To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Friday, May 3, 2024

Observercast

Help Wash Formaldehyde Out Of Baby’s Hair

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BY JIM HIGHTOWER In the U.S. alone, the cosmetics industry pulls in some $70 billion a year in sales of what’s commonly called “makeup.” But lipstick, blush, mascara, etc. are not the only kind of makeup the cosmetic giants are peddling. For years, their lobbyists, lawyers and PR agents have been making up facts, stories, […]

The Measles Are Back

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH No, it’s not a rock group. You’re lucky if you can’t remember. It’s a disease that was gone, and now it’s back. So, by the way, is whooping cough, another dreaded childhood disease that had been effectively wiped out. Every child is supposed to be immunized before they start kindergarten. Children with […]

Casinos Just Aren’t The Answer

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BY FROMA HARROP The video for the Bruce Springsteen song Atlantic City opens with a scene of the grand Marlborough-Blenheim Hotel imploding into a pile of dust. That was almost 40 years ago. The Traymore Hotel and other grand hotels were leveled in much the same spectacular fashion. In their place rose glass boxes and […]

The Enemy Of Our Enemy

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH The horrifying footage of the second beheading of an American journalist by ISIS, this time freelancer Steven Joel Sotloff, a 31-year-old from Florida who loved journalism, has again placed the president, and world leaders, in a terrible position. To be clear, the White House is studying the video. To be clear, no […]

Celebs Nix Nude Pix: Whose Problem?

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BY FROMA HARROP The FBI is looking into what millions of people are looking at: hacked photos of naked celebrities. Pictures from the formerly private collections of Jennifer Lawrence, Scarlett Johansson, Christina Aguilera and others are being posted for the world to see. We now hear that compromising pix of Kim Kardashian are also circulating. […]