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The Year In Pot
Top 10 Events That Will Change the Way We Think About Marijuana. - AlterNet
Posted 1/2/2010 by Zenzibar Alternative Culture

Health
Yummy! Ammonia-Treated Pink Slime Now in Most U.S. Ground Beef
You're not going to believe what millions of Americans have been eating the last few years. - AlterNet
Posted 1/2/2010 by Zenzibar Alternative Culture

Science & Technology
Ethanol Refinery Turns Wood Chips Into Fuel
Trash may be one fuel of the future. - Wired News
Posted 10/17/2009 by Zenzibar Alternative Culture

Health
Is Big Pharma Trying to Take All the Fun out of Pot?
Drug researchers are trying to replicate marijuana's therapeutic effects, but without the 'side effect' of getting people high. - AlterNet
Posted 7/27/2009 by Zenzibar Alternative Culture

Politics
Taking Shorter Showers Doesn't Cut It
Are we taking the easy route? Dumpster diving wouldn't have stopped Hitler, and composting wouldn't have ended slavery. - AlterNet
Posted 7/13/2009 by Zenzibar Alternative Culture

Health
How Our Fast-Paced World Is Making Us Sick
Living under unnatural time pressures causes a myriad of psychological, social and physical ailments. - AlterNet
Posted 7/3/2009 by Zenzibar Alternative Culture

Health
How Pharma and Insurance Intend to Kill the Public Option
They don't want a public option that would compete with private insurers and use its bargaining power to negotiate better rates with drug companies. - Common Dreams
Posted 6/8/2009 by Zenzibar Alternative Culture

Health
Michael Pollan - 'Don't Buy Any Food You've Ever Seen Advertised'
'The real food is not being advertised. And that's really all you need to know.' - AlterNet
Posted 5/19/2009 by Zenzibar Alternative Culture

Spirituality
40 Million Nonbelievers in America? The Secret Is Almost Out
Secularists have very quietly become one of America’s largest minorities -- how long before they use their power? - AlterNet
Posted 5/5/2009 by Zenzibar Alternative Culture

Politics
Armed Revolt in the Obama Era?
Gun show enthusiasts make it abundantly clear why they're stocking up on firepower. - AlterNet
Posted 5/1/2009 by Zenzibar Alternative Culture

Health
Pot vs. Booze - A Former Police Chief's Take
Marijuana smokers show greater responsibility in their choice of drugs than those of us who choose (and abuse) alcohol. - AlterNet
Posted 4/23/2009 by Zenzibar Alternative Culture

Business & Economy
Greenwashing Rampant in Consumer Marketing
A new report found that just 2% of the self-proclaimed “green” products on shelves in big box stores across North America live up to their sustainable claims. - E Magazine
Posted 4/23/2009 by Zenzibar Alternative Culture

Miscellaneous
We've Let Corporations and Media Rob Our Souls
The most chilling accomplishment of American capitalist culture is that we have commodified our own consciousness. - AlterNet
Posted 4/8/2009 by Zenzibar Alternative Culture

Lifestyles
Vermont Legalizes Gay Marriage With Veto Override
Vermont legalized gay marriage on Tuesday after lawmakers overrode a veto from the governor by a wafer-thin margin. - Common Dreams
Posted 4/8/2009 by Zenzibar Alternative Culture

Politics
Seymour Hersh - Secret U.S. Forces Carried Out Assassinations
The investigative journalist for The New Yorker explains his recent bombshell revelation about Dick Cheney's 'executive assassination' squads. - AlterNet
Posted 3/31/2009 by Zenzibar Alternative Culture

Science & Technology
British Steam Car Loses Steam But Keeps Going
When you build a 3-ton car powered by steam, make sure your water filter works. - Wired News
Posted 3/31/2009 by Zenzibar Alternative Culture

Business & Economy
The Scavenger's Manifesto
Why Dumpster Diving Can Save You from Going Off the Deep End. - AlterNet
Posted 3/22/2009 by Zenzibar Alternative Culture

Health
No More Raids on Pot Dispensaries, Says Attorney General
Obama fulfills a campaign promise, marking the end of an era of federal resistance to state medical marijuana programs. - AlterNet
Posted 3/3/2009 by Zenzibar Alternative Culture

Science & Technology
5 Huge Green-Tech Projects in the Developing World
Any solution to global climate change will eventually have to involve the whole globe, not just the richest countries. - Wired News
Posted 3/3/2009 by Zenzibar Alternative Culture

Environment
Scientists Find Bigger than Expected Polar Ice Melt
A survey by thousands of scientists revealed new evidence that the ocean around the Antarctic has warmed more rapidly than the global average. - Common Dreams
Posted 2/25/2009 by Zenzibar Alternative Culture

Science & Technology
Americans Don't Get No Super-Clean Volvo Diesel
The C30 offers a hybrid-like 60.3 mpg but, given America's aversion to diesels, few automakers are willing to sell them here. - Wired News
Posted 2/25/2009 by Zenzibar Alternative Culture

Science & Technology
Biggest Solar Deal Ever Announced — We're Talking Gigawatts
The largest series of solar installations in history, more than 1,300 megawatts, is planned for the desert outside Los Angeles. - Wired News
Posted 2/11/2009 by Zenzibar Alternative Culture

Science & Technology
Can Crazy Techno Schemes Actually Save Us from Climate Change?
From blocking out the sun with 'space shields' to fertilizing the oceans with carbon-consuming algae, will the magic of science save us? - AlterNet
Posted 2/9/2009 by Zenzibar Alternative Culture

