"While some federal workers are being hit with furloughs due to the sequester, other high-level federal executives are scheduled to get millions of dollars in bonuses, unless there's a law to stop them."
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]]> "ANH-USA is determined to advance integrative medicine and every campaign ANH-USA launches will further that goal. Our active campaigns address matters on the state, federal, and international level. We firmly believe that a multifaceted approach..."
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]]> "Australian scientists have produced the largest flexible, plastic solar cells of the Southern continent – ten times the size of what they were previously able to – thanks to a new solar cell printer that has been installed at CSIRO."
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]]> Accounts of multiple shootings in Chicago which passed a ban on handgun ownership in 1982. Evidence that such bans do not disarm the criminals, but leave their victims helpless to defend themselves.
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]]> "Right now, in the midst of a major childhood obesity epidemic, the giant dairy lobby is trying to force the federal government to redefine “milk” to include artificial sweeteners such as aspartame in children’s school lunches without proper labels."
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]]> n the forests of Asia, bears are being captured. These captives will be sent to bear farms, most unregulated and illegal, where they will be kept alive in a small cage, locked away for life."
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]]> " Five hundred children were locked into their school, threatened that if they did not agree to being force-vaccinated with a meningitis A vaccine, they would receive no further education. These children were vaccinated without their parents’ knowledge."
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]]> "The establishment has made no secret of the fact that they are not very impressed with Adam Kokesh’s planned Open Carry March on Washington DC this coming July 4."
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]]> Tell Secretary of State John Kerry: Investigate Big Oil’s Influence on the Keystone XL Review.
Not only was the investigating firm part of the oil industry, but the state department tried to hide the connection.


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]]> "Emboldened by the murder conviction of former abortion provider Kermit Gosnell, Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) announced on Friday that he intends to expand his proposed ban on abortions after 20 weeks of gestation in the District of Columbia to apply to...
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]]> The extreme truth about how wealth is divided globally. Inspired by the amazing "Wealth Inequality in America" video. An under 4 minute video that explains this very clearly. In Solidarity we will need to change the rules this world is living under.
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]]> People are proving that 100% renewable energy is not a fantasy for someday, but a reality today. Each of us is part of the problem of dependence on fossil and nuclear energy and each of us can also be part of the solution. Lets Do It!
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]]> A real time video of the moon rising over the Mount Victoria Lookout in Wellington, New Zealand. People had gathered up there this night to get the best view possible of the moon rising on 28th January 2013.
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]]> You have heard that term, derivatives. Well now those derivatives have even bought the New York Stock Exchange. InterContintenalExchange, a 12-year-old upstart that specializes in commodities, futures and derivatives trading is new owner.


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]]> Bill Oddie, the naturalist, protests against HSBC's illegal logging by entering the den of a creature closely related to humans: the banker. HSBC bankrolls some of the world's most destructive logging companies also risking international laundering rules.
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]]> You likely already know how overcrowded and abusive the US prison system is, and you probably are also aware that the US has more people in prison than even China or Russia. Who profits in this booming business of keeping human beings in cages?
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]]> It’s 2013 and the world did not end by meteorite or by Mayan calendar. But fear not: we might just be able to get the job done ourselves. Join Robert Foster as he sets out to discover where Civilisation™ is making the fastest progress towards annihilation
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]]> "Rhino poaching in South Africa - a recipe with home-grown ingredients"
A must read blog on the rhino trade
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]]> This is an Old Song, but so true in what is going on. Song from the 1970's and frankly so fitting, and so SAD!
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]]> Ok ~ Know I am one to be Offbeat! I was laughing so hard when I saw this I had to share for fun. Most of you here won't know this song, but some disturbed person put this to animals and it is way to funny not to share! xx
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]]> The California coastline is threatened by a desalination facility proposed to create fresh water from the ocean. The California Coastal Commission will decide whether to permit the proposed project in Huntington Beach as early as June!
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]]> The White Lion (Panthera leo tsau) is a critically endangered animal, originating from one endemic habitat: South Africa’s greater Timbavati region in the heart of the UN-declared Kruger to Canyons Biosphere.
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]]> Loud seismic testing will hurt dolphins and whales, leading to hearing loss and even death. Tell President Obama that this proposed testing will have grave consequences for these amazing creatures.
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]]> A judge decides that the billionaire media mogul gets to keep 75 percent of the calves of state-owned bison currently under his care
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]]> A Florida woman says a dolphin saved her life by detecting her lung cancer—but is such a thing even possible?
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]]> "First, the senate is debating an expansion of the already broad powers of the 2001 Authorization to Use Military Force (AUMF) so the U.S. can essentially engage any area in the world in the war on terror, including America. Which brings us to the..."
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]]> "You may have heard of 76-year-old Vernon Hugh Bowman from Indiana who tenaciously took on Monsanto all the way to the Supreme Court over a patent infringement claim."
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]]> "Michael Allison faces 75 years in prison for five counts of recording law enforcement officials without their consent in Robinson, Illinois."
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]]> WASHINGTON — A second federal appeals court has found that President Barack Obama exceeded his power when he bypassed the Senate to install a member to the National Labor Relations Board.
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]]> "The Canadian oil sands, also known as the tar sands, is the largest industrial project on earth, yet few Canadians are aware of the rapid pace of growth and its impacts on our environment, economy, and society. Canada needs a reality check on oil sands"
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]]> If you were looking up at the Moon on March 17, 2013 at 03:50:55 UTC, you might have seen one of the brightest “lunar flashes” ever witnessed. And it would have been visible with just the naked eye.

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]]> According to reports filed with the Washington State Department of Ecology, over 5000 children’s products contain toxic chemicals that are linked to cancer, hormone disruption, and reproductive problems. Image courtesy of Shutterstock
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]]> The House version of the Farm Bill kills state GE labeling initiatives & cuts $20 billion from food assistance programs.
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]]> This is a conservation action site and features multiple petitions at this site in support of the Pacific environment.
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]]> While this is a "last year video" I found it interesting and had to post. What I would dearly love is for all of you that see this post all of your Tiger Petitions here for HELP! These creatures are dying!
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]]> Here is your Time Out ~ Photos to TOTO Out of Africa. I enjoyed watching and finding this. Hugs!
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]]> A fast video on Madagascar's Animals to "I love to Move it Move it" Enjoy!
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]]> Since 1978 wolves have been protected under the Endangered Species Act across the lower 48 States. In the past two years, protections have been removed in the northern Rocky Mountains and western Great Lakes, and states in these regions have approved
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]]> "POGO believes in transparency and accountability throughout the federal government. We work with whistleblowers and other inside sources, and access information through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), to shed light on the government's activities."
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]]> Lone Pine, which wanted to frack for gas under the St. Lawrence River, has threatened to sue Canada under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). The company is demanding $250 million in compensation for Quebec’s moratorium,
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]]> Tamerlan Tsarnaev attended a workshop sponsored by the CIA-linked Jamestown Foundation, Izvestia reports today (see English translation here). The Russian newspaper cites documents produced by the Counterintelligence Department Ministry of Internal Affair
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