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H1N1 Swine Flu: Barack Obama and the First Deadly Mistake
Lifegen.de
The H1N1 swine flu hits the US, and for the first time President Barack Obama seems to make a deadly mistake: A disease spread simulation has emphasized that flu interventions must be imposed quickly, if they are to be effective. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Public Health have shown that staying at home, closing schools and isolating infected people within the home should reduce infection, but only if they are used in combination, activated without delay and maintained for a relatively long period. The President should have acted by enforcing social separation - but economic items seem to be more important.
What all the President's men should have known: Professor George Milne and his colleagues from the University of Western Australia (UWA) simulated the effect of social distancing on the spread of a flu virus within a small town. Their research used a detailed, individual-based model of a real community with a population of approximately 30,000 (Albany, Australia) using simulation software engineered by UWA’s Dr Joel Kelso. Milne said, “Our results suggest a critical role of combined social distancing measures in the potential control of a future pandemic. Non-pharmaceutical social distancing interventions are capable of preventing less-infectious influenza epidemics and of significantly reducing the rate of development and overall burden of the worst epidemics”.
Climate myths?
Andrew Glikson
Responses by Andrew Glikson to Andrew Bolt’s article “10 climate myths” (Herald Sun 29-4-09) (http://www.crikey.com
.au/Politics/20090429-Climate-myths-
Glickson-v-Bolt.html)
Andrew Bolt presented 10 climate change "myths". (http://blogs.news.com.au/ heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/ heraldsun/comments/column_the_10_ warming_myths/?source=cmailer).
Here is my response to each. Essentially, the "skeptics" are searching for short annual or biannual changes, rather than looking at decade-scale trends. Failing to understand that science is a self-correcting discipline, they hope that, if and when they find minor errors or uncertainties (such as always exist) the entire scientific edifice behind the idea of climate change will collapse. By the fact that the so-called "climate change skeptics" are attempting to refute every single direct observation and measurement in nature, as well as the basic physics and chemistry of the atmosphere, indeed climate science as a discipline, they reveal a resistance to the scientific method as such.
Clinton’s Unpromising Start
Ramzy Baroud
Incongruous. One can hardly think of a more suited term to describe the new US administration's approach to peacemaking in the Middle East. Though there is little evidence that previous US administrations had genuinely attempted to play a balanced role in forging a just peace between Israel and the Palestinians, many hoped -- and a few still hope -- that Barack Obama's administration would bring about new standards.
However, if recent comments made by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton suffice as a general indication of the administration's Middle East policy, then little change is on the horizon.
FDR'S New Deal v. Obamanomics in Their First 100 Days
Stephen Lendman
"Roosevelt confronted "the money changers," even though mostly through
rhetoric. Obama, like Bush, embraces them openly..."
With good reason, progressive economists reflect positively on Roosevelt's New Deal even though:
-- it failed to end the Great Depression;
-- had many flaws;
-- did too little for blacks, women, immigrants, small farmers, agricultural workers, and the poor;
Palestinians in Europe to commemorate the 61 anniversary of Nakba “Catastrophe”
From Sameh Habeeb
Palestine Return Center PRC
After 61 years of the Palestinian Nakba. Palestinians still adhere to their rights and legacy which was intended to be destroyed in the past decades but never it never happened. Palestinian communities, institutions and associations all over European countries are preparing for the 7th Europe Conference in Milan, Italy by the 2nd of May 2009. A broad spectrum of leaders, Palestinian public figures and delegations will attend the conference.
This year conference is entitled; "Right of return is nonnegotiable and will not be relinquished". The message of the conference is to show the determination and adherence of all rights especially the right of return and independency. Thousands of Palestinian refugees and residents living in Europe are expected to attend.
Road of Absolution
Jan Hipple
A people disavow the problems facing our nation with fingers pointed in every direction, but themselves. Words spoken of hate for things not understood and a nation crumbles for the bitterness growing in the souls of unbelievers. Greed and power feed the egos of the bureaucrats on Capitol Hill. Twisted mouths spew lies wrapped with false sincerity, while our nation watches yesterday’s freedom disappear. Glorified for their words of hope the masses smile for a bright future coming.
Democrats Pardoning Specter For Horrific Votes
John Morgan
Arlen Specter's switch to the Democratic Party is already blinding many Dems to his horrific George W. Bush voting record. Scores of people who protested the war in Iraq, torture, Gitmo, Abu Ghraib, the shredding of the Bill of Rights and the other innumerable crimes and offenses of the Bush Administration are already lining up to pardon Snarlin' Arlen and re-elect him to the Senate.
Failures of Intelligence has reaped the Militarization of Christianity
eileen fleming
"The Crusade for a Christian Military: Jesus Killed Mohammed" by Jeff Sharlet in HARPER'S May 2009 edition is a chilling clarion call regarding the entrenchment of Christian fundamentalism in the USA military beginning during the Cold War that accelerated during the Vietnam era which has now wrecked havoc on the very soul of our nation.
Fundamentalist [referred to as evangelical by Sharlet] Chaplains began to join the military in droves as they aligned themselves with the Industrial Military Complex in opposition with Catholics and mainline moderate Protestant denominations such as Methodists, Presbyterians, and Episcopalians who were of one voice speaking out against American terrorism in Vietnam and for following in the ways of the nonviolent Jesus.
The Death of Humanitarian Law Was Gaza
Allen L Roland
The wholesale blatant slaughter of innocent civilians, under the guise of war, is the death of humanitarian law. It is still happening in Iraq and it recently happened during Israel's 22 day assault on Gaza from December 2008 through January 2009 ~ which left 1400 Palestinians dead ~ many of them children:
In the First World War 5 per cent of those killed were civilians, in the Second World War 48 per cent, while in a Third World War 90-95 per cent would be civilians. We are already seeing those percentages reached in America's illegal war and occupation of Iraq, where over a million Iraqis have been killed and displaced, and also in Israel's recent illegal assault of Gaza where over 1400 Palestinian civilians have been slaughtered.
Thank You Arlen Specter! Now We're Sure to Get the Following
We're just about there, the magic 60 figure in the United States Senate. It's being called a filibuster proof majority for the Democratic Party. All we need is a belated recognition of the United States Constitution and the rules of the Senate in the form of an official Senator Al Franken (D-MN) and we're ready to rock.
Here's what we can expect:
Surely habeas corpus will be restored in an unashamed expression of support for that centuries old protection of civil liberties.
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