Holy crap. Can they do this legally? What about ethically and morally?
A nightmare that never ends….
Category Archives: chemical
A letter to Boston
The Indignant Teacher has a post up highlighting Diane Ravitch and her letter to Bostonians.
Bostonians being recently threatened with the bombing perhaps can understand a bomb has gone off in the public school system–put there by billionaires who wish to destroy it for their own greed. Unfortunately, it’s not as easy to see as a bombing in a public space…it’s much more stealth than that…and the damage done is not felt in real time, but in years past it. It will be hard for some to realize the connection to the destruction to society and democracy…making it easier for those doing it to not be held accountable.
Kerry pushing for war
The more John Kerry talks….the more I’m getting the “weapons of mass destruction lie” feeling….the urgency to push us into war is unsettling…and undiplomatic. I suspect Israel is the real reason we’re being told we have no choice but to fire upon them….
This from Jim White at emptywheel. Let’s just say he’s not to happy with President Obama for once again getting us into war. I do like his take on “Blurred Lines” however. Nice to see a guy stand up and be counted.
Forcing chemo
This is outrageous. The child does not want it. The parents do not want it. But a gov’t bureaucrat has once again decided they know what’s best for someone else better than they do.
I would want to know their genetic background–most Amish came from Dutch/German stock…so it is possible that this family has the dreaded gluten intolerance and her immune system might be unable to fight off the cancer due to an inflamed gut. Not to mention whatever chemicals she has been exposed to from industry and farming.
But…no…the medical nazi’s will force her to take a highly toxic chemical that may or may not cure her of cancer. And they will turn their heads if by chance she is cured of this cancer, but later on develops yet another, more aggressive form of cancer due to the toxic chemicals they are putting into her now.
Like I have said many times–if I am stricken, I won’t go the chemo route, but try to fight it naturally and let nature take its course.
No one should be forced to take any medical treatment. Ever.
Syria, Syria, Syria
Absolute Immunity
Never mind absolute power….how’s absolute immunity grab ya? Good God.
Why is it wrong to shoot down an unarmed black child in Florida, but okay to shoot down brown people in Iraq–especially under the lie of weapons of mass destruction perpetuated by Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Wolfowitz??
1/9/03 After nearly two months, UN’s Hans Blix says his inspectors have not found any “smoking guns” in Iraq.
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2/27/03 US diplomat John Brady Kiesling resigns, citing the “distortion of intelligence” and “systematic manipulation of American opinion.“
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3/8/03 On CNN, Joe Wilson says, “I think it’s safe to say that the US government should have or did know that [the Niger documents were] fake before Dr. ElBaradei mentioned it in his report at the UN yesterday.” Decision to discredit Wilson made at a meeting within the Office of the Vice President. [Date the public knew: 5/3/04]
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I saw where the President was going to hand out yet another Medal of Honor. I couldn’t stand to watch it. I’m sure this veteran should have been a better candidate for the Medal of Honor. He actually knows right from wrong.
Dolphins dying in record numbers
Organic Consumers has this link up. It leads to this link.
Here’s a much better report.
In the CNN piece, she mentions lesions in their respiratory systems…and my mind went to petroleum products as a cause. Notice that the reporter briefly mentions pollution as a problem, and immediately goes to bacteria and elaborates on that without discussing what pollution does to marine animals.
So….I searched and found this on the effects of the BP oil spill on the dolphins. (Apparently, BP didn’t get rid of ALL the evidence. /said with dripping sarcasm.)
Wow, look at this. The picture is showing globs of oil still sticking to a grad student after he had showered.
And remember “corexit”–the controversial *cough* clean up chemical (because it makes perfect sense to use chemicals to clean up petroleum chemicals…natch. /said with even more dripping sarcasm…)
Well…corexit is apparently still in the water, along with the globs of oil:
Tiny globs of it, mingled with the chemical dispersant that was supposed to break it up, have settled into the shallows, mingling with the shells, he said
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Geologist James Kirby states that he wouldn’t want his grandchildren playing in the surf, and says this:
“The dispersant accelerates the absorption by the skin.”
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The dispersant accelerates absorption by the skin...meaning it’s making the oil even more toxic. Even worse is that corexit is interfering with bacteria that normally eat the oil after spills. Holy crap.
As always, it is wise to know who is funding research, and am glad to hear that Kirby’s funding is from a group independent of BP.
