Climate Change Is Destroying Our Food

When you think of climate change, you think of the weather. Summers where the sun bakes the parched land with the ferocity of an oven, winters where snow deposits climb higher than your house, extreme weather events like apocalyptic hurricanes and tornadoes that even the most bold storm chasers...

Financier Plans Big Ad Campaign on Climate Change

By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE A billionaire retired investor is forging plans to spend as much as $100 million during the 2014 election, seeking to pressure federal and state officials to enact climate change measures through a hard-edge campaign of attack ads against governors and lawmakers.The donor,...

The following meta article was posted by Perrie Halpern on 4/13/14

Moderator Update and Reminder of Moderator Members RolesPosted byPerrie Halpernon April 13, 2014 at 10:52pm in theOtherForumHello NewsTalkers,This is a friendly note from me about some changes in the lineup of member/moderators and a reminder to the group about our unique moderating system.Jerry...

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Can Someone Explain This?

I was surfing around the net looking for interesting stories, and I came across this photo.I have no idea where I was or what the hell I was doing there, and I'm not exactly sure how I found the picture of this apparently insane cat.Anyway, I figured maybe if I brought it to a group that knows a...

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NewsTalker Community Group Announcement

 Larry Hampton Becomes Co-Administrator of The NewsTalkers Community Group In an effort help to make the The NewsTalkers Community Group a hub of the general community activity, and to assure the NTC is helpful in providing information regarding changes in the mechanics and functions of the...

Cop Shoots Litter of Kittens in Front of Screaming Children

By Kristen Gwynne[Link]On Monday Jue 10th in Ohio, animal control Officer Barry Accorti shot and killed a litter of kittens in front of freaked-out children nearby.Nonetheless, the police department chief says this cop did nothing wrong.He informed [a witness] that shelters were full and that...

Jackson Miss. Detective Killed With His Own Gun During Interview

Jackson PD Police Chief makes statement to media afterfatalshooting of aDetectivein her headquarters.Jackson Mississippi police officer,Det. Eric Smith, was interviewing a homicide suspect on the third floor of the Jackson Police Department Headquarters in Downtown Jackson, when the two...

Can You Say Why America Is The Greatest Country in The World?

This videois from a segment done on the HBO series "The Newsroom". ActorJeff Daniels, playing news anchorWill Smith, puts into a very neatly packageddissertation, a rant that I have been saying in bits and pieces for the last year or two.IMO, this piece represents the truth about America today....