Monthly Archives: October 2018

Speaking of Suppression: Gun Injuries to Children — first study ever

from the Associated Press: Guns send over 8,000 US kids to ER each year, analysis says By LINDSEY TANNER       —        29 October 2018 FILE – In this Jan. 26, 2013, file photo, handguns are … Continue reading

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The Cost of Chaos: Trump, Tillerson, Pompeo Now Have the State Department They Wanted

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Fracking May be Safe; Companies Fracking are Criminally Negligent

From the best regional journalists in the USA — High Country News. [A great article, written OK . . . . but the issue itself is really important . . . ] Energy & Industry When your neighborhood goes boom … Continue reading

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Chesapeake Bay Program version 1.0, 35 Years Ago

This is the Chesapeake Bay Program that was voluntary and did not work. Celebrating 35 Years of Restoration In 1983, a partnership was born with the signing of the first Chesapeake Bay Agreement The Chesapeake Bay Agreement is signed on … Continue reading

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Doctors Can’t Do Math

[Frankly, I’m getting a bit impatient with the number and variety of problems in the medical professions that seem to stem directly from the inability — even refusal — to address the self-generated errors that practitioners inflict on patients. At … Continue reading

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Seeming Failure to Curtail Fake News Twitter Sites Operating in 2016

We’ve posted this report in our Wake Me blog, but it also points to a core cybersecurity problem we all need to be aware of — via Seeming Failure to Curtail Fake News Sites Operating in 2016

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