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Hello

This blog's been created in the hope that knowledge is power, and the certainty that ignorance is its antithesis. It's mainly a compilation of information and insight from various sources that I thought worth passing along.

I'll be tossing in my grossly overvalued two cents, as well (denoted by asterisks). That said, I'd like to think I'm smart enough to know what I don't know, and that I'll make that clear when necessary.

I'm happy to hear from folks. Disagreement is welcome ... but only if it's civil. You can be as vociferous as you wish ... but personal attacks will simply be flushed as soon as they're apparent.

Let's do the mensch thing.

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And a note on DEMOCRACY NOW! posts:

I may be stating the obvious, but it's a good idea to check the DN! Headlines every weekday.

There's a link to them at the bottom of each segment I post ... and of course you can go to http://www.democracynow.org on the rare days when I don't have anything from the program.


Thanks for visiting ... I hope you'll find it worth your while.


* Do what your conscience demands and your courage allows, and never be satisfied with the limits of either *



11/6

Indoor Plants Could Save Your Life
Indoor plants do not only look and smell nice, they could save your life, claim scientists.
by Richard Alleyne
The Telegraph/UK

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/11/06-5
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Would We Listen to Nature if Our Lives Depended on It?
by Derrick Jensen

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/11/06-3
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Co-Authors Question Stand Alone Vote on National Single Payer
by Dennis Kucinich & John Conyers

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/11/06-8
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President Obama Comes to School (And It Is Not Good News)
by Ruth Conniff

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/11/06-10
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Center for Biological Diversity Statement on Senate Climate Bill

http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2009/11/06-9
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Institute for Public Accuracy
Fort Hood Shooting

http://accuracy.org/newsrelease.php?articleId=2115

Healthcare and Unemployment

http://accuracy.org/newsrelease.php?articleId=2116
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FAIR Media Advisory
Failing the Midterms
Press overplays election results

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3939

FAIR Blog
The Election Lesson: Hoover Was Right!

http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/11/06/the-election-lesson-hoover-was-right/

Bill O'Reilly and Cuban-Style Tax Rates

*Do you wonder how many persons taxed at the top rate "honestly earn" their income?

And honestly pay what relatively little they owe?

http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/11/06/bill-oreilly-and-cuban-style-tax-rates/
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DEMOCRACY NOW!
In Worst-Ever Shooting of Its Kind, 13 Dead, 30 Wounded at Ft. Hood Military Base; Suspect Had Reportedly Complained of Anti-Muslim Bias

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/11/6/in_worst_ever_shooting_of_its

Breaking with Former Employer, Actor and Self-Described Insurance Industry "Spokesjerk" Andy Cobb Calls for Public Healthcare

*Shilling and killing

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/11/6/breaking_with_former_employer_actor_and


11/5

Coke to Bring You Advice About Health and Soft Drinks
Family doctors group loses members over Coke deal
by Lindsey Tanner
the Associated Press

*Things go better with Coke

(For Coke, that is)

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/11/05-4
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Friends of the Earth Attacks Carbon Trading
An FoE report says 'cap and trade' carbon markets have done little to reduce emissions but have been plagued by corruption and inefficiency
by Ashley Seager
The Guardian/UK

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/11/05-2
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Spokane Considers Community Bill of Rights
Thousands of people voted to protect nine basic rights, ranging from the right of the environment to exist and flourish to the rights of residents to have a locally based economy and to determine the future of their neighborhoods.
by Mari Margil
YES! Magazine

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/11/05-8
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The Next Phase of Healthcare Apartheid
by Norman Solomon

*The ultimate sick joke

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/11/05
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Clash on Investment: Global Trade and an Opportunity for Civil Society
by Sarah Anderson

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/11/05-6
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Localization Is Way to Redefine Globalization
by Michael Shuman

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/11/05-9
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Marijuana Policy Project (MPP)
Most Exhaustive Set of Marijuana Arrest Data Ever Shows No Relation Between Arrests and Use Rates; Penalty Structure Boosts Illicit Market
Florida Has Toughest Penalties, Arrest Rate Highest in D.C, Black Arrest Rate 3 Times That of Whites

http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2009/11/05-3
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No More Guantánamos
Amherst (MA) Special Town Meeting Approves Resolution to Welcome Cleared Guantánamo Detainees

*Humanity trumps hypocrisy

http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2009/11/05
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Institute for Public Accuracy
Italian Court Convicts Operatives: What About the Higher-Ups?

http://accuracy.org/newsrelease.php?articleId=2114
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DEMOCRACY NOW!
Italian Prosecutor in Case Against CIA Operatives Hails Convictions for '03 Kidnapping of Egyptian Cleric

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/11/5/italian_prosecutor_in_case_against_cia

As Massey Energy Blasts West Virginia's Coal River Mountain, a Debate on Mountaintop Removal Mining

*Biggers seems to be making a distinction between surface and underground mining. If so, I'd like to be clearer on why that is, wouldn't you? Mountaintop removal may be worse from a production standpoint, but the coal's dirty wherever it comes from, isn't it?

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/11/5/as_massey_energy_blasts_west_virginias

GM's Money Trees": Displacement of Rural Brazilians Highlights Consequences of "Cap and Trade" System

*I don't think the actions of the Green Police will make it into one of Chevron's "Human Energy" ads, do you?

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/11/5/gms_money_trees_displacement_of_rural
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FAIR Blog
'Pansy' John Stossel and Bill 'Man of the People' O'Reilly

*I guess by "the folks" he means the servants?

