U.S.
Fort Carson soldiers' killing spree after Iraq combat: Seventeen US soldiers from a Colorado military base who mostly served in Iraq have been linked to violent killings and attempted killings since their return to US soil.
Science/Environment
BP Oil Spill – Pictures of the Gulf Coast Disaster. By ZORIAH
Noted anti-global-warming scientist reverses course
Reposted due to popular demand The sheen is from the oil
Despite ‘All Clear’, Mississippi Sound Tests Positive for Oil
Still Toxic After All These Years. Submitted by Luc Majno
Health
Beating Cancer Gently
Heavy Drinkers Outlive Non Drinkers, study finds.
PTSD, infertility and other consequences of war
Body Mass Index (BMI) and Thrombogenic Factors In Newly Menopausal Women
A study of a subset of women in the Kronos Early Estrogen Prevention Study (KEEPS), suggests that as BMI increases, so do platelet reactivity and thrombogenic microvesicles and activated protein C in the blood—all of which contribute to the formation of atherothrombosis and associated cardiovascular events.
Op–Ed
No Longer the Republican Party of Mount Rushmore – – Now the Party of Easter Island
Blair: Bush world view had ‘immense simplicity’
By Danny Schechter: Why US Media Is Soft On Wall Street.
The Point of No Return. By Jeffrey Goldberg, submitted by Lasica
Beware…. A message to us all from ‘Tim’
The Age of Mammon. Feature Article
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