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Poll: Veterans Day, My Dad, Health Care and Me
Sun Nov 15, 2009 7:26 PM EST
Veterans day came this week and it reminded me of my dad and my time in the service. We both needed health care while serving and we got the best the Army had to offer. Shouldn't all citizens have access to quality health care?
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Tiny pesticide exposure during pregnancy can have long-term impact on female offspring | Rodale Institute
Seeded on Sun Nov 15, 2009 12:43 PM EST (rodaleinstitute.org)
Study confirms chlorpyrifos levels far below "toxic" threshold can impair learning, change brain function and alter thyroid levels into adulthood for tested mice.
Chinese talk about racism ahead of Obama trip
Seeded on Sat Nov 14, 2009 9:40 PM EST (msnbc.com)
As China gets ready to welcome the first African American U.S. president, Chinese are confronting their attitudes toward race, including some deeply held prejudices about black people.
The Gary Null Show with Dr. Mark Geier, 10-23-09
Mon Nov 9, 2009 11:05 PM EST
The Gary Null Show, 10-23-09, An in depth discussion of vaccines, vaccine fraud, thimerosal & the two influenza vaccines with Dr. Mark Geier, medical physician, PhD in genetics, former researcher at NIH; expert on thimerosal, vaccine research, and vaccine injury.
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Poll: Health Care Reform Passes 220-215, I Take Back The Bad Things I Said About Nancy Pelosi
Sun Nov 8, 2009 9:49 AM EST
Tonight was a historic night for the Democrats and the American people. Nancy Pelosi will go down in history as one of the greatest Speakers of the House.
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Poll: Will Health Care Reform Pass This Week End
Sat Nov 7, 2009 5:10 AM EST
The house is expected to vote on the Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962) This week end. Have you read the bill and called your congress person?
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Public school nurses give swine flu vaccine to kids without parents' OK, sends child to hospital
Seeded on Sat Nov 7, 2009 2:44 AM EST (NY Daily News)
School nurses mistakenly gave the swine flu vaccine to two students who didn't sign up for it - including a Brooklyn girl with epilepsy who wound up in the hospital.
In Europe, most swine flu shots by invitation only
Fri Nov 6, 2009 2:28 PM EST
In Britain, there are no long lines of people seeking swine flu vaccine. Doctor's offices aren't swamped with desperate calls. And there are no cries of injustice that the vaccine is going to wealthy corporations or healthy people who don't really need it.
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UPDATED: Baxter International responsible for a new deadly outbreak of viral pneumonia in Ukraine?
Seeded on Mon Nov 2, 2009 10:33 PM EST (davidrothscum.blogspot.com)
In February of 2009 Bloomberg reported that Baxter "accidentally" send vaccine material containing both live Avian bird flu and seasonal influenza to multiple laboratories worldwide. A laboratory decided to test the vaccine on it's ferrets, but the ferrets all unexpectedly died.
Does the Vaccine Matter?
Seeded on Mon Nov 2, 2009 8:53 AM EST ()
now some flu experts are challenging the medical orthodoxy and arguing that for those most in need of protection, flu shots and antiviral drugs may provide little to none. So where does that leave us if a bad pandemic strikes?
Poll: Should Women Get Treat by Tricking Health Insurance Company's
Sun Nov 1, 2009 2:40 PM EST
I thought that the insurance company's discriminated against all their customers equally just to make a profit, man was I wrong. (Video) Lets go to the Video Tape
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Video: Robot-Man Walks Like the Real Thing
Seeded on Wed Oct 28, 2009 6:59 PM EDT (Wired News)
The makers of the eerily lifelike robotic mule have a new creation: a machine that walks around like a real human being. Boston Dynamics is building the "Petman" prototype for the U.S. Army, to test out protective clothing.
Facebook offers virtual memorials
Seeded on Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:04 AM EDT (BBC News)
Facebook has announced that it will be giving friends and family the option to "memorialise" the profiles of members who have died.
