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A PLEA FOR THE CHILDREN OF NEW ORLEANS

Dr. Howard J. Osofsky is the chairman of the psychiatry department, LSU health sciences center. Today he testifies before a senate committee and says this is not about finger pointing -- rather it is about REAL PROBLEMS of REAL CHILDREN...

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October 31, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (0)

'I Don't Think This Place is Worth Another Soldier's Life'

Joshua Partlow of the WASHINGTON POST writes that 14 months ago when the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division came to Sadiyah in southwestern Baghdad the shops were open and women and children were walking on the streets....

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October 29, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (2)

THEY EDIT TESTIMONY and ASK THEMSELVES QUESTIONS

The other day the Bush administration decided to perform severe edits on the prepared congressional testimony of CDC's director Dr. Julie Gerberding and cut several pages from it. This morning AL KAMEN writing in the WASHINGTON POST'S "IN THE LOOP"...

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October 26, 2007 in Congress | Permalink | User Comments (63)

Barbie Toys Made in Chinese Sweatshop?

In 2006 U.S. consumers gobbled up over $457 BILLION worth of toys during the holidays, many of them made in China. But 2006 was not a good year for the toy makers who work in the XIN YI factory in...

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October 25, 2007 in Weblogs | Permalink | User Comments (0)

WAXMAN GETS HIS RICE

You expect to see the secretary of state testifying before the authorizing and money committees on Capitol Hill, but today's appearance by Condi Rice before Rep. Henry Waxman's oversight and government reform committee will be a rare one! Waxman's staff...

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October 25, 2007 in Congress | Permalink | User Comments (0)

25 Million Taxpayers Could Get an Increase of $2,000 or More

It is a URGENT LETTER from the secretary of the treasury, HENRY PAULSON to the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, CHUCK GRASSLEY. "To avoid confusion and delays for taxpayers, it is critical that an AMT PATCH be enacted...

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October 23, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (0)

'My Family's Land is Poisoned'

Ray Manygoats is a 53 year old Navajo Indian. When he was a kid, a private company hired by the U.S. Government came to his reservation to mine the land rich in uranium ore so this country could make atomic...

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October 23, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (0)

'Thwarting Off An Attacker By Dressing as a Coca-Cola Machine'

Martin Fackler's very interesting article on a bizarre Japanese invention appeared in Saturday's NEW YORK TIMES under the headline, "FEARING CRIME, JAPANESE WEAR THE HIDING PLACE." It was an article mainly about Aya Tsukioka who has designed a skirt with...

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October 22, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (0)

Navajo Nation: The US Asked for Their Help and Then Abandoned Them

Judy Pasternak who writes for the L.A. TIMES says 50 years ago cancer rates among the Navajo Indians were so low a medical journal published an article titled "CANCER IMMUNITY IN THE NAVAJO." That title wouldn't work today. Pasternak says...

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October 22, 2007 | Permalink | User Comments (1)

"I AM NOT A TERRORIST. I AM NOT A MEMBER OF AL-QAEDA...I AM A SYRIAN-BORN CANADIAN."

Maher Arar will not be in Washington when he testifies before two congressional subcommittees this afternoon. The U.S. government won't let him in the country. Not that he would want to come to the United States, given what happened to...

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October 18, 2007 in Congress | Permalink | User Comments (1)