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Just enough to reduce the consolidation of our vital industries so that a handful of “investors” can’t cause farmers to plow their produce under while hundreds of thousands of Americans, newly out of work, are stuck in food-pantry lines all over the...
by BlackSheep1
on Thu May 07, 2020 at 12:42 PM PDT
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As we are all coming to realize, the real issue of Covid 19 is overrunning the resources that are necessary to support those who are sick and who have died. Several Doctors have written a treaty on this issue in the New England Journal of Medicine,...
by lyleoross
on Wed Mar 25, 2020 at 06:53 AM PDT
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If, like me, you are a human being possessed of self-consciousness and reason, living on this pale blue dot, you should not just be frightened by climate change, because you will be petrified by it. At just a 6 degree rise in temperature [predicted by...
by lucid
on Sat May 07, 2016 at 12:21 AM PDT
with 12 Recommends
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The Old Testament says that the earth was given to man to take care of. Despite the fact that many think that the bible was dictated to those chosen and inspired by the word of god, what if the ...
by elangolomb
on Fri Feb 26, 2016 at 05:00 AM PST
with 3 Recommends
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The laws protecting workers in this country are no longer functioning properly.
Minimum wage is one part of this structure which illustrates the problem.
Minimum wage was unfortunately set up to ...
by wizodd
on Sat Sep 19, 2015 at 11:42 AM PDT
with 1 Recommend
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A recent study published in the prestigious journal Science shows that the fragile ecosystems of the West have suffered extensive damage as a result of increased drilling for oil and gas. This ...
by Steven D
on Thu Apr 30, 2015 at 07:01 AM PDT
with 15 Recommends
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The whole of our economic history has revolved around a single concept, scarcity. While we've supposedly evolved in our understanding of it from the time in which killed each other over fire, arable ...
by lucid
on Wed Jun 25, 2014 at 11:52 PM PDT
with 65 Recommends
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I skipped last month's Dead Water News as time suddenly became precious, almost as precious ...
by Patric Juillet
on Sat Mar 12, 2011 at 01:54 PM PST
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I am currently reading a book by Parker Palmer, which while not specifically on education contains some interesting observations thereupon. First published in 1980, The Promise of Paradox: A ...
by teacherken
on Mon Dec 13, 2010 at 01:01 AM PST
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"Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This ...
by Patric Juillet
on Sun Nov 14, 2010 at 11:28 AM PST
with 226 Recommends
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One of the most famous passages in the entire biblical canon begins this way.
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
And yet, wanting more, desiring more, being ...
by cabaretic
on Thu Sep 09, 2010 at 06:22 AM PDT
with 18 Recommends
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Monday, March 22nd is the United Nation's World Water Day - a day in which to focus attention on critical issues related to care and access of one of ...
by efraker
on Sat Mar 20, 2010 at 11:30 AM PDT
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The North Carolina Coastal Resource Commission just finished the first study of sea level rise in ...
by wade norris
on Sat Jan 23, 2010 at 04:03 PM PST
with 128 Recommends
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We have all marveled about the aloofness, selfishness, and fierceness of wingnuts (and I would add Libertarians). I have spent hours of idle time wondering what it is that drives people to ignore ...
by denimari56
on Fri Nov 13, 2009 at 11:19 AM PST
with 6 Recommends
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The Experience of a Mixed-Race Woman...
Hello again good peoples...and tweeples!
Let me first say I had a wonderful time at this year’s Netroots Nation in ...
by Rock4Justice
on Sat Aug 29, 2009 at 11:41 AM PDT
with 39 Recommends
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It is either a conspiracy to scare the wits out of us all or more and more very well informed people see something big coming. Today's New York Times has an ...
by don mikulecky
on Sat Aug 08, 2009 at 06:52 PM PDT
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This was a scary weekend in Denver.
by LeslieHT
on Sun Nov 23, 2008 at 02:54 PM PST
with 48 Recommends
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Much has happened in the last two months, and much of it has not been reported in the MSM. Well, it doesn't surprise me as most of the important stuff, like water scarcity and food shortages make ...
by Asinus Asinum Fricat
on Sun Sep 21, 2008 at 10:31 AM PDT
with 27 Recommends
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Reports of food shortages, food riots, and dwindling stockpiles have burst into the media in recent weeks, though warnings have been around for some time that diminishing farmland, climate change, ...
by karma432
on Sat Apr 19, 2008 at 03:04 PM PDT
with 11 Recommends
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New Ageism? No. Stark reality. As I was returning home late last night, I was listening to a BBC report on the radio. Damning report indeed. By 2025, two thirds of the population will experience a ...
by Asinus Asinum Fricat
on Sat Apr 12, 2008 at 12:24 PM PDT
with 191 Recommends
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