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Month: October 2012

Third-party candidates

I wasn’t able to work on this yesterday (I stayed home) because ever since I upgraded my machine to Ubuntu 12 I have had random freezes when I surf the web (not always associated with web surfing, once it hung …

Author TfouiPosted on October 31, 2012Categories OriginalContent, Politics

Green Party, Jill Stein

This is one post in a series looking at the various third-party candidates. For a summary, please see here

Jill Stein’s positions overall appear to be rather unrealistic given that, if elected, she would have to work with a Congress …

Author TfouiPosted on October 31, 2012Categories OriginalContent, Politics

Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson

This is one post in a series looking at the various third-party candidates. For a summary, please see here

Gary Johnson started out as a GOP candidate but when he failed to get any traction in the primaries he decided …

Author TfouiPosted on October 31, 2012Categories OriginalContent, Politics

My views

Prior to my looking at the third-party candidates and reviewing them I am going to quickly describe my views so my reader(s) know from what direction I cast my gaze. I doubt this will be all encompassing (and I am …

Author TfouiPosted on October 29, 2012Categories Business, Economics, Education, Environment, Government, Healthcare, Law, OriginalContent, Politics, Society

Something good from global warming

Ozone hole at smallest size in decades
Warm Antarctic temperatures help preserve UV-protecting layer
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/346068/title/Ozone_hole_at_smallest_size_in_decades

Just like the thawing of the ice at the North Pole opens up huge lucrative shipping opportunities, the warming has resulted in a shrinking ozone …

Author TfouiPosted on October 29, 2012Categories Science

Third party case

The progressive case against Obama
Bottom line: The president is complicit in creating an increasingly unequal — and unjust — society
http://www.salon.com/2012/10/27/the_progressive_case_against_obama/

I am not totally sold on the author’s case for the third party. There is the plausible case …

Author TfouiPosted on October 29, 2012Categories Government, Politics, Society3 Comments on Third party case

Bacteriotherapy

‘Faecal transplant’ clue to treating gut bug
The gut infection Clostridium difficile can be defeated by a cocktail of rival good bacteria, experiments in mice show.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20081895

I talked a bit earlier about problems with antibiotics and their interference with …

Author TfouiPosted on October 26, 2012Categories Healthcare

Wage theft

Walmart supply chain: warehouse staff agencies accused of wage theft
‘They prey on people living on the edge,’ claim workers, who are already among the most vulnerable and lowest-paid in America
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/oct/18/walmart-supply-chain-agencies-accused-wage-theft

I can state with authority that this isn’t …

Author TfouiPosted on October 25, 2012Categories Business, Economics, Society

Endangered species!

Is the middle class an endangered species?
After losing ground for four decades, middle America increasingly looks doomed. Here’s how it happened
http://www.salon.com/2012/10/24/is_the_middle_class_an_endangered_species/

This is likely to be a rambling post, brace yourself… I have felt in my gut for …

Author TfouiPosted on October 25, 2012Categories Business, Economics, Government, OriginalContent, Politics, Psychology, Society

Our police state is complete

It seems that there is no longer any point in droning on and on about the ‘impending’ police state, it is now fully embedded in concrete:

Obama moves to make the War on Terror permanent
Complete with a newly coined, …

Author TfouiPosted on October 24, 2012Categories Government, Law, Politics, Psychology, Society

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