TheGIC.org's Blog – November 2010 Archive (7)

American Dental Association (ADA) finds that fluoride is actually bad for teeth

J Am Dent Assoc, Vol 141, No 10, 1190-1201.

© 2010 American Dental Association

Associations Between Fluorosis of Permanent Incisors and Fluoride Intake From Infant Formula, Other Dietary Sources and Dentifrice During Early Childhood

Steven M. Levy, DDS, MPH, Barbara Broffitt, MS, Teresa A. Marshall, PhD, RD/LD, Julie M. Eichenberger-Gilmore, PhD, RD/LD and John J. Warren, DDS,… Continue

Added by theGIC.org on November 29, 2010 at 8:42pm — No Comments

US embassy cables leak sparks global diplomacy crisis

David Leigh

guardian.co.uk, Sunday 28 November 2010 17.50 GMT

The United States was catapulted into a worldwide diplomatic crisis today, with the leaking to the Guardian and other international media of more than 250,000 classified cables from its embassies, many sent as recently as February this year.

At the start of a series of daily extracts… Continue

Added by theGIC.org on November 28, 2010 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Do you see 11:11?

How often have you noticed the numbers 11:11, 12:12, 10:10, 22:22, 12:34, 2:22, 3:33, 4:44 or 5:55 popping up all over the place? These number sequences are not necessarily only time prompts. They can also be number sequences, like 333, 1111 etc. To your mind, is this a coincidence, or are they too frequent to be random? Perhaps you are puzzled or amused by this phenomenon? Possibly even a little bit nervous? The question everyone is asking is "What does 11:11 mean?" and "Is there a reason…

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Added by theGIC.org on November 11, 2010 at 8:00am — 6 Comments

UK Government Pushing for Secrecy of 7/7 Evidence

'The Home Secretary is trying to prevent secret evidence at the 7 July terror attack inquests from being heard in public.

Theresa May is seeking a judicial review of the coroner's ruling in favour of the bereaved families, who want to see the evidence and question the security service, MI5, about the intelligence gathered before the bombings on London's transport network in the summer of 2005.

Last week, Lady Justice Hallett… Continue

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Police work with DHS to spy on American Citizens using Drone Aircraft

Nov 9, 2010

A video from a 2007 investigative report by KPRC local news in Houston made a sizable impact on YouTube when it appeared early this year. The video (below) shows unequivocal proof of the secret testing of unmanned drones by the Houston Police department. A similar program came to light in Las Vegas, also initiated in 2007. Is this an indication that police and military are now working jointly in a way that blurs the lines between their stated border control operations and a… Continue

Added by theGIC.org on November 9, 2010 at 12:50pm — 1 Comment

Rand Paul Supporter Steps on Woman's Head

Posted by Brian Montopoli

Before the start of Kentucky Senate debate, a supporter of Republican Rand Paul stepped on the head of a woman who tried to approach the candidate.

According to the Associated Press, the man who stepped on the woman's head is Tim Profitt, a volunteer for Paul's campaign who has now apologized for his actions. Profitt suggested… Continue

Added by theGIC.org on November 1, 2010 at 10:17am — 8 Comments

Arundhati Roy's house attacked

By Andrew Buncombe, Asia Correspondent

Monday, 1 November 2010

Dozens of right-wing activists attacked and vandalised the house of Booker prize-winning writer Arundhati Roy over comments she made suggesting Kashmir had never been an integral part of India.

Up to 100 activists, most of them members of the women’s wing of a Hindu-nationalist… Continue

Added by theGIC.org on November 1, 2010 at 10:00am — 2 Comments