Poll: National Health Emergency Declared - But is H1N1 a Hoax
Mon Oct 26, 2009 2:51 PM EDT
I am a runner and just ran the Nike + Human 10K the largest race in the history of the world. This healthy woman also a runner took a flu shot and was instantly disabled. (Video) Lets go to the Video Tape
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Clock ticking on Democrats' health care reform
Seeded on Mon Oct 26, 2009 11:08 AM EDT (msnbc.com)
Time growing short, Democratic leaders in Congress are still grappling with divisive issues as they try to achieve President Barack Obama's ambitious goal of passing legislation to remake the U.S. health care system by year's end.
Congress "Getting Completely Crushed" With Over 100,000 Calls For Obama's Healthcare Reform
Seeded on Fri Oct 23, 2009 6:40 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
The nationwide "Time to Deliver on Health Reform" event is the most massive outpouring of support from Obama supporters since Election Day 2008.
Please Sign the Health Care "Public Option" Petition
Seeded on Fri Oct 16, 2009 8:27 AM EDT ()
John Boehner says he has not met anyone who supports a public option. Prove him wrong by signing the public option petition today. This is a project of Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY) who is emerging as an honest and passionate advocate for rational health care reform.
African cardinals denounce "cultural imperialism"
Wed Oct 14, 2009 12:51 PM EDT
African cardinals denounced the "cultural imperialism" of wealthy countries in their aid, trade and health care policies for Africa, saying Wednesday that the West's promotion of abortion rights and condoms is destroying the continent's moral fabric.
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Video Camera That Records At The Speed Of Thought
Seeded on Wed Oct 14, 2009 12:34 PM EDT (Science Daily)
European researchers who created an ultra-fast, extremely high-resolution video camera have enabled dozens of medical applications, including one scenario that can record 'thought' processes travelling along neurons.
Alex Lange Denied Health Care Coverage: "Your Baby Is Too Fat"
Seeded on Mon Oct 12, 2009 2:32 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)
Because of his size, Baby Alex was turned down for health insurance, his height and weight put him in the 99th percentile according to CDC guidelines. Be careful, If you have a heavy healthy baby you will activate the Insurance industry dirty tricks department.
AARP Challenges Health Insurance Industry Report - "Not worth the paper it's written on"
Seeded on Mon Oct 12, 2009 1:31 PM EDT (The New York Times)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Supporters of President Barack Obama's drive to remake health care are pushing back against a dire report from the insurance industry warning of hefty new costs for consumers from the latest legislation.
Poll: American People Get Nobel Prize
Sun Oct 11, 2009 1:43 PM EDT
On Friday morning President Obama was notified that he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The Prize was really for the American people's move away from torture and war and toward law and peace.
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Microsoft to release free antivirus PC software
Mon Sep 28, 2009 8:05 PM EDT
Microsoft Corp. says its new computer security program can be downloaded starting on Tuesday.
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Facebook poll asking Should Obama be killed causing stir
Seeded on Mon Sep 28, 2009 1:34 PM EDT (Raw Story)
excerpt: ""A poll hosted on Facebook asking if President Barack Obama "should be killed" is drawing anger from users of the social networking site, and has prompted at least one person to notify the Secret Service. The poll, which Cory Bantic at DailyKos says has been up …
ACORN is a handy substitute for the 'n word': At 912 event, black teens harassed by hysterical teabaggers
Seeded on Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:02 PM EDT (Crooks and Liars)
One People's Project has the full-length version of this video, taken from the big 912 rally in Washington, D.C., showing a middle-aged white man and his Asian wife chasing after and harassing a trio of black people -- primarily two teenagers and an adult guardian (possibly their …
Recent Votes
60 Vote Threshold Met; Things Not Looking Good For RepublicansThe ball has dropped. No matter what is cooked up after the sham "official debate" begins (after cloture is invoked) the basic framework of Obamacare is not waiting to be debated. Insurers are now going to be more rigorously regulated than ever before.
