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Consumer Prices Rise at Fastest Pace in Quarter Century

ybdogsct — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:28:17 EDT

Soaring food and energy costs pushed consumer prices up in June at the fastest rate in a quarter-century, further pressuring households already buffeted by rising joblessness, falling home prices and a sinking stock market.

Channel: Money Tags: food costs energy costs home prices stock market

McCain shows ignorance regarding birth control

RickyDawkins — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:26:33 EDT

This video of John McCain is truly incredible. The simple answer should have been that insurance companies should, indeed, cover birth control pills. But McCain was incoherent. This is not the first time McCain has shown profound ignorance on birth control and sexuality. Here's the Straight-Talk Express at work:

Channel: Religion Tags: John McCain Christian Conservative Republican Birth Control Clueless

Understanding Cholesterol Level

louiebaur — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:28:30 EDT

The cholesterol levels are measured in units of milligram per deciliter of blood or mg/dL. While your doctors decides the recommended levels according to your age and other factors, the overall reading of all the cholesterol should be under 200 mg/dL. Anything between 200 to 239 mg/dL is considered borderline. Above 240 mg/dL it is time to act imme

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: Cholesterol Triglycerides

Kucinich May Get Hearing On Impeachment Resolution

jaxguy — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:43:19 EDT

The House Judiciary Committee may let anti-war Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich present his case for impeaching President Bush before the August recess, the panel's chairman said Monday.

Channel: Politics Tags: bush impeachment war kucininh conyers

Kucinich's Fight to Impeach Bush

jovial — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 10:59:02 EDT

Rep. Dennis Kucinich continued his seemingly quixotic crusade to impeach President Bush last week. But with Speaker Pelosi suggesting the House Judiciary Committee may hear his argument, Kucinich might get his day very soon.

Channel: Politics Tags: Kucinich Bush impeachment judiciary committee Pelosi

The ABC of Vitamins

louiebaur — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 02:06:38 EDT

We all know how important are vitamins to our body. The body can function only if there is adequate amount of all types of vitamins. As with anything else, anything excess of intake of viatmins also causes problems.

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: Vitamin A Vitamin K

Hannity falsely claimed Obama tax plan would raise taxes on families of 4 making $50,000 a year

bubba2 — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 17:30:39 EDT

On his radio program, Sean Hannity falsely claimed that Obama's proposal for rescinding the Bush tax cuts would result in families of 4 making $50,000 a year ... paying another $2,000 in taxes a year. In fact, Obama has proposed cutting taxes for middle-class families and rolling back President Bush's tax cuts only on people making over $250,000.

Channel: Politics Tags: Sean Hannity Barack Obama Bush tax cuts Obama tax plan media bias middle class

Only Congress Can Declare War

populist — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:05:18 EDT

By rejecting the advice and the rules laid down by the founders and early Presidents, our recent leaders have gone so far astray from warnings against entangling alliances, that the founders would hardly recognize the government they created.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: war powers congress president constitution 10th amendment founding fathers

Cotati council votes to impeach Bush, Cheney

jaxguy — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:39:47 EDT

The Cotati City Council is the third in Sonoma County to weigh in on impeachment for President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.

Channel: Politics Tags: bush impeachment war

Pelosi cracks door open on impeachment resolution

jaxguy — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:34:44 EDT

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters this morning that the Judiciary Committee may hold hearings on an impeachment resolution that Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, is pushing against President Bush.

Channel: Politics Tags: bush impeachment war kucininh pelosi

Ask Conyers to Allow Kucinich to Present Impeachment Articles to House Judiciary Committee

jaxguy — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:17:31 EDT

On Thursday Congressman Dennis Kucinich, who had already introduced 3 articles of impeachment against Cheney and 35 against Bush introduced a single article of impeachment against Bush charging him with misleading Congress into a war on Iraq. Let's make sure that Committee Chairman John Conyers grants this request.

Channel: Politics Tags: bush impeachment war kucininh conyers

Pelosi says House may hold hearings on Kucinich impeachment resolution

3dogagency — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:29:37 EDT

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said this morning that the House Judiciary Committee may hold hearings on an impeachment resolution offered by Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio). Pelosi has said previously that impeachment "was off the table," so her comments this morning were surprising.

Channel: Politics Tags: Congressman Dennis Kucinich impeachment Pelosi Congress Kucinich

The Future of Peak Oil

jaxguy — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:18:59 EDT

When the quantity of oil coming out of the ground begins to decline as expected in 2010 those 2.5 billion emerging citizens will still be trying to grab the brass ring of the cheap energy society. Only it will no longer be cheap.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: peak oil oil iraq economy demand supply

Combine Foods for More Health Benefits

jaxguy — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 12:24:51 EDT

When it comes to staying well, it's not just about eating a lot of nutrients in fruits and vegetables, it's about absorbing those nutrients, too.

Channel: Food Tags: food health nutrition vegetables nutrients

Suing George W. Bush: A Bizarre and Troubling Tale

Neophile — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:54:06 EDT

U.S. officials went to extremes to stifle our legal challenge to Bush's warrantless surveillance -- but a federal judge says the program is criminal, anyway.

Channel: Politics Tags: bush lawsuit surveillance warrantless surveillance big brother fisa

Report: 5 Darfur peacekeepers killed, 17 missing

STONERS — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:40:41 EDT

Five peacekeepers from a joint U.N.-African Union force were killed and 17 were missing after their patrol was ambushed in northern Darfur, Sudan's state news agency reported Wednesday.

