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Them Bones: 3-D Printing
by GENE HOWINGTON In a stunning demonstration of the positive side of the development of 3-D (a.k.a. additive) printing technology, a team of innovative Dutch surgeons led by Dr. Bon Verweij with the help of Australian prosthetic company Anatomics have … Continue reading
Ku Klux Klan Distributes Fliers in Virginia…Insists It’s Not a Hate Group
BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Two weeks ago, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported a story about the Ku Klux Klan distributing fliers in several neighborhoods in Chesterfield County, Virginia. The fliers—which were said to contain a hotline number, an email address, and two … Continue reading
Just for Fun on Friday a Mark Fiore Political Cartoon Video: Jack Gerard’s American Petroleum Institute
POSTED BY ELAINE MAGLIARO From Mark Fiore’s website: Keystone XL and tar sands oil are emissions-free wonders that will do everything good you ever thought possible. (At least according to the American Petroleum Institute.) Let’s take a look at the … Continue reading
Posted in Chemistry, United States
Tagged American Petroleum Institute, Keystone XL Pipeline, Mark Fiore
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Prison Populations and Social Priorities
by GENE HOWINGTON A recent story by Kathleen Miles at Huffington Post about Federal prison populations is another in a long line of stark illustrations of what is wrong with not just our criminal justice system in the United States, … Continue reading
Posted in DOJ, Fraud, Hypocrisy, Jurisprudence, Law Enforcement, Organized Crime, Prison, United States, War on Drugs
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Is It Time to Change the Washington Redskins Mascot?
By Elaine Magliaro NOTE: I originally posted the following article at Res Ipsa Loquitor on February 9, 2014. Here is one ad that never aired during this year’s Super Bowl: The Proud to Be video was made by Change the … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Society, United States
Tagged American Indians, Native Americans, Racism
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Smile, You are on Candid Camera!
by Charlton “Chuck” Stanley We have all heard about the so-called “drones” and what they can see. What the general public has not seen is their true capability. Of course, we have all seen the black and white YouTube and … Continue reading
Posted in Big Brother, Civil Liberties, Hypocrisy, Justice, Law Enforcement, Local Government, United States
Tagged DARPA, Predator, privacy, surveillance
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Private High School That Had Planned to Celebrate Black History Month with a Special Lunch Menu Sparks a Controversy
BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Administrators at a private Catholic girl’s school in Northern California found themselves embroiled in a food controversy recently. According to NBC News, students at the Carondelet High School for Girls “wanted to come up with ways to … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Equal Rights, Racism, United States
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Chevron Going after a Political Cartoonist for Satirical Video He Made with Amazon Watch
BY ELAINE MAGLIARO Lindsay Abrams posted an interesting article about the Chevron Corporation at Salon yesterday. According to Abrams, one of the world’s largest oil companies is “desperate” to avoid paying billions of dollars in damages for the contamination in … Continue reading
Mrs. Rodgers’ Neighborhood
By MIKE APPLETON When Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers gave the more or less “official” Republican response to the President’s State of the Union address last night, I was expecting her to present a sort of Republican policy talk for mature … Continue reading
Posted in RNC, United States
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