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The SHORTWAVE REPORT 1/14/05 ¡LISTEN GLOBALLY! |
by Dan Roberts
outfarpress (nospam) saber.net (verified) |
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13 Jan 2005
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A 30 minute review of news and opinion recorded from a shortwave radio. 2 files- broadcast quality (13.3MB) and quick download (3.3MB). With times and freqs for listening at home. Free to rebroadcast. Netherlands, Russia, Spain, China, and Cuba. |
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News :: Health |
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Popular shampoos contain toxic chemicals linked to nerve damage |
by Mindy
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13 Jan 2005
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Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have found a correlation between an ingredient found in shampoos and nervous system damage. The experiments were conducted with the brain cells of rats and they show that contact with this ingredient called methylisothiazoline, or MIT, causes neurological damage.
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News :: Civil & Human Rights : Protest Activity : Regime |
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Protesters Plan to Mark Bush Inauguration |
by Andy Sullivan
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13 Jan 2005
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Bush's inauguration plans have also drawn protest from the District of Columbia government, which says its security costs for the event should not come out of its Homeland Security budget.
"We the people of Washington, D.C., rejected Bush by over 90 percent (in the last election)," said Washington resident Nancy Shia. "Maybe this is our punishment." |
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Interview :: Globalization |
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A Moralist on the Social State |
by Friedhelm Hengsbach
mbatko (nospam) lycos.com (verified) |
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13 Jan 2005
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A hundred years ago eight farmers worked to feed one non-farmer. Today one farmer feeds 88 persons..Income from assets and business activities have been consistently relieved of taxes in the last 25 years. Profits soar and investments fall. |
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The Imminent Demise of the Republican Party |
by David W. Orr
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13 Jan 2005
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The Republican Party has already stepped into the road. The question is not whether it will survive as presently constituted, but what else will be destroyed as it collapses in ruin and ignominy, sooner than later. Beneath the noisy spin of its media echo chamber, the true platform of the Republican Party, its future epitaph, is founded on denial. |
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Slavery Still Legal In Many Places |
by Clint Clark
clint (nospam) artdsm.com (verified) |
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13 Jan 2005
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When an environmental disaster strikes, such as the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and resulting tsunamis on December 26, 2004, many of our species will sit and wait for food, water, and shelter, and even die when it does not arrive on time. They have been falsely trained to believe that they are truly helpless, except for prayer. |
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The Real Moral Fight |
by Katrina vanden Heuvel via goodriddancegipper
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13 Jan 2005
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This is an interesting take from the editor of The Nation on the current condition of many Americans, as well as the Orwellian usage of "class war" that the right wing tries to propagate. |
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