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Who Really Gets Hurt When GOP’s Bunning Blocks ...
By Escape The Illusion on March 2, 2010 | 1 Comment
The Department of Transportation furloughed nearly 2,000 employees without pay Monday as the government began to feel the impact of Republican Sen. Jim Bunning’s one-man blockage of legislation that would keep a host of federal programs operating. Bunning’s “hold” also affec... -
Totally Corrupt TV: Corporate Lobbyists Pose as Disin...By Escape The Illusion on February 19, 2010 | 1 Comment
Covert corporate influence-peddling is taking over cable news. President Obama spent most of December 4 touring Allentown, Pennsylvania, meeting with local workers and discussing the economic crisis. A few hours later, the state’s former governor, Tom Ridge, was on MSNBC’s Hardball With... -
Endangered Species on the Grill: The US’s Shock...By Escape The Illusion on February 15, 2010 | No Comments
Millions of fork-twirling gourmands — many of them in the U.S. — are eating endangered wildlife trafficked by international criminal networks. Can shellfish cry? Ask the 4,756 abalone bagged by smugglers and confiscated in a single recent raid on a house in Cape Town, South Africa. It... -
Earth’s Oceans: Our Largest Plastic LandfillsBy Escape The Illusion on January 11, 2010 | 1 Comment
Travel through any city, or inhabited rural area, in just about any country. There’s one thing, above all, that you’ll be sure to find: garbage. We are an incredibly untidy species. Garbage disposal is a problem everywhere in our Insta-Life society. There are things we simply can’t throw away ... -
While U.S. debates gay marriage, Uganda considers dea...By Escape The Illusion on January 8, 2010 | 2 Comments
KAMPALA, Uganda – Proposed legislation would impose the death penalty for some gay Ugandans, and their family and friends could face up to seven years in jail if they fail to report them to authorities. Even landlords could be imprisoned for renting to homosexuals. Gay rights activists say the... -
Listening to a LiarBy Escape The Illusion on December 9, 2009 | 2 Comments
The most important thing about what anyone says are not the words themselves but the credibility of the person who says them. The words of convicted swindler Bernie Madoff were apparently quite convincing to many people who were regarded as knowledgeable and sophisticated. If you go by words, you c...
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World Awaits US Plan to Help Curb Global WarmingBy Escape The Illusion on November 23, 2009 | 1 Comment
Washington – With just over two weeks to go before global climate negotiations in Denmark, the United States has yet to decide whether it can meet international expectations and offer to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by a certain amount in the next decade. The success or failure of the talks...
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Catholic Bishops Put Sex Obsession Ahead of Mission t...By Escape The Illusion on November 16, 2009 | 4 Comments
First they threatened to take down health-care reform over abortion coverage. Now they’re threatening services to the sick and poor of Washington, D.C., over same-sex marriage. They lead a church that claims to stand on the side of the sick and the poor, the meek who shall inherit the earth. B...
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Obama revives talk of U.N. gun controlBy Escape The Illusion on November 15, 2009 | 3 Comments
Obama revives talk of U.N. gun control NRA guests warn international treaty would strip 2nd Amendment rights Gun rights supporters are up in arms over a pair of moves the White House made last month to reverse longstanding U.S. policy and begin negotiating a gun control treaty with the United Nation...
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Opponents of House Health Reform Bill Received 15 Per...By Escape The Illusion on November 9, 2009 | No Comments
The U.S. House of Representatives narrowly passed its version of a landmark health insurance reform bill Saturday night, 220-215, and opponents of the measure have received an average of 15 percent more from health industry and health insurance interests over the past 20 years, a Center for Responsi...
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