Obama’s Health Care Bill Is Enough to Make You Sick

Published on Monday, July 12, 2010 by TruthDig.comby Chris HedgesObama’s Health Care Bill Is Enough A close reading of the new health care legislation, which will conveniently take effect in 2014 after the next presidential election, is deeply depressing. The legislation not only mocks the lofty promises made by President Barack Obama, exposing most as [...]

Immaculate Heart of Mary: Heart of a Compassionate

This came from one of my Catholic email groups. Immaculate Heart of Mary: Heart of a Compassionate Mother    When we truly realize the love the Immaculate Heart of Mary holds for us, what she endured in her life, and the harsh pain she felt as she stood before the cross and witnessed her Son [...]

Liberals Analyze Their Obama ‘Despair’

Published on Sunday, July 11, 2010 by Politico.com Liberals Analyze Their Obama ‘Despair’ by Abby Phillip For many liberals, it is the summer of their discontent. Many liberals are disappointed with President Barack Obama’s ability to deliver on his campaign promises. Already disappointed with President Barack Obama’s ability to deliver on campaign promises, they now contemplate [...]

Staring Down Desperation

Published on Sunday, July 11, 2010 by The Boston Globe Staring Down Desperation The Senate’s failure to extend unemployment benefits has left 30,000 jobless here with nothing coming in by Robert Gavin Until he lost his job, Jim MacPherson figures, he had worked every day of his life since he was 15. Now, after 18 [...]

Ahmadinejad questions ‘fairy tale’ Holocaust, denies being anti-Semite

http://www.haaretz.com/news/international/ahmadinejad-questions-fairy-tale-holocaust-denies-being-anti-semite-1.301043 Ahmadinejad questions ‘fairy tale’ Holocaust, denies being anti-Semite Iranian president says ‘West allows everybody to question prophets and even God but not to open the black box of a historic event.’ By DPA Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad questioned the historic dimensions of the Holocaust but rejected the label of an anti-Semite, the Fars news [...]

BP Ruined a Mississippi Way of Life

Published on Saturday, July 10, 2010 by CommonDreams.org BP Ruined a Mississippi Way of Life by Dennis Bernstein Eleven weeks into the BP oil catastrophe, millions of gallons of thick black crude continue to gush into the Gulf of Mexico. According to one native ship captain who grew up “on the water” and whose family [...]

Climate Change Means More Heatwaves, Premature Deaths, Scientists Warn

Published on Saturday, July 10, 2010 by Environment News Service (ENS) Climate Change Means More Heatwaves, Premature Deaths, Scientists Warn WASHINGTON – Climate change is a serious health hazard that the United States must prepare for, according to government and university scientists from across the country. Dust storm in Queensland, Australia, September 2009. (Photo by [...]

When the Police Control the Press

Published on Thursday, July 8, 2010 by ProPublica When the Police Control the Press by Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica The Serbian soldier blocking the bridge cradled his AK-47 assault rifle as he delivered a ruling that brooked no argument: You cannot cross the river. Not today. We implored him to reconsider. We are journalists. We’ve driven [...]

My Thoughts for Wedesday

I found this comment at SF and I am posting it here because I want to comment on it. Today, 12:11 AM   #47 Shawdow King Forum Member     Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 38 Re: Israeli Occupation of America The Nazis had it right. You have to look out for numero uno. There [...]

Abandoned Oil Wells Make Gulf of Mexico ‘Environmental Minefield’

Published on Wednesday, July 7, 2010 by The Guardian/UK Abandoned Oil Wells Make Gulf of Mexico ‘Environmental Minefield’ AP investigation finds BP was responsible for 600 of more than 27,000 abandoned wells in the Gulf of Mexico by Richard Wray The Gulf of Mexico is packed with abandoned oil wells from a host of companies [...]