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Angelina Jolie, Corporate Science, and “Prevention” | Mickey Z.
Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust “Corporate science puts profit before the public interest. Corporate science is often secretive, not peer-reviewed, laden with lobbying power, and driven by profit-seeking strategies.” - Ralph Nader By now, I’m guessing the vast majority of you have heard about movie star Angelina Jolie choosing to have a double mastectomy to reduce her risk of breast cancer. (Something you may not have heard: Jolie’s announcement caused the stock price ...
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Let Them Eat Bugs (when capitalists address hunger) | Mickey Z.
Mickey Z. -- World News Trust May 16, 2013 “If all insects on Earth disappeared, within 50 years all life on Earth would end. If all human beings disappeared from the Earth, within 50 years all forms of life would flourish.” - Jonas Salk Billio...
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The Pain of Bangladesh: T-shirts Made with Blood and Tears | Ramzy Baroud
Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust May 8, 2013 As they spoke to a BBC correspondent in their run-down room which they call home in Dhaka, Bangladesh, a man sobbed as his 12-year-old daughter sat close to him. His face, wrinkled before its time, was ...
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The Song Remains the Same | John Michael Greer
May 8, 2013 (Archdruid Report) -- If you always do what you’ve always done, a popular saying nowadays has it, you’ll always get what you’ve always gotten. Most people accept that readily enough in the abstract. It’s when they attempt to apply this l...
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Washington’s Presumption | Paul Craig Roberts
May 7, 2013 (PaulCraigRoberts.org) -- The new president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, is cast in Chavez’s mold. On May 4, he called U.S. president Obama the “grand chief of devils.” Obama, who has betrayed democracy in America, unleashing execution ...
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Life & Death/Revenge & Justice | Mickey Z.
Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust May 12, 2013 "Capital punishment is the most premeditated of murders." - Albert Camus For a wide variety of reasons, I rarely write specifically about high profile mainstream news s...
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Sparrows Don’t Buy Condos | Mickey Z.
Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust May 8, 2013 “Birds scream at the top of their lungs in horrified hellish rage every morning at daybreak to warn us all of the truth. They know the truth. Screaming bloody murder all over the wo...
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