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FOCUS: Five Facts That Put America to Shame
Seeded on Sun May 20, 2012 7:43 AM EDT ()
Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses ... I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" These words, from poet Emma Lazarus, were inscribed on the Statue of Liberty over 100 years ago. Today the golden door has a lock on it, paid for with record profits from the health …
BREAKING: UK Government backtracks on fracking - Green Living - Environment - The Independent
Seeded on Sun May 20, 2012 12:51 AM EDT (Independent.co.uk)
A welcome reflection about the full-steam-ahead race to frack wherever and as soon as possible may be the sign that this hopelessly water contaminating process to drill for shale gas is finally pausing.
Mitt Romney praises Meg Whitma nAs She Prepares To Lay Off 30,000 Workers
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 7:15 PM EDT (Daily Kos)
Meg Whitman never said she liked to fire people, but on the same day that news of her plansto lay off 30,000 Hewlett-Packard employees leaked to the press, Mitt Romney felt inspired to lavish praise on her managerial skills and to wistfully lament that she lost h …
Republicans Will Find Themselves in Tough Spot if Supreme Court Strikes Down Obamacare
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 4:55 PM EDT (Crooks and Liars)
As The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur pointed out in the segment above, if the Supreme Court ends up ruling that the Affordable Care Act, otherwise commonly referred to as "Obamacare" is not Constitutional or against the individual mandate, Republicans may very well find themselve …
Fracking Fluids Could Contaminate Freshwater Aquifers, Says Study
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 4:01 PM EDT (Truthout - All Articles)
The chemical-laced water used in hydraulic fracturing can migrate through fractures and faults up to overlying aquifers in as little as tens of years.
House OKs $642B Defense Bill that Obama Threatened To Veto
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 2:51 PM EDT (FOXNews.com)
The House on Friday ignored a presidential veto threat and passed a $642 billion defense bill that abandons the deficit-cutting agreement that President Obama and congressional Republicans backed last summer. On a 299-120 vote, lawmakers backed the spending blueprint that adds …
Donald Trump Says US 'Crazy' for Enforcing Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 10:55 AM EDT (Corporate Crime Reporter)
The Donald has weighed in. And he says that the USA is “crazy” for enforcing the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). “If you want to operate in Mexico, you have to pay bribes,” Donald Trump said on CNBC’s Squakbox program. “This is how …
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon Summoned Before Senate Committee
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 8:47 AM EDT (McClatchy)
The Senate Banking Committee on Thursday summoned JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon to testify under oath about the huge losses his company suffered on an investment strategy that sank JPMorgan’s share price, heightened concerns about the efficacy of new regulations and tarnis …
Whoops! There Is Way More Plastic In The Ocean Than We Thought | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 5:35 AM EDT (FastCompany)
The trash--most of it plastic--may not be easy to see. But it is there, suspended in tiny pieces, on the surface, and below the waves. And new research indicates that the problem may even be worse than previously understood.
Pennsylvania Doctors Worry Over Frigging Fecking Fracking Gag Rule on Toxic Chemicals Used in Fracking
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 5:04 AM EDT (NPR)
Fracking exposes citizens to a wild mix of highly toxic chemicals and carcinogens. So when patients show up at their doctors' offices, the doctors need to figure out which chemicals are the likely culprits. The doctors of sick patients can, with great effort, access the names of …
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