Channel: News Tags: Five Darfur Peacekeepers Killed 17 Missing

Popular fish tilapia potentially worse than bacon

zsar — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 09:02:43 EDT

Farm-raised tilapia, one of the most highly consumed fish in America, has very low levels of beneficial omega-3 fatty acids and, perhaps worse, very high levels of omega-6 fatty acids...

Channel: Health & Fitness Tags: fatty acids

Kucinich to Introduce New Article of Impeachment Against Bush Thursday

jaxguy — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:19:24 EDT

Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich said he will introduce a single article of impeachment against President George W. Bush Thursday for "taking our nation and our troops to war based on lies."

Channel: Politics Tags: bush impeachment kucinich war iraq

A Green Let-Down at the G-8 Summit

monicachenoa — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:19:58 EDT

Meeting for a second day in the Japanese resort town of Toyako, the leaders of the G-8 nations released a declaration on climate change, endorsing the idea of cutting global greenhouse-gas emissions in half by 2050. It was the clearest signal yet of the international community's willingness to grapple with the long-term danger of global warming,

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McCain: Maybe Cigarettes Will Kill the Iranians

monicachenoa — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:16:51 EDT

ABC News' Bret Hovell Reports: Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., made an off the cuff joke Tuesday about cigarettes killing Iranians. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee was asked about the number of exports going to Iran, specifically the increase in cigarette exports.

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Alcohol returns to Baghdad

monicachenoa — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:04:37 EDT

Alcohol is openly for sale once more in Baghdad. All over the Iraqi capital, drink stores, which closed their doors in early 2006 when sectarian strife was raging, have slowly begun to reopen. Two years ago, al-Qa'ida militants were burning down liquor stores and shooting their owners.

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G8 accused of 'failing the world' on carbon cuts

monicachenoa — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:32:47 EDT

Leaders of the world's richest nations have kept alive hope of a global agreement to combat climate change by agreeing to cut their carbon emissions by at least 50 per cent by 2050. Environmental groups said the agreement at the G8 summit in Japan did not go far enough, and the search for a deal moves to the talks about a "son of Kyoto"

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Economic fears lead to slump in confidence

monicachenoa — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:29:27 EDT

Consumer confidence has slumped to a record low following chaos in the financial markets, months of misery in the property sector and spiralling household bills. Gordon Brown was forced to defend his stewardship of the economy while attending the G8 summit in Japan yesterday, while the FTSE 100 index at one stage dropped 2.7 per cent to herald..

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Hagee Demands YouTube Remove 120 Videos of Him

Neophile — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:47:15 EDT

Late last week, with no prior notification, lawyers for the controversial evangelist John Hagee had a series of videos concerning the pastor removed from YouTube.

Channel: Religion Tags: john hagee youtube video christian censorship christianity bigotry pastor

It's the economy, not the war, that drives '08 voters

monicachenoa — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:07:44 EDT

The presidential hopefuls last year staked their bids on Iraq, but a tumultuous economy has dominated the political conversation and forced them to keep a focus on the kitchen-table issues voters will consider in the fall.

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Ex-Prosecutor Accuses Bush of Murder

jaxguy — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:12:52 EDT

As a Los Angeles county prosecutor, Vincent Bugliosi batted a thousand in murder cases: 21 trials, 21 convictions, including the Charles Manson case in 1971.

Channel: Politics Tags: bush murder war iraq bugliosi

Oil's Rapid Rise Stirs Talk of $200 a Barrel This Year

TechnologyExpert — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:04:09 EDT

Oil's historic ascent from $100 to nearly $150 a barrel in just six months is lending weight to a far grimmer prediction: Crude could reach $200 a barrel by the end of the year.

Channel: Money Tags: Gasoline OPEC Oil Economy

Sweet Jane--- Lou Reed

dadesider — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:40:49 EDT

The chord progression consists of three basic chords over two measures, D (D-A) G (G-A) D, used both in the verses and the chorus. Instead of opening with a standard verse, this version starts with what will later be used as a transitional pre-bridge piece, using the same chords as the verses but a different melody ("Anyone who ever had a hear

Channel: Music Tags: Jane Lou Reed Velvet

July 4th and Still Too Much Political Apathy?

lenseview — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:36:26 EDT

Author, former CNN writer/producer, writes of disappointing personal experience in her town -- so little interest in politics, big issues people need to face. Why confront the hard choices when we can have fun barbecuing, etc.? Interesting, smart, personal piece.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: July 4 politics political apathy candidates president

World Bank: Biofuels Force Food Prices Up 75 Percent

CUTtotheNEWS — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:38:40 EDT

Fuels like ethanol contribute far more to price spike than previously thought, according to secret report.

Channel: News Tags: envrionment ethanol food prices inflation

Momentum Building For Bugliosi's Case Against George W. Bush For Murder

jovial — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:28:27 EDT

For Vincent Bugliosi, one of America's foremost prosecutors and authors, George W. Bush's purposeful crime of misleading America into war is a vile, despicable and prosecutable act. It angers Bugliosi deeply. So much so that he's written a new book, "The Prosecution Of George W. Bush For Murder."

Channel: Books Tags: Vincent Bugliosi Bush murder case book