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Open Thread - 5/19/2013
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: Open Thread )

TomCat
- 1 hour ago - politicsplus.org
Personal news, a Jig Zone puzzle, 3 short takes, and a homemade cartoon (shown).
When Maher Gets Serious...
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: GOP Crimes, Maher, Sabotage, Sedition, Treason, Video )

TomCat
- 15 hours ago - politicsplus.org
See 1st comment
Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchu Hails Ex-Guatemalan Dictator Rios Montt Genocide Conviction /Time for US to Account for Its Role
World  (tags: Guatemala, Genocide, 1980s, indigenous people, Mayas, rural poor, campesinos, 200, 000 deaths, Nobel Laureate, Rigoberta Menchu, Conviction, former dictator, Rios Montt, guilty, genocide, US-backing, Reagan, Reagan adm, Accountability )

LucyKalei
- 4 days ago - democracynow.org
Menchú largely responsible for making sure Montt held accountable, starting process >10 yrs ago wi legal cases filed against generals for Mayan region atrocities. US should follow Guatemala's lead &indict ReaganAdm members who backed genocide & Rios Montt
Demand Life-Saving Treatment/Abortion for Beatriz in El Salvador - Video of Beatriz + Amnesty Petition
World  (tags: women's rights, woman at risk, El Salvador, abortion ban, Supreme Court case, Beatriz, life-threatening pregnancy, life-saving, abortion, Lupus, autoimmune disease, Salvadoran govt, Amnesty Intern'l )

LucyKalei
- 3 days ago - takeaction.amnestyusa.org
Now 5 months into pregnancy, Beatriz asked for therapeutic abortion end March to save her life. Doctors have yet to act: abortion under all circumstances is criminalized in El Salvador. Her lawyers filed April appeal with Supreme Court, but no ruling yet!
TAKE ACTION: TELL HOME DEPOT AND LOWE'S TO STOP SELLING BEE-KILLING PESTICIDES.
Environment  (tags: world, endangered, environment, destruction, protection, Sustainabililty )

Beverly
- 8 hours ago - action.foe.org
Retailers should stop the sale of neonicotinoid pesticides to protect honey bees and other pollinators essential to our food supply and the environment.
Tell Secretary of State John Kerry: Investigate Big Oil's Influence on the Keystone XL Review ACTION
Environment  (tags: ecosystems, habitatdestruction, Keystone XL, globalwarming, water, wildlife, health, Kerry, environment, corruption )

Nancy
- 17 hours ago - action.foe.org
It turns out that he report was written by a contractor with deep ties to the oil industry. What's worse, State Department employees attempted to hide these ties.
Tell Chevron's Board of Directors to FIRE CEO JOHN WATSON! ACTION LINK
Business  (tags: death, humanrights, business, Brazil, Keystone XL, Chevron, John Watson, ecosystems, environment, habitatdestruction, world )

Nancy
- 2 days ago - care2.com
Imagine you were the head of Chevron. In the first couple years since you took over the company its reputation has been continually tarnished by your own actions as well as environmental and human rights crimes. Would you expect to keep your job?
Senate Energy Comm. Radwaste Discussion Draft Is Unacceptable. Start Over! ACTION LINK
Health & Wellness  (tags: nuclear reactors, radiation, US, EPA, health, containment vents, wastescience )

Nancy
- 2 days ago - care2.com
Add your voice now. Tell the Committee that "interim" storage and related massive radioactive waste transport is unacceptable. Stop a Mobile Chernobyl. No Fukushima Freeways.
Tell the Bureau of Land Management: Ban Fracking on Federal Lands ACTION US
Environment  (tags: fracking, EPA, ecosystems, environment, health, science )

Nancy
- 1 day ago - act.credoaction.com
The BLM is accepting public comments on its proposed fracking rules for 30 days. We need to let the administration know that these rules are totally inadequate. The administration needs to ban fracking on public lands - not cave to the industry and endang
Coke and Pepsi: We Won't Drink Your GMOs! ACTION
Health & Wellness  (tags: gmo labeling, boycott, Monsanto, government, money, corporate, Coke, Pepsi, humanrights, health, family )

Nancy
- 1 day ago - action.greenamerica.org
Looking beyond soda, these companies own a long list of juice brands you may have thought were a better option than their sodas. The Coca-Cola Company owns Simply Orange, Fruitopia, Minute Maid, Hi-C, and Odwalla and PepsiCo owns Tropicana, Lipton, Gatora
 
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