Less Talk, More Action on Climate Change, Young People Urge World Leaders

Published on Friday, August 21, 2009 by Reuters Less Talk, More Action on Climate Change, Young People Urge World Leaders DAEJEON,Republic of Korea – Young people from around the globe today called on world leaders to take radical measures against climate change. At the largest-ever truly global youth gathering on climate change, some 700 young [...]

Silence Is Golden

Silence Is Golden http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwuiniOx_Bg&feature=player_embedded Good advice!  Sometimes I think I need to be more silent because I am very open about my feelings and emotions.

Diary Of A Bible

This came from one of my Catholic Email groups. Diary Of A Bible JANUARY: A busy time for me. Most of the family decided to read me through this year. They kept me busy for the first two weeks, but they have forgotten me now. FEBRUARY: Cleanup time. I was dusted yesterday and put in my [...]

Apple-Glazed Roast Pork

Apple-Glazed Roast Pork 4 lb pork loin roast, trimmed 1/4 cup apple juice salt to taste 3 tbsp brown sugar pepper to taste 1 tsp ground ginger 6 apples, quartered Rub roast with salt and pepper. Brown pork roast under broiler to remove excess fat; drain well. Place apple quarters in bottom of crock pot. [...]

Mercury-Tainted Fish Found Widely in US Streams

Published on Thursday, August 20, 2009 by Reuters Mercury-Tainted Fish Found Widely in US Streams by Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES – Scientists have detected mercury contamination in every one of hundreds of fish sampled from 291 freshwater streams, according to a U.S. government study released on Wednesday.   Scientists have detected mercury contamination in every [...]

Scientists Uncover New Ocean Threat from Plastics

Published on Thursday, August 20, 2009 by The Independent/UK Scientists Uncover New Ocean Threat from Plastics by Steve Connor Scientists have identified a new source of chemical pollution released by the huge amounts of plastic rubbish found floating in the oceans of the world. A study has found that as plastics break down in the [...]

Wastewater from Food Plants Getting into Wells

Published on Thursday, August 20, 2009 by The Associated Press Wastewater from Food Plants Getting into Wells by James Prichard CLYDE TOWNSHIP, Mich. – When empty-nesters Kari and Ron Craton moved a few years ago to a more rural area of southwestern Michigan, they were seeking a more rustic life.   In this Aug. 3, [...]

Changing the Corporation

Published on Thursday, August 20, 2009 by CommonDreams.org Changing the Corporation by Robert C. Hinkley The corporation is no more than an aggregation of capital managed for the proportional benefit of those who supply it.  It is a system controlled by managers, administrators and clerks largely for the benefit of passive investors looking for a [...]

Searching for the Depression—And Finding It!

Published on Thursday, August 20, 2009 by CommonDreams.org Searching for the Depression—And Finding It! Economic Stress Is Hidden, But It’s There in a Recovery That Isn’t. by Danny Schechter Last week I was telling a visiting filmmaker from overseas about the financial crisis and how it was getting worse. He looked at me askance. The [...]

‘Vulture Funds’ Prey on Poor Debtor Nations

I know a lot of people don’t believe in God, Jesus or the Bible, but this is the kind of thing that Jesus spoke out against.  This practice of ‘vulture funds’ is evil in my eyes.  Greed is destroying our humanity and turning us into people who don’t care that other people suffer just as [...]