- Decade's top 10 Internet moments
The launch of Wikipedia, emergence of the iPhone and the election of U.S. President Barack Obama were among the 10 most influential moments on the Internet in the past decade, according to the annual Webby awards.
- Smoking Near Apple Computers Creates Biohazard, Voids Warranty
Unless you've just arrived in 2009 on a time machine, you know that smoking isn't good for you. Did you know, that smoking isn't good for your computer, either? It's true, at least according to Apple.
California imposes TV set restrictions to save power
Rather than erect job-creating power plants in the Golden State to accommodate increased electricity usage as the population grows, the California Energy Commission voted 5 to 0 to require large television sets sold in the state, starting in 13 months, to meet energy efficiency s …
AP POLL: Tax the rich to pay for health bill
When it comes to paying for a health care overhaul, Americans see just one way to go: Tax the rich.
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You are a very interesting and enlightening man, Aunk. Wish there were more like you. Thanks.
— sgtriden
Aunk, just dropping buy because I was curious about what you thought regarding that Senator Wilson and his calling Obama a liar during a congressional address?
Aunk, you bring good things to Newsvine. Hetep and Respect to you always.
AUNK, seek and find, thanks! UNCLEMIKE
Thank you for your answers and comment on my article, come by anytimes with more on your insight....
How do you do AUNK. I must confess this has been one of the most, if not the most literate and lucid seeds posted on Newsvine that I have seen.
It is such a pleasure, a blessing really to have come across your blog. I look forward to more. God bless you as you strive for truth.
HETEP AND RESPECT, WELL I SEE YOU ARE STILL GROWING, AUNK. GREAT. I met you back in the , " black world today" and loved your classes in paltalk too. , you know life should'nt only be good, most of all life should be clear. and you are helping to do that....................so right on to cultural health, and keep fighting the cultural poisoning that takes our vision. PEACE
— JEREEL
Hetep and Respect Good Spirits, thank you for your positive energy.
Excuse the cliche, but Hetep and Respect to Aunk. Keep it up!
Aunk, always a Gentleman, always ready to listen, always writing valid articles about the state of our culture. I should have come by here sooner but since I didn't let me tell you, I should have. Respect & hetep. I think I have it right.
— oldfogey
thank you, you maybe be interested in this article i wrote about race. you have some very interesting seeds about the topic
Great blog! Thanks for the introduction.
— Edagowa
— kymlee
A cultural apple a day, keeps the doctor away. Get cultural apples from Aunk, he's the cultural health guy.
— Oluseye
Aunk, you are insightful and always up to the challenge of correcting half truths. I am sure you will continue to speak with purpose and a commitment to keeping us all Cultural Healthy.
Hetep and Respect to Aunk who fights like Hercules for the Cultural Health of Newsvine. Battling racism is like battling a hydra. The best way to go kill it is to cut off one head at a time. Keep up the good work! Fight the good fight!
Hetep and Respect to the Ed Bradley of Newsvine. Thanks for improving my Cultural Health with each article
— Chello
My Friend Aunk brings us our daily dose of Cultural Health. And for those of us who give pause and reflect on the message he brings us, we find our spirits enlivened, our outlooks broadened and our lives enriched. Thank you, Aunk, for these gifts.
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60 Vote Threshold Met; Things Not Looking Good For Republicans
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AP POLL: Tax the rich to pay for health bill
Tiny pesticide exposure during pregnancy can have long-term impact on female offspring | Rodale Institute
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Poll: Veterans Day, My Dad, Health Care and Me
Teabaggers punk'd by anti-racists who get them to cheer rant against European-American immigrants (With Video)
Poll: Veterans Day, My Dad, Health Care and Me
The Gary Null Show with Dr. Mark Geier, 10-23-09
Poll: Veterans Day, My Dad, Health Care and Me