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Biolabs Multiplying Like Rabbits: A Clear and Present Danger

Barton Kunstler, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Ebola, Level-4 BioSafety Lab, Plum Island, Bioterrorism, Public Health, Boston Biolab, Anthrax, Deadly Germs, Pathogens, Foot and Mouth Disease, Vaccines, General Accounting Office, Bio Labs, Toxins, Marburg, Politics News
Barton Kunstler, Ph.D.

The dangers posed by biolabs often fly under the radar, but that may be changing. The public would do well to question the knee-jerk "security at all costs" policy of the federal government.

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Anthrax Scare: Suspicious Powder Sent To French, Austrian, Uzbekistan Consulates

AP | Posted 11.10.2009 | New York

Read More: Foreign Consulates, Austrian Consulate, Anthrax Scare, Nypd, French Consulate, Anthrax, Uzbekistan Consulate, Suspicious Powder, Al Qaeda, New York News

NEW YORK — Envelopes containing suspicious powder were sent to three foreign consulates in Manhattan on Monday, but initial tests suggested the ...

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Senate Shuts Down: Letter To Reid On Health Care From Former Surgeon General Causes Security Scare

AP | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

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Something You Should Know About Profits, Vaccines and Tort Reform

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 10.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Fast-Trak, Monoclonal Antibodies, Gulf War, Elusys, Tort Reform, Fda, Swine Flu, Mederex Soldiers, Texas, Tamiflu, Anthrax, Sudovar, Sibelius, John Deutschhuman Testing, Relenza, Vaccines, Business News
Vivian Norris de Montaigu

More research needs to be done on the companies supplying the vaccines for the troops. They and their well-connected investors are subsidized by the government, which supplies troops for human testing.

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A Level-4 Biolab Grows in Boston: Pathogens Welcome

Barton Kunstler, Ph.D. | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Atmosphere of Fear, Ebola, Level-4 BioSafety Lab, Bubonic Plague, Boston, Anthrax, Bio-Weapons, Pandemics, Pathogens, Boston University, Biological Research, Military, National Institute of Health, National Research Council, Disease, Bacteria, Viruses, Military-Industrial Complex, Smallpox, Biolab, Politics News
Barton Kunstler, Ph.D.

We are in the grips of a military-industrial complex for whom projects such as the Boston Biolab are as much meat and potatoes as any multi-billion dollar weapon system, no matter how dubious the need.

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Zimbabwe's Poor Healthcare System Causing Humanitarian Crisis

NYCity News Service | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

Read More: Zimbabwe Healthcare, Cholera Outbreak, Morgan Tsvangarai Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe, Foreign Affairs, Cholera Zimbabwe, Malnutrition, Hiv, Anthrax, Tuberculosis, Zimbabwe Cholera, Zimbabwe Cholera Outbreak, HIV/AIDS, Morgan Tsvangarai, Cholera Epidemic, Humanitarian Crisis, Physicians for Human Rights, Cholera, HIV/AIDS Africa, Robert Mugabe, Health Care, Aids Zimbabwe, Advocacy, Healthcare Zimbabwe, Rhodesia, World News
NYCity News Service

The collapse of Zimbabwe's health system has created a humanitarian crisis where people are already suffering from a crippling hyperinflation and severe food, fuel and currency shortages.

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10 Lessons from Anvil!, the Greatest Heavy Metal Band You've Never Heard Of

Ariston Anderson | Posted 05.07.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Heavy Metal, Coldplay, Fleetwood Mac, Robb Reiner, Sacha Gervasi, Neil Young, Metallica, Music, Glastonbury Music Festival, Bruce Springsteen, Bush, Slayer, Bon Jovi, Lips, Anvil, Anthrax, Scorpions, Guns N' Roses, Whitesnake, Entertainment News
Ariston Anderson

Who would have thought the feel good movie of the year stars fifty-year old heavy metal has-beens?

