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Watchdogs: Q & A

February 19, 2012
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Watchdogs: Q & A

Watchdogs: Q & A Q: What is Watchdogs? A: Watchdogs and Watchdogsblog.com is an independent media project created by a non-profit organization ICEA (International Cultural and Educational Association); it is designed to promote free speech and cultivate pluralism of opinions. The mission of Watchdogs is “Watching those with power”. Q: Why there are no...

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Occupy Your House!!

February 2, 2012
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This idea might be the most radical, yet ridiculously simple and effective. Instead of marching on the street, join the occupy movement by occupying your house. Let me explain. The Occupy movement claims that 1% of population controls all the wealth in the world and the working class, the remaining 99% has nothing. How...

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Touch People, Not Phones!

January 16, 2012
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With all the new gadgets flooding the market of electronic technology (iPhone, Ipads, Droids and such), Watchdogs and Oksana Yoga present a new campaign: Touch People, not Phones! The goal of this campaign is to encourage human face-to-face communication, embrace, emotional support and personal interaction. So many people find themselves in front of computer...

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In Novartis we trust! – or should we??

January 13, 2012
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From vaccines to painkillers, the multi-national corporation Novartis had enjoyed making a fortune on our ills. In 2010 this Switzerland based drug company reported $50.6 billion profit, up 30% from last year. Most popular products? Flu vaccines and Excedrin. This week, the company issued a voluntary recall of many of their products as pills...

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Frost kissed priceless

January 12, 2012
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Frost kissed priceless

This sign was posted 2 days ago at Lucky’s supermarket in Pacifica, California. I have seen it in other stores as well. “Frost kissed”, not “frost bitten” – the ingenuity of supermarket marketing doesn’t cease to amaze me. This is a perfect example. Read on the sign: Only 60 cents each.

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Apartment scam on Craigslist

November 8, 2011
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Bay Area’s popular web listing service www.craigslist.org has, once again, become a place for scammers. This time it is through “apartments for rent” section. The scheme is simple. The person posts low-priced listing for a 1 bedroom apartment, include the address of the property and only the email as a contact info. The person...

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Oakland becomes War Zone on Oct. 26, 2011

November 1, 2011
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Oakland becomes War Zone on Oct. 26, 2011

Demonstrators wear masks from “V for Vendetta” movie and hold signs “Your rubber bullets only make us angrier” referring to police shooting rubber bullets, grenades and tear gas at them. Rubber bullets? Grenades? Tear Gas?? Are we in the Middle East?? Is this a War Zone?

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History of Halloween

October 31, 2011
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This short video presents a short history of Halloween by National Geographic.

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Happy Halloween: Alice in Watchdogs

October 31, 2011
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Happy Halloween from Watchdogs! Happy to present Alice in Watchdogs.

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TRICKY NEW CALIFORNIA VACCINE LAW

October 23, 2011
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ASSEMBLY BILL 354 NEW MARKETING – OLD VACCINE By Tim O’Shea at thedoctorwithin.com “Don’t worry. It’s nothing new. Just more smoke and mirrors. In the past few months the vaccine industry has dreamed up a new way to market an old vaccine to adolescents. Assembly Bill 354 is a 3 page document that was...

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