Well, it looks like the über-religious, nutjob busybodies will not be happy until they are dictating the personal lives and controlling the bedrooms of every man and woman in America, gay or straight. They now want to make...
Read MoreThe trailer for Steven Spielberg’s new film Munich is now available online. The film chronicles the aftermath of the Black September massacre of 11 Israeli athletes, and the mounting emotional toll experienced by the...
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With the recent overhaul of the 1973 Endagered Species Act in the House of Representatives, the issue of protecting endangered species from extinction has become that much more important. Global extinction rates are on the rise, and by revoking many of the protections provided by the ESA, extinctions could skyrocket even further.
From the Animal Welfare Institute’s Endangered Species Handbook:
Crossposted at Daily Kos, European Tribune and My Left Wing
They say when it rains, it pours… except not in the Brazilian tropical rainforest. Today we get this piece from The Independent. (Pictures and captions from Greenpeace).
A small stream runs through what was once a huge lake. In an area used to ample rainfall a drought as severe as this in the Amazon basin is having dramatic and devastating effects on the wildlife and people of this unique region. The mighty Amazon River is being reduced to a trickle in places, grinding the entire region to a halt. The people of the Amazon rely on the river and its many tributaries for everything from food to transportation.
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Read MoreCrossposted at dKos and My Left Wing Un-fucking-believable… just when you thought the anti-gay fervor in this country, (championed by Neophyte-In-Chief George W. Scrub II and his Christio-Fascist Inquisitors), had reached...
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