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The seed emergency: The threat to food and democracy

Seeded on Tue Feb 7, 2012 12:03 PM EST (alJazeera Magazine)

Seeded by Holly-348328 (Clipped by LanaD)

The seed is the first link in the food chain - and seed sovereignty is the foundation of food sovereignty. If farmers do not have their own seeds or access to open pollinated varieties that they can save, improve and exchange, they have no seed sovereignty - and consequent …

hunger, monsanto, world-news, seeds, food-supply, royalties, gmo, agribusiness, food-sovereignty, monocultures

1 in 6 Teen Moms Didn't Believe They Could Get Pregnant | LiveScience

Seeded on Thu Jan 19, 2012 5:54 PM EST (Live Science)

From the article: Half of teen mothers say they were not using birth control when they got pregnant, and a new report outlines the reasons teens give for not doing so.

health, birth-control, teen-pregnancy, unwanted-pregnancy, teen-mom, not-using-birth-control

Analysis says no mental health risk with abortion - Health - Mental health - msnbc.com

Seeded on Sun Dec 11, 2011 12:04 AM EST (msnbc.com)

"Abortion does not increase a woman's chance of developing mental health problems, according to a British health agency's review of dozens of studies worldwide over 20 years."

abortion, health, mental-health, pro-life, unwanted-pregnancies, pro-choice, kendall, national-collaborating-centre, medical-royal-colleges, abortion-mental-health

FDA debates over-the-counter morning-after pill

Seeded on Wed Dec 7, 2011 11:08 AM EST (Associated Press)

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government is considering whether it's OK for young teenagers to buy the morning-after pill without a prescription.

fda, health, teen, restrictions, plan-b, birth-control, morning-after-pill, pro-life, minor, pro-choice

BREAKING: Ohio GOP Panics, Shuts Down Early Voting Before Big Vote on SB 5

Seeded on Fri Nov 4, 2011 9:51 PM EDT (Drudge Retort: Red Meat for Yellow Dogs)

Seeded by American Idle (Clipped by LanaD)

Secretary of State Jon Husted released an advisory Friday night upholding that no in-person early voting will be allowed at board of elections offices across the state the weekend before the Nov.

ohio, politics, gop, republicans, early-voting, voter-suppression, john-kasich, referndum, sb5, jon-husted

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Conservatives Are More Squeamish than Liberals

Seeded on Thu Oct 27, 2011 1:41 PM EDT (Live Science)

"I think that one plausible explanation is sort of along the lines that one way to understand some of these attitudes about politics and morality is that they have a strong emotional component," Pizarro told LiveScience in a telephone interview.

politics, conservatives-sqemish, same-sex-marriage-views, disgust-sensitivity

Facts is Facts: Supply Side Economics Has Been an Epic Failure

Seeded on Tue Oct 25, 2011 7:24 AM EDT ( Is Rick Santorum The Second Coming Of Bush/Cheney? | Addicting Info)

Seeded by MWeaver (Clipped by LanaD)

Sometimes there isn’t a mountaintop high enough to shout out the obvious: SUPPLY-SIDE ECONOMICS HAS BEEN AN UNMITIGATED DISASTER! Period, end of discussion.

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"Cookie Monster" Offers Best Explanation Yet for Occupy Wall Street

Seeded on Sun Oct 23, 2011 4:34 PM EDT ()

Seeded by krishna-167929 (Clipped by LanaD)

Yes, there always going to be rich and poor. But we used to live in country where rich owned factory and make 30 times what factory worker make.

conservatives, politics, workers, democracy, cold-war, reagan, capitalism, american-dream, equality, factory-worker

U.S. Executive Compensation in Relation to other Countries

Seeded on Fri Oct 7, 2011 9:11 AM EDT (heritageinstitute.com)

Seeded by Robert Bartholomew (Clipped by LanaD)

Warren Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, in a shareholder report dated February 28, 2006, stated, "Too often, executive compensation in the U.S. is ridiculously out of line with performance." "Getting fired can produce a particularly bountiful payday for a CEO.

politics, greed, corporate-executive-compensation, occupy-wall-street

Babies Feel Pain Before Birth. Around 35 weeks

Seeded on Sat Sep 10, 2011 2:59 PM EDT (Live Science)

"Babies can distinguish painful stimuli as different from general touch from around 35 to 37 weeks gestation, just before an infant would normally be born," study researcher Lorenzo Fabrizi of University College London said in a statement.

