Common Sense Inaction

08/08/2015

Does this crop of clowns truly represent the GOP?

The GOP debate was great entertainment. Until you remembered that one among this cast of characters could become President of the United States.

08/08/2015

Officer Randall Kerrick fired 12 shots at Ferrell, 10 of which hit him, all of them went into his back.

09/12/2014

Perspective.

Over the last 15 years, NYPD officers have killed at least 179 people, according to a new investigation.

The New York Daily News found that in only three of tho...

02/11/2013

26/10/2013

North Dakota, which ranks second in the US in terms of oil production, endured almost 300 oil spills in under two years and yet managed to avoid reporting a single one of them to the public, according to a new report.

25/10/2013

Oh, the hilarity that is the phrase “criminal justice system.” Talk to any defense attorney and they’ll tell you how the deck is stacked against defendants and defense lawyers. The ideal of “innocent until proven guilty” has become little more than…

25/10/2013

Nuclear power prevented an average of over 1.8 million deaths between 1971-2009 as a result of lower air pollution from reduced coal usage according to NASA

Human-caused climate change and air pollution remain major global-scale problems and are both due mostly to fossil fuel burning. Mitigation efforts for both of these problems should be undertaken concurrently in order to maximize effectiveness.

25/10/2013

Policeman suffered stress and depression after notorious action

24/10/2013

Activist Post presents what it considers to be evidence that the West Coast is being fried by radiation. What do you think? Panic-fueled hyperbole? Truth? Something in between? Via Activist Post: ...all of this nuclear radiation will outlive all of us by a...

24/10/2013

Bishop Franz-Peter Tebartz-van Elst ordered to leave his diocese after $43m of church money was spent on his residence.

24/10/2013

French children don't need medications to control their behavior.

24/10/2013

The Senate is attempting to pass CISPA..again. Also, Verizon is suing the FCC over net neutrality. They are betting that they can keep bringing these issues up and eventually we the people will grow tired of fighting. We cannot allow that to happen.

Common Cause

23/10/2013

Approval ratings for ma*****na are jumping. For the first time, a clear majority of Americans (58%) support legalizing pot, according to a recent Gallup poll. Related: “Ma*****na Is a Vegetable” and Belongs in the Farmers’ Market: Pot VC While it’s easy to joke about ma*****na, it’s serious business...

23/10/2013

by Ali Papademetriou California lawmaker and member of the United States Senate committee, Diane Feinstein has let it be known that she strongly supports the National Security Agency and its survei...

22/10/2013

Shepard Ambellas | Words can't describe the pain and suffering endured by survivors of the tragic 12-year wave of terror unleashed by the U.S. Government.

22/10/2013

Just say "No" to mainstream media..

21/10/2013

A study of nearly a million girls in Sweden and Denmark eradicates anxieties about mass vaccinations against the virus that causes cervical cancer.

21/10/2013

Scientists find Internal Body Clock in Humans!

With this we can age Human Tissue, we also found Female Breast Tissue ages faster than the rest of the body. This could one day lead to genetic treatments to reduce and possibly stop the aging process/cell death; making Humans possibly longer living or immortal-ish.

What are your thoughts on this or what do you see that could go wrong?

(Dusty)

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131020203006.htm

A new study is the first to identify a biological clock able to gauge the age of most human tissues. Some parts of the anatomy, like a woman's breasts, age faster than the rest of the body.

19/10/2013

A new report from a special U.N. investigator says drone strikes have killed far more civilians than U.S. officials have publicly acknowledged – at least 400 in Pakistan and as many as 58 in Yemen – and chides the U.S. for failing to aid the investigation by disclosi …

18/10/2013

"Experts" on TV who promoted Syria strike had massive undisclosed stake in cruise missile manufacturer.

New research shows many so-called experts who appeared on television making the case for U.S. strikes on Syria had undisclosed ties to military contractors. A new report by the Public Accountability Initiative identifies 22 commentators with industry ties. While they appeared on television or were q...

18/10/2013

Amber Lyon, three-time Emmy winning journalist/photographer accuses CNN of being “fake news.” Amber Lyon worked for CNN and “says she was ordered to report fake stories, delete unfriendly stories adverse to the Obama administration (like the Nick Robertson report), and construct stories in specific…

18/10/2013

Chart: What Republicans demanded in exchange for not shutting down the government

18/10/2013

Insurers say the federal health-care marketplace is generating flawed data that is straining their ability to handle even the trickle of enrollees who have gotten through so far, in a sign that technological problems extend further than the website traffic and software issues already identified.

18/10/2013

The National Security Agency has been feeding the CIA information on where to strike inside Pakistan.

18/10/2013

In a boon for military contractors, the United States is relaxing controls on military exports, allowing some U.S.-made military parts to flow to nearly any country in the world with little oversight. ProPublica reports that beginning this week, thousands of parts for military aircraft can be sent f...

17/10/2013

Juan Cole | Iraq War

17/10/2013

Umm.. awesome!

More details emerged Wednesday about the major new media outlet that came to light when Glenn Greenwald announced he was leaving The Guardian for a “once-in-a-career opportunity.” - 2013/10/16

17/10/2013

The US debt position is creating global economic uncertainty, but how much money does the US owe, and how does it compare with other major economies?

17/10/2013

Newark Mayor Cory Booker won the New Jersey Senate election today. Booker is popular among many progressives however he supports the PATRIOT Act and immediately walked back his opposition of military intervention in Syria once the Obama administration began moving in that direction. Is Booker the kind of person progressives need in the Senate?

17/10/2013

How about this? Is it sad when the Russians are more diplomatic and peaceful than the United States, at least on this one issue?

Lord Peter Truscott submitted the nomination to the Nobel Committee. He believes Putin deserves a prize for his role in the initiative to eliminate the Syrian chemical weapons arsenal, which helped to prevent the “civil war escalating to a fully international crisis”.

17/10/2013

What does everyone think of the ruling? If you can scroll through the comments. Do you see promise or do you see us moving backward on the issue?

A federal judge's ruling, this afternoon, could decide the fate of Michigan's ban on gay marriage.

16/10/2013

Despite it's dubious reputation, can we really expect to feed the world's booming population without a company like Monsanto?

Discuss...