Category: News

How Lead Got Into the Flint Michigan Water Supply

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow reports on the poisoning of Flint, Michigan residents when their water supply was switched, and shows explicitly how responsibility for the tragedy falls to Governor Rick Snyder and his radical, anti-democratic policies. Flint toxic water tragedy points directly to Michigan Gov. Snyder Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, a pediatrician with Hurley Children’s Hospital …

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Six In The Morning Monday December 21

China landslide: Rescuers search for 91 people still missing Hundreds of rescue workers are looking for survivors after a landslide hit 33 buildings in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen. Seven people were pulled from the rubble with minor injuries but 91 are still missing. About 900 were evacuated as the landslide struck on Sunday. …

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The Breakfast Club (Battle Hymn)

Welcome to The Breakfast Club! We’re a disorganized group of rebel lefties who hang out and chat if and when we’re not too hungover we’ve been bailed out we’re not too exhausted from last night’s (CENSORED) the caffeine kicks in. Join us every weekday morning at 9am (ET) and weekend morning at 10:30am (ET) to …

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Six In The Morning Sunday December 20

Strike kills former Israeli prisoner Kantar in Syria Samir Kantar, a prominent Hezbollah member, killed in what group says was Israeli air strike in Damascus. 20 Dec 2015 08:01 GMT | War & Conflict, Middle East, Syria A high-profile member of the Lebanese Shia movement Hezbollah, who had spent years in Israeli prisons, has been …

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Silicon Valley on Drugs

Never mind marijuana use in the technology industry, the new business “trip” is to drop a tab of LSD. Andrew Leonard of RollingStone Magazine explains: Let’s call him “Ken.” Ken is 25, has a master’s degree from Stanford and works for a tech startup in San Francisco, doing a little bit of everything: hardware and …

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Health and Fitness News

Welcome to the Stars Hollow Gazette‘s Health and Fitness News weekly diary. It will publish on Saturday afternoon and be open for discussion about health related issues including diet, exercise, health and health care issues, as well as, tips on what you can do when there is a medical emergency. Also an opportunity to share …

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SIx In The Morning Saturday December 19

Syria war: US welcomes ‘milestone’ as UN endorses peace plan A UN plan for Syria is a “milestone” in the efforts to end the conflict there, says US Secretary of State John Kerry. He said the plan gave Syrians a “real choice… between war and peace”. The resolution, passed unanimously by the UN Security Council, …

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Pharma Boy Meets Kharma

The price gouging pharmaceutical CEO Martin Shkreli had the smirk wiped from his face today when he was arrested by the FBI for securities fraud. The investigation, in which Mr. Shkreli has been charged with securities fraud, is related to his time as a hedge fund manager and running the biopharmaceutical company Retrophin — not …

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Six In The Morning Friday December 18

China smog: Beijing issues second ever pollution red alert Beijing has issued a second pollution red alert, little more than a week after the first ever such warning. The Chinese capital will see hazardous smog from Saturday until Tuesday, the Beijing Meteorological Service said. Nationwide, a vast area from Xian in central China to Harbin …

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Six In The Morning Thursday December 17

Extinguishing the flames of the Arab Spring Residents of Tunisia’s Sidi Bouzid, the city that ignited the 2011 uprisings, say the revolution has failed them. Ahmed El Amraoui | 17 Dec 2015 06:29 GMT | Politics, Middle East, Tunisia, Arab Spring Tunis – Five years ago today, Mohamed Bouazizi, a 26-year-old street vendor, set himself on …

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It Rained Debris: Remembering 55 Years Ago

I wrote this article five years ago. Today is the 55th anniversary of this plane crash. Time has not dulled the memory of that day I was on my way to class at my high school, shortly after 10 AM. It was a cold, nasty NYC day and was snowing lightly. I was at Clawson …

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Climate Change Accord: Wrong Track?

While world leaders pat themselves on the back for approving, what is being called, a historic climate agreement, some climate scientists and activists believe it fall far short of what is needed to stop global warming. It’s astonishing how matter-of-fact most of the world is about paragraphs like this one https://t.co/mB1c7X35nP pic.twitter.com/vjDj10pRuS – Glenn Greenwald …

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