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Credit Derivative Orgy is Behind Liquidity Crisis
Wednesday, 22 August 2007, 12:46 am | Martha Rosenberg
Financial Times warned against them. So did Warren Buffet, Alan Greenspan, Jim Sinclair and the chief economist at Morgan Stanley. Derivatives they said could facilitate a global financial collapse like what sunk Barings Bank, Orange County and the Long-Term ... More >>
"Skinny Bitches" glamorize meat free decision
Sunday, 19 August 2007, 6:33 pm | Martha Rosenberg
Salad is out and red meat is in on the first date says the New York Times in an August article. Fortifying yourself with food before a date like our moms did so you can order light and appear ladylike--until the date drops you off and you can ... More >>
Gourmet magazines assail factory farming
Monday, 30 July 2007, 7:17 pm | Martha Rosenberg
If they appear to be legal, how do you know they're not undercover animal advocates with cameras who will make you an overnight animal abuse criminal on the internet? More >>
A Black Day for a Newspaperman
Monday, 23 July 2007, 10:39 am | Martha Rosenberg
Visitors to U.S. District Judge Amy J. St. Eve's 12th floor courtroom in Chicago's Dirksen Federal Building for the Conrad Black trial found several surprises. More >>
Seung-Hui Cho's bullets haven't stopped NRA agenda
Tuesday, 10 July 2007, 12:38 am | Martha Rosenberg
Seung-Hui Cho's bullets haven't stopped NRA agenda--and the politicians who serve it More >>
Denny's Dumps Supplier After Bird Abuse Video
Tuesday, 5 June 2007, 2:01 pm | Martha Rosenberg
A graphic undercover video of turkey and chicken abuse at a poultry slaughterhouse in Raeford, N.C., has prompted Denny's Corp. to suspend its relationship with the poultry supplier. An investigation by national animal welfare group Mercy for Animals ... More >>
Despite Medical Journals' TKO, HRT Still Not DOA
Wednesday, 25 April 2007, 12:37 am | Martha Rosenberg
Last week the world's two leading medical journals delivered TKOs against hormone replacement therapy (HRT). An article in the Lancet found HRT raised the risk of ovarian cancer by 20% in a million women. More >>
Regulate Our Competitors Asks Giant Monsanto
Wednesday, 11 April 2007, 4:07 pm | Martha Rosenberg
It's just not a level playing field anymore says St. Louis based biotech conglomerate Monsanto. Through deceptive practices and misleading advertising dairies and milk processors are convincing the American public that there's something wrong with rBST ... More >>
New Gun Measures Cater To The Paranoid
Wednesday, 4 April 2007, 1:53 pm | Martha Rosenberg
It's a pretty unsafe world if you listen to the NRA. You can conceal and carry weapons in 37 states--but can't bring them to work. You can drive with them--but not hide them under the car seat. More >>
Mistreatment of chickens is what's for dinner
Friday, 9 March 2007, 11:16 am | Martha Rosenberg
Long before customers slapped "Kentucky Fried Rats" and "Rats. It’s what’s for dinner" signs on the door of the shuttered KFC/Taco Bell in New York City last month, PETA said there's something rotten at KFC. More >>
Hey Dick Cheney - Come Hunt In Illinois!
Monday, 5 March 2007, 1:12 pm | Martha Rosenberg
Illinois, like many states, is in debt. In fact Governor Rod Blagojevich has even looked at selling the Illinois lottery to pay for basic education, transportation and health care and for pensions for public employees. More >>
No child left behind--this gun deer season
Saturday, 3 February 2007, 5:12 pm | Martha Rosenberg
In Pennsylvania they're arguing about children's access to firearms and how to improve it. More >>
Want to keep your fur and conscience too?
Tuesday, 12 December 2006, 3:28 pm | Martha Rosenberg
Madonna, Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss may still strut skins in public but many others are having their doubts about fur says Harper's Bazaar fashion features editor Sara Buys in the Independent on Sunday (IoS) this month. More >>
Are Deer Hunters at Risk for Wasting Disease?
Friday, 24 November 2006, 2:11 pm | Martha Rosenberg
That's the advice hunting officials have been giving hunters since the 2002 US outbreak of chronic wasting disease (CWD). More >>
Fur Industry Shrugs off China videos
Saturday, 4 November 2006, 4:54 pm | Martha Rosenberg
Some people who saw photos of dogs in southwest China being clubbed to death in front of their owners last month to contain a rabies outbreak were not aghast. More >>
