Archive for 'Activism' Category
Some Thoughts about Volunteers and Their Employers
20 December 2009Volunteering — a bridge to a closer community, and helping your local needy. Of course, freeing up the time to volunteer may easily waste time that could really be put to so much better use elsewhere. On the other hand, volunteering can be more fun with your co-workers getting involved by your side.
Women Fight Back against Ocella
3 December 2009Mass tort status is being considered in the lawsuits that have been filed against the makers of the birth control tablets Yasmin or Yaz and its generic form Ocella. This is largely due to the increasing number of cases being filed across the country where victims claim stroke and other serious health problems caused [...]
Endangered Bird
27 July 2009The numbers of Gouldian Finches have weakened rather rapidly during the 20th century. Their habitat has been reduced or altered. Early research indicated a parasite called air sac mite, was responsible for the decline of the Gouldian. However, this idea has been ruled out. In general, The Gouldian Finches are susceptible to diseases and [...]
Devastating Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Is Hard to Screen for, because Many Indicators Are Similar to More Common Conditions
17 May 2009Mesothelioma is a uncommon and quick acting tumor where no helpful remedy is around in spite of the finding of many potential molecular and genetic targets. The final stages of MPM diagnosis and the long period of time that connects contacts and diagnosis have made it tricky to fully study what risk factors do and [...]
Why Edward Abington, Jr. Must be Investigated!
21 June 2008“The American Diplomat in Arafat’s Corner,” published in The Jerusalem Report, came as no surprise to me. It was referring to Edward Abington, Jr., the United States’ former consul general in Jerusalem who is now “guiding the Palestinians through the labyrinths of Washington. And his firm is being paid $2.25 million for his expertise.”
Allow the [...]
Illegal Aliens And Their Abettors Protest
13 June 2008Thousand of illegal aliens and those that abet illegal aliens (family members, employers, etc) marched in southern California to protest. What they were protesting seems odd to most Americans. They were protesting the illegality of being in the United State illegally. The Congress is deliberating HR 4437 which would make being in [...]
The Options For Regime Change In Iran
26 May 2008If recent speeches by US officials on Iran’s plans to become a nuclear power can be seen as part of a build-up to a possible US-evoked regime change in Iran, the intelligence behind it is at once scant and abundant. Whatever the real official US policy toward Iran is aiming for exactly is hard to [...]