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Webバージョン  |  アップデート設定  |  登録解除 いいね ツイート 転送 http://endofsecrets.blogspot.com To Turn the Tide Against the NRA, Leadership Needed at the Top Posted by Beth on 20 December, 2012 Mary Bottari You know you are not going to be seeing the brightest bulbs on TV defending America's loose gun laws the weekend after the mass slaughter of children. Even the NRA had gone dark, taking down its Facebook and Twitter accounts and refusing to respond to reporters. read more Welcome to 'Michiganistan' Posted by andrea on 20 December, 2012 Jim Hightower Michigan is no longer a state. It is now “Michiganistan,” an autocratic czardom in the hands of Emperor Rick Snyder. Formerly the Republican governor, Snyder has been enthroned by the GOP’s lame-duck, legislative supermajority to rule with an iron fist — democracy, rule-of-law, fairness, and the people be damned.(Photo: Peace Education Center via flickr) read more Water Is Invaluable Posted by Beth on 20 December, 2012 A range of private players in the water arena, including water service companies like American Water, are part of a relatively new corporate effort to coordinate public outreach about the “Value of Water.” read more In Search of Solidarity: Vastly Different Responses to Michigan's "Right to Work" and Attacks on Right to Choose Posted by Beth on 20 December, 2012 Angi Becker Stevens This past Tuesday, I was among the more than 10,000 men and women who descended on Michigan's state Capitol to protest the signing of "Right to Work" legislation that will likely have disastrous consequences for our state's working class. read more At the Edge of the Carbon Cliff Posted by jon on 20 December, 2012 Stephen Leahy UXBRIDGE, Canada - The most important number in history is now the annual measure of carbon emissions. That number reveals humanity’s steady billion-tonne by billion-tonne march to the edge of the carbon cliff, beyond which scientists warn lies a fateful fall to catastrophic climate change. read more Breaking the Hold of Corporate Welfare on America's Incarceration Industry Posted by jon on 20 December, 2012 Sadhbh Walshe The US department of justice released a report this week (pdf) showing that 26 states have recorded decreases in their prison populations during 2011. California boasted the biggest decline of over 15,000 prisoners and several other states including New York and read more What If All the World’s Debt Just Went Away Posted by jon on 20 December, 2012 Joe Brewer Just for fun, imagine if all debt were wiped away when the Mayan Calendar ends this Friday… read more 13 Resolutions to Change the Food System in 2013 Posted by jon on 20 December, 2012 Danielle Nierenberg As we start 2013, many people will be thinking about plans and promises to improve their diets and health. We think a broader collection of farmers, policy-makers, and eaters need new, bigger resolutions for fixing the food system--real changes with long-term impacts in fields, boardrooms, and on plates all over the world. These are resolutions that the world can’t afford to break with nearly one billion still hungry and more than one billion suffering from the effects of being overweight and obese. read more Should Tax Payers Subsidize Charitable Contributions? Posted by jon on 20 December, 2012 David Morris Robert J. Shiller, Professor of Economics and Finance at Yale recently weighed in with his perspective on subsidizing charity with a New York Times column whose title clearly conveys his message: “Please Don’t Mess With the Charitable Deduction.” read more Death To All Guns Posted by jon on 19 December, 2012 Mark Morford Is it time? Can we just say it outright? Let’s try it: Guns are, socially and ethically, devastating. Worthless. They add nothing of positive, intrinsic value to a culture, a people, a country. They only diminish, destroy, display an awesome sense of malformed ego and disastrously warped humanity. read more 登録変更 | 登録解除

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