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Health Care
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: healthcare, government, choices, freedoms )

Evelyn
- 1 day ago - ronpaul.com
True Health and True Freedom: making health care more affordable.
ACTION ALERT: Top 10 Alert for November. Just Click and Mail!
Animals  (tags: animal advocates, animal alerts, fighting for animals, against animal cruelty )

Simone
- 1 day ago - kinshipcircle.wordpress.com
RELEASE CANCUN TIGERS FROM MISERY http://www.kinshipcircle.org/letter_librar y/letter_new.asp?LetterID=1861&seriesfirst=true I n 2004, Hurricane Wilma ravaged Cancun, Mexico shops, including Pepe's Restaurant. When owner Gil Jose Juarez (Pepe) fled, he
Cooking the History Books: The Thanksgiving Massacre
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, Genocide, culture, society, crime, ethics, rights, sadness, freedoms, americans )

Kat
- 6 hours ago - republicoflakotah.com
Thanksgiving is a holiday where families gather to share stories, football games are watched on television and a big feast is served. It is also the time of the month when people talk about Native Americans. But does one ever wonder why we celebrate ...
ACTION ALERT: HELP TO PROTECT HORSES IN COLOMBIAN!!
Animals  (tags: cart horse industry, cruelty, suffering, horse burnt alive, colombia, animal advocates )

Simone
- 1 day ago - oipa.org
The horse didn't want to walk and the owner dumped gasoline all over him, and set him on fire. This happened in Colombia, South America.
Nuclear Power Is Not a Solution to Global Warming
Environment  (tags: energy, pollution, Sustainabililty, nuclear energy, Costs, energy, politics )

David
- 1 day ago - sfgate.com
Is nuclear energy a good way to fight climate change? While nuclear advocates cite incredibly low costs per kilowatt hour, they conveniently leave out the costs at both end of a reactor's lifespan.
ACTION ALERT: Seven Dogs Perish, Trapped Inside Hot Van! No Punishment for Dog's Killer!
Animals  (tags: dog handler, show dogs, horrendous death, locked in van, died, new trial, no punishment, animal cruelty )

Simone
- 23 hours ago - kinshipcircle.org
Seven high-priced show dogs, including a top Akita, died after being left by their handler in a hot van for more than five hours.
Take Action- ACT FAST to Beat Poverty!
World  (tags: petition, world, politics, humanrights, humans, freedoms, ethics, children, Refugees&Relief )

Daphna
- 12 hours ago - change.org
This Thanksgiving, as you rejoice in the bounty of food, family, and friends, you have a very real opportunity to make a change. By signing one simple pledge, you can help people who lack many of the necessities we're thankful for, like food
Tell President Obama It's Time to Sign a Fair, Ambitious, and Binding Climate Treaty! | Change.Org
Environment  (tags: climate, ClimateChange, destruction, endangered, energy, environment, globalwarming, habitat, habitatdestruction, nature, protection, world )

Daphna
- 12 hours ago - change.org
The fossil fuels industry is trampling global warming legislation to secure profits, while we the people are already experiencing the effects of ever rising greenhouse gas emissions: forest fires are raging, freshwater systems are drying up, hurricanes a
Bangalore Kids Cycle to Schools
Green Lifestyle  (tags: bicycle, lifestyle change, Bangalore, traffic, children )

Naoko
- 1 day ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
A group of girls near the busy Old Airport Road in India's tech hub Bangalore bicycle to school everyday as a lifestyle statement -- green transport is cool.
Support Cleaner Cars, Close the Loopholes!-Please Take Action!!
Environment  (tags: cleaner cars, CO2emissions, energy, government, pollution )

Tierney
- 1 day ago - ga3.org
The Obama Administration has proposed vehicle emissions standards that will make vehicles sold in the United States cleaner and more efficient. This will take our vehicle standards out of the 1970s and into the 21st century, laying a strong foundat
SWINE FLU H1N1 VaCciNe "The Truth"   video
World  (tags: death, politics, terrorism, government )

