Nurses at a cash-strapped hospital trust are being forced to clean beds and scrub wards to make up for a lack of funding for full-time cleaners, it has been claimed By Hannah Furness 8:39AM BST 31 Jul 2012 From the… Read More ›
Control, Inhibiting Self Determination,
Pop Music All Sounds the Same Nowadays ” “a progressive homogenization of the musical discourse,”
By Natalie Wolchover | LiveScience.com – Fri, Jul 27, 2012 Your parents are officially correct. Nowadays, pop music all sounds pretty much the same. Researchers in Spain came to the conclusion after tracking the timbre, pitch and volume of… Read More ›
Oregon Man Sentenced to 30 Days in Jail — for Collecting Rainwater on His Property
By Kendra Alleyne July 26, 2012 (CNSNews.com) – A rural Oregon man was sentenced Wednesday to 30 days in jail and over $1,500 in fines because he had three reservoirs on his property to collect and use rainwater. Gary Harrington… Read More ›
Drug money funds voter fraud in Kentucky…. About $50/Vote Common Practice
By Eric Shawn Published July 25, 2012 FoxNews.com Voter fraud has a shocking new meaning in eastern Kentucky. That is where in some cases, major cocaine and marijuana dealers admitted to buying votes to steal elections, and the result… Read More ›
A pinch of opportunity makes deep inequality more palatable
A pinch of opportunity makes deep inequality more palatable Just a tiny hint of opportunity has a disproportionately powerful effect – making unfairness more acceptable to disadvantaged people, new research has found. A study by Eugenio Proto, an economist from… Read More ›
America, the Law-crazed –
* Ralphs Note – Outside stressors play a huge role on health. It is not about taking political sides, but what causes some people to live in constant low grade fear. Laws seem like they were originally intended to alleviate… Read More ›
People Aren’t Smart Enough for Democracy to Flourish, Scientists Say
By: Natalie Wolchover, Life’s Little Mysteries Staff Writer Date: 28 February 2012 Time: 12:35 PM ET The democratic process relies on the assumption that citizens (the majority of them, at least) can recognize the best political candidate, or best policy… Read More ›