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Please take action June 17, 2009 3:35 PM

OCA: Take Action Frankentrees
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Environment  (tags: Frankentrees, GMO, Enviromental Damage, Health Risks, USDA Comment )
 Davida - ago - salsa.democracyinaction.org
One of the experimental GE tree varieties is a known host for cryptococcus gatti, a fatal fungal pathogen whose spores cause meningitis in people and animals. Comments are being accepted by the USDA until July 6, 2009. Take action today by using the form
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 June 15, 2009 2:31 PM

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Nano-Silver: Extreme Germ Killer Presents Growing Threat to Public Health | CommonDreams.Org
Health & Wellness  (tags: NanoSilver, risks, safety )
 Davida - 8 minutes ago - commondreams.org
Major corporations are putting nano-silver into a wide variety of consumer products with virtually no oversight, and there are potentially serious health consequences as a result. The workers who manufacture these products, the families that use them, and
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Please take action June 02, 2009 11:48 AM

NAACP: Don't Let Them Kill Troy Davis
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US Politics & Gov't  (tags: TroyDavis, injustice, death penalty, wrongly convicted )

Davida
- 32 seconds ago - org2.democracyinaction.org
The U.S. Supreme Court will "conference" on Troy Davis' most recent appeal on June 25th. NCADP will alert you on the outcome of that decision and next steps just as soon as possible. The NAACP has posted an action on the case and issued a statement.
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 May 27, 2009 1:21 PM

Look, Troy Davis! Jim Crow Crowned Prom King in Georgia
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US Politics & Gov't  (tags: TroyDavis, Separatism, JimCrow, MontgomeryCountySchoolProm, Georgia, GeorgiaCourtofAppeals, MaryNeal, LarryNeal, Wrongfuldeathoflarryneal, DogJustice, AfricanAmerican, Prejudice, JimCrow, EqualJustice, AmnestyInternational, prejudice, Racism, lynching )
 Mary - 2 hours ago - my.nowpublic.com
Montgomery County High School in Monore, Georgia has two separate proms for its graduating seniors - one for the white students and one for the black ones. Troy Davis hopes for a new trial in a place where school children are still taught separatism...
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 May 21, 2009 1:38 PM

World Wide Protest for Death Row Inmate Troy Davis - LiveSteez
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US Politics & Gov't  (tags: TroyDavis, wrongly convicted, death penalty, AnmestyInternational )
 Davida - 33 seconds ago - livesteez.com
Thousands of people in 43 U.S. states and five continents participated in Amnesty International's "Global Day of Action," where people from all over the world protested the death sentence of Georgia man Troy Davis.
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Please go to the action sighted May 19, 2009 11:58 AM

Stop Execution of Troy Davis! Campaign
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US Politics & Gov't  (tags: TroyDavis, death penalty, wrongly convicted, petition )

Davida
- 6 minutes ago - iacenter.org
TELL THE GEORGIA GOV., LEGISLATURE, PAROLE BOARD, PRESIDENT OBAMA, CONGRESS AND THE MEDIA: STOP THE EXECUTION OF TROY DAVIS!He was convicted solely on witness testimony, and 7 of the 9 witnesses have since recanted, many alleging that police coerced them
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 April 17, 2009 12:55 PM

Democracy Now! | Without Struggle, There Is Nothing"-Mumia Abu-Jamal
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US Politics & Gov't  (tags: prisoners, Mumia Abu Jamal, death row )

Davida
- ago - democracynow.org
We speak with author, journalist and death row prisoner, Mumia Abu-Jamal. Speaking from his Pennsylvania jail cell, Abu-Jamal calls the recent Supreme Court decision to deny his appeal to overturn his conviction "Kafkaesque."
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 April 16, 2009 12:48 PM

Foundation Gives Chesapeake Bay a 'D'
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Environment  (tags: Chesapeake Bay, water, destruction, ecosystems, environment, conservation, habitatdestruction, nature, humans, pollution, protection, research, science, wildlife )

Barb
- 3 minutes ago - wvec.com
-- The president of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation says the condition of the nation's largest estuary remains "a national disgrace." In its 10th annual report released Wednesday, the foundation gave the bay's health index a grade of "D," giving it 28 point
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A Good Reminder December 23, 2008 11:43 AM

10 Christmas Scams That Could Ruin Your Holiday
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World  (tags: christmas, holidays, scams, security )

Sunny
- 20 seconds ago - money.co.uk
For most of us, Christmas is a time for giving. But not everyone feels that way. For some, Christmas spirit signals a time of easy pickings and a chance to help themselves to our hard earned cash.
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 October 24, 2008 1:12 PM

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AFP: Another 11th-Hour Stay for US Death Row Inmate Troy Davis


Society & Culture  (tags: TroyDavis, Death Penality, StayofExecution, Injustice )
 Davida - 1 minute ago - afp.google.com

seven out of nine witnesses who gave evidence at his trial in 1991 have recanted or changed their testimony, which was the backbone of the prosecution's case in the absence of a murder weapon, fingerprints and DNA.
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Please watch and note October 22, 2008 12:05 PM

War Crimes IN Iraq - The Disgusting Behaviour of American Troops
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US Politics & Gov't  (tags: )
 Sina - 15 hours ago - youtube.com
This video exposes the cruelty of US troops it's caught on video
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 August 08, 2008 2:40 PM

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Online Advocacy Toolkit | Elect to End Torture '08
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: torture, politics, obama, McCain, elections, WhatYouCanDo )
 Davida StarsButterfliesGold Notes - 48 seconds ago - humanrightsfirst.org
One of the most effective ways to gain attention to our cause is to press presidential and congressional candidates to discuss their positions on torture and human rights on the campaign trail.
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 August 01, 2008 12:00 AM

Federal Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Has Its Coming Out Party
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: congress, decriminalization, marijuana, politics, americans, constitution, freedoms, government, news )

Barb
StarsButterfliesGold Notes
- 2 minutes ago - stopthedrugwar.org
For the first time in decades, a marijuana decriminalization bill is before the Congress. Actually introduced by Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) in April, the Act to Remove Federal Penalties for the Personal Use of Marijuana by Responsible Adults....
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 July 31, 2008 1:27 PM

Pesticides Are Killing Billions Of Honeybees Worldwide

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Environment  (tags: destruction, humans, pollution, food supply )
 Dan StarsGold Notes - 12 hours ago - latimes.com
Highly toxic insecticides are believed to be killing off honeybees on a global scale. France and Germany have banned them, but not the US. Bayer (the aspirin people) make them. Predicted in Doomwatch Legacy by Sunstroke author David Kagan.
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News Articles 2 July 31, 2008 12:00 PM

The other thread was getting much too long, over 100 posts. Here is the link in case you want to check any of the stories out.

http://www.care2.com/c2c/groups/disc.html?gpp=3691&pst=424046

Please Note

America's AIDS Apartheid | The American Prospect

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The U.S. has never had an overarching national plan for responding to AIDS, something that we make a prerequisite for any poorer country seeking foreign aid to deal with its own epidemic.  
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US Politics & Gov't  (tags: AIDS, healthcare, discrimination )
 Davida StarsButterfliesGold Notes - 58 minutes ago - prospect.org
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