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Collective Evolution – by Alanna Ketler
After hearing these facts about the conditions that animals are forced to endure on factory farms you might be displeased to learn that 99% of all of the meat that is sold in the U.S. comes from factory farms (1), something to keep in mind.
*Warning: Some of the images used are graphic* Continue reading “10 Alarming Facts About Factory Farms That Will Break Your Heart”
Boulder Weekly – by Jefferson Dodge and Joel Dyer
The oil and gas industry has a dirty little secret, make that a dirty big secret … no, make that one of the biggest, dirtiest secrets in U.S. history.
What is no secret these days is that the potential for negative environmental and health impacts as a result of oil and gas exploration and production activity is very real. Continue reading “America’s dirtiest secret”
Russian soldiers have stormed through the walls of an airforce base in Crimea after a Ukrainian commander ignored demands to leave ordered his troops to ‘stand their ground’.
At least one Ukrainian soldier is reported to have been shot and explosions have been heard at the Belbek base near Sevastapol after a tank broke through the gates. Continue reading “Russian troops open fire on Ukraine troops after they refuse to vacate Crimea base on orders of defiant commander”
A rarely reported but highly extensive database managed by a Pentagon law enforcement agency that contains millions of details including criminal records and minor infractions alike is being called into question.
Although the Law Enforcement Information Exchange, or LInX, contains police records pertaining to run-of-the-mill 911 calls and even mere traffic citations, millions of these records concerning harmless civilian activity are stored in a system run by the United States Naval Criminal Investigative Service, the primary law enforcement agency of the US Navy that’s headquartered at the Quantico, Virginia military base. Continue reading “Pentagon database amasses millions of non-military police records”
A United States military veteran who was critically injured by the police during an Occupy Wall Street protest in October 2011 will be awarded $4.5 million by the city of Oakland, California.
Attorneys for the man, 26-year-old Scott Olsen, said on Friday this week that city officials have agreed on a multi-million dollar settlement that will resolve a federal lawsuit filed after the Oct. 25, 2011 incident. Continue reading “Oakland will pay $4.5 million to injured Occupy activist Scott Olsen”
The feel of winter is going to carry over into the first week of spring if you live east of the Rockies. Not only are temperatures going to plunge below average, but we are also watching for the potential of an East Coast winter storm.
Here’s what we know right now regarding this potential storm and the uncertainties. Continue reading “East Coast Winter Storm Next Week?”
The cause of the radiation leaks at the United States’ first nuclear waste repository are still under investigation, but in the meantime government officials have decided to move a stalled shipment of waste to a private dump in Texas.
According to Reuters, the shipment of approximately 1,000 barrels of radioactive leftovers to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in Carlsbad, New Mexico, was put on hold when the facility began leaking radioactive material in February. On Thursday, the Department of Energy announced it would temporarily relocate those barrels to a rural site in western Texas. Continue reading “Radiation leaks force transfer of nuclear waste from New Mexico to Texas”
Thousands of people have trekked across Spain to protest austerity they claim is destroying their country. Under the banner of “no more cuts!” the protesters are calling for an end to the Spanish government’s “empty promises.”
Six “columns” of trains, cars and buses, as well as bands of pedestrians have travelled from Extremadura, Andalusia, Valencia, Murcia, Asturias, Galicia and Aragon, among other Spanish regions, to converge on Madrid in mass protest this Saturday. The demonstration itself has been dubbed 22-M, Marches for dignity. Continue reading “‘March for dignity’: Thousands arrive in Madrid to protest govt austerity”
Fierce Vaccines – by Nick Paul Taylor
The United Kingdom has lagged behind some of its European neighbors in compensating people who developed narcolepsy after receiving GlaxoSmithKline’s ($GSK) swine flu vaccine. While Finland agreed to pay out in 2011, the U.K. was still knocking back claimants in 2012. Now, though, the U.K. government is reportedly readying to pay 60 people $1.7 million each. Continue reading “Report: U.K. facing $100M compensation payout relating to GSK’s swine flu vaccine”
BOISE, March 21, 2014 – On Thursday, Idaho Governor Butch Otter (R) signed a bill, which would effectively nullify future federal gun laws, by prohibiting state enforcement of any future federal act relating to personal firearms, a firearm accessories or ammunition.
S1332 passed the house by a vote of 68-0 and the senate by a vote of 34-0. Alaska and Kansas have also passed similar laws. Continue reading “Idaho governor signs emergency legislation nullifying all future federal gun laws”
Ninety lieutenant colonels and 131 colonels were selected for early retirement by the Selective Early Retirement Board that met Dec. 9, according to data provided to Air force Times on Wednesday by the Air Force Personnel Center.
The officers were notified of their selection Jan. 23 and are assigned a July 1 retirement date.
This SERB is one of several force management programs the cash-strapped Air Force is using this fiscal year to try to get down to authorized end-strength levels. Continue reading “90 Lieutenant colonels, 131 Colonels Selected for Early Retirement”
With numerous charges of priest sex abuse against children mounting on the Catholic Church, Pope Francis‘ meeting last Wed with Actor Russell Crowe on his new movie “Noah” may have been the only positive point in his week.
A scathing Feb UN report criticizing Pope Francis for concealing sex abuse crimes on Catholic child sex abuse survivors now numbering in the millions, didn’t seem to affect Vatican policies that appeared designed to protect Catholic authorities, not their child victims: Continue reading “Pope Francis protects priests, not child sex abuse victims?”
Natural News – by Christina Sarich
What happens when more people hear about the damaging effects of GMO? You run out of a viable market for your goods. That’s what is happening to Agro-giant, Syngenta, who halted its commercial sales of a new GMO corn strain due to lack of approval for their genetically modified goods.
The company has already been accused of wire tapping a prominent scientist who let the world know just how bad one of their widely-used chemicals, atrazine, was for the endocrine system. Apparently even stalking an honest researcher isn’t enough to prevent a black-listing of their own genetically modified corn containing the Agrisure Duracade trait, which supposedly protects crops from rootworms. Continue reading “Syngenta Halts GMO Corn Seed Sales in Canada Due to Importer Resistance”
First Lady Michelle Obama might be making a few friends in China with her ping pong diplomacy, but don’t count the hotel staff where she’s staying as fans. According to the Daily Mail, they are “fed up” with the inconvenience of it all and her mother “barking” orders. Continue reading “Beijing Hotel Staff ‘Fed Up’ With Michelle Obama’s Entourage”
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