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Stop Sars, or else, warns flu expert “SARS could become as widespread as flu viruses unless action is taken to destroy it now, a leading Welsh disease expert warned last night. Professor Ron Eccles of Cardiff University’s Common Cold Centre warned that unless Sars is brought under control now it could become endemic. He warned [...] Waiter, more perchlorate salad dressing, please! ”A laboratory test of 22 types of lettuce purchased at Northern California supermarkets found that four were contaminated with perchlorate, a toxic rocket-fuel ingredient that has polluted the Colorado River, the source of the water used to grow most of the nation’s winter vegetables.” Well that’s just great… [...] Hey! Wasn’t Iraq supposed to have weapons of mass destruction (WMD)? Wasn’t that why we invaded?? So, why haven’t we found any? Rather than answers, there is only chaos: “Sources inside the Bush administration described the hunt for weapons as beset by infighting and potentially disastrous delays, and suggested that stocks of chemical and [...] Argentina’s occupied factories Brukman is a factory in Argentina that has been occupied and successfully run by workers after owners abandoned it. The government is forcibly trying to take it back for the owners. There has been major violence, and thousands have demonstrated against the government. In a truly chilling phrase, the federal judge who [...] Stupid cat tricks Miss Monica reports on a Sunset magazine letters to editor: “I saw your tip about using a pan of beer to kill slugs (“Let Snails Die Happy,” January, page 12). This has worked great for us over the years, except recently we found our new neighbor’s cat drank it. We worried about [...] Bush may be a write-in on more than one state ballot “The GOP’s unusually late nominating convention — it does not begin until Aug. 30 — is the problem. Bush is not scheduled to accept his party’s nomination until Sept. 2, 2004. That falls after the deadline for certifying presidential candidates not only [...] Thoughts on this week’s news What IS North Korea doing? While other countries tremble in fear of offending the U.S., North Korea cheerfully sticks their thumb in George Bush’s eye. Considering the duct tape will stop terrorists mania which struck a few weeks back, imagine what full blown SARS paranoia could be like. We may find out. [...]Get your armored Cadillac now! “The country’s two largest automakers are jumping into the limited but expanding U.S. market for armored vehicles as drivers’ concerns grow about terrorism and random violence.” Damn, I had NO IDEA I needed to be concerned about this. I drive my Prius all over L.A., sometimes in Areas Thought To [...] SARS hysteria “Fear has taken hold: 45,000 face masks have been sold by one supplier alone, and the masks are expected to double in price as the Sars virus crisis deepens. But this is not Hong Kong, China or Singapore, where the killer bug has claimed more than 200 lives. This panic buying is [...] Argentina, the poster child for why neo-liberalism doesn’t work Argentina has 50% unemployment now. Workers have taken over and are successfully running factories that were abandoned by their owners. Whole new barter systems and neighborhood councils are emerging to fill the void left by an economy on life support and a government that is ineffective [...] |  | ||||
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