Category Archives: Good to Know

It must be 4:20 somewhere

Posted on May 1, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Praise the lord and pass the brownies! The largest study of its kind has unexpectedly concluded that smoking marijuana, even regularly and heavily, does not lead to lung cancer.The new findings “were against our expectations,” said Donald Tashkin of the … Continue reading →

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Ever been glad you couldn’t afford something?

Posted on April 25, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Then you probably know just what I’m feeling about LASIK after reading this… Patients unhappy with their laser eye surgery urged U.S. health regulators to do more to limit poor results, saying complications from the LASIK procedure have taken a … Continue reading →

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Cuba: Canary in the global coalmine

Posted on April 7, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Cuban permaculturist Roberto Perez tells how his country adapted to economic and ecologic necessity thanks to the big US embargo aimed at starving the revolution out: To outsiders, the Cuban system is frequently presented in the media as a failure; … Continue reading →

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God Loves Gays!

Posted on April 3, 2008 by Sabina Becker

The Million Fag March came to Topeka, Kansas, to counteract the vile sermons of Fred Phelps with a message of love.Looks like they did a terrific job.

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Noam Chomsky states the obvious

Posted on March 31, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Obvious to you, me, and Noam Chomsky, obviously. But to the hawkish disaster-capitalist types, maybe not so:“Aggressors have no rights. Responsibilities, maybe, but no rights.”I wonder what PNAC, BushCo, Halliburton, etc. will all do when they find out that they … Continue reading →

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A former FBI interrogator on torture

Posted on March 10, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Yes, Foreign Policy is a smelly rag with some pretty horrible biases and outright distortions. (Their blog also sucks because it can’t keep the most basic facts straight, such as the identities of non-white supermodels.) But Jack Cloonan’s words to … Continue reading →

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Moses was trippin’ on Mount Sinai!

Posted on March 4, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Sorry–just thought I’d share.

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Thanks, Uncle Jay!

Posted on February 20, 2008 by Sabina Becker

This is the best overall explanation of the US government and how it works (or doesn’t) that I’ve seen to date.

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Bobby and Pap get Venezuela right

Posted on February 16, 2008 by Sabina Becker

I love how Bobby Kennedy Jr. says that Hugo Chavez is the kind of leader his dad and JFK would have approved of. That says it all, really.

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Iran: Lessons from history

Posted on February 12, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Did you know Iran WAS once a democracy? And that the US is the reason it became a tyranny? And that Britain, too, had imperial ambitions over it? And that oil is the secret cause behind it all?In just 6 … Continue reading →

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