H7N9 Virus and You.

H7N9 Virus and You.

H7N9, Viruses and You posted by Michael Thomas May 27, 2013 According to new research in China, the H7N9 bird flu has been shown to be transferable not only through direct contact, but also airborn, in ferret models (Zhu, 2013). Ferrets are mammals like us, and the ability of the virus to jump from birds to mammals, and between mammals, should make us...

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Inefficiency of Privatisation

Inefficiency of Privatisation

Many nations, including the US, have taken to the idea of “privatisation”, which really means giving the ownership or responsibility of a certain service to a privately owned institution -corporation- instead of opting for a transparent representative or democratic control. That argument most often given in support of these privatisation efforts is...

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Boston Marathon Bombing

Boston Marathon Bombing

Boston Marathon Bombing: More Justification for Repression and Endless Global War on Terror By By Gilbert Mercier and Dady Chery We might never learn the motive behind the Boston Marathon bomb attack on Monday, April 15, which is reported to have killed three people and injured more than 170. It could be as simple as an unhinged individual going postal on tax...

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Obama curriculum teaches socialism?

Obama curriculum teaches socialism?

Obama trying to take over public education with ‘common core’ curriculum that teaches socialism Whenever he can, President Obama likes to poke fun at anyone who suggests that he’s a closet socialist because that’s what socialists do – they ridicule anyone who tries to “out” them. And yet, every policy he pursues takes a...

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One-Woman Revolution

One-Woman Revolution

Most people’s lifeworks are gathered in one place, and though invaluable to ourselves, rarely would such work be important to hundreds of people scattered all over the world. Trella Laughlin is an exception. For almost 20 years, Laughlin traveled the globe from Bosnia to Nicaragua and elsewhere, video-documenting human injustice for the the Foundation for...

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Supreme Court VS. Doctors

Supreme Court VS. Doctors

Fifty medical doctors who favor a single payer health insurance system today urged the US Supreme Court to strike down the individual mandate. In a brief filed with the Court, the fifty doctors and two non-profit groups – Single Payer Action and It’s Our Economy – said that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual mandate is...

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