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35 Inconvenient Truths: The errors in Al Gore's movie

scienceandpublicpolicy.org

by Christopher Monckton of Brenchley

October 18, 2007

A spokesman for Al Gore has issued a questionable response to the news that in October 2007 the High Court in London had identified nine "errors" in his movie An Inconvenient Truth.

The judge had stated that, if the UK Government had not agreed to send to every secondary school in England a corrected guidance note making clear the mainstream scientific position on these nine "errors", he would have made a finding that the Government's distribution of the film and the first draft of the guidance note earlier in 2007 to all English secondary schools had been an unlawful contravention of an Act of Parliament prohibiting the political indoctrination of children.

Treachery and Tragedy

News With Views

by Devvy Kidd

October 8, 2007

Remember when the FDA said VIOXX was safe? It's not, many died, thousands had strokes (my brother included); this "safe" drug was pulled and lawsuits burned up the Xerox machines.

Treachery is defined as: violation of faith; betrayal of trust. That's exactly what's been happening in this country for decades: treachery by career politicians whose favors have been bought by the big pharmaceutical companies who have betrayed the trust of those they claim to want to help, when in dozens of cases they knew their product was dangerous, but pushed for passage by the FDA for mega billions.

Thousands of PG&E customers stand to get refunds for billing violations

San Francisco Chronicle (CA)

by David R. Baker

September 21, 2007

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. must refund $35 million to customers who received long-overdue or estimated bills in violation of state rules, California regulators decided Thursday.

The refunds will go to some 230,000 PG&E customers, who will receive the money early next year. The refunds, ordered by the California Public Utilities Commission, will appear as a credit on monthly electricity and gas bills.

Soy - The Untold Story - Genetically Modified Foods, The Silent Killer

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by Ben Eastaugh and Chris Sternal-Johnson.

September 16, 2007

The true story of Soy has not been told. The many serious health hazards from consuming soy have not been told.

The consumer has not been made aware of the dangers, in order for them to make an educated decision on whether or not to consume soy. You have the right to know, and I'm going to tell you. The Health Risks Of Soy Includes But Not Limited To...

Fallacies about Global Warming

scienceandpublicpolicy.org

by John McLean

September 6, 2007

This paper explains the eight most common fallacies that underpin public discussion of the hypothesis that dangerous global warming is caused by human greenhouse gas emissions.

It is widely alleged that the science of global warming is "settled". This implies that all the major scientific aspects of climate change are well understood and uncontroversial, and that scientists are now just mopping up unimportant details. The allegation is profoundly untrue: for example the US alone is said to be spending more than $4 billion annually on climate research, which is a lot to pay for detailing; and great uncertainty and argument surround many of the principles of climate change, and especially the magnitude of any human causation for warming. Worse still, not only is the science not "settled", but its discussion in the public domain is contaminated by many fallacies, which leads directly to the great public confusion that is observed.

Fighting to Keep Organic Foods Pure

Time

by Steven Gray

August 30, 2007

Once the province of epicures and health nuts, organic food has gone mass market. Americans spent some $16.7 billion on organic food last year, up from $13.8 billion in 2005 - and sales are expected to rise by 20% this year.

But some aspects of organic's growing popularity trouble advocates like Mark Kastel, 52, from Rockton, Wis., who is now driving one of the food industry's biggest debates: does organic food's industrialization threaten its purity?

What does Fed pumps $68 billion into banking system' actually mean?

News With Views

by Devvy Kidd

August 13, 2007

Last week saw a bucking bronco ride in the stock market. The American people read headlines such as: Fed vows, then pumps massive funds to calm markets and Fed's $38 billion helps markets.

I have written many columns the past several years warning of the coming financial tsunami. Far too many people scoffed at all the warnings, continued to rack up massive debt and pursued the American dream of owning their own home when their financial portfolio and credit history simply could not float the big boat they were taking out into the ocean.

Check playrooms: Preschool toys may contain lead

Tennessean

by Heather Burke

August 3, 2007

Mattel Inc., the world's largest toymaker, is recalling 1.5 million products around the world including Chinese-made Sesame Street and Dora the Explorer toys because they may contain "excessive levels" of lead.

Elmo's Guitar, Ernie Splashin' Fun Trike and 81 other types of 967,000 Fisher-Price-branded preschool toys sold in U.S. stores since May are included in the recall, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said yesterday.

Judge rebuffs Kane, Garfield claims on Grand Staircase-Escalante roads

Salt Lake Tribune (UT)

by Patty Henetz

July 3, 2007

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit over land use in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument...

ruling Kane and Garfield counties can neither can claim ownership of roads that crisscross the monument's 1.8 million acres nor expect the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to do so for them.

Paying taxes more complicated than ever

The Times-Gazette

by Jim Abrams

April 19, 2007

The deadline has arrived, and people across the country are finishing up an estimated 3.18 billion hours figuring out and filing their tax returns. That's 24.2 hours per taxpayer.

'This spring you have people spending more on tax preparation than our government is spending on higher education,' said Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., who is sponsoring a tax simplification bill with a one-page 1040 form for most taxpayers. 'It shouldn't have to be bureaucratic water torture to fill out all these forms.'

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