Official: ‘Severe Threat’ as China Oil Spill Grows
Associated Press China’s largest reported oil spill more than doubled in size to 165 sq. miles (430 sq. kilometers) by Wednesday, forcing nearby beaches to…
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Big Brother Watching Your Speed Via Satellites
Richard Read The Car Connection Satellites do many awesome things: they allow us to communicate with friends and family, they help us find our way…
23% Say U.S. Government Has the Consent of the Governed
Rasmussen Reports The notion that governments derive their only just authority from the consent of the governed is a foundational principle of the American experiment….
Modern Political Prisoners in America
Szandor Blestman When I was growing up, I learned in school that one of the reasons the United States of America was better than the…
USDA Admits Link Between Antibiotic Use by Big Ag and Human Health
Andrew Gunther Huffington Post At a hearing of a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on Wednesday, July 14, 2010, a representative of the United States…
How Legalized Pot Could Hurt Mexico’s Cartels
R.M. Schneiderman Newsweek So far, no modern country has ever legalized marijuana production—not even the Netherlands. Yet with heavy drug-related violence plaguing the U.S.-Mexican border,…
Retirement Nightmare: Half of Americans Have Less Than $2000 Saved
Scott Thill Alternet With declining earnings and a culture of borrow-and-consume, America’s workers face a future of uncertainty and little money to pay for their…
Drug Companies Profiteering from Government Care, Raise Prices ONE THOUSAND Percent
Jason Lewis Daily Mail Drugs companies making everyday medicines for the NHS are facing claims of profiteering after imposing huge price rises for commonly prescribed…
China Passes U.S. as World’s Biggest Energy Consumer
Spencer Swartz Wall Street Journal China is now the world’s biggest energy consumer, knocking the U.S. off a perch it held for more than a…
China on track to aim 2,000 missiles at Taiwan — report
Arab News Reuters — TAIPEI: China will have 2,000 missiles aimed at its rival Taiwan by the end of the year, several hundred more than…
Halliburton 2Q profit jumps 83 percent
Raw Story Associated Press – Halliburton Co. says its second-quarter profit soared 83 percent as natural gas drilling activity picked up in the U.S….
Revealed: brutal guide to punishing jailed youths
Mark Townsend The Observer Shocking details of techniques used to inflict pain deliberately onchildren in privately run jails have been revealed for the first time in…
Gulf Oil Seep: Methane, Leak Suspected Near BP’s Blown Out Oil Well
Huffington Post NEW ORLEANS (Associated Press))- A federal official said Sunday that scientists are concerned about a seep and possible methane seen near BP’s busted…
Marijuana Joins the Ranks of Big Business
Lisa Leff Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) – After weathering the fear of federal prosecution and competition from drug cartels, California’s medical marijuana growers see…