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President Obama takes the heat President Bush did not - Josh Gerstein - POLITICO.comEight years ago, a terrorist bomber’s attempt to blow up a transatlantic airliner was thwarted by a group of passengers, an incident that revealed some gaping holes in airline security just a few months after the attacks of Sept. 11. But it was six days before President George W. Bush, then on ...
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Update: Confusion Research CenterWe've been working on getting the business plan and initial funding lined up. Looks like we should be opening the doors sometime late January or early February.
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Jan. 1 Emissions Reporting Deadline Draws Pundits Out of Wordwork · Environmental Leader · Green Business, Sustainable Business, and Green Strategy News for Corporate Sustainability ExecutivesWith large emitters scheduled to begin collecting their emissions data Jan. 1, companies are gearing up to ensure their compliance. But that hasn’t stopped critics from ramping up their rhetoric. On Sept. 22, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it would require about 10,000 facilities ...
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Drug-resistant infections lurk in meat we eat - Infectious diseases- msnbc.comRuss Kremer, shown with one of his free-roaming pigs on his farm in Frankenstein, Mo., was gored by the tusk of a boar and got a strep infection that didn't heal even after two months of multiple antibiotics. The answer was flowing in the veins of the boar. The animal had been fed low doses of ...
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David Paul: With Wall Street Shorting the Dollar, It is Time for Congress to Pursue Fundamental ChangeDavid Paul With Wall Street Shorting the Dollar, It is Time for Congress to Pursue Fundamental Change What's Your Reaction? Just imagine how angry the American public would be if they knew the whole story. For months, we have listened to the whining from Wall Street. U.S. banks are ...
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13President Obama takes the heat President Bush did not - Josh Gerstein - POLITICO.comRepublican hypocrisy continues unabated. Not to mention that Bush AND a Republican Congress had 6 years to "fix the problem" Republicans are now howling about being Obama's.JDP added 4 weeks ago
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13Jan. 1 Emissions Reporting Deadline Draws Pundits Out of Wordwork · Environmental Leader · Green Business, Sustainable Business, and Green Strategy News for Corporate Sustainability ExecutivesAh yes, as long as the true cost of pollutting is not counted, those who get that "free pass" will howl over regulations. Let's not even consider the global warming or national security downsides. What about those thousands of people who suffer and die prematurely from the pollution (since the ...JDP added 5 weeks ago
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13Drug-resistant infections lurk in meat we eat - Infectious diseases- msnbc.comAh yes, those 65K USA lives JUST LAST YEAR (maybe more uncounted internationally and more coming!) lost to diseases probably made or aided in becoming drug resistance by the use of antibiotics to keep animals healthy and food cheaper shouldn't be counted against those "economic benefits". After ...JDP added 5 weeks ago
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13David Paul: With Wall Street Shorting the Dollar, It is Time for Congress to Pursue Fundamental ChangeThe financial "masters of the universe" are at it again. Until the institutions and persons who operate this way are "taken down" (very literally and fiercely), there will continue to be one of the largest ever government enabled and abetted "redistributions of wealth" from most of "we the ...JDP added 8 weeks ago
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13Op-Ed: Numbers, not shouting, overwhelm health care debate - Yahoo! NewsA great debunking of Republican and insurance industry lies, a great analysis of the flaws and harm in the USA current health care "system", along with the enormous benefits of passing meaningful health care reform WITH A PUBLIC OPTION.JDP added 2 months ago
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