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By John Lewis-Dickerson, Atlanta - Nov 15th, 2008 at 12:35 pm EST

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We Live in Johannesburg

by Philip Weiss

This is my new theme. The center of apartheid is here, where Americans persist in denial enforced by the Israel lobby. While everywhere else, even in Israel, there is some awareness. The Independent in London has seen a shocking new report by the Red Cross blaming chronic malnutrition in Gaza on Israel:

It chronicles the "devastating" effect of the siege that Israel imposed after Hamas seized control in June 2007 and notes that the dramatic fall in living standards has triggered a shift in diet that will damage the long-term health of those living in Gaza and has led to alarming deficiencies in iron, vitamin A and vitamin D......

ENTIRE POST - http://www.philipweiss.org/mondoweiss/2008/11/we-live-in-johannesburg.html

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Chronic malnutrition in Gaza blamed on Israel

By John Lewis-Dickerson, Atlanta - Nov 15th, 2008 at 12:04 pm EST

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Chronic Malnutrition in Gaza
Blamed on Blockade

Chronic malnutrition in Gaza blamed on Israel

from "The Independent"

Donald Macintyre reveals the contents of an explosive report by the Red Cross on a humanitarian tragedy

The Israeli blockade of Gaza has led to a steady rise in chronic malnutrition among the 1.5 million people living in the strip, according to a leaked report from the Red Cross.

It chronicles the "devastating" effect of the siege that Israel imposed after Hamas seized control in June 2007 and notes that the dramatic fall in living standards has triggered a shift in diet that will damage the long-term health of those living in Gaza and has led to alarming deficiencies in iron, vitamin A and vitamin D.....

ENTIRE ARTICLE - http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/chronic-malnutrition-in-gaza-blamed-on-israel-1019521.html

AFP/GETTY/MAHMUD HAMS

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Criteria for reasonable biofuels: Seven points

By Glenn Lieding - Feb 29th, 2008 at 4:37 pm EST

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I think biofuels only makes sense if they are made from non-food sources that are grown in areas unsuitable for food production. I think it's a sin to use up a whole village's worth of food just so that you can keep a Hummer fueled up. Also, the source should yield several times more energy than it takes to produce it. Corn-based ethanol fails badly on all of these criteria.

However, there is another plant that has been with mankind since the beginning that would solve our biofuel needs while at the same time help to solve worldwide hunger and malnutrition. Read More »

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Opportunity Costs of the War in Iraq

By David Fry - Nov 12th, 2007 at 8:28 pm EST

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Beyond the cost as measured in human lives and our international reputation, the war in Iraq has had a financial cost of more than $600 billion. This money is the missed opportunity of a generation. We've paid, and will continue to pay, so that the Bush administration can destabilize Iraq and engender hatred of America and the west.

In an effort to show these missed opportunities, Boston.com ran a special this week -- 'What can $611 Billion Buy?'