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Media has significant role in drug deaths

Bryan — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:37:14 -0600

Researchers from four prestigious universities have reported a very high level of correlation between opiod drug deaths and news reporting of opiod abuse or misuse. Suggest more restaint on part of media. Lots of luck there.

Vietnam Vet Stages Hunger Strike in Front of White House to Raise Awareness About PTSD

Sparrows — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:32:50 -0600

Since Veterans Day, Thomas E. Mahany, a 62-year-old Vietnam War veteran, has been on a hunger strike in front of the White House to raise awareness about post-traumatic stress disorder and protest the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Mahany recently wrote a letter to President Obama calling on him to "withdraw our military men and women from the Middle East now." He said he plans to only drink water "until specific action is taken by your administration and our military to stem the tragic and ever-increasing rise in the incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)" that has seen a meteoric rise over the years among those serving in the military. Earlier this week, Gen. Peter Chiarelli, vice chief of staff of the Army, told reporters that suicides among veterans and active-duty soldiers have already reached a record high this year and show no signs of abating. [Note: What was interesting was the wonderful response that Obama gave to this man. And speaking of responses, why are not more vets out camping on the White House steps in support of this guy?]

FDL News Desk » Obama Administration Releases Statement Of Support For Senate Health Care Bill

Sparrows — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:22:40 -0600

On the eve of a vote to move the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to the floor in the Senate, the Obama Administration has released a statement on the bill. Shockingly enough, they support it! The one interesting bit is that the statement of Administration policy specifically cites the public option as an important piece of the bill: "The Administration is pleased that the bill includes a public health insurance option offered in an Exchange. As the President has said throughout this process, a public option that competes with private insurers is one of the best ways to provide the choice and competition that are so badly needed in today’s market."

Despite U.S. pressures, Pakistan continues to follow its own road

protect_democracy — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:13:47 -0600

The two countries' divergent views of the threat posed by Islamist extremists, and the Obama administration's efforts to press Pakistan to move against groups that menace Afghanistan have produced strains between the two countries and between Pakistan's civilian government and its powerful military and Inter Services Intelligence agency — and a growing drumbeat of Pakistani allegations about alleged nefarious CIA activities in Pakistan.

Despite U.S. pressures, Pakistan continues to follow its own road

protect_democracy — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:13:47 -0600

Despite U.S. pressures, Pakistan continues to follow its own road

protect_democracy — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:13:47 -0600

Despite U.S. pressures, Pakistan continues to follow its own road

protect_democracy — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:13:47 -0600

Despite U.S. pressures, Pakistan continues to follow its own road

protect_democracy — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:13:47 -0600

GM's Money Trees

protect_democracy — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:53:12 -0600

The supply of forests for offsetting pollution in developed countries is, potentially, almost infinite. There are an estimated 90 billion tons of carbon in Brazil's forests alone, and billions of tons more are sequestered in Indonesia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, and other nations with substantial tropical forests, which are considered the most vulnerable to deforestation. The world has a major stake in keeping all that carbon where it is. The question now being debated in Washington and Copenhagen is whether the fate of the forests—and their people—will rest on the ability of industries to pay for preserving distant trees rather than reducing emissions closer to home.

GM's Money Trees

protect_democracy — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:53:12 -0600

GM's Money Trees

protect_democracy — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:53:12 -0600

Black Caucus Stalls Finance Overhaul

nasrudin — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:26:34 -0600

According to House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D., Mass.), members of the caucus revolted on the grounds that their constituencies weren't allowed sufficient participation in Treasury and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. programs, such as the Troubled Asset Relief Program or FDIC oversight of failed bank assets...The caucus's action wasn't directed at the overhaul, but at the administration's broader response to the economy and job market. It has the practical effect of derailing the effort, at least until after Thanksgiving.

Posthumous book claims Ford knew of CIA coverup in Kennedy assassination

Sparrows — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:41:40 -0600

Did the CIA orchestrate a cover-up in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy? According to the publisher of a new book, who appeared on Fox News Wednesday morning, the last living words of former President Gerald Ford fingered the CIA in the orchestration a cover-up of Kennedy's assassination. Ford, who died late last year, was the longest surviving member of the Warren Commission, which investigated Kennedy's assassination. The new book, "A Presidential Legacy and the Warren Commission," was written by Ford before his death, its publisher claims. "This book, actually authored by Gerald Ford, finally proves once and for all that the CIA, our government, did destroy documents and cover-up many facts that day in Dallas," publisher Tim Miller told Fox & Friends Wednesday morning.

Out-of-Control Rick Perry Overrides Rare Clemency Vote, Executes Man Who Killed No One