Health
Michael Phelps Has No Business Apologizing for Taking Bong Hits
The Olympic gold medalist struck another blow to the myth that pot smokers are lazy couch potatoes. He has no reason to say he's sorry. - AlterNet
Posted 2/3/2009 by Zenzibar Alternative Culture

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Science & Technology
Permaculture Teacher Training, August 9-15, 2009
Learn how to teach Permaculture in a variety of settings.
Posted 6/5/2009 by Denise-Christine.
Miscellaneous
Canada's 'Truth & Reconciliation' Commission 'a hoax'
A Canadian human rights lawyer says Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission is a 'hoax' by the legal establishment to evade culpability..
Posted 11/30/2008 by John Gregory.
Politics
ICTR: Canada's Dallaire 'failed in his mission' in Rwanda
A French military expert says that then UN Commander in Rwanda, Romeo Dallaire, 'failed in his mission' to suppress the massacres occurring in 1994.
Posted 11/30/2008 by John Gregory.
Arts & Entertainment
Police Intimidation
Poilce intimidation
Posted 4/25/2008 by johnny chesney.
Politics
Ten Flaws in America's Election System
For a country that claims to be the world's greatest democracy, the election process of the United States of America is deeply flawed.
Posted 1/7/2008 by Zenzibar Alternative Culture.
Politics
P3s, Nazis and Polite Canadian Fascism
Once in power, the Nazis shifted a lot of the once fully public assets into joint public-private control to their supporters. Does this sound familiar?
Posted 12/6/2006 by Brent.
Health
Alternative medicine must face scientific scrutiny
600 practitioners and scientists from 19 countries are meeting in Edmonton to talk about how to assess the benefits and risks of alternative therapies.
Posted 5/27/2006 by Brent.
Politics
Free Speech Australia site launched
Aussies are finding their civil liberties undermined at an alarming rate, with the excuse being the 'war on terror'. Non-Aussies are welcome to register too.
Posted 5/13/2006 by Pip Wilson.
Politics
Canada's Census outsourced to Lockheed Martin
Canadian census is contracted to the Canadian subsidiary of the US armament company Lockheed Martin and can be passed to the US gov VIA the Patriot Act.
Posted 4/17/2006 by Brent.
Business & Economy
Red Cross, Humane Society Under Investigation
The Louisiana attorney general has launched inquiries into two of the country's best-known charities - American Red Cross and Humane Society
Posted 4/7/2006 by Brent.
Politics
'The war is illegal. I can't pay for a government killing machine'
A man has vowed to go to prison rather than pay taxes which he believes would fund a 'blatantly illegal war' in Iraq.
Posted 4/7/2006 by Brent.
Health
New study links mercury to autism
A new study shows a direct relationship between mercury in children's vaccines and autism, contradicting government claims.
Posted 3/7/2006 by Brent.
Politics
China: Torture leaves freed Tiananmen dissident mentally ill
After 16 years, Tiananmen dissident Yu Dongyue was finally freed from prison yesterday, but with his mental health impaired.
Posted 2/24/2006 by Brent.
Politics
Twenty-Three Intel Experts Say LA Terror Plot a Sham
After a suspiciously timed revelation that the US had foiled a 2002 terror plot against the LA Library Tower, intel experts and reporters debunked the claim.
Posted 2/13/2006 by Brent.
Politics
Gallup: More Than Half of Americans Feel Bush Deliberately Misled Country on Iraq WMD
Over half (53%) now say the administration 'deliberately misled the American public about whether Iraq has weapons of mass destruction'
Posted 2/6/2006 by Brent.
Environment
Industrial Society Destroys Mind and Environment
The link between Mind and Social/ Environmental Issues.
Posted 2/3/2006 by sushil_yadav.
Politics
WSF Caracas: Distinctive Exchanges, Familiar Challenges
In WSF 2006 in Caracas, over 100,000 participants traversed within worlds of differences amidst whirlwinds of spontaneity
Posted 2/3/2006 by Ryan.
Politics
New Saddam Trial Judge Tries to Impose Order, Gets Chaos
Two of the original five judge panel missing from the court casts serious doubts on the fairness of the trial. Two defense lawyers have also been murdered.
Posted 2/2/2006 by Brent.
Politics
Officer 'docked pay' for torturing Iraqi to death
He tortured an Iraqi by covering his mouth and placing him head first into a sleeping bag then sitting on his chest during an interrogation. The man died.
Posted 1/27/2006 by Brent.
Health
If your suntan oil can change the sex of fish, what can do it to you?
The male hornyhead turbot. Despite its name, it is changing gender. And the sunscreens that symbolise bronzed sex appeal may be partly to blame.
Posted 1/27/2006 by Brent.
Arts & Entertainment
Orwell Rolls in His Grave
Critical examination of the Fourth Estate- explores what the media doesn’t talk about: itself. http://www.coanews.org/lists/index.php?p=subscribe&id=1
Posted 1/27/2006 by Ryan.
Politics
Microsoft blocks Chinese dissident's blog
Microsoft admits it removed the weblog of a dissident Chinese journalist, citing the company's policy of abiding by local laws.
Posted 1/6/2006 by Brent.
Health
Parts from a single body could fetch up to $150,000
Heart valves are said to fetch up to $7,000 each in the US, and skin $1,000 per square foot. A body could be worth about $150,000.
Posted 12/26/2005 by Brent.
Politics
Bush didn't start the war on the Bill of Rights
So when did the assault on Americans' civil liberties get kick-started? The current liberal establishment seems to deem 9/11 the chief catalyst.
Posted 12/26/2005 by Brent.

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