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It’s a family affair

Posted on July 6, 2012 by kwc

The Economist IN RECENT years China’s leaders have become increasingly concerned that the public’s awareness of the growing wealth gap could lead to social instability. In Beijing, displays of gratuitous overcompensation are a daily reminder that some people, in keeping … Continue reading →

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Award for Singer ‘madness’

Posted on June 12, 2012 by kwc

Christian Kerr The Australian HE award of the nation’s highest honour to philosopher, bioethicist and activist Peter Singer has prompted outrage, with Nationals Senate leader Barnaby Joyce calling it “madness” and a Christian group slamming his ideas as “really, really … Continue reading →

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10,000 Crazy Vaccines!

Posted on April 27, 2012 by kwc

Sandy Lunoe Vactruth.com There was a storm of amazement and disbelief when Dr. Paul Offit, vaccine industry insider and perhaps the most widely stated defender of vaccine safety, made the outrageous statement that each infant would have the theoretical capacity to … Continue reading →

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Parents can have a duty to use IVF, say bioethicists

Posted on April 14, 2012 by kwc

Michael Cook BioEdge When two Italian-Australian utilitarian bioethicists declared in the Journal of Medical Ethics that infanticide (or after-birth abortions) were morally permissible, they lit the fuse on a world-wide storm of condemnation. Yet another controversial utilitarian proposal has popped … Continue reading →

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DNA Hackers: Synthetic biology weaponized virus, zero-day exploit to infect your brain?

Posted on April 8, 2012 by kwc

Darlene Storm Computer World From the let’s get futuristically freaky department, future hacking crimes could take a decidedly sinister twist; not hacking to breach systems but brains, bodies and behaviors. This DNA hacking goes way beyond potentially using police bees … Continue reading →

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H. G. Wells: The Open Conspiracy (selected passages – 1933)

Posted on March 23, 2012 by kwc

Panarchy.org Note H. G. Wells launched the idea of an Open Conspiracy in a booklet in 1928 and then, in a more extended text, in 1933. Here we offer some extracts from the various chapters of the later work. The … Continue reading →

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Panorama – Poor America (BBC, 2012)

Posted on February 15, 2012 by kwc

BBC Youtube With one and a half million American children now homeless, reporter Hilary Andersson meets the school pupils who go hungry in the richest country on Earth. From those living in the storm drains under Las Vegas to the … Continue reading →

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Dangers of Feminine Hygiene Products that Every Woman Needs to Know

Posted on January 24, 2012 by kwc

Source: Mercola Many women have heard of toxic shock syndrome (TSS), a rare bacterial infection that can lead to a potentially fatal drop in blood pressure (shock) and organ damage, and most associate it with the use of tampons — … Continue reading →

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‘Anthrax isn’t scary at all compared to this’: Man-made flu virus with potential to wipe out many millions if it ever escaped is created in research lab

Posted on November 28, 2011 by kwc

Source: Daily Mail A group of scientists is pushing to publish research about how they created a man-made flu virus that could potentially wipe out civilisation. The deadly virus is a genetically tweaked version of the H5N1 bird flu strain, … Continue reading →

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Gore’s 24 Hours of Fantasy About To Begin

Posted on September 14, 2011 by kwc

Source: Pajamas Media Unfortunately for Al Gore, but fortunately for the rest of us, much of what we will hear in his 24 Hours of Reality extravaganza starting Wednesday evening is pure fantasy. Gore is completely wrong when he tells … Continue reading →