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What would it cost to wipe out world poverty, guarantee universal health care, stabilize population growth and roll back the ravages of global warming?
About $190 billion a year, or the equivalent of a third of U.S. annual military expenditure, a prominent environmental economist says in a new book.
"Once you accept that climate change, population growth, spreading water shortages, rising food prices etcetera are threats to our security, it changes your whole way of thinking about how you use public resources," Lester Brown told Reuters in an interview.
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Students today are often given a skewed account of the Great Depression of 1929-1941 that condemns free-market capitalism as the cause of, and promotes government intervention as the solution to, the economic hardships of the era. In this essay based on a popular lecture, Mackinac Center for Public Policy President Lawrence Reed debunks the conventional view and traces the central role that poor government policy played in fostering this legendary catastrophe.
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In this weeks show we chat to everyones favorite magician and seeker of paranormal-proof, ‘The Amazing’ James Randi. James is well known throughout the United States for shedding light on con-men and women that claim to posses paranormal gifts. One of his most famous cases, of which he has written a book, is Uri Geller who, as you’ll hear in the show, still manages to maintain a successful career even after numerous ‘outings’ by the likes of James.
In this interview we discuss James’s million-dollar reward for proof of the paranormal, Oprah Winfrey’s belief in ‘The Secret’ (or Magick for housewives, as it should be titled), rouge faith-healers, Johny Carson, the Large Hadron Collider and why people need to believe in quackery!
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Alasdair Palmer, Telegraph: Eighteen years ago, Rashin Soodmand's father was hanged in Iran for converting to Christianity. Now her brother is in a Mashad jail, and expects to be executed under new religious laws brought in this summer.
A month ago, the Iranian parliament voted in favour of a draft bill, entitled "Islamic Penal Code", which would codify the death penalty for any male Iranian who leaves his Islamic faith. Women would get life imprisonment. The majority in favour of the new law was overwhelming: 196 votes for, with just seven against.
Imposing the death penalty for changing religion blatantly violates one of the most fundamental of all human rights. The right to freedom of religion is enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and in the European Convention of Human Rights. It is even enshrined as Article 23 of Iran's own constitution, which states that no one may be molested simply for his beliefs.
And yet few politicians or clerics in Iran see any contradiction between a law mandating the death penalty for changing religion and Iran's constitution. There has been no public protest in Iran against it.
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Imposing the death penalty for changing religion blatantly violates one of the most fundamental of all human rights. The right to freedom of religion is enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and in the European Convention of Human Rights. It is even enshrined as Article 23 of Iran's own constitution, which states that no one may be molested simply for his beliefs.
And yet few politicians or clerics in Iran see any contradiction between a law mandating the death penalty for changing religion and Iran's constitution. There has been no public protest in Iran against it.">
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GARANCE BURKE, Associated Press: WASILLA, Alaska - The camera closes in on Sarah Palin speaking to young missionaries, vowing from the pulpit to do her part to implement God's will from the governor's office.
What she didn't tell worshippers gathered at the Wasilla Assembly of God church in her hometown was that her appearance that day came courtesy of Alaskan taxpayers, who picked up the $639.50 tab for her airplane tickets and per diem fees.
An Associated Press review of the Republican vice presidential candidate's record as mayor and governor reveals her use of elected office to promote religious causes, sometimes at taxpayer expense and in ways that blur the line between church and state.
Since she took state office in late 2006, the governor and her family have spent more than $13,000 in taxpayer funds to attend at least 10 religious events and meetings with Christian pastors, including Franklin Graham, the son of evangelical preacher Billy Graham, records show.
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"I am you and you are me and we are us! We are all gathered here today, on this amazing journey together that we call 'life', for the greater good; To admonester and banish the demonic dark forces of greed, anger, hatred and starvation. In the beginning there was light ... and by the 21st century there should be no more pain and suffering for anybody in our world.
But the eternal greed, of those who think they are elite, has stopped this from happening. So I have returned to your planet once again to put things right, in love and light. Together we will Build a Bright New World to level the playing field for all mankind, once and for all. Call this world 'Ethos World'; which means 'The characteristic spirit and attitude of a community', that must be for good. We have the power, we have the resources, they are already here; it is just that they aren't yet in the right places, and are being deliberately squandered on bloody wars in the name of peace, and on barrels of oil which should have been obsolete many years ago. Hydrogen from water will give you all the free energy that you need..."
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But the eternal greed, of those who think they are elite, has stopped this from happening. So I have returned to your planet once again to put things right, in love and light. Together we will Build a Bright New World to level the playing field for all mankind, once and for all. Call this world 'Ethos World'; which means 'The characteristic spirit and attitude of a community', that must be for good. We have the power, we have the resources, they are already here; it is just that they aren't yet in the right places, and are being deliberately squandered on bloody wars in the name of peace, and on barrels of oil which should have been obsolete many years ago. Hydrogen from water will give you all the free energy that you need..."">
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In the first presidential campaign involving an African American nominee of a major party, both candidates have agreed on this much: They would rather not dwell on the subject of race.
But their allies have other ideas.
Yesterday, civil rights leader John Lewis, a Democratic congressman from Georgia, became the latest advocate to excite the racial debate, condemning Sen. John McCain for "sowing the seeds of hatred and division" and accusing the Republican nominee of potentially inciting violence.
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