ANIMALS: OUR MORAL SCHIZOPHRENIA Some animals are kept as pets and considered to be "part of the family." Other animals are slaughtered for food and used as a means to an end. Professors Gary L. Francione and Nicholas B. Katzenbach will discuss this phenomenon and the role that is played by moral and legal doctrine in reinforcing the notion that animals are either things or resources, Sun, April 30, 11am, FREE, Philadelphia Ethical Society, 1906 S. Rittenhouse Sq., 215-735-3456.
I have always been a
strong proponent of a
future united, federal
Europe - a single
European country, as a
more progressive, liberal
counterpoint towards the
current U.S. hegemony and
towards the upcoming
powers of China, India
and Russia. And I feel...
The sun in the North is a
temporary guestWho brings
with him much warmth and
light when he comesFor a
few precious months every
year he keepsUs company
through night and day He
makes the trees green, he
makes flowers bloomHe
makes the birds sing, and
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The largest genocide in
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where? Most people would
answer Germany, and the
Jewish Holocaust.
Actually though, the
largest genocide happened
in the USA, with the
native American Indians,
with estimates of 19
million to 100 millio...
Official Nuclear
Radiation Study; Tokyo
University
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(2013) Internal
Radiocesium Contamination
of Adults and Children 7
to 20 Months After the
Fukushima NPP Accident as
Measured by Extensive
Whole-Body-Counter
Surveys, Proc. Jpn....
Toxic radiation
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supplies after nuclear
accidents. Radiation
bioconcentrates in fish
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fresh water from land
which has been
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salt wate...
66 Atomic Bombs were
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of islanders were removed
from the islands, but not
from harms way. One
hydrogen bomb exploded
near the islands, and the
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dust from the bomb, as it
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"Under our current law,
a suspected terrorist on
the FBI's No-Fly List
can't board an airplane
-- but they can still
legally purchase guns and
explosives.
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Germany added more
solar panels in one
month, than the US did in
ONE YEAR. Nearly 1/3 of
Germany power output is
handled by bottoms up
solar energy during the
middle of the day. The
transition to a 100%
renewable energy nation
is in process. T...