Category: General

The Shame Of A Nation: Georgia Va Hospital Reveals That It Is So Dirty People Are Being Sickened By The Air

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The Shame Of A Nation: Georgia Va Hospital Reveals That It Is So Dirty People Are Being Sickened By The Air
VA Hospital In Georgia Illustrates The Shame Of A Nation: So Dirty The Very Air Is Making People Sick One of most shameful episodes in the history of a nation reliant on its military for so much has come out of the poorly-thought out, poorly executed Iraq invasion bungled in world-class fashion by Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and the rest of the neocon clown car that told us we’d be greeted as liberators.… Read the rest

Nestlé May Be Coming Up Against It: Small Town In Southeastern Washington State Latest To Stand Up To Water Bullies

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Nestlé May Be Coming Up Against It: Small Town In Southeastern Washington State Latest To Stand Up To Water Bullies
The Latest In The Battle Against The Water Bullies: How A Small Town In Washington Stood Up To Nestlé There is something so satisfying when a bully finally gets his comeuppance. A huge slice of Hollywood culture mines this area of the human experience, and not jut in cheesy 1980s movies or kids cartoons either. Deep within, we are all hardwired to cheer for the toppling of a bully–all of us except the bully, that is.… Read the rest

When Government Controls The Information, Information Will Not Be Free: How Gmail And Others Colluded To Covertly Attack Controversial Website

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When Government Controls The Information, Information Will Not Be Free: How Gmail And Others Colluded To Covertly Attack Controversial Website
Your Freedom To Access Information Just Got A Bit Narrower: How Government Colludes With Gmail And Yahoo To Limit Your Access To Controversial Websites For many of us, the Snowden revelations were not, in principle, terribly surprising. When Edward Snowden dropped his NSA spying bombshell, many of us nodded and said to our friends and family something like, “This is what I’ve been trying to tell you for years.”… Read the rest

Alabama Rape Victim’s Horror Story Continues: Her Violation Now Coming From The State As Baby Taken Away, Scheduled For Circumcision

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Alabama Rape Victim’s Horror Story Continues: Her Violation Now Coming From The State As Baby Taken Away, Scheduled For Circumcision
Circumcision Decision Taken By State Against Mother’s Will: Alabama Rape Victim’s Story Gets Ever More Harrowing As the state grows in power, so to do its minions. Think about every petty, dull-witted bureaucrat you’ve ever encountered at the DMV or post office. Now think about these types of people have the power to make decisions affecting your life and the lives of your children and loved ones, decisions which could ruin lives.… Read the rest

Aging Skin May Be Worse For City Dwellers: Emerging Research Shows That Air Pollution May Be A Much Bigger Cause Than Previously Thought

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Aging Skin May Be Worse For City Dwellers: Emerging Research Shows That Air Pollution May Be A Much Bigger Cause Than Previously Thought
Air Pollution: It’s Not Just For The Lungs Anymore–New Research Shows That It May Be A Leading Cause Of Premature Aging Of The Skin When we think of massive megacities like Beijing, Mexico City and Rio De Janiero and the problems they face due to their size, most of us probably think of our lungs. The mind likely goes to images of traffic at a standstill, bemasked people enshrouded in a cottony fog that has nothing to do with natural weather patterns as they rush through the street trying to get to the fresher air of the indoors.… Read the rest

From Prison To Pot: How One California Town Is Taking An Abandoned Prison And Turning It Into A Marijuana Processing Facility

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From Prison To Pot: How One California Town Is Taking An Abandoned Prison And Turning It Into A Marijuana Processing Facility
Prison To Pot: California Town Votes To Turn Unused Prison Facility Into A Marijuana Oil Extraction Facility In judo, practitioners are taught to use the weight and momentum of their opponents to their own advantage. Rather than push back against the force of the opponent, you redirect it in such a way that it assists your own cause. The town of Coalinga, California has come up with a unique plan that smacks of judo, one in which the town will be able to overcome a multi-million dollar deficit in one fell swoop while simultaneously putting a former prison facility to good use.… Read the rest

Deficient: One Of The Most Common Vitamin Deficiencies Is Also One Of The Most Frequently Misdiagnosed–And Easily Treated

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Deficient: One Of The Most Common Vitamin Deficiencies Is Also One Of The Most Frequently Misdiagnosed–And Easily Treated
Vitamin B12 Deficiency: One Of The Most Frequently Misdiagnosed Conditions Could Also Be The Cause Of A Variety Of Maladies It’s hard to imagine, given the wide array of supplements and vitamin-enriched foods that we face every time we go to the grocery store that somehow, our ancestors managed to get everything they need to live and thrive living a hunting and foraging existence on the savannahs of Africa.… Read the rest

Drug-Resistant Bacteria Reaching Crisis Levels: Alarming Rise In Cases Of Sepsis May Herald True Crisis

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Drug-Resistant Bacteria Reaching Crisis Levels: Alarming Rise In Cases Of Sepsis May Herald True Crisis
Crisis of Drug-Resistant Bacteria: Routine Infections Becoming More And More Untreatable If you’re not in the medical profession, chances are you’ve probably never heard a lot about sepsis in your lifetime. Barring a vague notion you picked up from medical dramas on television that it is some kind of disease, you probably never think about it at all. But we may be on the verge of hearing a whole lot more about sepsis, and many other formerly routine infections.… Read the rest

Insecure Infants Study Suggests That Newborns Who Travel For Frequent Overnights Away From Primary Caregiver More Insecure

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Insecure Infants Study Suggests That Newborns Who Travel For Frequent Overnights Away From Primary Caregiver More Insecure
Insecure Attachments: Study Shows Babies Who Spend Nights Away From Primary Caregiver Less Secure In a new study that may have profound implications for a society in which divorce is common and out-of-wedlock child-rearing is becoming more and more normalized, a University of Virginia researcher says her study shows that infants who went on frequent overnight visits away from their primary caregiver had more insecure attachments to the caregiver.… Read the rest