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Bill Gates and 47,500 Cases of Paralysis

Mimicking Monsanto’s PR, Gates used Bollywood actors to strongly promote his vaccine campaign to ‘eradicate polio’ across India. Vaccines ware given to Indian children. Have they brought health?

(NEW DELHI) - In India, Monsanto hired Bollywood actors to promote genetically engineered cotton seed to illiterate farmers.

Nana Petakar became a brand ambassador for Monsanto. The advertising has been called “aggressive, unscrupulous and false.”

MCAS El Toro: Modern Day Marine Ghost Town

The photos each tell a small story, all are captioned.

(IRVINE, CA) - There was a time, a long time in fact, when the best possible stateside duty a Marine could hope for was Marine Corps Air Station El Toro in Orange County.

`No Coal Eugene` Opposes Coal Trains and Use of Nonrenewable Energy

The group says dirty industries are not welcome in Eugene’s backyard.

(EUGENE, OR.) - Monday at approximately 11:50 a.m., members of No Coal Eugene drove a massive, handcrafted “coal train” through the University of Oregon campus.

The train stopped foot traffic and released “coal dust”, representing how a real coal train will interfere with people’s mobility and harm their health.

10,000 Birds Die as `Everglades of West` Dries, Spreads Disease

The problem is that it has been a dry year and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) hasn't allowed water into the refuge since December.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Officials from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) are estimating that over 10,000 migrating birds have died so far this year because of reduced water flow to the Lower Klamath National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon and California.

Second Oregon Active Transportation Summit Brings Together Top Minds in Walking, Cycling and Transit

April 16-17 event, outgrowth of original Oregon Bike Summit, examines progress made and plans future strategies for active transportation advocacy.

(PORTLAND, OR) - The 2012 Oregon Active Transportation Summit will be held April 16-17 in Salem.

A Chemical War Without End: Agent Orange in Vietnam

It is at the governmental level, and first at the level of the United States government, that the question of support for Vietnam must be raised and that the demand for just reparations must be made.

(PARIS, France) - The Vietnam War (1961-1975) is known for the massive bombings of North Vietnam.

More insidious, however, yet less well-known to the general public, was the chemical war waged from 1961 to 1971 against South Vietnam.

Thoughts to Ponder

Republicans don’t want to reduce military spending, and are more willing to go to war, but can we afford it?

(PASO ROBLES, CA) - The seed of the Evangelical Movement in America is the Puritan Sect of old.

The title, Puritan, is seldom mentioned today, but the Republican Party is infused with Puritan emotionalism and denunciations of Democratic principles it considers inconsistent with Republican values of the Party of God.

Believe in Yourself

The United States was never meant to be a Theocracy under the control of Church or Evanglical discipline.

(PASO ROBLES, CA) - The seed of the Evangelical Movement in America is the Puritan Sect of old.

The title, Puritan, is seldom mentioned today, but the Republican Party is infused with Puritan emotionalism and denunciation of Democratic principles it considers inconsistent with Puritan and Republican values of the Party of God.

`Len Aldis vs. Dow Chemical`

Victims have suffered four generations as companies like Dow Chemical look to hide the facts and bury the truth in search of more profit...

(LONDON) - Many of you have expressed an interest in the current controversy surrounding Dow Chemical Sponsorship of the 2012 Olympics.

Len Aldis has received substantial worldwide support for his campaign to stop Dow from wrapping the Olympic Stadium with 336 panels of corporate advertising.

Viola and the TSE Bears

THE CANADIAN SHIELD March 7, 2011 Volume 1, Issue #1

(SASKATCHEWAN) - Circa 50 years ago, when stock fraud was in its infancy, there dwelt in Toronto a comely mining promoteress named Viola MacMillan.

With her compliant husband in tow, she promoted a stretch of moose pasture that bore the fanciful name of Windfall Oils and Mines, hard by Ontario's celebrated mining district.