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Top Ten Stories of 2010

SFR Revisits the top 10 stories of the year—and the conspiracy theories behind them

By Julia Goldberg, Alexa Schirtzinger, Wren Abbott, Rani Molla, Laura Paskus, Zane Fischer
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Even the most levelheaded among us found 2010 a bit paranoia-inducing. Public servants who seemed trustworthy turned out to be on the grift. Revered institutions bellied up left and right. The recession showed few useful signs of receding. iPhones were demonized. Burglars ran rampant. 


And the election…well, let’s just say, we could have used some medical marijuana by the time that was over.


We wrap up 2010 with a look back at the top stories that shaped the roller coaster of the last 12 months. True, not all of these stories woke us at 3 am with our teeth chattering. But the pervasive sense of seditious intent from the powers that be did fuel our thinking as we wrapped up the year.


So we present not just the top 10 stories, but our own take on the conspiracies behind them.


Too outlandish? Hey, just because you’re paranoid…


Read through all the issues or click through to the news that pushes your buttons:








Swing Low

New Mexico followed the nation—and Republicans reaped the benefits

Spleef Beefs

Smoke ’em while you got ’em

Show Us the Money

Oh, wait—there isn’t any

Paint By Numbers

Santa Fe’s contemporary art scene stays current with the economy

Sometimes Crime Pays

It was a year of criminal activity—some of it by the cops

Paolo So-Dreary

A revered music venue goes silent

Regulate This!

One troubled agency—many, many conflicts

Live Wire

Wireless technology and cellular towers transfix Santa Fe

Truth Be Told

Ethics turns out to be a word in the dictionary

Ghosts of Schools Past

Santa Fe learns hard lessons

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12.24.2010 at 09:59 | Reply |

Zane flatters us expressing his opinion that WhyFry.org or the Santa Fe Alliance for Health & Safety (founded years ago by four MDs, scientists, and residents) has "been effective in stopping planned towers for Solana Center and Fort Marcy.

 

Sadly, my sense is that the hundreds of towers in the offing are simply waiting for the Santa Fe City Council's vote Jan 12 to prohibit citizens rights to appeal future towers...and we already have hundreds, most "unregistered." Use antennasearch.com to check your neighborhood. Living near a tower has been proven to raise cancer rates from 4 to 8 times higher than those lucky (or wealthy) enough to NOT live near them.

 

Oh Zane, your office has 215 antenna and 15 towers within 200 feet (11 "unregistered"--and a new application for a tower only 60 feet away. Snuggle up, your reception will be great! An investigative journalist might start keeping a journal of co-workers health issues.

 

Is this a conspiracy? Naw, just good ol' American greed...identical to the tobacco companies in marketing and ethics. Latest studies prove only 30 minutes/day for ten years qualifies you to have 240% higher chance of brain tumors, 320% higher rate of eye tumors--right next to where you hold your cell phone. Check www.WhyFry.org/videos/ at the bottom of page is Dr. Oz telling the whole USA--just not the Santa Fe Reporter!

 

12.24.2010 at 11:34 | Reply |

When newspapers depend on Cellular Advertising, they seem to look the other way, but not matter which way they are looking wont change the truth about the science behind microwave radiation, and its effects on health

 

12.25.2010 at 09:46 | Reply |

Not a bad summary.  But this really is going national now.  Devra Davis' book Disconnect about how cell phones got approved despite the DNA damage observed in several laboratories around (but only 1 of several industry funded studies) is selling on Amazon.  She testified before the US Senate on the issue several months back.  Another book is called Zapped by Ann Louise Gittleman.  And the DVD full signal.  The issue was front page news on Yahoo and Women's Health.  And the effect of Wi-Fi on trees covered in the Wall Street Journal.  And Dutch researchers actually tested what Wi-Fi does to trees.  It isn't good:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1332310/Is-Wi-Fi-killing-trees-Dutch-study-shows-leaves-dying-exposure-Wi-Fi-radiation.html

 

 
 
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