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Horses: Slaughtered For Their Meat? PLEASE SIGN!
Animals  (tags: abuse, slaughter, protection, cruelty, horses )

Andrea
- 159 days ago - theanimalrescuesite.com
About five years ago, horse slaughter opponents enacted a ban on funding horse meat inspections in order to discourage inhumanely killing the horses for their meat. But Congress lifted that ban in a recent spending bill -- an action that could pave the
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Obama, Congress Back Legalization of a Police State
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: abuse, americans, bushadministration, candidates, congress, constitution, corruption, cover-up, crime, democrats, dishonesty, elections, Govtfearmongering, lies, media, military, news, obama, politics, propaganda, republicans, terrorism )

Kit
- 159 days ago - opednews.com
This piece of legislation enshrines in law the worst of the crimes carried out under the Bush administration and provides legal sanction for an American military-police state. The sweeping bipartisan support it received in both houses of Congress has-->
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How Pot, Cocaine, and Hunger Intersect in the Brain
Health & Wellness  (tags: abuse, Body-Mind-Spirit, diet, drugs, ethics, government, healthcare, investigation, medicine, prevention, protection, research, risks, safety, science, society, study, treatment, warning )

Kit
- 159 days ago - discovermagazine.com
Researchers are studying the role that the endocannabinoid system plays in cravings, and using their findings to try to control our excesses. Just in case: http://discovermagazine.com/2011/nov/18-how-pot-co caine-hunger-intersect-in-brain
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2011: The Year Corporations Attacked Democracy
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: abuse, americans, candidates, congress, constitution, corruption, crime, dishonesty, elections, Govtfearmongering, lies, media, military, politics, propaganda )

Kit
- 160 days ago - opednews.com
For eighty years, Americans have feared robots, worrying they might one day rule the world. In 2011 we realized our real enemies are not robots, but multinational corporations, who have declared war on democracy.
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Private Water Companies Come to Texas Bringing Soaring Rates, Little Recourse for Consumers
Business  (tags: abuse, americans, busines, consumers, corporate, corruption, dishonesty, economy, marketing, politics, society, WATER )

Kit
- 160 days ago - commondreams.org
When Robert White opened his water bill last month, his jaw dropped: $250 for a month's worth of water and sewer service. The 63-year-old construction contractor, who shares a three-bedroom home with his wife--> Coming soon to your town.
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Wall Street Likes Your Amnesia
Business  (tags: abuse, americans, business, consumers, corporate, corruption, dishonesty, economy, ethics, finance, foreclosures, government, investments, lies, marketing, money, politics, society )

Kit
- 160 days ago - atimes.com
The Fed insisted that the loans were repaid and there have been no losses, but the Bloomberg report said the banks reaped a $13 billion windfall in profits--> By Ellen Brown - well worth reading.
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A New Life for a Blind Horse Named Dusty!
Animals  (tags: abuse, AnimalCruelty, animaladvocates, suffering, rescue )

Penny
- 160 days ago - campaign.r20.constantcontact.com
The team was in Oklahoma to rescue dogs and cats. They were not prepared for horses but could not turn their backs on Dusty once they saw the conditions this poor horse was forced to live in day and night.
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Take Action With In Defense of Animals:
Animals  (tags: AnimalCruelty, humans, killing, animals, suffering, sadness, society, investigation, abuse, cruelty, ethics, protection, animaladvocates, animalrights, AnimalWelfare, crime )

Elizabeth
- 160 days ago - secure2.convio.net
In Defense of Animals has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Defense requesting an investigation into the brutal beating of a helpless sheep by a soldier with a metal baseball bat. This incident, caught on video in Afghanistan, has circulated..
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BAD BUSINESS: WWF: Asia Pulp & Paper Misleads Public About Its Role in Destroying Indonesia's Rainforests
Business  (tags: business, environment, rainforest destruction, APP, politics, society, sustainabledevelopment, corruption, abuse )

Cal
- 161 days ago - news.mongabay.com
Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) continues to mislead the public about its role in destroying rainforests and critical tiger habitat across the Indonesian island of Sumatra, alleges a new report from Eyes on the Forest
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How America-Hating Right-Wingers Took Over the GOP
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, activists, americans, culture, dishonesty, education, freedoms, government, law, police, politics, religion, rights, safety, society, violence )

Kit
- 162 days ago - alternet.org
The deeper truth is disquieting. The rhetoric of Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin and Rick Perry about the "real America" is not imagined: They and those who oppose them live in different Americas, embodying different ideals and meaning different things-->
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Islamophobes Protest Show for Depicting Muslims As Normal People
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, activists, americans, culture, education, family, freedoms, politics, religion, society )

Kit
- 162 days ago - motherjones.com
Anti-Muslim activists like Geller and Spencer frequently argue that they are critics of Islam but they are not anti-Muslim--that they are not motivated by bigotry. But their animosity towards "All-American Muslim," as expressed in their own words, -->
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Study: 1 in 5 U.S. Women Has Been Raped, Even More Have Been Abused
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, americans, crime, culture, dishonesty, education, family, politics, religion, society, women, violence )

Kit
- 162 days ago - alternet.org
The report found that nearly one in five women has been raped; one in four women has been the victim of severe physical violence by an intimate partner; and one in six women has been the victim of stalking that scared her or made her believe-->
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Occupy the Safety Net
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: abuse, americans, candidates, congress, corruption, democrats, dishonesty, elections, ethics, food needs, Govtfearmongering, healthcare, housing, lies, media, obama, politics, propaganda, republicans )

Kit
- 162 days ago - thenation.com
The vicious bite of the Great Recession has left one in three Americans--100 million people--either poor or perilously close to it, one busted car or broken leg away from falling into the vortex of dire need whose gravitational pull is a constant feature->
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The Obama Admin's Decision to Allow Indefinite Detention of U.S. Citizens: Terrifying, With Long-Term Consequences
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: abuse, americans, candidates, congress, constitution, corruption, democrats, dishonesty, ethics, Govtfearmongering, lies, media, obama, politics, propaganda, republicans, SupremeCourt )

Kit
- 162 days ago - alternet.org
The conference version of the bill gives the White House so much room to maneuver around the "mandatory" nature of the military detention provisions that Congress can argue they've given the administration the "flexibility" it needs to fight terrorism-->
38 comments
Attawapiskat 'Grandstanding' Triggered Tales of Native Sexual Abuse
Society & Culture  (tags: abuse, child, children, corruption, crime, culture, death, dishonesty, ethics, family, interesting, law, rights, sadness, safety, society, violence, women )

Kenneth
- 162 days ago - ctv.ca
An aboriginal victim of sexual abuse who came forward to tell her own dark tale about the community of Attawapiskat said it was "grandstanding" on the part of the chief and council that prompted her to share her story.
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