abortion, health, fetus-pain

Three Charts To Email To Your Right-Wing Brother-In-Law

Seeded on Mon Aug 29, 2011 12:03 PM EDT (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)

Seeded by Ms CYPRAH (Clipped by LanaD)

Problem: Your right-wing brother-in-law is plugged into the FOX-Limbaugh lie machine, and keeps sending you emails about "Obama spending" and "Obama deficits" and how the "Stimulus" just made things worse. Solution: Here are three "reality-based" charts to send to him.

congress, white-house, credit-rating, politics, right-wing, debt-ceiling, stimulus, fox-limbaugh, obamas-pending, three-charts

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Views of tea party reach new low in poll

Seeded on Fri Aug 5, 2011 1:58 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

Public perception of the tea party movement, which many see as the driving force that kept Republicans from voting to raising the debt ceiling without implementing unprecedented spending reductions, is at a record low.

politics, tea-party, usa-todaygallup

Judge dismisses suit on federal stem cell research

Seeded on Wed Jul 27, 2011 11:47 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)

"A lawsuit that had threatened to end the Obama administration's funding of embryonic stem cell research was dismissed Wednesday, allowing the U.S. to continue supporting a search for cures to deadly diseases over protests that the work relies on destroyed human embryos."

stem-cell, lawsuit, health, research, embryos, embryonic

Americans Show Rising Support for Abortion Rights: Poll

Seeded on Tue Jul 26, 2011 1:04 PM EDT (Yahoo! News)

Despite recent moves by some states to restrict access to abortion, more Americans now support a woman's right to choose than they did two years ago, a new Harris Interactive/HealthDay poll finds. Nearly one-quarter (23 percent) of those polled in 2009 supported the idea tha …

poll, abortion, politics, pro-life, pro-choice, abortion-rights

Democrat declares victory in first Wisconsin recall - Yahoo! News

Seeded on Wed Jul 20, 2011 6:53 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)

With 99 percent of the vote counted, Dave Hansen appeared to have a commanding lead over Republican challenger David VanderLeest in the first of what will be nine special summer elections triggered by the union fight. Unofficial results showed Hansen with 20,639 votes, nearly …

politics, wisconsin, unions, scott-walker, hanson, recall-election, vanderleest

'I'll drink to that law': Ohio Statehouse adds bar

Seeded on Fri Jul 1, 2011 8:43 AM EDT (Yahoo! News)

The Ohio agency that oversees the Statehouse says the bar will have flat-screen televisions and will be open to the public at certain times. It also will host special events and what are described as "private happy hours." So proud to be an Ohioan right now /s/

ohio, politics, bar, capitol-building

Fetus Found Outside Of Central El Paso Abortion Clinic - News Story - KFOX El Paso

Seeded on Mon Apr 25, 2011 5:46 PM EDT (KFOXTV)

"EL PASO, Texas -- The remains of a fetus were turned over to El Paso police when a group of people outside the Hilltop Women's Reproductive Clinic on Friday morning.El Paso police told KFOX14 they were called to the scene around 11:45 a.m.

abortion-fetus-clinic-el-paso-pro-choice-pro-life-discoveredassociated-press

Shameless GOP Lies: Is There Any Limit to What Republicans Will Say -- And What People Will Believe? | Tea Party and the Right | AlterNet

Seeded on Mon Apr 25, 2011 4:20 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)

Seeded by easyjjgrand3 (Clipped by LanaD)

These unsettling thoughts came to my mind when I heard Michael Steele remark that "not in the history of mankind has the government ever created a job." This from a man who held a government job as Lieutenant Governor of Maryland.

politics, ronald-reagan, barack-obama, john-kerry, fox-news, al-gore, steve-cohen, obamacare, wall-st-bankers, government-never-creates-jobs

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The decade the GOP hopes you've forgotten: It wasn't that long ago that America solved a debt crisis by (gasp) ... raising taxes on the rich

Seeded on Wed Apr 20, 2011 8:55 AM EDT (Salon.com)

Seeded by Killfile (Clipped by LanaD)

If there's one aspect of the deficit reduction plan that President Obama outlined last week that congressional Republicans most object to, it's probably his call for higher income tax rates on the wealthiest Americans.

bush, taxes, politics, gop, gingrich, obama, barack-obama, taxation, george-w-bush, republican

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McClatchy Poll: 73% Of Republicans and 70% of Tea Partiers Oppose Cuts To Medicare

Seeded on Wed Apr 20, 2011 5:25 AM EDT (Think Progress)

