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How Pharmaceutical Companies Sell Diseases

By Kristance Harlow | June 29, 2013 |
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What is Disease Mongering? Do you have a headache? Take some Ibuprofen. Stomach upset? Take a TUMS. Are you lactose intolerant? Eat dairy and just take a lactose pill. Have you been feeling down lately and watching a lot of TV because you feel sad? There’s a pill for that! A lot of money is…

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Child Exploitation – 3 Terrible Forms of Child Labor

By Kristance Harlow | June 27, 2013 |
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“There are more slaves today than were seized from Africa in four centuries of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.” Andrew Cockburn Children work all over the world in thousands of different industries many children are in servitude so they earn no income as they are often paying off debts for themselves or their family through their…

Yep, the justice system is officially flailing – Taser much?

By Kristance Harlow | April 30, 2010 |
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A teen who forgot to return a DVD to the library was arrested. There was actually a warrant out for his arrest and when he was pulled over for speeding the cops booked him (read the blogged story here). That is outrageous and a complete waste of time and money. It’s up there with the…

Comments Online

By Kristance Harlow | April 28, 2010 |
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People often feel that the veil of invisibility on the internet allows them to say whatever they want, no matter how mean, ridiculous, or shitty. Often it’s things people wouldn’t even say in real life. And on a slightly different note, the divide between “liberals” and “conservatives,” between “republicans” and “democrats” is so outrageously exaggerated…

Politician political correctness

By Kristance Harlow | April 28, 2010 |
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Maybe the reason nothing ever gets accomplished in politics these days is partly because politicians must act like perfectly polished puppets. Prime Minister Gordon Brown was overheard calling a woman he has just been filmed having a discussion with “bigoted” (read the story at the NYT). Maybe the woman was bigoted. Maybe too many people…

Born Free…maybe

By Kristance Harlow | April 28, 2010 |
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If you haven’t heard about Arizona’s newest immigration law (ABC article featuring a sheriff with the ca-hones to say he won’t enforce it). It’s legal racial profiling. To sum up the new law, any person suspected of being an immigrant can be arrested if they aren’t carrying papers with them. That means anyone with an…

Oklahoma where the wind comes sweeping away women’s rights?

By Kristance Harlow | April 28, 2010 |
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Abortion is no woman’s first choice. We don’t wake up in the morning, have a cup of coffee and think, “Oh, I hope I get pregnant today so I can have an abortion next month.” Oklahoma apparently thinks women don’t take it seriously. The Oklahoma Legislature approved (by overthrowing the governor’s vetoes) two new laws…

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Save the Bushmen

By Kristance Harlow | September 14, 2009 |
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For those of you who don’t know about the plight of the Bushmen, I will fill you in. The Bushmen of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve in Botswana are part of a 100,000 year old culture. They are part of the oldest culture in modern human history, their non-materialistic hunting and gathering lifestyle has survived…

Vermont Legalizes Same Sex Marriage

By Kristance Harlow | April 7, 2009 |
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“Vermont’s House and Senate voted Tuesday to override the governor’s veto of a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in the state. (CNN)” As a Vermonter I’ve always been disappointed that our forward thinking state hadn’t legalized same-sex marriage after being the first state to recognize civil unions. I jumped for joy when I read this headline.…

Woman Dies on Hospital Floor

By Kristance Harlow | July 2, 2008 |
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  Yes, I’m back. I’ll be blogging again after a long hiatus and the first story is a real doozy. I’m sure you’ve heard by now about the woman who fell and was dying on the hospital floor, if you haven’t seen the surveillance video you can watch it right here: I really don’t know…

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