Um ... I mean "domestic contractors".

http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/11/05/pansy-john-stossel-and-bill-man-of-the-people-oreilly/


11/4

It's a Dirty Business - The New Gold Rush That Is Blackening Canada's Name
by Ben Webster
The Times Online (UK)

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/11/04-8
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The Swine Flu Vaccine Screw-up
Optimism as a Public Health Problem
by Barbara Ehrenreich

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/11/04-10
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DEMOCRACY NOW!
Election Day 2009: GOPers Sweep Governor Races; Bloomberg Wins Tight NYC Mayoral Race; Dems Take House Seats; Maine Repeals Gay Marriage

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/11/4/election_day_2009_gopers_sweep_governor

Low Road to High Finance: McClatchy Expose Reveals How Goldman Sachs Sold Off Billions in Mortgage Securities After Anticipating Housing Collapse

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/11/4/sachs

Blueberry Farming Giant Found to Use Child Labor at Michigan Fields

*Don't you think Wal-Mart and other companies have a policy of "Don't ask, don't tell, don't care" when it comes to child labor?

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/11/4/blueberry_farming_giant_found_to_use


11/3

One in Five Mammals Threatened With Extinction
by Mark Henderson
The Times Online (UK)

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/11/03-7
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We Only Have Months, Not Years, to Save Civilization from Climate Change
International agreements take too long, we need a swift mobilisation not seen since the second world war
by Lester Brown

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/11/03-9
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Climate Change Deniers Are Not Skeptics - They're Suckers
My fiercest opponents on global warming tend to be in their 60s and 70s. This offers a fascinating, if chilling, insight into human psychology
by George Monbiot

*What fools these "immortals" be

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/11/03-1
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Noam Chomsky: No Change in US 'Mafia Principle'
by Mamoon Alabbasi

*No Obamade served here

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/11/03-2
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The Obama Administration and Food, Year One
by Paula Crossfield

*Included for the intel. Crossfield's a fool about Obama's "good intentions" - and she has tons of company, doesn't she?

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/11/03-4
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Tests Find Wide Range of Bisphenol A in Canned Soups, Juice, and More
by Naomi Starkman

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/11/03-5
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Congressmember Dennis Kucinich
Kucinich Continues Fight to Restore State Single Payer Amendment

http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2009/11/03-9
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Americans United for Separation of Church and State
Americans United Urges IRS To Take Necessary Steps To Limit Partisan Activity By Churches

http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2009/11/03-3
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School of the Americas Watch
Mass Mobilization to Shut Down the School of the America; November 20-22, 2009, Fort Benning, Georgia

http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2009/11/03-1
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Institute for Public Accuracy
Making Elections Better

*Taking the democratic exit off the American Way

http://accuracy.org/newsrelease.php?articleId=2112
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DEMOCRACY NOW!
Appeals Court Rules in Maher Arar Case: Innocent Victims of Extraordinary Rendition Cannot Sue in US Courts

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/11/3/appeals_court_rules_in_maher_arar

Israeli Activists Criticize US House for Considering Resolution Condemning Goldstone Report on Israeli War Crimes in Gaza

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/11/3/israeli_activists_criticize_us_house_for


11/2

Toxic Contaminants: The Other Scourge
by Neena Bhandari
Inter Press Service

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/11/02-2
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Berlin, Israel, Mexico: Walls Across the World
by Jon Wiener
The Nation

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/11/02-8
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The New Faces of Day Labor
U.S. citizens are joining immigrants in store parking lots
by Timothy Pratt
the Las Vegas Sun

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/11/02-5
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Justice Denied: Voices from Guantanamo
by ACLU

http://www.commondreams.org/video/2009/11/02-0
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Opium, Rape and the American Way
by Chris Hedges

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/11/02
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Renewing the News
by Naomi Wolf

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/11/02-8
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Breaking Up the Banks is Hard to Do
Remember US banks that were 'too big to fail'? If Congress gets its way, they will be bigger and less accountable than ever
by Dean Baker

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/11/02-12
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Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER)
Secret California Park Give-Away
Back Door Proposal to Transfer Lands from Tolowa Dunes State Park

http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2009/11/02-6
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FAIR Blog
Comparing Fox and CNN Through a Funhouse Mirror

*Comment left at link

http://www.fair.org/blog/2009/11/02/comparing-fox-and-cnn-through-a-funhouse-mirror/
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DEMOCRACY NOW!
How Wall Street and Its Backers on Capitol Hill Silenced a Critic Calling for Greater Regulation of Derivatives

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/11/2/how_wall_street_and_its_backers

Shannon Brownlee: Does the Vaccine Matter?

http://www.democracynow.org/2009/11/2/shannon_brownlee_does_the_vaccine_matter
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Institute for Public Accuracy
Healthcare: Key Democrats Undermining Their Own?

*The audacity of "Nope"

http://accuracy.org/newsrelease.php?articleId=2110

Congress to Condemn Goldstone Report on Gaza?

http://accuracy.org/newsrelease.php?articleId=2111


11/1

Activist's Message at USF: End Needless Waste of Food
The Herald-News (Illinois)

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/10/31-0
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Chomsky: Far-Right Threat Is No Joke
by Rob Brown
the Herald Scotland

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/11/01
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What Lies Beneath the Rainforest
You want the Amazon to survive? Then pay us not to pump the oil, says Ecuador.
by Huw Hennessy in Quito
The Independent/UK

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2009/11/01-1
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Torn Apart
by Color Lines

http://www.commondreams.org/video/2009/10/31
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The Heart of India Is Under Attack
To justify enforcing a corporate land grab, the state needs an enemy - and it has chosen the Maoists
by Arundhati Roy

*Very long, and very worth reading - if you're as ignorant of the situation in India as I am

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/10/31-0

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