It was on this day in 1937 that John Steinbeck's novella Of Mice and Men was published (books by this author). Of Mice and Men was Steinbeck's fifth novel (he had also published an excerpt from a novel and a book of short stories). His first novel, Cup of Gold (1929), was a total flop - it didn't even earn back the $250 that … Continue reading OF MICE AND MEN
Month: February 2017
JUDGE NEIL GORSUCH
Opinions show focus: religious rights, limits on government By John Frank and David Migoya The Denver Post In 2013, the Hobby Lobby craft-store chain sued to challenge the requirement in the Affordable Care Act that an employer’s insurance policy must cover all forms of birth control. Lewis Geyer, Longmont Times-Call Defending religious liberties and … Continue reading JUDGE NEIL GORSUCH
LINKS TO CONTACT US SENATORS 2017
LIVE LINK THE HYPERLINKS https://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm?OrderBy=state Links to Senators of the 115th Congress Sorted by: Name State Party Murkowski, Lisa - (R - AK) Class III 522 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510 (202) 224-6665 Contact: http://www.murkowski.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact Sullivan, Dan - (R - AK) Class II 702 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510 (202) 224-3004 Contact: http://www.sullivan.senate.gov/contact/email … Continue reading LINKS TO CONTACT US SENATORS 2017
CARCINOGENS IN FAST FOOD WRAPS
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2017 By Dave Andrews, Senior Scientist, and Bill Walker, Managing Editor Scientists from nonprofit research organizations including EWG, federal and state regulatory agencies and academic institutions[†] collaborated to test samples of sandwich and pastry wrappers, french fry bags, pizza boxes, and other paper and paperboard from 27 fast food chains and several local … Continue reading CARCINOGENS IN FAST FOOD WRAPS
DOOMSDAY SURVIVAL PLANS
How you can prepare for the apocalypse better than a billionaire By: Wes Siler Jan 30, 2017 It's not quite a fuel-starved Australian outback, but Peter Thiel's plan to flee to a farm in rural New Zealand should modern society crumble nevertheless evokes images of Mel Gibson in "Mad Max." Illustration: Wes Siler You know things are … Continue reading DOOMSDAY SURVIVAL PLANS
MONSANTO’S ROUNDUP INGREDIENT FOUND IN FOODS WE EAT EVERY DAY
Glyphosate, the ingredient in Monsanto's ROUNDUP weed killer, is a known carcinogen is now in organic foods, honey and things we eat daily. Human health begins at really low levels of exposure – at only 0.1 ppb of glyphosate. Here is why we all should be concerned about eating glyphosate. Independent research links glyphosate to cancer (sources: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) and it … Continue reading MONSANTO’S ROUNDUP INGREDIENT FOUND IN FOODS WE EAT EVERY DAY
