Sunstein: Americans too racist for socialism

Oct 08, 2009 - Defends communism, welfare state but says 'white majority' oppose programs aiding blacks, Hispanics   By Aaron Klein October 07, 2009 WorldNetDaily   JERUSALEM – The U.S. should move in the direction of socialism but the country's "white majority" opposes welfare since such programs largely would benefit minorities, especially blacks and Hispanics, argued President Obama's newly confirmed regulatory czar, Cass Sunstein.   "The absence of a European-style social welfare state is certainly connected with the widespread perception among the white majority that the relevant programs would disproportionately benefit African Americans (and more recently Hispanics)," wrote Sunstein. - 2 Comments

Pet bear kills owner

Oct 05, 2009 - For nine years, Kelly Ann Walz kept the black bear she called "Teddy" as a pet, raising it from cubhood at her hilltop menagerie where she also cared for a mountain lion and tiger. On Sunday night, she went into Teddy's 15-by-15-foot steel and concrete cage, throwing a shovelful of dog food to one side to distract the bear while she cleaned the other side. "She's done it 1,000 times," said her friend and neighbor, Scott Castone. - 12 Comments

Antidepressant use doubles in US, study finds

Aug 04, 2009 - Use of antidepressant drugs in the United States doubled between 1996 and 2005, probably because of a mix of factors, researchers reported on Monday. About 6 percent of people were prescribed an antidepressant in 1996 -- 13 million people. This rose to more than 10 percent or 27 million people by 2005, the researchers found. - 6 Comments

Lack of Vitamin D in Children 'Shocking'

Aug 03, 2009 - About 70 percent of U.S. children have low levels of vitamin D, which puts them at higher risk for bone and heart disease, researchers said today. "We expected the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency would be high, but the magnitude of the problem nationwide was shocking," said Dr. - 34 Comments

Crops under stress as temperatures fall

Jun 14, 2009 - Crops under stress as temperatures fall . By Christopher Booker (UK Telegraph Waterworld: Floodwater surrounding a farm near Fargo, North Dakota, in March 2009 Photo: Reuters For the second time in little over a year, it looks as though the world may be heading for a serious food crisis, thanks to our old friend "climate change". In many parts of the world recently the weather has not been too brilliant for farmers. - 9 Comments

Revenge of the Aristocrats (Eco-hypocrisy)

Apr 28, 2009 - PUBLIC POST * IMO this is additional, and clearer (due to the aristocratic connections), evidence that eco-fascism is one more tool in the hands of the privileged to keep the lower classes and developing countries from bettering their circumstances. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday, April 27, 2009 Revenge of the Aristocrats [Brendan O’Neill] Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne who is most famous for talking to plants, has signed a deal to make a movie and write a book about climate change. The project will be called “Harmony,” because, in Charles’s words, humankind must “rediscover that sense of harmony, that sense of being a part of, rather apart from, nature.” His film will educate the unruly masses — with their fast cars, fridges, and other planet-destroying luxuries — that human beings “have a sacred duty of stewardship of the natural order of things.” The thought of being lectured about living more meekly by a taxpayer-subsidized prince who has never done a proper day’s work in his life — and who is currently flying around Europe on a private jet with a master suite and plush bathroom that will spew a whopping 53 tons of CO2 into the atmosphere over the course of his five-day, $116,000 charter — is of course eye-swivellingly irritating. - 6 Comments

How Bad Was Bush for the World, Really? (Part 2)

Feb 15, 2009 - Bush leaves Obama a far more hopeful Africa and Middle East than he inherited from his predecessor. February 3, 2009 - by Nicholas Guariglia (Pajamas Media) Nicholas Guariglia is a polemic and essayist who writes on Islam and Middle Eastern geopolitics. He is a graduate of the John C. - 5 Comments