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Obesity Epidemic Underestimated by Up to 50%: Study
Apr 28, 2006 Were this study not from Harvard specialists, we wouldn't have thought it possible that soooo many more Americans are obese.Exxon Posts Huge Profits as Gas Prices Soar
Apr 27, 2006 Exxon announced first-quarter profits of $8.4 billion. Gas prices are averaging over $3 per gallon. 'Nuf said.
Immigrant Boycott Will Seek to ‘Close’ Cities
Apr 27, 2006 A nationwide day of boycotts and marches planned for May 1 will flood the country's streets with Latinos demanding amnesty and legalization for undocumented workers. "We're going to close down Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Tucson, Phoenix, Fresno," says a boycott organizer.Conservatives Kill Proposal to Scan All Shipping Containers
Apr 27, 2006 If you need more proof that right-wing lawmakers care a helluva lot more about their ties to industry than about safeguarding the country, read this post.
Ned Lamont, Insurgent
Apr 26, 2006 The political neophyte at the center of the country's most-watched Senate primary race says it's the mainstream media that trivialize campaigns, while the blogs dig into issues Read the exclusive Truthdig interview.Fox News’ Tony Snow is Likely New Bush Spokesman
Apr 26, 2006 No, it shouldn't be surprising that Bush is reportedly picking from the ranks at Fox News for a replacement for McClellan. More interesting, perhaps, is what Snow has said about Bush in the past: "An Embarrassment," "Impotent," "Doesn?t Seem To Mean What He Says."Bush Reverses Himself on Gasoline Policy
Apr 26, 2006 In 2000, Bush criticized Clinton for toying with the Strategic Oil Reserve to push down prices--which is exactly what Bush did today. And, oh yeah: he also urged the loosening of environmental rules on emissions to help cut costs.Report: 18 Uber-Wealthy Families Led Estate Tax Repeal
Apr 26, 2006 The families behind Wal-Mart, Gallo wine, Campbell?s soup, and Mars candy, among others, engaged in a deceptive, multi-million dollar lobbying campaign to repeal the tax, according to a report by two watchdog groups. It's "one of the biggest con jobs in recent history," reads the news release.Rebuilding of Iraqi Pipeline as Disaster Waiting to Happen
Apr 25, 2006 It's not just insurgent attacks but also incompetence and mismanagement by entities like Halliburton and the Army Corps of Engineers that are holding back the rebuilding of Iraq.
Bush Explains God’s Role in His Foreign Policy
Apr 25, 2006 During a speech in Irvine, Calif, Bush gave even more credence to the thesis of Kevin Phillips' book "American Theocracy" Or, to paraphrase Truthdig contributor Sam Harris: Every time Bush says the word "God," just substitute the word "Apollo" or "Thor," and you begin to glimpse the intellectual quackery implicit in basing earthly policy on a supernatural conceit.South Carolina Bill Would Outlaw Sex Toys
Apr 25, 2006 The S bill doesn't look likely to pass, but the scary thing is that such products are already illegal in several Southern states Apparently in Texas, if you market a toy as a novelty, it's legal But if you demonstrate its use in sexual activity--it's illegal Put that in your Constitution and smoke it .Death Toll Rises to 90 After Mexico Earthquake
Sep 11, 2017 President Enrique Pena Nieto says a third of the homes in the city of Juchitan are uninhabitable.