Author: KJ McElrath

Bill Gates & Other Billionaires Invest in Clean Energy Futures

Bill Gates & Other Billionaires Invest in Clean Energy Futures

Posted by | Dec 13, 2016 | |

As our new petro-Führer Drumpf moves to purge his Administration of anyone who acknowledges the reality of global climate change while also moving aggressively to keep the U.S. hopelessly addicted to fossil fuels, a group of high net worth investors are stepping up to keep fighting for a clean energy future. These affluent benefactors are being lead by none other than billionaire tech mogul Bill Gates, one of the founders of Microsoft. This week, Gates announced the establishment of the Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV) fund, a long-term project that will be investing heavily in carbon-free energy technologies. Gates, who will be...

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Three Essure Stories – and Why Women Are Turning to Congress For Help

Three Essure Stories – and Why Women Are Turning to Congress For Help

Posted by | Dec 12, 2016 | , |

Amanda is one of hundreds of women who have filed lawsuits against Essure manufacturer Bayer because of injuries caused by the device. Like her fellow plaintiffs, she claims that Bayer failed to disclose the risks they knew about their product. Amanda was 30 and had two children when she heard about Essure – marketed as a simple, outpatient procedure that could be performed in ten minutes and had a 99% success rate. Consisting of metal coils made from titanium and nickel, the Essure is inserted into the fallopian tubes. Once implanted, fibers of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) cause an inflammatory...

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Trump is Already Prepared to Take the Nation to War With China

Trump is Already Prepared to Take the Nation to War With China

Posted by | Dec 12, 2016 | , |

Hey, all you Trumpsters – got buyer’s regret, yet? If his lies, backpedaling on campaign promises, ties to foreign governments, appointments of corrupt, unqualified, self-serving billionaires and racists to key positions in his administration, don’t get you, how about sending your kids off to die in yet another foreign war? Or worse, a war that could very well reach US shores? Because that is what he is risking right now, through his complete ignorance of history, foreign policy and the subtleties of diplomacy and geo-politics. At the center of the danger is the “One China” policy that has preserved the...

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Louisiana Residents Have the Last Shot At Electing A Democratic Senator TODAY

Louisiana Residents Have the Last Shot At Electing A Democratic Senator TODAY

Posted by | Dec 10, 2016 | |

Although Democratic chances for a Senate majority are dead for this election, they could still pick up one more seat and shrink the gap – in Louisiana, of all places. The hope for that scenario lies with a candidate by the name of Foster Campbell. Because of the way statewide elections work in the Pelican State, the final decision of who will fill the seat being vacated by “Diaper Dave” Vitter will not be made until December 10th. Louisiana uses an open primary system (also known as a “jungle primary”), and under this system, every candidate appears on the...

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Creepy Florida is Stockpiling a New, Untested Execution Drug

Creepy Florida is Stockpiling a New, Untested Execution Drug

Posted by | Dec 9, 2016 | , , |

The state of Florida is stockpiling a toxic substance which may or many not be used in state-sponsored executions, and no one is sure why. Most states that still have capital punishment have been using the “lethal injection” method, but one of the drugs used in these executions – a sedative known as midazolam – has been in short supply recently. In Florida, this has resulted in a delay in executions. To date, there are 400 death row prisoners sitting in Florida prisons, where there have been no executions in almost a year. According to the Tampa Bay Times,...

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