Saturday, May 09, 2015

9 May - The View

English: Blister caused by Roundup (Glyphosate...English: Blister caused by Roundup (Glyphosate) Français : Une cloque au pied causée par du Roundup (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
English: An example of Roundup-use as an alter...English: An example of Roundup-use as an alternative to mowing in apple orchards. Photo taken in Ciardes, Italy. Deutsch: Beispiel der Verwendung von Roundup als Alternative zur Mahd in einer Apfelplantage. Foto aufgenommen in Tschars (Südtirol), Italien (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

30,000 doctors and health professionals affiliated with FESPROSA, Argentina's union of medical professionals, have demanded that glyphosate be banned. Citing the World Health Organization's recent declaration that glyphosate is a probable human carcinogen, FESPROSA also referred to glyphosate's association with increased spontaneous abortions, birth defects, skin diseases, and respiratory and neurological disease. American doctors: STEP UP & TAKE A STAND!

 Quartz's video.

Scientists just captured stunning images of deep sea creatures off the coast of Puerto Rico—some are so new to us, they don’t even have names.

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The Canadian economy lost 19,700 net jobs last month as the headline number in the latest labour-market data came in lower than economists' expectations.
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Contested bill will allow spy-agencies to operate overseas for first time and conduct
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The share of global value chains-based trade between developing countries quadrupled over the last 25 years.
Find out more. Download the ‪#‎WTO‬ World Trade Report 2014 APP for your tablet.
The app includes the full text of the Report plus the underlying data for all charts and tables in the Report. It also contains a video and photos of the launch event.
The app can be downloaded from the App Store and Google Play for viewing on your iPad or Android tablet.
Canada is the most-sued country under the North American Free Trade Agreement and a majority of the disputes involve investors challenging the...
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People burning is worse than cloth burning.
More on why flag worship is a big problem:http://theantimedia.org/michelle-manhart/



Less than three weeks into her presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton appears to have unified large swaths of the Democratic Party and its activist base to support the Supreme Court decision that effectively allowed unlimited money into politics.
In campaign statements and talking points, the party seems to be collectively saying that without evidence of any explicit quid pro quo, all the Clinton cash is...
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Big money politics runs amok with FEC in gridlock
Ellen Weintraub, commissioner with the Federal Election Commission, explains why campaign finance laws are not being enforced.
Full clip: http://on.msnbc.com/1KoHnv4
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Ignorance is strength. (We a republic; not a democracy and there is a BIG difference.)
 There was a famous British political cartoon about politicians as vultures...'Let Us Prey'


The first Thursday in May, by congressional mandate, is set aside as the official “National Day of Prayer."
Why does a country with separation of church and state have a National Day of Prayer?
The first Thursday in May, by congressional mandate, is set aside as the official “National Day of Prayer." Why?
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An open letter to the UN Security Council demands justice over Israel's abuse against Palestinian children
An open letter to the UN Security Council demanding justice over Israel abuse against Palestinian children has been submitted by The Palestinian envoy to the...
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Remember all the times Jeb Bush insisted, "I am my own man"? Well, forget it.
George W. Bush is now advising his brother on one very important issue.
Remember all the times Jeb Bush insisted, "I am my own man"? Well, forget it. George W. Bush is now advising his brother on a very important issue.
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Ever get the urge to ask anti-choice people to put their money where their mouth is?
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Idiots...
Despite the fact Texas has the third largest rate of HIV infection in the country, Texas House Republicans have voted to give funds targeted for HIV screening to...
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Actress Marlee Matlin, who is deaf and the wife of a police officer, teamed up with ACLU and advocacy group HEARD, on an American Sign Language video to ensure deaf people know their rights when interacting with law enforcement.
For more information, go to https://www.aclu.org/deafrights
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The oil industry has been injecting wastewater into clean, protected aquifers in drought-stricken California.
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"Good news. What is important about this is that it was an NDP private members bill that was supported by the Liberals.
Of course the Conservatives voted against it since they don't give a dam about the environment or people's drinking water."
The Council of Canadians supports Bill 82, legislation that would place a moratorium on fracking in Ontario. Yesterday, in surprising turnaround, the...
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"Good news. What is important about this is that it was an NDP private members bill that was supported by the Liberals.
Of course the Conservatives voted against it since they don't give a dam about the environment or people's drinking water."
The Council of Canadians supports Bill 82, legislation that would place a moratorium on fracking in Ontario. Yesterday, in surprising turnaround, the...
CANADIANS.ORG



Do you think this goal is attainable?
Hawaii lawmakers voted 74-2 this week to pass the nation's first state-wide requirement for 100 percent renewable energy generation.
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ColorOfChange.org shared their photo.
"Rioters" is a term that has long been used to criminalize Black pain and outrage in the face of devastating structural racism and state sponsored violence. When white folks smash cars and set fires following sports games the press and public call them "rowdy." When the tables are turned, Black people are called "criminal" or "violent." The destruction of property is not violence. Violence is the fact that police or a racist vigilante taking a Black person's life every 28 hours.

Is the USDA Suppressing Science...On Monsanto's Behalf? USDA scientists told watchdog group, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), that managers order employees not to publish data and even rewrite and retract some scientific papers, while indefinitely delaying the approval of others. Scientists producing work that could cause regulatory headaches for the agrichemical industry
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Len Hart at The Existentialist Cowboy ranted for years against the oxymoronic idea of an evasion from personal accountability becoming a 'person' itself...while immune from prosecution for crime.


Notley makes buying a home more affordable by cancelling PC Mortgage Tax hike EDMONTON - Today, Rachel Notley announced that the NDP will help...
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Known as the “scientific father of ADHD”, Dr.Leon Eisenberg, in the last interview that he gave before his death said “ADHD is a prime example of a fictitious disease.”
What are your thoughts?
Could ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) be a fictitious disease, nothing more than a fraud intended to justify starting children on a life of drug
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An NDP-sponsored bill proposing Canada align its laws with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples was defeated Wednesday. The...
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It's like ordering pizza from Panago when you own a chain of Pizza Huts.
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Here is the list of MPs who betrayed you:
https://openparliament.ca/votes/41-2/395/
Note that even Harper didn't vote for ‪#‎C51‬.
Suck on that, Trudeau fans.


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'The Tories chose to pretend the big blunder did not happen,' says consultant Jim Roy. Thanks to PC 'mismanagement', Albertans are out BILLIONS.
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UPDATE 2012: I've fallen down on the job documenting Tory Scandals. Good thing The Sixth Estate has a more current list of their own. UPDATE 2012 2: The...
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Isn't this curious? Despite claims that raising corporate taxes will lead to "capital flight," Corporate Canada has managed to smash its old record, sending close to...
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'The Tories chose to pretend the big blunder did not happen,' says consultant Jim Roy. Thanks to PC 'mismanagement', Albertans are out BILLIONS.
THETYEE.CA

A Canadian advisory panel on Wednesday approved a plan to bury nuclear waste at a site just steps away from Lake Huron, saying it had H




Here is the list of MPs who betrayed you:
https://openparliament.ca/votes/41-2/395/
Note that even Harper didn't vote for ‪#‎C51‬.
Suck on that, Trudeau fans.







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