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Photo Essay: Lines at Polling Places Across the U.S.

Today, Americans will turn out in unprecedented numbers to elect their next President. Thanks to Flickr users across the country, we can see what the lines look like outside polling places from Manhattan to L.A.

I've re-posted some of them here, with excerpts from their original captions (for those that had them):


Chop Wood, Carry Water

“Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water." – Zen saying

Oxford, Tuesday, November 4, 2008:


FDA Throwing BPA Panel Under the Bus

On Friday The FDA Science Board, a group of outside experts, backed up critics who found major flaws in the agency's decision to declare BPA safe for babies. According to USA Today:


Let's Have a Coalition Against Climate Change in Canada

Word is that Stephane Dion is going to hold a press conference on Monday and resign as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. Why? Who says Stephen Harper gets to form the next government? What if Dion made a different announcement? What if he got up to say:


USDA, USDA, How Many Consumer Protection Programs Have You Killed Today?

Buyer Beware. At the end of September, the USDA quietly halted a program called the Agricultural Chemical Usage Program. The program’s purpose was to measure pesticide use in fruit and vegetable crops. The reason cited for the move was cost...
original news source


Young Women In Poverty See The Bright Side During The Economic Crisis

The World Bank and the Nike Foundation launched a new $20 million program to help teach women in developing nations job skills. It will start in six African and Middle Eastern countries.


FDA Chair Studying BPA Took $5 Million Donation From BPA Supporter

Let's see:

1) Martin Philbert is Chair of the committee looking at the safety of Bisphenol A (BPA.)
2) Philbert is founder and co-director of the University of Michigan Risk Science Center.

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