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“What remains to be determined is whether the benefits of dispersing
the oil by using Corexit are outweighed by the substantial increase in
toxicity of the mixture,” said Snell, chair of the School of Biology.
“Perhaps we should allow the oil to naturally disperse. It might take
longer, but it would have less toxic impact on marine ecosystems.”
Quotes of the Day:
I think that a Marxist analysis is indispensable for any
understanding, not just in the modern world but for our
historical situation. I think in the end it’s inadequate but it is
indispensable because how do you talk about oligarchy,
plutocracy, monopolies, oligopolies, asymmetrical relations
of power at the workplace between bosses and workers, the
imperial tentacles, profit maximizing and so forth. That’s
not Adam Smith. That’s not John Maynard Keynes. That’s
Karl Marx. — Cornell West, An Interview with Cornel West
on Occupy, Obama and Marx
. . . While the numbers of the victims are hard to know
for certain, there are credible reports of at least 5 million
and quite possibly over 6 million civilians killed, half of
whom were children under the age of 5 years old. Despite
these staggering numbers, the Congo has received little
attention in the press, and certainly much less than the
human rights situations in countries like The Sudan
(Darfur), the former Yugoslavia, Libya and now Syria – that
is, countries in which the U.S. wished to intervene — though
the tragedy in the Congo is much worse than in any of those
countries.. . .
— Daniel Kovalik, Genocide in Silence
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