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Salem-News.com (Dec-08-2011 14:10:00)

Exxon Mobil Involved with Urban Food Gardens

Why is the same company that sells the materials crucial for making agricultural poisons, involved in urban gardens?

(CHICAGO) - Exxon Desert  Tanker A group in San Antonio called the Dinner Garden gets some of its funding from Exxon Mobil. Is this generosity?

If Exxon Mobil is doing this to support urban gardens in San Antonio (and elsewhere) for the sake of people's health, I'll eat my sombrero and cowboy hat. Exxon Mobil is, in fact, involved not only in genetic engineering but in its most extreme form yet - synthetic biology.

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Salem-News.com (Dec-08-2011 03:21:00)

Time for a BC Pesticide Ban

BCers want a ban that does not affect public health protection or the forestry and agriculture industries.

(KAMLOOPS, B.C.) - Cosmetic pesticide ban Many today are involved in the effort to see a BC cosmetic pesticide ban on the sale and use of unnecessary toxic products that are used on lawns, playgrounds, sport fields, golf courses and gardens. I am a Kamloops Mom who wants all BCers, our pets and the environment to be protected from harmful pesticide exposure.

The Campbell Government did nothing after last year’s on-line public consultation, even though 88% of respondents wanted a ban!

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Salem-News.com (Dec-08-2011 01:43:00)

The Avenue of Missing Women

Why isn't Ciudad Juarez disclosing the real numbers of Murdered women and girls?

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Bodies in a Mexico morgue Ciudad Juarez teacher Norma Andrade was released from the hospital this week after being shot and wounded in a December 2 incident outside her home.

A decade ago, Andrade became an outspoken activist after her 17-year-old daughter, Lilia Alejandra Garcia, was kidnapped, tortured and brutally murdered. Along with others, she founded Nuestras Hijas de Regreso a Casa, a group that protested the disappearance and killing of young women in a troubled border city.

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Salem-News.com (Dec-08-2011 00:59:00)

Helicopter Tour Flight Near Las Vegas Crashes: Five Dead

At this point, there is no known cause for the crash and few details.

(SALEM) - Salem-News.com A helicopter pilot and five passengers were killed in a crash out of Las Vegas Wednesday around 5:00 p.m. Andrew Munoz with the National Park Service, says the aircraft was operated by Sundance Helicopters. It crashed about four miles west of the edge of Lake Mead, in the River Mountains.

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Salem-News.com (Dec-07-2011 22:10:00)

Agent Orange (Dioxin) Second Generation: Effects on children of Vietnam Veterans

The children of Vietnam Veterans are the innocent victims of Agent Orange Dioxin.

(MEDIA, Pa.) - Agent Orange being sprayed in Vietnam. Some Vietnam veterans who have had or now has diseases brought on by Presumptive Exposure to Agent Orange Dioxin are not alone. Many children of Vietnam Veterans conceived during and after the War are also infected by Agent Orange Dioxin. This is the second generation. Will there be a third generation?

Some members of the Armed Forces are recognized by the Veterans Administration (VA).

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Salem-News.com (Dec-07-2011 22:05:00)

Julian Assange & Bradley Manning`s Defense Fund

The US response to Assange's release of secret documents was to prohibit banks and PayPal transfer funds; now there is a way to help.

(EUGENE) - Manning and Assange You might recall that when Daniel Ellsberg released the Pentagon Papers to the press, no one in the press was prosecuted for releasing the information.

When Bush's chief advisor, Karl Rove and Cheney's chief advisor, Scooter Libby, outed an undercover agent by talking to the press, which resulted in the deaths of a dozen of her secret contacts, destroyed her career, and made her a death target for life, Bush waved his wand and it was all okay.

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Salem-News.com (Dec-07-2011 18:52:00)

Oregon Bikers Go Wild to Help Kids Enjoy Christmas

Bikers make a lot of noise when it comes to making kids happy.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Christmas gift Bikers from all around the Willamette Valley are joining together this weekend in an effort to create a wonderful Christmas for some needy kids.

For the second year in a row, Salem's "Bikers Gone Wild" Toy Run will collect and distribute gifts to kids of all ages living at Salem's Oxford houses, as well as to the SOS Club, and the Salem Hospital Pediatric Wing.

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Salem-News.com (Dec-07-2011 18:51:00)

The Bankers Accidentally Just Gave a Huge Gift to the Country

U.S. Government gets Kickbacks on ....Vaccine[s] and other Drugs; then passes laws to Prevent Lawsuits from the public.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Baby and vaccine To understand the gift relates to the Bankers whom the country distrusts (to put it mildly), one need only understand the Bankers are the pharmaceutical industry.

The Bankers (synonymous with the vaccine manufacturers) influence the CDC (which has a questionable history) and HHS (whom Sibelius now heads) have come up with a way to turn religious institutions into unpaid agents to sell their latest biggest investment - vaccines.

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Salem-News.com (Dec-07-2011 17:55:00)

`This is Apartheid` Poster Contest

All posters should include the phrase Endisraeliapartheid.com in a prominent location.

(WEST BANK, Occupied Palestine) - It is Apartheid Art has always been an important part of liberation struggles. It can inspire and convey concepts beyond words. www.itisapartheid.org and its primary partner, Lajee Center, are sponsoring a competition for artists and graphic designers who are invited to submit posters on the theme of “Israeli Apartheid.”

These posters should reflect the nature, realities, and/or consequences of apartheid policies in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. Posters will be judged by a panel of distinguished activists and artists.

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Salem-News.com (Dec-07-2011 15:57:00)

The Apocalyptic Rabbi

We are dealing here with a deranged ideology and a very problematic collective identity- their ideas, politics and actions may as well be a grave and immediate danger to world peace.

(LONDON) - Rabbi Amnon Levy In the following video, popular Jewish preacher Rabbi Amnon Levy, warns world Jewry about the forthcoming apocalyptic war (Gog and Magog). You can hear all the necessary ingredients: The ‘Arabs want to throw us to the sea’ (0:47), Antisemitism will rise and Jews will be chased wherever they are.

Diaspora Jews, according to Levy, better move to Israel immediately because Jews will be blamed for this colossal war.

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