Yvonne
- 1 day ago - youtube.com
The Swine Flu or H1N1 is predicted to kill 30,000 - 50,000 people in the fall of 2009. Swine Flu Parody "If it Smells Like Cod, it's Swine"
ACTION ALERT: Freedom for Franklin a Thai Ridgeback Dog!!
Animals  (tags: franklin, thai ridgeback dog, done nothing wrong, imprisonment, death sentence, animal advocatees )

Simone
- 22 hours ago - gopetition.com.au
Franklin is a 3 yr old purebred Thai Ridgeback dog who is being judged unfairly by people ignorant to his needs and this primitive rare breed. His breeder tried to get him back, the Thai Ridgeback Rescue Network with support from their national breed
Investigation Exposes Factory-Farmed Cruelty
Animals  (tags: australia, laws, farm animals, pigs, factory animals, abused, tortured, imprisoned )

Simone
- 10 hours ago - animalsaustralia.org
In Australia it is legal to keep breeding pigs in individual metal and concrete crates for their entire 4 month pregnancy despite these cruel devices having been banned in the UK for a decade. Animals are so tightly confined that they cannot turn around
Ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child - The Petition Site
World  (tags: children, government, HumanRights, UnitedNations, usa )

Lauren
- 1 day ago - thepetitionsite.com
November 20th, 2009, Somalia announced it would ratify the convention. The USA alone is the only country that has yet to do so. This petition has been redone to reflect new information, since the original in 2007.
New Consensus Sees Stimulus Package as Worthy Step
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: americans, constitution, economy, democrats, elections, freedoms, GoodNews, government, media, news, obama, usa, u.s. )

CA
- 1 day ago - nytimes.com
Now that unemployment has topped 10 percent, some liberal-leaning economists see confirmation of their warnings that the $787 billion stimulus package President Obama signed into law last February was way too small. The economy needs a second big......
'Dear Santa' Letters Return to North Pole After Postmaster General Reverses Decision
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: ethics, freedoms, government, Govtfearmongering, media, military, news, politics, propaganda, republicans, terrorism, usa, war, u.s. )

Wolfweeps
- 1 day ago - newsminer.com
FAIRBANK -- Santa's elves in North Pole may want to sharpen their pencils. The U.S. Postal Service announced Friday that it is resuming a program in which volunteers respond to some of the estimated 150,000 letters to Santa Claus that accumulate at the
100 Heartbeats: The Mass Extinction of Wildlife (VIDEO)
Environment  (tags: environment, destruction )

Mamabear
- 1 day ago - alternet.org
Just 210 elephants and 190 tigers remain in Indonesia, and within 20 years, all of Sumatra's orangutans could be extinct. This is the extraordinary tale told by MSNBC's Jeff Corwin as he travels the globe in his show, 100 Heartbeats. Corwin stumbles upon
ACTION ALERT: Nepal's Killing Fields- Stop Mass Animal Sacrifice 11/24-25!!!
Animals  (tags: nepal animals, killing fields, sacfrificed, killed, animal sacrifice )

Simone
- 1 day ago - kinshipcircle.wordpress.com
As many as half a million animals like this Nepalese rooster, buffalo and goat are knifed to death for the Gadhimai Jatra -- a festival to commemorate the Hindu goddess of power in Bara, Nepal.
Take Action: Protect the Baja Peninsula
Environment  (tags: conservation, ecosystems, endangered, environment, government, habitatdestruction, habitat, nature, oceans, protection, wildlife )

Daphna
- 14 hours ago - secure.nrdconline.org
Thank you for your leadership and your commitment to protecting the vaquita marina porpoise, the world's most endangered small marine mammal that is found only in the Upper Gulf of California, Mexico.
Take Action - Help Obama Build Our Clean Energy Future
Environment  (tags: energy, petititon, climate, CO2emissions, environment, government, habitat, humans, pollution, protection, world )

Daphna
- 14 hours ago - secure2.convio.net
The Environmental Protection Agency and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration proposed standards that will make our cars and trucks cleaner and more efficient. Please sent a public comment today supporting strong final rules that will take vehicl
Cruel and Usual Punishment: The Terrifying Global Implications of Islamic Law
World  (tags: Islamic Sharia, amputations )

