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Pollution's Toll on the Brain
In these days of hybrid cars and carbon credits, it is common knowledge that substances exhaled by autos and coal plants are harmful to our respiratory system. What may be surprising is the degree to which they may harm the brain—in some instances, as much as exposure to lead. A recent string of studies from all over the world suggests that common air pollutants such as black carbon, particulate matter and ozone can negatively affect vocabulary, reaction times and even overall intelligence.
8 Reasons Fox Is Not a News Organization
Even before Barack Obama was elected to the presidency, Rupert Murdoch had declared war on him via the personalities of Fox News Channel, a subsidiary of Murdoch's media conglomerate, News Corp.
Since Obama's election, the cable channel's hosts and paid analysts have launched a full frontal assault on the president, smearing his nominees, calling him a racist and suggesting that his administration was trying to persuade disabled veterans to off themselves.
Now the fearmongers at Fox are crying foul since the president and his aides declared Fox not to be a news organization.
Who Killed California?
by Troy Senik http://nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/who-killed-california My apologies for having nothing originally in this post. The text was here but didn't show up. Apparently this article is too long to be printed here, at about 11 pages. It is nevertheless worth reading, unless, as someone has already done, you have made your mind up what to believe before reading.Vatican Backs Obama’s Global Agenda
By Cliff Kincaid | October 12, 2009 Accuracy in Media Some pro-life Catholics are acting shocked that the Vatican warmly greeted the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to President Obama, who is pro-abortion. They don't seem to understand that the Vatican and Obama agree on most major international issues. This is the untold story-how Obama and the Vatican accept major ingredients of what has been called a New World Order.The New Liberalism and the end of American ascendancy.
Decline Is a Choice The New Liberalism and the end of American ascendancy. by Charles Krauthammer The weathervanes of conventional wisdom are registering another round of angst about America in decline. New theories, old slogans: Imperial overstretch.King Obama to Congress: "write the legislation I want, or else I will simply enact it by decree"
Commentary by Robert Tracinski Friday, October 02, 2009 1. The Anti-Industrial Coup It looks like President Obama, facing the failure of his domestic agenda in Congress, is now going to attempt to pull out a victory by threatening Congress with the usurpation of its legislative powers. How?Too big, too fast (1,201 pages, and counting)
Too big, too fast Chicago Tribune Remember that gargantuan climate change bill we told you about last week? It's gotten bigger. Over the weekend, the bill grew from 946 pages to 1,201 pages, according to the Sunlight Foundation.Atlantic County's air rates "C" in report by Lung Association
Atlantic County's air rates "C" in report by Lung Association By MICHELLE LEE Staff Writer, 609-272-7256 Published: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/186/story/156700.html The air in Atlantic and Cumberland counties is slightly better, while the air quality in Ocean County remains poor, according to the American Lung Association's 2008 State of the Air report. Atlantic County's rating was among the highest in the state, scoring a "C," with four unhealthy ozone days, up from a "D" in last year's report, which included seven unhealthy ozone days. Cumberland County's rating went to a "D" with eight unhealthy ozone days, up from an "F" with 10 unhealthy ozone days.Financial Spin On Global Warming
Putting A Financial Spin On Global Warming
by Richard Harris Morning Edition, June 24, 2009 ·
Climate change is a potential environmental disaster — but it's also potentially an economic opportunity. President Obama spoke of it in economic terms Tuesday when he urged the House of Representatives to pass legislation that would address global warming. "The nation that leads in the creation of a clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the 21st century global economy," he said.
Cap and Trade Will Lead to Capital Flight
**PUBLIC* (because it needs to be) Paul tells us what we already know, with some additional points about Spain... emphasis is mine. Cap and Trade Will Lead to Capital Flight By Ron Paul June 29, 2009 http://www.campaignforliberty.com/article.php?view=124 In my last column, I joked that with public spending out of control and the piling on of the international bailout bill, economic collapse seems to be the goal of Congress.
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