Archive for October, 2007
Friday, October 26th, 2007
The White House goes overboard with their censorship of frightening testimony about climate change: Whole sections on health related effects to extreme weather, air pollution-related health effect, allergic diseases, water and food-borne infectious diseases, food and water scarcity and the long term impacts of chronic diseases and other health effects ...
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Thursday, October 25th, 2007
A message on OiNK's home page — from the law-enforcement entities behind Tuesday's raids — hints that more bad news could be coming for OiNK fans, as "a criminal investigation continues into the identities and activities of the site's users."Read the full story
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Thursday, October 25th, 2007
"It's just bad parenting to turn your little girl into a sex object and think it's cute. In my generation, the hippie parents, they've all caved to their kids. They want to be their friends. It was very cool to be your kid's friend, not a militant or authoritarian figure. ...
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Wednesday, October 24th, 2007
Fresh from winning the Nobel Peace Prize for his climate change evangelism, Al Gore is apparently considering an invitation from a prominent environmental group to engage in civil disobedience against the construction of new coal-fired power plants.Read the full story
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Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007
Apple’s iPhone contains hazardous chemicals and materials, according to the results of scientific tests commissioned by Greenpeace. This is the first testing of an Apple product following the commitment by Steve Jobs, Apple CEO, to a ‘Greener Apple’, in May 2007.Read the full story
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Monday, October 22nd, 2007
On a whim, two parents got in on a study to find out what kinds of chemicals are in their children's blood. It turned out that in 18 months, their toddler's body had amassed more man-made gunk than they'd gotten in their combined 74 years. It all came from the ...
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Monday, October 22nd, 2007
To date, most discussions of diversity and multiculturalism in Canada have focused on the need for promoting mutual respect and tolerance. But this thinking misses the idea that Canada's success at integrating its diversity has effectively transformed the country into the global crossroads. Canada can and should serve as a ...
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Thursday, October 18th, 2007
This blew my mind. I can't for the life of me see her as turning anything but counter-clockwise, but my housemate swears she can't see anything but clockwise!!
Thanks to Ashley for the linkRead the full story
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Thursday, October 18th, 2007
Right now, the only parents who routinely get serious child-care assistance from the government are extremely poor mothers in welfare-to-work programs. Even for them, the waiting lists tend to be ridiculously long. In many states, once the woman actually gets a job, she loses the day care. Middle-class families get ...
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Monday, October 15th, 2007
EDMONTON - A 28-year-old newcomer has humbled one of Edmonton's best-known politicians, bringing an abrupt end to Mike Nickel's career on city council.
Don Iveson ran on a platform of smarter, greener development. Seems wise to me for a province that was recently identified as the least happy in Canada, despite ...
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