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I Don't Care About AIG's Bonuses

Brad Friedman | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Diebold, Bailout, Hava, Economy, AIG Bailout, Media Criticism, Aig, Media, Anthrax, Iraq, Iraq War Funding, Osama Bin Laden, Politics News
Brad Friedman

Where is all the furor over the $12 billion sent over to Iraq as pallets of cash, which then simply disappeared into that trillion dollar rat hole without accounting or explanation?

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How Obama Can Further U.S.-Iran Relations

Eric Margolis | Posted 03.26.2009 | World

Read More: Baghdad Bombing, Russia, Islam, Obama Iran, Central Intelligence Agency, War With Iran, Washington DC, Iran, Bush Iran, Anthrax, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, British, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Iraq War, Gordon Brown, London, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Oil Price, Iranian Women, Ayatollah-Khomeini, Poland, Persia, Oil, Baghdad, Iranian Oil, Hillary Clinton Iran, Iraq, Ahmad Shah Massoud, Iran Nuclear Program, Soviet Union, World News
Eric Margolis

President Barack Obama, who says he wants to open serious talks with Iran and establish better relations will have his work cut out for him. His first step is to read Iran's modern history.

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How To Fell the News Media

Libby Mitchell | Posted 01.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Food, Media, Newsrooms, Christmas, Office Food, Al-Qaeda, News Organizations, Humor, Terrorism, News Media, Free Food, Anthrax, Living News
Libby Mitchell

There is a secret weapon that could be utilized to bring down every news organization in the world. Brilliant in simplicity, relatively easy to make, ...

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Tom Daschle: Friend to Many Autism Families

David Kirby | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Autism Thimerosal, Tom Daschle, Obama, Autism, Thimerosal, Hhs, Anthrax, Barack Obama, Vaccines, Tom Daschle Hhs, Tom Daschle Autism, Tom Daschle Vaccines, Tom Daschle Health and Human Services, Politics News
David Kirby

Senator Daschle is not anti-vaccine, but his record shows his willingness to question -- and even oppose -- vaccine makers and big pharmaceutical interests when it comes to protecting the rights of American medical consumers.

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FBI: Anthrax Hoaxes From California Man Still In Mail

AP | JASON DEAREN | Posted 11.29.2008 | Media

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SAN FRANCISCO — A California man suspected of mailing more than 120 hoax anthrax letters to media outlets was interviewed previously by the FBI ...

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New York Times Receives Envelope With "White Granular Substance"

AP | COLLEEN LONG | Posted 11.22.2008 | Media

Read More: New York Times, Anthrax Scare, Anthrax, New York Times Anthrax, Media News

NEW YORK — An employee of The New York Times opened a letter Wednesday containing a white powder that officials later said was harmless. The di...

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10 Chase Banks Hit With Letter Threats, Some With White Powder

Reuters | Keith Coffman | Posted 11.21.2008 | Business

Read More: JP Morgan Chase, JP Morgan, Terrorism, White Powder, Letter Threats, Banks, Personal Finance, JP Morgan Chase Threats, Anthrax, Business News

DENVER, Oct 20 (Reuters) - Ten branches of Chase (JPM.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) bank in Colorado and Oklahoma received threatening let...

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American People Tired Of Being Hoodwinked

R.W. Sanders | Posted 10.27.2008 | Home

Read More: Wag the Dog, Economy, Economic Crisis, George W. Bush, Anthrax, Democrats, War on Terror, Politics, Bush Administration, Bailout, Barack Obama, Karl Rove, Iraq War, Dick Cheney, John McCain, Republicans, Home News
R.W. Sanders

What Bush, McCain and all too many in government fail to realize is that there exists a very large groundswell among us common folk. And they would be wise to pay more attention.

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Jason Linkins

Wall Street/Iraq War Mashup

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Colin Powell, Bailout, Iraq War, Paulson Bailout, Financial Crisis, Anthrax, Politics News

Surprisingly little separates what's happening to the financial market and what happened during the run-up to the Iraq War, many years ago. Both are ...

