Posts Tagged ‘ politics ’

Norway and US Need To Talk Fish

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There is a sudden boom in Scottish salmon exports to China. Two Chinese pandas have arrived at Edinburgh zoo without cost to Scots. What’s going on? According to the Norwegian Seafood Export Council (NSEC), exports of the country’s salmon and trout to China, excluding Hong Kong, fell 52 percent during the four first months of 2011 from the same period last year. The result has been a collapse in sales of salmon to China, and the sight and smell of North Sea fish rotting in Chinese warehouses. The Norwegian Foreign Office said sales of fresh salmon have collapsed 61.8...

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More Americans Using Federal Food Assistance Now

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The number of Americans turning to the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps, has substantially increased since the recession began and has continued to climb as many Americans have struggled with the economic hardships of the post-recession, weak economy, according to researchers from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire. “In the context of high poverty and unemployment, SNAP is one of the most responsive federal programs, providing immediate benefits and helping millions of families to put food on the table,” said Jessica Bean, vulnerable families research associate at the Carsey Institute. The...

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Discovery: Frederick Douglass Lock of Hair

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Historians and archivists at Mississippi State are announcing the discovery of what they believe to be a historic treasure: a hair lock from the 19th century’s best known African American social reformer. The artifact was found among items in the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Collection, which is housed at the university’s Mitchell Memorial Library. While carefully combing through notes made by a Grant biographer more than 60 years ago, the researchers recently came upon a folder regarding abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass, an icon of Civil War-era and Reconstruction history. Also an orator, writer and statesman, Douglass (1818-95) lived during...

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United Steelworkers :: Now is Our Time

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“I’d rather fight to my last breath than let the fate of my children and grandchildren be dictated by billionaires on Bay Street and Wall Street.” – USW International President Leo W. Gerard, 2011 Convention Opening Speech, Aug. 15, 2011.Dear Sisters and Brothers, Every generation has its moment, its moment to stand up and fight for a better world and brighter tomorrow. Now is our time. As United Steelworkers International President Leo W. Gerard said to open our Constitutional Convention: “We can only win the future if we’re willing to fight for it!” Our union’s fighting spirit has been...

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Legit Reasons Not To Vote for Bachmann

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These are not reasons based on political parties or her actual platform. These are a few of the things that Michelle Bachmann has a very high creep factor for a US Presidential Candidate. A Legit Reason: Her husband isn’t running for election, nor qualified to be President of the United States. Michelle Bachmann has explained that she studied tax law because husband Marcus Bachmann directed her to do so. “The Lord says: be submissive, wives; you are to be submissive to your husband,” Bachmann has said. Bachmann’s scriptual obedience to her husband makes her unfit to be president. She...

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