Below is a roundup of news, politics science, and humor. I plan on doing this about once a week as long as people seem interested. I hope you enjoy.
Results from last week's poll: no one who responded has or has ever been a member of the Communist Party.
More news, science and randomness below...
HEALTH, SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL NEWS:
MRSA continues to be a problem being largely ignored but as it grows it will affect more and more of us. I know people right now in the hospital with this antibiotic resistant "superbug." As long as we keep misusing antibiotics and fail to keep up with discoveries of new antibiotics (funding is actually being CUT!), this problem will keep growing: MRSA: Hospital superbug 'shared with pets'
I was rather horrified that the CIA would endanger critical healthcare efforts this way. I am glad they are supposedly stopping the practice: CIA has ended use of vaccine programmes
Bioethicist:'Right to Try' Law More Cruel Than Compassionate BY ARTHUR CAPLAN
POLITICAL NEWS:
Rachel Maddow showing why Repub "outreach" to Hispanics is doomed to fail:
Pushing for voting rights for some of the least represented Americans: AK & MT-Sen: Begich (D) & Walsh (D) Push Bill Protecting Native Americans Voting Rights
Restoring land to Native Americans...no not in the US: Giving the Amazon rainforest back to the Awa tribe
A topic that isn't easy to discuss in American media but BBC takes it up: Ta-Nehisi Coates and his 'case for reparations'
As a science nerd I love numbers: Egypt in numbers
Honoring Harvey Milk: Gay rights activist Harvey Milk honoured on US stamp
Losing patience with Venzuela: One thing that was clear about Hugo Chavez's Venezuela: It accepted dissent and accepted defeat in the polls. I had my issues with Chavez, but in the end he accepted dissent and defeat when they came. Maduro seems to be lashing out at opposition in a manner that is beyond what is acceptable: US 'losing patience' with Venezuela - John Kerry
Egyptian cartoonists join presidential election battle
Can You Hear Us McDonald's?
I will proudly avoid eating crappy fast food in solidarity with the workers: US fast food staff protests over wages spread globally
And to find restaurants that actually treat their workers well, check out the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United. They have some great resources, and suggestions how you can Eat Ethically. And a video:
If you want yet ANOTHER reason to not smoke, how about child labor: US tobacco child labour criticised in report
RANDOMNESS:
A Jon Stewart moment of Zen:
A real moment of Zen: Teaching with the World Peace Game
This week's moment of jbou: "I accept life as it is, no denial. It is my right as winged billionaire superhero.
The price of happiness? $75,000 Buys Happiness; More Money Does Not
For last week's issue: Mole's Cool News Roundup 5