tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74364342938816189902024-09-27T21:23:04.233-04:00<br><b>A blog on life, current events, politics, the environment, and other things worth knowing, written by an American college student. Please -- respond and debate!</b><br>Blog Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00612825901605470583noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7436434293881618990.post-90763830834662542552009-06-15T04:49:00.000-04:002009-06-15T04:49:07.064-04:00

( Referenced article: Mousavi seeks to overturn Iran election result | Reuters )Article quotes:"Police have detained over 100 reformers, including a brother of former President Mohammad Khatami, a leading reformer said. A police official denied Khatami's brother had been arrested.""Speaking at a news conference Ahmadinejad described the election as "clean and healthy" and dismissed complaints by

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I hate to say this, but I told you so.Every step of the Iranian election process was predictable -- the high turnout, the Iranian-government blocked participation, the suspicious election results, and the violent response.Friday's election in Iran is indeed a large step forward in the political participation of Iranians both abroad and within their country, as indicated by estimates placing

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( Original article appears here: BBC NEWS | South Asia | Indian sex workers learn karate )I'm a bit impressed with this movement -- the Indian Community Welfare Organization is apparently training the female sex workers for free. According to the BBC article mentioned above, there are about 90,000 sex workers in Tamil Nadu state alone, so the group certainly has their work cut out from them!

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Why are you doing this?I love discussing things with people. I love sharing my ideas and hearing feedback, and I love giving feedback to others.Our relationships and in fact our entire society is based on a process of give-and-take, and thus, so is what we know and believe.I've come to realize that there are very few things that we come to know for ourselves -- we know what we're told growing up.

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Even in July 2008, when the extreme negative effects of global warming are well established and accepted as scientific fact, Cheney and the Bush Administration are trying to downplay the environmental report indicating such -- even going so far as to physically alter scientific documents and government agency findings before they are released. Unfortunately, these actions are nothing new. As

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Americans should realize by now that gas prices aren't going down anytime soon. Instability in the Middle East as a whole is increasing and is not headed towards a resolution short of a violent collision of ideas, ideals, religion, and cultures. America's untapped oil resources in the Alaskan Wildlife Refuge, nor the offshore oil reserves, nor even the Green River Valley have anywhere near

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It is a well-established fact, at least in the health-food arenas, that corn syrup and its stickier twin, high fructose corn syrup, is bad news. Studies have linked corn syrup to a multitude of health problems as well to environmental damage from the overgrowing of the corn that is used to prude the sweet syrup. Because this information is being disseminated quickly and more and more

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TIME magazine recently published an online article about E-waste and the abhorrent conditions that it creates. Most people, as indicated in the article, stereotype the electronics industries as "clean" and "environmentally friendly;" after all, just think of all the paper that the digital age saves! Or so they say. As the digital age progress and newer and faster; better, electronics debut,

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Humans are an extremely adaptable species. Although we're lazy and like comfort and convenience, we adapt to changes in our environment as best we can. So when gas prices rise (as they are currently), it won't take long for us to change our ways to accommodate -- and those changes may be for the better. Read TIME Magazine's 10 Things to Like About $4 Gas. I have long held the view that,

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Fittingly in honor of Independence Day 2008, I will dedicate this entry to the proper etiquette of flying the American Flag, reciting the Pledge of Allegiance, and singing the National Anthem. I just returned from my town's annual Downtown Independance Day Parade, and am dissapointed in the number of people that simply stood by and watched as the symbol of their nation traveled by and

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We all watched as Ron Paul became the Dark Horse Republican presidential candidate, yet never seemed to make it into the mainstream political arena. His campaign seemed a joke to many, his opinions were laughed off, and yet he set campign fundraising records and his supporters vehemntly stood behind him. But just what was it that caused him to be so popular? The letter that he wrote to his

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It is imperative that every caring and concerned United States citizen read about and watch “The Dark Side,” an hour-long documentary done by PBS’s award-winning Frontline. Originally aired on June 20, 2006, “The Dark Side” delves into the immediate aftermath of 9/11, and the White House’s response to the tragedy. This is not another conspiracy theory “documentary,” but an actual report done by

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In a June 15 article appearing in the New York Times, doctors at the University of Pittsburgh and West Virginia University have added their consensus to the growing “theory” that NFL players – especially linemen – can experience extensive, irreversible brain injuries as a result of their professional career.After the death of 36 year old Justin Strzelczyk in 2004 – a Steelers offensive lineman,

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Note: Although the "Bionic Hornet" was announced to news media many months ago, it was not covered by much of the mainstream U.S. media, and is still a newsworthy item. As if straight from Frank Herbert's Dune, the Israeli military (surely in conjunction with the Pentagon) has announced plans to create what they are calling a "bionic hornet." A robotic device the size of a normal flying, stinging

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While the topic of global warming is on the table, I thought that I would post (via YouTube) one of the more impressive ad campaigns that I've seen.The below ad was created by the Environmental Defense Fund in conjunction with the Ad Council, and is my favorite of several. The ads are all based on hard scientific data, to which links are available on their website.About the environmental Defense

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Although Global Warming is commonly considered fact and no longer a theory, there are still some people who obstinately consider it completely untrue. Well, below are some satellite photos of Greenland from NASA, taken over a span of 20 years.The first was taken in 1985, the second in 2002, and the third (in which a new strait is visable - at the bottom left corner of the claw-like island) in

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Having just graduated high school myself, I was shocked when I noticed this story floating around the internet. Living in Michigan, I am used to the poor socio-economic conditions of the ailing state exacerbated by the struggling auto industry, upon which Michigan's economy is largely based – and the subsequent suffering of our schools. And Detroit's public schools aren't exactly a very good role

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"Arbeit Macht Frei." The words, formed in wrought iron, graced the gated entrance. Translated into English, they state: "Work makes you free." Such tragically ironic words were often among the first to greet the Jewish exiting the train cars, newly arrived at the Nazi concentration camps. Shielding their eyes from the bright light of the daytime sun or the nighttime spotlight, the huddled masses

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Welcome to The Threshold!This blog will cover just about anything under the sun, from intriguing photographs, editorials, excerpts from articles, links to pertinent news articles, and more. If you readers sense that something is missing, poorly addressed, or dwelt upon too much, please, post a comment or let me (the editor) know at thethresh@gmail.com. I hope that everyone finds this blog as

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