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Friday Night's Debate: How Obama Can Deliver the KO

Matt Littman | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Teddy Roosevelt, Ronald Reagan, Pakistan, Palin, Cheney, Gorbachev, Obama, Mccain, Iraq, Rumsfeld, Anthrax, Statue of Liberty, Nixon, David Letterman, Obama Mccain First Debate, Debate, Obama-Mccain, Obama Mccain Debate, Presidential Debates, Barack Obama, Barack Obama John Mccain Debate, Politics News
Matt Littman

I believe foreign policy is McCain's weak spot, one that has not been exploited, but one that I believe Obama will pounce on on Friday night.

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Leahy: Anthrax Suspect Did Not Act Alone

AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 10.19.2008 | Home

Read More: Anthrax, Anthrax Scientist, Pat Leahy, Bruce Ivins, Home News

WASHINGTON — The chairman of the of Senate Judiciary Committee said Wednesday he does not believe that Dr. Bruce Ivins acted alone in the deadly...

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Scientist Whose Anthrax Analysis Was Used To Link Spores To Iraq Had No Background In Bacteria

LA Times | David Willman | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Saddam Hussein, Anthrax Scientist, Anthrax, Iraq, Anthrax Investigation, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- An acclaimed government scientist who assisted the federal investigation of the 2001 anthrax mailings said Tuesday that he erred seven y...

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The Anthrax Perpetrator and the Arkansas Shooter Were Taking Antidepressants

Dr. Peter Breggin | Posted 08.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Psychiatry, Murder, Tim Johnson, Anthrax, Antidepressants, Terrorism, Drug Side Effects, Bruce Ivins, Peter Breggin, Psychiatric Drugs, Medication Madness, Prozac, Ssris, Celexa, Politics News
Dr. Peter Breggin

It was recently disclosed that two murderers, one extremely notorious, were probably taking antidepressants at the time of their crimes, but hardly an...

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The Passengers Gossip as the Ship Sinks: An Open Letter

Larisa Alexandrovna | Posted 09.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: White House, High Crimes, GOP Talking Points, Karl Rove, Anthrax, Family Values, John Edwards, Iraq War, Iran War Propaganda, Ethics, Corruption, Gutter Journalism, Dick Cheney, Politics News
Larisa Alexandrovna

A nation sinking cannot afford to play gotcha with something as unimportant as a vanilla sexual affair of a man not in any office of power and whose reputation is otherwise entirely solid.

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Is Karl Rove the Anthrax Killer?

RJ Eskow | Posted 09.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Karl Rove, Anthrax, Anthrax Killer, Fbi, Bruce Ivins, David Gregory, Politics News
RJ Eskow

The atmosphere of terror that these attacks helped build allowed Rove to temporarily win the political dominance he'd always craved.

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Terror from the Inside

Robert Scheer | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Robert Scheer, Wmd, Ivins, Truthdig, Terrorism, Bioterrorism, Amerithrax, Weapon, Fbi, Pornography of Power, Anthrax, Sorority, Politics News
Robert Scheer

Our "reason" for developing an arsenal of biological weapons is that the US needs to learn how to prevent attacks from deranged outsiders. Now we have another reminder that the enemy may be us.

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Three Questions For ABC News About Its Anthrax Reporting

Jay Rosen | Posted 08.11.2008 | Home

Read More: Anthrax, ABC News, Press, Brian Ross, Confidential Sources, Glenn Greenwald, Home News
Jay Rosen

ABC News was probably duped on a story of huge importance, putting Iraqi fingerprints on anthrax attacks that actually came from the U.S at a time when the case for war was beginning to get traction.

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Anthrax Scientist's Therapist Was "Scared To Death" Of Him, Says Scientist Tried To Poison People

AP | DAVID DISHNEAU and LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 08.11.2008 | Home

Read More: Anthrax, Anthrax Scientist, Bruce E Ivins, Anthrax Scientist Therapist, Anthrax Scientist Suicide, Anthrax Scientist Poisoned Co-Workers, Home News

FREDERICK, Md. — Bruce E. Ivins, the late microbiologist suspected in the 2001 anthrax attacks, had attempted to poison people and his therapist...

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