Eucalyptus Oil: a potentially useful agent for cancer patients.
( from denver naturopathic )

The number of Americans who lack dependable access to adequate chow increased in 2008 to 49 million, the largest number since the government began keeping track in 1995, according to a new USDA report released Monday. Single mothers are the most hard hit, though half the people reporting food scarcity live above the official poverty line. You can see the Washington Post article or scan my notes from that article behind the cut.
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(noun) placebo = an innocuous or inert medication; given as a pacifier or to the control group in experiments on the efficacy of a drug

NPR reports on new science that suggests that once we feed the bacteria in our guts a high sugar high fat diet, they make us fat. You can listen here.
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At 11:11 am on November 11, 1918, major hostilities of World War One formally ended. Tomorrow, in memory of that day, and in honor of the millions who served, we recognize Veterans Day. November 11 is celebrated around the world as Armistice Day or Remembrance Day. It was proclaimed a U.S. national holiday in 1938 with the words “a day to be dedicated to the cause of world peace.”

Here are the instructions on how to run for office as a libertarian. If I weren't so busy, I might do it. I just think we need more regular people to get involved in politics, to drive the debate back to what the people actually want and need from government, and away from what the party machinery and corporations favor.