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Secret GM Food Study: Rats Get Sick from Eating It!

Posted on May 26, 2005 by bfialindathieman

Secret GM Food Study: Rats Get Sick from Eating It! By Geoffrey Lean, Independent.co.uk Rats fed GM corn due for sale in Britain developed abnormalities in blood and kidneys. So what might it do to humans? Rats fed on a … Continue reading →

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Hello, Big Government; Goodbye, Patient Privacy

Posted on May 25, 2005 by bfialindathieman

Hello, Big Government; Goodbye, Patient Privacy Citizens' Council on Health Care National Physician ID Card Threatens Patient Privacy (St. Paul, Minnesota) – A new national health care identification system threatens the privacy of patients, and their access to health care, … Continue reading →

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U.S. Senate: Nuclear Option Plan Implodes

Posted on May 25, 2005 by bfialindathieman

U.S. Senate: Nuclear Option Plan Implodes American Progress In a major defeat to Majority Leader Bill Frist, a bipartisan group of 14 senators struck a deal last night to defuse the nuclear option. All members of the group rejected Frist's … Continue reading →

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ISU Democrats’ Filibuster to Enter One Hundredth Hour

Posted on May 23, 2005 by bfialindathieman

ISU Democrats' Filibuster to Enter One Hundredth Hour Group Protest Draws Attention to Danger of “Nuclear Option” in U.S. Senate Iowa State University Democrats, distressed over the potential violation of Senate rules, history, and tradition by the Republican majority, … Continue reading →

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Ottumwa Lagoons Among Iowa’s Most-polluted Bodies of Water

Posted on May 21, 2005 by bfialindathieman

Ottumwa Lagoons Among Iowa's Most-polluted Bodies of Water by Carly Schuffler, KTVOTV3.com Why wait for Bush to destroy the nation's water with sewage dumping? Iowa is already doing it! (Ottumwa) The lagoons add beauty to Ottumwa's parks; but look a … Continue reading →

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Framing the Dissolution of the Filibuster: How Republican Senators Justify the Grab for Absolute Power

Posted on May 20, 2005 by bfialindathieman

Framing the Dissolution of the Filibuster: How Republican Senators Justify the Grab for Absolute Power By Robert S. Rivkin, Pacific News Service, AlterNet.org You've got to hand it to the Senate Republican leaders. Launching debate on May 17, Majority Leader … Continue reading →

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Iowa Farm Fields Increase Dead Zones, Starve the World’s Seas

Posted on May 20, 2005 by bfialindathieman

Iowa Farm Fields Increase Dead Zones, Starve the World's Seas by Janet Raloff, ScienceNews.org Caused almost exclusively by human activities, massive oxygen-starved waters, called “Dead Zones,” are developing along the world's coasts and are becoming increasingly common and recurrent For … Continue reading →

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Iowa Caucus: First No More?

Posted on May 19, 2005 by bfialindathieman

Iowa Caucus: First No More? Baltimoresun.com Democrats consider shifting their primaries; proposals focus on fixing 'front-loading' of contests The three major proposals before the Democratic Party's Commission on Presidential Nomination Timing and Scheduling [focus] on regional primaries. Two proposals would … Continue reading →

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Bayh Behind Iowa Presidential Surveys

Posted on May 19, 2005 by bfialindathieman

Bayh Behind Iowa Presidential Surveys The Washington Post Apparently, it's never too early to start wooing those Iowa activists. A couple of weeks ago, Democrats in Linn County, which includes Cedar Rapids, were recruited to participate in a focus group. … Continue reading →

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Codex Threatens Our Health Freedoms

Posted on May 18, 2005 by bfialindathieman

Codex Threatens Our Health Freedoms By Nancy Lee Bentley, Co-Author, Dr. Mercola's Total Health Program There's a plain and simple fact about your health and health care choices you won't find covered in any of the mainstream media today: Your … Continue reading →

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