As I entered the hall in central London at 4am I was greeted by hundreds of rats. Within a blink of an eyelid they vanished from sight. They live along side millions of London's residents who are largely unaware of...
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"Plague, the disease that devastated medieval Europe, is re-emerging worldwide and poses a growing but overlooked threat, researchers warned on Tuesday.While it has only killed some 100 to 200 people annually
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This looks funny. But God knows, it's not. It's a tragedy. "The deputy mayor of the Indian capital Delhi died on Sunday after being attacked by a horde of wild monkeys.
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"With the NYPD facing difficult challenges such as combating terrorism and stopping the flow of illegal handguns into the city, what are the police arresting people for at a rate ten times greater than before 1997? Marijuana.
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"For all the passion it evokes, the single-payer idea remains at the fringe of political viability. Though the cause energizes the left, the idea of the federal government completely replacing the private health insurance industry is so far outside the American experience...
Denver health officials found five squirrels and one rabbit infected with plague in a public park, and have noted a mass squirrel die-off in the area in recent weeks. This is a little ominous: The most recent case of...
"#1 Future of Internet Debate Ignored by Media
Sources:
Buzzflash.com, July 18, 2005
Title: “Web of Deceit: How Internet Freedom Got the Federal Ax, and Why Corporate News Censored the Story”
Author: Elliot D....
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"January 29, 2007
Arrogance of Power
Is anybody else angry at the arrogance of the Bush executive branch? I am not just talking about the White House, I am talking about the whole apparatus. It looks out of control. Power corrupts and when an Executive Branch has no check...
"anuary 26, 2007
Bonkers at the Border - WSJ.com
Bonkers at the Border - WSJ.com
What follows is an e-mail I sent in response to the above opinion piece:
Bonkers at the Border
For some reason it always shocks me when a reputable newspaper gets things completely wrong. Your...
"Our government controls the drug trade in places outside the US,
they bring it in, and they push it in poor areas while promoting
artists that teach how to flip the coke into crack (just takes baking
soda and a...
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