Birdie
- 14 hours ago - amazon.com
Living under Sharia law for the first thirty years of her life,a virtual slave to Islamic law, Darwish never questioned or challenged her rights--or dared to even think about the validity of Sharia laws.
Religious Right, Catholic Bishops Seek To Impose Religion On All Americans Through Law, Americans United Charges
Society & Culture  (tags: government, religion, politics, americans, church and state )

Tierney
- 11 hours ago - au.org
November 20, 2009 'Manhattan Declaration' Signals Conservative Church Groups' Intention To Undercut Separation Of Church And State, Says AU's Lynn Americans United for Separation of Church and State today expressed grave concern about a renewed push
ACTION ALERT: Ask Supermarkets to Use Their Power to Improve the Lives of Animals!!!
Animals  (tags: suffering, imprisonment, sow stalls, documentary, exposure, pigs abused, horrific conditions, supermarket )

Simone
- 10 hours ago - animalsaustralia.org
The two biggest financial supporters of factory farming in Australia are Coles and Woolworths. They have the buying power to influence much needed change by demanding ethically produced products and by not supporting producers that use cruel practices
Wild Horse Herds RUNNING OUT OF TIME --GOVERNMENT Plans for Large and Unecessary Removal
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: abuse, americans, corruption, congress, cover-up, dishonesty, ethics, freedoms, government, economy, Govtfearmongering, lies, media, politics, propaganda, u.s., usa, wild horses and burros, animals, wildlife, environment, corruption species destruction )

Shirley
- 1 day ago - aowha.org
BLM logged over 7,000 comments from concerned citizens regarding its proposed roundup of approximately 2,500 horses in the Calico Mountain Complex. http://www.examiner.com/examine/x-25094-LA-Equ ine-Policy-Examiner~y2009m11d16-BLM-undermines-pub lic-com
Teacher Breaks 4th Grader's Arm for 'Forgetting Iqbal'
Society & Culture  (tags: education )

Cowboss
- 1 day ago - dailytimes.com.pk
LAHORE: A female teacher of a private school thrashed Muhammad Jahanzeb, a fourth grade student when he was unable to explain a poem by Allama Iqbal, causing multiple fractures in his arm.
Rohingya : The Political Refugee Face Discrimination and Harsh Treatment Whereever They Go
World  (tags: humanrights, Rohingya, Burma, Bangladesh, refugees )

Naoko
- 23 hours ago - bangladesh-web.com
The historical backgrounds of Arakan ironically implied as eividences that the existence of Rohinga Muslims in Arakan is for centuries. But they claimed as world's most opressed ethnic minority which is unbelievable to all instantly. In practical,
Tax Those Carbon Gluttons
Society & Culture  (tags: environment, education )

Cowboss
- 15 hours ago - thechronicleherald.ca
LEMME TELL YOU about a carbon tax you're gonna love. Two such taxes, actually. I tell you, kid, Stephane Dion had the right idea, but the wrong sales pitch. The fun starts with the government giving you maybe $2,000 as a carbon dividend.
VIDEO: OMG!!! 'SNL' Scorches Obama Policies NBC Comedy Show Ruthless in Satire of President's Plans
US Politics & Gov't  (tags: americans, business, consumers, corporate, corruption, cover-up, debt, dishonesty, economy, government, investments, finance, foreclosures, investing, money, news, politics, society, world, obama, democrats, elections, government, economy )

Maria
- 13 hours ago - wnd.com
Saturday Night Live" opened its show last night with a comedy sketch that scorched President Obama over his economic policies including health care , "Cash for Clunkers" and borrowing billions of dollars from China.
Change, They Say, Is Good. But Is It?
Society & Culture  (tags: education, culture )

Cowboss
- 10 hours ago - jamaicaobserver.com
It's said that Alexander the Great wept when he realised there were no more lands left for him to conquer. In other words, there was nothing new to challenge him; there was no raison d'être. It's a laughable thought today, isn't it?
 

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