May 23 2011
May 23, 2011
“The search for truth is more precious than its possession.” — Albert Einstein …
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May 23 2011
May 23, 2011
Vincent Bugliosi, famed prosecutor and best selling author on his latest book, Divinity of Doubt: The God Question. …
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May 20 2011
Weekly Digest – 05/20/11
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This week on Uprising:
* Obama’s Middle East Speech Leaves Most Unimpressed
* Undocumented Immigrant Speaks Out on Immigration Policy
* Rampant Flooding Consistent with Climate Change Predictions
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May 20 2011
Why We Get Fat and What To Do About It
McDonald’s stockholders yesterday rejected a proposal to issue a report on the role it plays in childhood obesity, which includes the pervasive advertizing of its unhealthy fast food to kids. At the fast food giant’s annual meeting, McDonald’s Chief Executive Jim Skinner said to an enthusiastic room full of stock holders, “This is about choice and we believe in the democratic …
May 20 2011
May 20, 2011
“What sets science and the law apart from religion is that nothing is expected to be taken on faith.” — Gary Taubes …
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May 19 2011
May 20, 2011
We’ll talk with investigative journalist Gary Taubes about his acclaimed new book, Why We Get Fat and What To Do About It, and feature excerpts of Dr. Robert Lustig’s popular lecture, Sugar: The Bitter Truth …
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May 19 2011
Gabor Mate Makes the Links Between Stress, Addiction, Mental Illness, and More
The Federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration just released statistics showing that substance abuse rates among those 50 and older has more than doubled in the U.S. The shocking data is being explained by the following logic: “because boomers have historically high rates of substance abuse, often developed three or four decades ago, that comes to a head later in life.” But …
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May 19 2011
May 19, 2011
“[T]he resources that could go into rehabilitating people are now sunk, instead, into persecuting them and keeping them marginalized. It’s a failure of insight and of compassion. We are simply not living up to our possibilities as a society.” — Gabor Mate …
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May 18 2011
Building a Powerful Left
Early this morning two environmental activists dressed as Walt Disney’s iconic Mickey and Minnie Mouse began a protest at the gates of Disney company Headquarters in Burbank. The pair scaled the two-story high archway leading into the property and unfurled a 35-foot banner reading, “Disney: Destroying Indonesia’s Rainforests.” The Rain Forest Action Network, a San Francisco based environmental advocacy organization, is behind …
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May 18 2011
May 18, 2011
“Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.” — Jonathan Swift …
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