NDP Undaunted In Labrador.. $22K Phone Bill.. No Typical Bailout

March 25, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Island Of Tranquility? Cyprus secured a package of rescue loans in tense, last-ditch negotiations early Monday, two EU diplomats said, saving the country from a banking system collapse and bankruptcy. Continue reading... NDP Will Not Bow Down In Labrador If The Exxon Valdez Happened In B.C. Dad Talks $22,000 Cellphone Bill Down To $200 Did Ryerson Student Event Cross A Line? WATCH: Human Statue Punches Man And Other Top Viral Videos Incoming! Geoengineering Is a Dangerous Solution to Climate Change WATCH: Newspaper Cartoonist Says Pipeline Spoof Pulled After Pressure By Oil Company WATCH: Quebec Language Police Kick Anglo A** Seal Hunt Called Off For N.S. Island ERIN HAWKES How Medication Stopped My Schizophrenia From Killing Me In "The Scientific Case Against Forced Drug Treatment" presented by Robert Whitaker in February, Whitaker runs with this, blaming antipsychotics for causing psychosis. Personally, I have been on the receiving end of forced medication. I would never have consented on my own, preferring to exercise a "right to be unmedicated" over a "right to life-saving treatment." While I do not believe that every forced intervention was warranted, without some involuntary treatment I would be at best psychotic and, at worst, dead. Oh, did my voices ever want me to kill myself. Continue reading... ANDREW LAWTON Being Chivalrous Does Not Make Me Sexist When I woke up this morning, I had no idea I'd be setting the women's rights movement back 100 years. Chivalry is an exercise in basic human decency, not an effort to subjugate women. To believe that ladies should be treated as such should not be a controversial -- let alone offensive --notion. Continue reading... RALPH GOODALE Three Events That Mattered More Than the Budget While most attention last week was focused on the Harper government's 2013 budget with all it's wishful thinking, missed opportunities and neglected obligations, three other events were probably of greater significance. Continue reading... JASON TETRO Lose Weight By Eating More...Worms? New research suggests obesity might be an autoimmune condition caused by an imbalance in the microbiota of the gut. Good germs could help to keep obesity at bay, while bad germs could lead to increased weight gain, even without the person eating more. Continue reading... DIANE FRANCIS Why Cyprus Is Not Your Typical Bailout Story So the Cyprus story is more than just another profligate nation begging for help. This mess may force the unification of this island, and tapping of its resources, at long last for the betterment of all its citizens. It may stop the takeover of a nation inside the EU by Russian bad guys. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here.