Also on my mind for a cause is mercury–which could be combining with the toxic petroleum and corexit–
I found this paper that I haven’t seen before on the connection between mercury and dolphins beaching themselves. This is important because it compares the dolphins that beached themselves with the same group. They were also going to test mercury levels in fossil teeth…gotta love the Aussies.
I thought this paragraph was interesting:
Historical gold mining, which up until the 1930s used mercury in gold extraction, is the likely main source of the heavy metal in the waters, says Thompson. The mercury has gradually washed down the Yarra and other rivers, and accumulated in the sediments of the bay. Current dredging work could further increase mercury levels in the food chain, he adds. The mercury levels he measured were already higher than those found in dolphins in other populations in polluted waters around the world, from the Mediterranean to costal India.
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This is not something I have come across before–mercury being used in gold extraction. Wonder how that has affected gold miners and water supplies in the U.S.?
Finally, I’ll leave you with this–Note the video clip of the trail of oil spilled that also follows the east coastline where the dolphins are beaching themselves:
The Moyers Program
Well, I was right about Bill Moyers’ program being eye opening….
African American folks who think Bill Clinton is pro-African American might want to pay close attention to who he associates with: Haley Barbour was governor of Mississippi when Katrina hit. I was still in the town I grew up in at the time and the local radio station was collecting donations for the victims of Katrina. They made sure to note that the donations would be going to a certain town or county in Mississippi. I asked a blogger that I knew to see what the demographics were–it was repub and white. Yep.
Tony Rodham, Hillary Clinton’s brother…um-hmmm…Gulf Coast Funds Management...raised money from overseas.
You know, a representative (vice president, I believe) of an fighter jet manufacturer was on CSPAN talking about one of the bombers that costs us millions of dollars to build and maintain, and the VP stated during the conversation that these bombers weren’t only for the U.S. forces…but were also necessary for U.S. allies. Read that again–we are spending millions of dollars for fighter jets so that other countries can benefit from American technology…as the American taxpayer foots the bill.
In other words, we order the plane to specs…plane is built…..taxpayers pay $$$$$ for the plane….company then sells the plane to other countries….courtesy of the American taxpayer.
At about 16:00 in, it is noted that the joke is “we’re all Patriots…” The contempt here being that they are not representing the American public, but the corporations who will pay and pay and pay…they don’t give a shit about the country….it’s all in how much money they can make….
Mark Leibovich’s statement on The White House Correspondents Dinner really causes one to pause–rewarding the media for being on television, basically. The mix of nooz and glamour is stunning. Although he mentions Tom Brokaw railing against it, he fails to mention that George Clooney, via his father, thanked Brokaw for speaking out. And what is really bad is that none of the so-called “serious” news outlets mentioned Clooney or Brokaw’s sentiments….quite telling, isn’t it?
As Leibovich brings up the massive PR campaign of BP after the oil spill, my mind flashes to all the commercials aired nightly on the nooz–BP, Big Pharma, Big Energy…rinse, repeat. And I think of all the major problems facing the nation right now and how this lack of true coverage of these important issues have left the American public without crucial information. Our democracy is fragile and the Press is in the thick of it–and they don’t give a shit that they are aiding the demise of that democracy. Hey, they’re on TV!! They’re very important people!! And this is why they attacked Edward Snowdon for doing what they should have been doing.
…and there are still those who blame the American public for not knowing what is going on in their government. <sigh>
A Charter Founder Indicted
I wish I could say I’m surprised, but I’m not. These folks are greedy opportunists who look at schools and our children with $$ in their eyes.
I AM surprised and disappointed that more of them aren’t indicted….if not for these schemes, but for seeking to get rich and destroy public education.
North Carolina memory hole on voting rights
Well, if there was any doubt that repubs are trying to interfere with voting rights….this should pretty much take away that doubt.
How is this not a violation of civil rights? As Rachel brings up—this is why we need newspapers and the media. Granted, they’ve not done the best job of keeping people informed, but it’s never been more clear that they are just as important as ever.
If you don’t have a newspaper that does its job, then take it upon yourself to record public meetings as was done here. If you’re not available for all public meetings, then form a co-op of news where a group of folks take turns recording public meetings. Of course, you need reliable folks who are dedicated to get to the truth, no matter what, and will stick to the facts. They can write their own opinion about the facts, in an editorial, but the facts need to be put out there for everyone to draw their own conclusions.
What if someone had not recorded this meeting? What is happening to other states where the meetings are not being recorded and there is no proof of these crooks? This goes back to the damage Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton caused with consolidating media and removing the Fairness Doctrine.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Eagle 
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