I disagree. What we are witnessing now is the fall of the house of Bush. (Bad Bush Karma) It began shortly after the last election as the policy failures and scandals of his administration come about full circle and they can no longer suppress the truth. The hurricane has laid bare the illusion of homeland security and directly confronts Bush's leadership abilities and his priorities. People are fed up with his lies and the scandals inherent in his administration. I predict that …
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Make-believe ‘Bush lied!’ slogans do not help, and are not true." Make believe your President didn't say this to journalist Diane Sawyer: “I don’t think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees.” George bush is a bullshit President and all those that continue to make excuses for him and his administration are bullshiters, themselves.
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When the hurricanes hit Florida last year I made sure my family had enough food and water. What we are seeing in New Orleans is liberalism at work, except it does not work. Most of these people think someone else should take care of them. What a thoughtless elitist pig -- so typical of right-wing nuts. Sheep go to heaven and goats do to hell, eh? Next, your clan will be saying that the poor folks of New Orleans provoked the wrath of God because of their heathen ways. When Bush maid the statement that nobody knew the levies would break, …
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The American government and military establishment have a long track record of experimenting with troops with regard to highly radio active nuclear material and conducting this research over a period of years, much in the same fashion as the Tuskegee Syphilis experiment. Right-wing extremists view our troops as expendable. When President Bush spoke about having political currency after his re-election, that also meant continued spending of the lives of soldiers for an extreme political ideology, homogenized for the palate of blindly faithful followers, that fronts for the monied special interests. It's all about the money. “In case you haven’t noticed, we…dehumanize …
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"Because study after study has shown no connection between DU exposure (which is bad, mind you, but then, so is lead exposure) and these mystery ailments. Arguments unsupported by facts are generally driven by hysteria." It's so easy to spot the psychotic personalities that post here -- they always spout-off oblivious to the article.
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God, I love Chicago. Run Jesse Jr., Run! http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/6/19/20455/9214
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What does industry watchdog Nader have to do with the Chicago mayoral race? And what part of a Jesse Jackson, Jr. candidacy doesn't support progessive ideals? Fek Nader: his song is out of tune.
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The fact remains, however, that Nader isn't considering running for mayor of Chicago. What IS pertinent is whether you would support a Jesse Jackson, Jr. candidacy and how the outcome of such a race would effect progessive politics across the land as we count down to November 2008, when the earth moves again.
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Meanwhile... "culture deep" waters are being muddied by the black conservative. Blackwashing" also comes to mind: black conservative journalists who are paid off to sell White House programs to minority communities, and so on. The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment represented one of the worst cases of gov't involved racism of the 20th century and yet perpetrated under the umbrella of a leading black institution, the Tuskegee Institute, founded by Booker T. Washington. Nurse Eunice Rivers, a black woman, later explained her role in the infamous syphilis experiment as one of passive obedience: “We were taught that we never diagnosed, we never prescribed; …
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It should also be remembered that the full extent of the crimes committed at the Abu Ghraib prison were withheld from public scrutiny and that "the real war will never make the [history] books." "False history gets made all day, any day, the truth of the new is never on the news." -- Adrianne Rich One must read between the lines of reports and compare events in searching for clues and evidence of things not seen. For example: As killings escalate in Iraq and polls in the U.S. indicate that support for the administration's handling of the occupation is waning, cabinet …
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"We learn from history that we learn nothing from history." -- G.B. Shaw Car bomb kills 24 children as they mob US patrol offering candy -- In the movie, 'Apocalypse Now', Colonel Kurtz (Brando) describes an incident of horror whereby the arms of village children had been cut off by the enemy for having been immunized for disease by U.S. troops. He comes to a realization that such an enemy was ingenious, that they were stronger than our forces because they had the ability to utilize their primordial instincts to kill -- without moral judgment. "These were not monsters," Kurtz explains, …
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"Of course the shootings will increase support for the opposition," said Farraji, 49, who was named a police general with U.S. approval. "The hatred of the Americans has increased. I myself hate them." "One contractor who works for the U.S. government and saw a colleague killed in a suicide bombing said it was better to shoot an innocent person than to risk being killed." "I'd rather be tried by 12 than carried by six," said the contractorwho insisted that he not be identified by name because he was not authorized to speak to the media. Hearts of Darkness
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