Sunday, September 05, 2004
Mickey Z. Radio Appearance
I’ll be on http://cfuv.uvic.ca/ (University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada: CFUV 101.9 FM 104.3 Cable) from 8:00 to 8:30 (EST) on Monday, September 6. Tune in and turn on.
Saturday, September 04, 2004
Feeling Clinton's Pain
McBypass Nation
Are you shocked? William Jefferson Clinton, poster boy for the American way of life (and death), has “significant blockages in three or four coronary arteries” and, as a result, will undergo triple or quadruple bypass surgery. Characterized by the New York Times as “a cigar smoker who has had a lifelong fondness for high-fat and fried foods and has often struggled with weight problems,” Clinton nonetheless blamed the problem in part on “genetics.”
To read the complete article, please click here:
http://www.counterpunch.com/mickey09042004.html
Another reason to go vegan
Traces of Toxic Chemicals Found in Supermarket Food, Study Says
(by Seth Borenstein, published on Thursday, September 2, 2004 by Knight Ridder)
WASHINGTON - A wide variety of food in American supermarkets is contaminated with tiny doses of toxic manmade chemical flame retardants, according to a new study of everyday groceries released Wednesday.
Samples of grocery stores’ fish, pork, duck, turkey, cheese, butter, milk, chicken, ice cream and eggs were tainted with polybrominated diphenyl ethers, known as PBDEs, according to a peer-reviewed article in the journal Environmental Science & Technology.
To read the complete article, click here:
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0902-23.htm