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Webバージョン  |  アップデート設定  |  登録解除 いいね ツイート 転送 http://endofsecrets.blogspot.com Savita's Case Reveals Narrowness of "Catholic" Law in an Increasingly Borderless World Posted by andrea on 28 November, 2012 Michelle Chen When the young woman lay in agony in the hospital late last month, there should have been nothing standing between her and an emergency medical intervention. But instead, what stood between Savita Halappanavar, a 31 year-old, Indian-born dentist, and the Irish doctor treating her, was a dangerously wide grey area that has long hovered over Ireland’s constitution. read more Five Things You Should Know About the FCC’s Big Media Giveaway Posted by andrea on 28 November, 2012 Josh Stearns image: Free Press read more To Move Forward, We Must Learn from Our Progressive Past Posted by andrea on 28 November, 2012 Sam Pizzigati Our contemporary billionaires, most Americans would agree, are exploiting our labor and polluting our politics. Can we shrink our super rich down to a less powerful — and more democratic — size? Of course we can. We Americans, after all, have already done that before. read more The Rise of the Sharing Communities Posted by andrea on 28 November, 2012 Cat Johnson Creative Commons photo by Lobkovs read more Can a “Dracula Strategy” Bring Trans-Pacific Partnership into the Sunlight? Posted by andrea on 28 November, 2012 Lori Wallach President Barack Obama attends the Trans-Pacific Partnership meeting in Yokohama, Japan, on November 14, 2010. (Photo by Pete Souza) While the election season seized everyone’s attention, government officials and 600 official corporate “advisors” were working behind closed doors to complete the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). read more A Death in the Family -- and the Question Is: Whodunit? Posted by Craig Brown on 28 November, 2012 Jim Hightower Born in 1930 in Schiller Park, Ill., the deceased was 82 years old at the time of passing, which ironically was the day before Thanksgiving. read more AP Believes It Found Evidence of Iran's Work on Nuclear Weapons Posted by Craig Brown on 28 November, 2012 Glenn Greenwald Uncritical, fear-mongering media propaganda is far too common to take note of each time it appears, but sometimes, what is produced is so ludicrous that its illustrative value should not be ignored. Such is the case with a highly trumpeted Associated Press "exclusive" from Tuesday which claims in its red headline to have discovered evidence of "Iran Working on Bomb". read more 'Fiscal Cliff' Hype and the Future of Grover Norquist's Taxpayer Pledge Posted by andrea on 28 November, 2012 Ana Marie Cox There are many the similarities between Los Angeles and Washington, DC (the most true one having to do with DC being "Hollywood for ugly people), but the hullabaloo around the "fiscal cliff" – technically, a snorefest of sequestration agreements – brings to mind the importance of raising the stake every time you make a sequel. read more Change Is Coming: Factory Farms' Days May Be Numbered Posted by andrea on 28 November, 2012 Ocean Robbins In one of history's most stunning victories for humane farming, Australia's largest supermarket chain, Coles, will as of January 1 stop selling company branded pork and eggs from animals kept in factory farms. read more Why I’m Going to Afghanistan Posted by andrea on 28 November, 2012 Rev. John Dear Peacemaking, to paraphrase Dostoyevsky, is “a harsh and dreadful thing.” read more 登録変更 | 登録解除

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