Yoda: Study Shows 83% of Web Content Unfit for Human Consumption

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Study: 83% Of Web Content Unfit For Human Consumption

Warning about the dangers of prolonged exposure to toxic text, graphics, and videos, a study released Thursday by the University of Florida found that 83 percent of web content is wholly unfit for human consumption. “Our data showed that the vast majority of online material proved to be fetid, noxious, or otherwise detrimental to an individual’s well-being,”

Eagle: Charles Hugh Smith — Who Controls US Senate Does Not Matter….

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300 Million Talons…

If You Really Think It Matters Which Party Controls the Senate, Answer These Questions

EIGHT QUESTIONS ONLY:

1. Will U.S. foreign policy in the Mideast change from being an incoherent pastiche of endless war and Imperial meddling?

2. Will basic civil liberties be returned to the citizenry?

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SchwartzReport: Food Issues on the Ballot — Public Loses Every Time!

01 Agriculture, 03 Economy, 07 Health, 09 Justice, 11 Society, Commerce, Corruption, Government
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Stephan A. Schwartz
Stephan A. Schwartz

This was an election that had a significantly large number of food and food safety issues on various state ballots. The election was rarely discussed from this perspective so I thought it might be useful to consider what just happened.

From GMOs to Soda Taxes, Here's What the Election Means for Your Fridge

SchwartzReport: Asking the Rich for 1.5 Percent

03 Economy, 04 Education, 09 Justice, 11 Society
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Stephan A. Schwartz
Stephan A. Schwartz

I am continually struck by the social damage done to the human societies of the Earth because of the abounding grotesque economic inequities. Just look at the United States: There are numerous CEOs making more in an hour than a skilled craftsman whose work may become historically significant can make in a lifetime. And particularly I do not understand why it is not generally understood that seeing that children are fed and educated will change things for the better for everyone.

Every Kid on Earth Could Go to School If the World's 1,646 Richest People Gave 1.5 Percent

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Chuck Spinney: Al Jazeera on Israel Atrocity Against USS Liberty — YouTube, Article, Commentary — REMEMBER THE USS LIBERTY!

04 Inter-State Conflict, 07 Other Atrocities, 08 Wild Cards, Corruption, Government, Military, Officers Call
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Chuck Spinney
Chuck Spinney

Al Jazeera America has produced a damning TV documentary on Israel's deliberate and unprovoked attack on the U.S.N.S. Liberty, a WWII Navy liberty ship that had been converted into electronics snooper to support the NSA by listening in on other nation's electronic transmissions.  The attack occurred in international waters, in clear weather, at 2PM on 8 June 1967, the fourth day of Israel's six day war, just prior to the Israeli shift of its main effort to the northern front in Syria (which resulted in Israel's capture of the Golan Heights, a move President Johnson had urged the Israelis not to make).  

The story of this attack, its cover up, and the sellout of the American crew members by the U.S. politicians and the U.S. Navy is one of the most disgusting in the annuals of American military history.  

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