Seeded by SueHughes72 (Clipped by LanaD)

As Democrats try to portray the GOP vote for Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-WI) budget as an effort to dismantle Medicare, at least two of the four Republicans who voted against the measure are echoing progressive concerns.

medicare, politics, gop, medicaid, jon-kyl, entitlements, tea-party, paul-ryan, david-mckinley, budget-2012

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Jon Stewart's Must-See Takedown of Paul Ryan's Budget Proposal

Seeded on Wed Apr 13, 2011 7:58 PM EDT (Daily Kos)

Seeded by knight-403465 (Clipped by LanaD)

So cutting spending reduces our debt.... Hey, you know what else might work? Gimme some of that creepy music. Computer graphics askew, please. What if we also attack our deficit by getting rid of the Bush tax cuts?

budget, medicare, seniors, healthcare, privatization, deficit, medicaid, debt, jon-stewart, barack-obama

7 Examples of How the Poor Are Being Robbed to Give More Wealth to the Rich

Seeded on Wed Apr 13, 2011 4:37 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)

Seeded by McSpocky (Clipped by LanaD)

The rich have been getting richer and the poor and the middle class have been getting poorer in the US recently. Here are seven examples that show how the US is going through "Robin Hood in Reverse."

politics, distribution-of-wealth, poor-getting-poorer, rich-getting-richer, poor-robbed-to-give-wealth-to-the-rich, middle-class-getting-poorer, welath-distribution, inequality-in-distribution-of-wealth

What do Walmart, FOX News, and Koch Brothers have in common?

Seeded on Wed Mar 30, 2011 4:52 PM EDT (YouTube)

Seeded by GOZO-unlimited (Clipped by LanaD)

This important video series exposes the Koch Brothers' control over your job, your life, and your well-being.

business, video, koch-brothers, kochbrothersexposed-com

Santorum says 'abortion culture' to blame for problems with Social Security - The Hill's Ballot Box

Seeded on Tue Mar 29, 2011 3:38 PM EDT (TheHill.com)

Seeded by btco (Clipped by LanaD)

Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) said Tuesday that America's "abortion culture" is at the heart of problems with the nation's Social Security system.

us, elections, democrats, politics, gop, republicans, obama, barack-obama, republican, tea-party

2/3rds of US Corporations Pay Zero Federal Taxes: US Uncut Movement Builds to Make Them Pay Up

Seeded on Mon Mar 28, 2011 9:27 AM EDT (AlterNet.org)

Seeded by wemustchange (Clipped by LanaD)

Saturday marked US Uncut's second big nationwide protest. From coast-to-coast, more than forty cities joined in a day of action protesting the tax-dodging practices of massive corporations that they see as the real source of the country's deficit.

taxes, politics, protests, irs, corporations, greed, tax-havens, uncut, bofa, tax-dodging

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Top 10 reasons to elect anybody but Obama
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While Republicans are locked in a brutal battle over their presidential nomination, let us not forget that anybody the GOP picks will be far superior than the current resident at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Not convinced? Here’s the evidence:
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The Scarlet Ultrasound: State-Sanctioned Rape as Punishment for Having Sex
Source: rhrealitycheck.org
Research and common sense both tell us that mandatory ultrasounds cannot be what proponents claim they are, a harmless attempt to impart information to a woman to help with her decision on abortion.Research shows that women don’t change their minds after viewing an u …
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Bachmann in Fantasyland: The GOP is extremely pro-woman
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Despite Republicans hosting an all male panel this week in a House hearing on the White House contraception decision, Rep.
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Mother Confesses to Murdering 1 Year-Old Son: "I Hated My Child Since The Day He Was Born"
Source: wtsp
Lakeland, Florida - In a candid interview with detectives, Polk Sheriff's investigators say Neha Patel confessed to killing her one-year-old son, saying she hated the child "since the day he was born."
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Feds shut down Amish farm for selling fresh milk
Source: The Washington Times
The FDA won its two-year fight to shut down an Amish farmer who was selling fresh raw milk to eager consumers in the Washington, D.C., region after a judge this month banned Daniel Allgyer from selling his milk across state lines and he told his customers he would shut down his f …
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Right on to LANA D. I totally agree with you about Ms. Palin. She should of been
gone. I'm 66 yrs. old and I'm a lot smoother on my feet than she is. Sarah should of taught her daughter how to dance but then again maybe she did. AGAIN, Ms. Palin should of been bumped off. I would never vote for her only because she is not as good as some of the ones that got bumped off.
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