“Better” Health Care?
by John Stossel
President Obama says government will make health care cheaper and better. But there’s no free lunch.
In England, health care is “free” — as long as you don’t mind waiting. People wait so long for dentist appointments (http://tinyurl.com/o4n2na) that some pull their own teeth (http://tinyurl.com/c5nvhc). At any one time, half a million people are waiting to get into a British hospital (http://tinyurl.com/2wln5l and http://tinyurl.com/qelezp). A British paper reports that one hospital tried to save money by not changing bedsheets. Instead of washing sheets, the staff was encouraged to just turn them over (http://tinyurl.com/4r2al9).
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Israeli navy takes control of activist ship to Gaza
by Jordan Times
The Israeli navy intercepted and boarded a ship carrying pro-Palestinian activists and humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip on Tuesday in defiance of an Israeli blockade.
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A short fable:
by Charles Galton Darwin
There was a man who was endowed with very great intelligence, very great wealth, deep scientific knowledge and a benevolent wish to improve the lot of mankind. He also knew himself to have the gift of longevity, so that he had the prospect not only of starting on his beneficent plans, but of seeing them through to their final accomplishment.
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Global Warming Is a Fraud
by David Deming
As the years pass and data accumulate, it is becoming evident that global warming is a fraud. Climate change is natural and ongoing, but the Earth has not warmed significantly over the last thirty years. Nor has there been a single negative effect of any type that can be unambiguously attributed to global warming.
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Lancaster, Pa., keeps a close eye on itself
by Bob Drogin
This historic town, where America’s founding fathers plotted during the Revolution and Milton Hershey later crafted his first chocolates, now boasts another distinction.
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Court won’t hear Sept. 11 claims vs. Saudi Arabia
The Supreme Court has refused to allow victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to pursue lawsuits against Saudi Arabia and four of its princes over charitable donations that were allegedly funneled to al-Qaida.
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Arizona Looks to Outlaw Global Warming Legislation
by Michael Andrews
Climate change is a controversial topic. Some believe man is causing the world to warm. Others point out that the Earth has undergone solar warming and cooling for millions of years and that current temperatures are well within historic levels. A recent report challenging AGW theory showed significant support with 31,478 U.S. researchers and scientists, many of whom hold Ph.D’s, signing a statement that they believe that man has not played a part in the current warming trend.
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Documents Back Saudi Link to Extremists
by Eric Lichtblau
Documents gathered by lawyers for the families of Sept. 11 victims provide new evidence of extensive financial support for Al Qaeda and other extremist groups by members of the Saudi royal family, but the material may never find its way into court because of legal and diplomatic obstacles.
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Pak officials behind killing of 11 French engineers: Report
by Times of India
High-ranking Pakistani officials were behind the killing of eleven French ship-building engineers in Karachi seven years ago, two French judges have ruled.
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America Closing Her Door to Freedom
by Douglas Young
At 47, I lament how today’s America is far less free than the country of my youth. Replacing it is not a 1984ish totalitarian dictatorship, but what Alexis de Tocqueville called the “soft tyranny” of what Mark Levin sees as a 21st century “nanny state.” We so feared a Stalin or Hitler that we ignored endless assaults on our liberty by idealistic home-grown statists and the seductive narcotic of ever more government goodies buying our acquiescence. What makes Americans’ surrender to statism so shameful is that we freely chose this course in direct contravention of our founding principles.
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SSRI Antidepressants Linked To Male Infertility
by S. L. Baker
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning a few years ago that pregnant women taking the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressant paroxetine risk giving birth to infants with major birth defects, including heart abnormalities (http://www.naturalnews.com/021225_P…). Now comes word that the same drug (sold as Paxil, Paxil CR, Seroxat, Pexeva, and generic paroxetine hydrochloride) carries another danger that could keep babies from being born in the first place. A new study just published in the online edition of the journal Fertility and Sterility concludes as many as fifty percent of all men taking the antidepressant could have damaged sperm and compromised fertility.
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New York State: Officially FUBAR
by Cary Tiernan
If you don’t live in New York State, good for you! Stay far, far away. That stench on the subway platform? It’s not urine – it’s just state politics.
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FDA Reluctantly Admits Mercury Fillings Have Neurotoxic Effects on Children
by NaturalNews
For the first time, the FDA has issued a warning that the mercury contained in silver dental fillings may pose neurological risks to children and pregnant women.
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What if Twitter is leading us all astray in Iran?
by Joshua Kucera
Here are a few of the things that we’ve “learned” the last few days about the Iranian elections and their aftermath:
— 3 million people protested Monday in Tehran
— the losing candidate, Mir Hossein Mousavi, was put under house arrest
— the president of the election monitoring committee declared the election invalid on Saturday
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