Health

#OccupyHemp: Don’t let the truth go up in smoke (Mickey Z.)

Mickey Z. -- World News Trust “The illegality of cannabis is outrageous, an impediment to full utilization of a drug which helps produce the serenity and insight, sensitivity and fellowship so desperately needed in this increasingly mad and dangerous world.” --Carl Sagan Feb. 21, 2012 -- Upon receiving an invite to the NYC Cannabis March May 5, I found myself meditating upon this concept: If you...

Occupy for All Abilities: #PissOnPity (Mickey Z.)

Mickey Z. -- World News Trust “While they were saying it couldn’t be done, it was done.” --Helen Keller Feb. 19, 2012 -- One Sunday afternoon last November -- in the pre-eviction Liberty Square/Zucc...
Nuclear Calendar -- February 20, 2012 (FCNL)

Nuclear Calendar -- February 20, 2012 -- Friends Committee On National Legislation Feb. 18-26 House and Senate Presidents Day recess. Feb. 20 7:00 p.m., Trita Parsi, National Iranian Ame...
Corporate Power vs. Animal Rights: #DeOccupyAETA (Mickey Z.)

Mickey Z. -- World News Trust “We know we cannot be kind to animals until we stop exploiting them -- exploiting animals in the name of science, exploiting animals in the name of sport, exploiting ani...
PILLOW TALK: Don't Worry, Be Happy (Deborah Goodwin)

Most of the bad things you worry about will never happen. Most of the bad things that do happen will never have crossed your worried mind. --Shari Jan. 24, 2012 (ShapeShiftas) -- My friend Shari po...
PILLOW TALK: Old (Down) Dogs and New Tricks (Deborah Goodwin)

Jan. 9, 2012 (ShapeShiftas) -- The most amazing thing happened in yoga class the other day. (I'm only a little prone to hyperbole). Not to suggest I am in any way some sage, disciplined, flexib...
Nuclear Calendar -- November 26, 2011 (FCNL)

Nuclear Calendar -- November 26, 2011 Nov. 19-27 House and Senate Thanksgiving recess. (House recess is through Nov.28.) Nov. 26 20th anniversary of the last British nuclear weapon tes...
Welcome To Happy Valley: Occupy Penn State,(Carolyn Baker)

Nov. 17, 2011 (CarolynBaker.net) -- State College, Pennsylvania, home of Penn State University, is ensconsed in a somewhat bucolic region of the commonwealth called Happy Valley. The name exquisitely...
PILLOWTALK: We Are Devo! (Deborah Goodwin)

It's very important to wear proper safety goggles Oct. 26, 2011 (ShapeShiftas) -- The past few days I have been doing something I never would have done if I had stayed in the city. I have ...
UC Davis Pepper-Spray Incident Reveals Weakness Up Top (Matt Taibbi)

Nov. 22, 2011 (Rolling Stone) -- Was absolutely mesmerized last night watching the viral video of the UC-Davis pepper-spraying. It was totally amazing, simultaneously one of most depressing and insp...
The Impermanence of Knowledge (Marcus Kracht)

Oct. 28, 2011 (domokos-kracht.eu) -- Abstract Knowledge is essential to our existence. Without knowledge life is almost impossible. So we need to care about what we know. In the recent past mankind...
The World After Industrial Civilization Goes (Jan Lundberg)

Usher in the "new" economics of local self-sufficiency and community cooperation Imagine no possessionsI wonder if you canNo need for greed or hungerA brotherhood of man*- Imagine, John Len...
Nuclear Calendar -- October 25, 2011 (FCNL)

Nuclear Calendar -- Oct. 25, 2011 Oct. 3-Nov.1 U.N. General Assembly'sFirst Committee(Disarmament and International Security) meets. United Nations. Oct. 22-30 Senate recess. O...
Nuclear Calendar -- October 3, 2011 (FCNL)

Nuclear Calendar -- October 3, 2011 Oct. 1-8 Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, "Keep Space for Peace Week," with events in numerous cities. Oct. 3 8:30...
The Arc of the Moral Universe: Justice May Be Just Around the Bend (Randall Amster)

Sept. 26, 2011 (CommonDreams.org) --Let’s face it: things are bad and getting worse every day. Even a casual glance at the daily headlines provides ample reason for dismay, from perpetual warfare an...
Nuclear Calendar -- Sept. 26, 2011 (FCNL)

Nuclear Calendar-- Sept. 26, 2011 Sept. 24-Oct.2 House of Representatives Rosh Hashanah recess. However, the House may return to take up a Continuing Resolution on Sept.29. Sept. 26 5:30...
SAT reading scores fall to lowest level on record (Justin Pope)

Sept. 14, 2011 (AP) -- SAT reading scores for the high school class of 2011 were the lowest on record, and combined reading and math scores fell to their lowest point since 1995. The College Board, w...
Can We Stop the Next Fukushima Times 10,000? (Harvey Wasserman)

Sept. 13, 2011 (CommonDreams.org) --The horrible news from Japan continues to be ignored by the western corporate media. Fukushima's radioactive fallout continues to spread throughout the ar...
Nuclear Calendar -- August 15, 2011 (FCNL)

Nuclear Calendar -- Friends Committee on National Legislation -- Aug. 15, 2011 May20-Aug.28 International Center of Photography, "Hiroshima: Ground Zero 1945&quo...
Record High Radiation at Crippled Japan Nuke Plant (Agence France-Presse)

Aug. 1, 2011 --TOKYO (Agence France-Presse) -- Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) said Monday it had monitored record high radiation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant crippled by the Marc...
Ground Your Warplanes, Save the Horn of Africa (Ramzy Baroud)

Ramzy Baroud -- World News Trust July 21, 2011 --“When you are hungry, cold is a killer, and the people here are starving and helpless.” Not many of us can relate to such a statement, but millions of...
Human Rights Watch Calls For Investigation Of Bush, Other Top Officials for Torture

Inquiry Into 2 Deaths in CIA Custody Insufficient July 11, 2011 -- WASHINGTON, DC (Human Rights Watch) -- Overwhelming evidence of torture by the Bush administration obliges President Barack Obama to...
Nuclear Calendar -- July 11, 2011 (FCNL)

Nuclear Calendar -- July 11, 2011 July10-13 Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Adm.Mike Mullen meets with Chief of the General Staff of the Chinese Army Chen Bingde and other officials. Beijing. ...
System Justification Theory (PsychWiki)

(PsychWiki) -- System Justification Theory (SJT) is a theory of social psychology that postulates that people are motivated to bolster, defend, and justify the status quo – that is, the prevailing s...
The Curse of the Crocodile: Russia's Deadly Designer Drug (Simon Shuster)

June 20, 2011 -- CHICHEVO, Russia (Time.com) -- The new arrivals at the drug rehab center in Chichevo, a tiny village that is a two hours' drive east of Moscow, are usually given two weeks withou...