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What can you believe? What would "they" like you to believe? What SHOULD you believe? BEFORE you believe - BE SKEPTICAL (rational, logical, thoroughly inquiring). Post information one needs to make informed decisions. SO, postings here are things things that make one skeptical of other claims OR things one might be skeptical about (tell everyone in a note which way or let them make up their own mind!).
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Reef Conservation Strategy Backfires : NPRThe Kiribati government was concerned about overfishing. So it came up with a plan: It would subsidize the coconut oil industry. "The thought was that by paying people more to do coconut agriculture, they would do less fishing," says Walsh. "And this would fulfill two goals: One, they would ...
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'Catastrophic' warning as fires flare in Australia - Yahoo! NewsAustralian firefighters battled dozens of bush blazes on Friday as record-breaking hot weather sparked "catastrophic" warnings in two states, just months after the country's worst ever wildfire disaster. Major lightning storms set off about 100 blazes in South Australia alone, most of which had ...
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Shun beef to stop climate change, says India - Yahoo! NewsIndia, a stronghold of vegetarianism where the cow is a sacred animal for the majority Hindu population, has urged the rest of the world to give up eating beef to help reduce global warming. "The single most important cause of (carbon) emissions is eating beef," Environment Minister Jairam ...
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Europe match-fixing probe targets 200 games - Yahoo! NewsIn what one UEFA official called Europe's worst ever match-fixing scandal, investigators said Friday criminals may have netted over 10 million euros manipulating 200 games in nine countries. A 200-strong band operating across Europe is suspected of swaying matches in Germany, Belgium, ...
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Dana Milbank - Washington Sketch: Republican senators do an about-face on judicial filibusters - washingtonpost.comFor much of this decade, Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, now the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee, led the fight against Democratic filibusters of George W. Bush's judicial nominees. He decried Democrats' "unprecedented, obstructive tactics." To have Bush nominees "opposed on a partisan ...
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1Shun beef to stop climate change, says India - Yahoo! NewsDUH! India by far and away has the largest number of methane producing cattle at 281,700,000, followed by Brazil (100 million LESS), China, and only then the USA. SO, if reducing the number of cattle will help, India is on the front lines. So what will it be - eat some of those cows? ...JDP added 15 hours ago
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1Dana Milbank - Washington Sketch: Republican senators do an about-face on judicial filibusters - washingtonpost.com"Lying, flip-flopping hypocrites." A charge Republican's love to level against anyone perceived as their opponents. Only this time it sticks to those very same Republicans. Ethics? Principles? Can be trusted to stick to and follow their word? Not for these Republican Senators.JDP added 18 hours ago
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1Goldman Sachs CEO polishes firm's image - USATODAY.comHow sweet and magnanimous - 2% of the amount of this year's bonuses to try and cover up that enormous theft from the economy in general and shareholders in particular. PLUS, with legions out of work on Wall Street, the LIE that such lavish bonuses are required to "keep the best and brightest ...JDP added 18 hours ago
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1Fox News again accused of airing misleading video - Yahoo! NewsUnfortunately, Fixed Noise continues to be a pestilent, putrid propaganda machine for Republicans and the far right, not meriting the word "news" anywhere near it. AND, bunches of angry, gullible boobs just lap it up. FORTUNATELY, Fox spews mostly INCOMPETENT LIES, transparent to anyone with ...JDP added 19 hours ago
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1Purdue Newsroom — New theory on fairness in economics targets CEO payFat chance on any "rational" theory guiding - or rather restraining - the sociopathic personal and corporate greed that has developed. That would take something like real application of anti-trust and anti-corruption laws, to the tune of breaking up many of the Fortune 500 and sending most of ...JDP added 38 hours ago
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