Month: August 2005

Roberts Worked Pro Bono on Gay Rights Case

“Supreme Court nominee John Roberts worked behind the scenes for a coalition of gay-rights activists, and his legal expertise helped them persuade the Supreme Court to issue a landmark 1996 ruling protecting people against...

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What are mycoherbicides?

Simply put mycoherbicides are fungi that kill living things. They are being used as biological warfare agents in the drug war. Please check out mycoherbicide.info for more information. Izzy has done some great diaries on...

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Red Hot Jazz: for the Infidelpig

Today is the anniversary of Louis Armstrong’s birthday on 4 August 1901.  It would do us all a lot of good to pay attention to the great Americans that have preceded us. This is a link to his biography....

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Drug Warriors Take Aim at the Planet: Pt. 2

This is the second of two parts. Part one can be found here Yesterday I wrote about the U.S. government’s once-secret mycoherbicide program in which scientists are genetically altering fungi to kill certain plants....

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