Category Archives: Environmentally Ill

Quotable: John Stuart Mill on predator capitalism

“I confess that I am not charmed with the ideal of life held out by those who think that the normal state of human beings is that of struggling to get on; that the trampling, crushing, elbowing, and treading on … Continue reading

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Did Israel “mini-nuke” Lebanon?

According to Italy’s RAI News, it smells suspiciously like it… The special report was triggered by the radioactivity measurements reported on a crater probably created by an Israeli Bunker Buster bomb in the village of Khiam, in southern Lebanon. The … Continue reading

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A man, a plan, a canal–NICARAGUA?

Hey wait…that’s not a palindrome. Damn. Uh, I believe this would fall under the general heading of WTF??? Nicaragua, one of the poorest countries in Latin America, plans to construct a $20bn rival to the Panama canal to enable the … Continue reading

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The obligatory fifth-anniversary 9-11 post, with a difference

Blah, blah blah… That, Gentle Reader, is the sound of the mainstream media in the US, talking a lot and not actually saying anything. For the last five years, it’s been doing nothing but that on one particular day when … Continue reading

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One year after Katrina…

…and what have we learned? Well, for starters, that the BushCo Imperial Preznitcy is rather reminiscent of the royal family of France–heedless of everything, right up to its date with La Guillotine:

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So much for Agent Orange being “harmless”!

Scientists have long been saying otherwise, and here’s one more study to prove it… New Zealand troops who served in the Vietnam War suffered significant genetic damage from exposure to Agent Orange, a study suggests. The chemical was used by … Continue reading

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REALLY pissing Jesus off

Can you believe this? Friends and family lauded as a devout Christian and family leader the man who built Enron into an international energy powerhouse before its collapse in the biggest corporate scandal of its time. Lay’s stepson David Herrold … Continue reading

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D’oh!

The sad part is, all of Dubya’s appointments have basically amounted to something just like this.

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So much for the “miracle” of DDT!

There are some ‘tards in this world who want to bring back DDT–to control malarial mosquitoes. I have just one question for them: Were you breast-fed? Children exposed to the pesticide DDT while in the womb experience development problems, researchers … Continue reading

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More proof that Frankenfoods suck shit

Yes, those pesky scientists have found some more eye-bugging evidence that Monsanto is lying through its teeth to us. And some of them are from Venezuela! Two research teams in England and Venezuela have discovered something alarming about the new … Continue reading

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