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Too Many Sodas Contain Potential Carcinogen
from cnn.com: A chemical found in many sodas may be dangerous to your health, Consumer Reports says. And no, it’s not sugar (this time). The golden-brown color of many soft drinks comes with a dose of the chemical 4-methylimidazole, or 4-MeI. On U.S. product labels it appears simply as “caramel coloring.” Those who say the…
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Amazingly, Smoking Is Even Worse Than We Knew
from newser.com: Yes, smoking is bad for you, but just how bad might still surprise you. A surgeon general’s report out Friday reports (PDF) that lighting up is scientifically proven to cause diabetes, colorectal and liver cancers, erectile dysfunction, and ectopic pregnancy, the New York Times reports. And more: vision loss, tuberculosis, rheumatoid arthritis, impaired…
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Women-Owned Hedge Funds Outperform the Market
from washingtonpost.com: Take that, Paul Tudor Jones. The billionaire investor controversially said last May that women can have trouble focusing on trading once they become mothers. Yet a new study released Wednesday finds that women hedge fund managers outperformed both the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index as well as a broad index of hedge funds…
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The GMO Emperor Has No Clothes
from farmwars.info: We have been repeatedly told that genetically engineered (GE) crops will save the world by increasing yields and producing more food. They will save the world by controlling pests and weeds. They will save the world by reducing chemical use in agriculture. They will save the world with GE drought tolerant seeds and…
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Study Says Food Industry Cuts 6.4 Trillion Calories
from usatoday.com: Some of the nation’s largest food companies have cut daily calorie counts by an average of 78 per person, a new study says, more than four times the amount the industry pledged to slash by next year. The study sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that between 2007 and 2012, the…
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‘Traffic light’ food labels changed buying habits, study finds
from latimes.com: Would you fill that 16-ounce cup with sugary soda if it had a red light on the dispenser? Or might you move to the faucet for water and its green light? Researchers tracked food and drink choices in a big Boston hospital and found that those “traffic light” signals influence choices, even for…
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Big Food Wants to Call GMO Foods ‘Natural’
from grist.org: Is genetically engineered food natural? The Grocery Manufacturers Association, a trade group representing some of the world’s biggest food and food-related companies, including ConAgra Foods, Bayer CropScience, and the Coca-Cola Company, thinks so. And it’s pressing the Food and Drug Administration to see things its way… An Environmental Working Group rep told The…
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Recent Interview of Cathy O’Brien and Mark Phillips
A German TV station interviewed Cathy O’Brien and Mark Phillips, recently. The interview seems irresistible, when reported content compromised by hackers. There’s still audio for deleted portions of the interview, since recorded previously for translation into German. Doesn’t it make you curious? O’Brien and Phillips are authors of “Trance Formation of America,” the story of…
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William Cooper: Mystery Babylon Series
William Cooper could passionately dress down his audience (video) for their apparent ignorance: “Should I go on? I will. I will go on and on and on and on until you either wake up or I am dead, one or the other. And if you don’t wake up, I would rather be dead than live…
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Harvard Study: Healthier Diet Costs $1.50 More Than Least Healthy
from upi.com: The difference between the healthiest diets and the least healthy diets is $1.50 a day, U.S. researchers found. Lead author Mayuree Rao, a junior research fellow in the Department of Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health, and colleagues conducted a meta-analysis of 27 existing studies from 10 high-income countries that included…
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Read the Connecticut State’s Attorney’s Crime Report on Sandy Hook
from motherjones.com: Connecticut State’s Attorney Stephen J. Sedensky III released a report on the criminal investigation of the December 14, 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that left 20 children and six adults dead. The long-awaited document is only a summary of the yet-to-be released final crime report, which is estimated to run thousands of…
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SNAP: Studies Link Fast Food Wages to Welfare
from stream.wsj.com: Proponents of boosting low wages strategically shifted their focus to U.S. taxpayers Tuesday, issuing two studies contending the public foots the bill for billions of dollars in public assistance for fast-food workers. The companion studies, issued by the National Employment Law Project and researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, are the latest…
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The John Todd Enigma
John Todd first warned of an occult conspiracy, in the seventies, years ahead of wider public awareness! Todd remains an enigma, predominantly discredited due to inconsistencies and lapses in personal behavior. Was Todd simply a con man, seeking attention and favor by misrepresenting himself? Todd was, perhaps, the first to claim former membership in the…
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Thomas Nagel: The Fear of Religion
An article in The New Republic shows Thomas Nagel gives his thoughts on the controversial and well-known book, ‘The God Delusion,’ by Richard Dawkins.
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July 22, 2013: 13th Star of David Alignment
Are there cosmic markers in the heavens? The Magi of the Bible viewed Star of Bethlehem with cosmic significance! Luis Vega sees in “Heralds of the Coming New World Order,” a pattern in the heavens of 2 solar eclipses – one a special hybrid solar eclipse on Nov. 3, 2013 before a Tetrad -…