Recent Votes

• New Study Shows GMO Food Can Cause Cancer

  Source: Science and Environment Online

  French scientist Gilles-Eric Séralini unmasked the dangers of genetically modified brinjal, almost approved for commercial production in India. He shared with Savvy Soumya Misra his findings on Bt brinjal and Roundup Ready soybean

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• This Could Get Ugly: Anti-Marijuana Machismo Is Latest Cop Fad In California

  Source: SF Weekly

  ​Pot-phobic law enforcement officers in California are trying out an unsettling new tactic.

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• Gallup: Plurality of country, including independents, disapproves of Holder investigation/prosecution of CIA interrogators

  Source: Gallup.com

  The Aug. 31-Sept. 2 Gallup Poll finds that rank-and-file Democrats and Republicans have fairly uniform opposing views on this issue. Seventy-three percent of Democrats approve of the investigation, while 75% of Republicans oppose it.

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• Woman's case reflects prisoners' treatment in Iran

  The interrogator politely apologized for grilling the prisoner about her role in the mass protests over Iran's disputed presidential election.

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• Why The Press Should Be Banned From Photographing Dead or Dying Soldiers

  I have heard many arguments for the press to be allowed to shoot photos of the war and have really not taken too many issues as to them doing this. On the pro-side, arguments I have heard have been from Honoring The Dead to showing the true cost of the war.

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