Tag: corporatism
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Biowars/Envirohealth: Infection, Detection, Pollution
Obama to crush economy with massive co2 taxes next week // Pfizer ordered to pay up over ‘AIDS-like’ virus infections // Bayer beats out Exxon for most toxic corporate air polluter title // Bacteria detection is anti-terror effort // Government may have to waste millions of h1n1 vaccines // Anthrax scare leads to evacuation of…
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west virginia worry: 25+ killed in massey coal mine explosion
25 dead in west virginia mine blast, worst since 1984 related: rev billy placed ‘holy hex’ on jpmorgan over wv moutaintop removal* from ap: A huge underground explosion blamed on methane gas killed 25 miners in the worst U.S. coal mining disaster since 1984, and rescuers on Tuesday began a dangerous and possibly futile attempt…
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#NewWorldNextWeek: Afghanisurge, Lobbyists, Patenting Genes
The only jokes on this April Fool’s Day are the one’s being played on people everyday by the elites & their corporate-controlled media. That’s why Corbett Report & Media Monarchy join forces each week to bring you the New World Next Week – a 10min video series that gives you the text/context/subtext of the story…
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Alt Media Under Attack As Corporate/State Media Want More
In order to counter alternative media, an adviser to the Federal Communications Commission has suggested using your tax money to create “public media” that will serve as a “filter” and a “megaphone” for a network of government-funded journalists competing with other, non-government-backed reporters…
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Obama Appoints Ex-Pesticide Lobbyist As Agricultural Trade Negotiator
Islam Siddiqui’s recess appointment as chief agricultural negotiator in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has sparked considerable opposition from environmentalists and organic farmers. Siddiqui served as vice president for science and regulatory affairs at CropLife America, a trade association for the pesticide and biotech industries.
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3/25 Binge & Purge: Nanotech, Soda, Strong-Arm Tactics & Satire
Unregulated nanotech foods coming to grocery near you // Audio Satire: scientists isolate Pepsi-resistant gene // Whole Foods, United Natural Foods muscle suppliers to boycott consumer group // Johnson & Johnson under DOJ scrutiny for illicit drug payoffs, kickbacks // Video Satire: Stouffers to include suicide prevention tips on single-serve microwave meals
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France Ditches Carbon Tax As Social Protests Mount
President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday scrapped the country’s proposed carbon tax and reshuffled his cabinet in populist tilt after suffering a crushing electoral defeat over the weekend, when his Gaulliste UMP party lost every region other than in its bastion of Alsace and the Indian Ocean island of Reunion.
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Monsanto, Coca-Cola Among Top ‘Responsible Corporations’
The so-called “Corporate Responsibility Magazine,” (CRO) has released a list of the 100 most responsible corporations in the world. Some of the corporations that made it to the list are: #31 Monsanto, #23 Nike, #51 Exxon Mobil, and #8 Coca-Cola.
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Diamond to Scoop Up Lion Capital UK, Owner of Oregon’s Kettle Foods
A British crisp company is being bought out by an American food conglomerate, it was announced today. San Francisco-based Diamond Foods is paying £400million “in cash” for Kettle Foods.
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monsanto named ‘company of the year’ by forbes magazine
from kmox: St. Louis-based Monsanto has been named “2009 Company of the Year” by Forbes Magazine. The publication cites Monsanto’s on-going work in the field of bio-engineering to improve crop yields and feed an ever-growing world population. Spokesman Darren Wallis says while chief executive Hugh Grant and everybody else at Monsanto are pleased with the…
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beef products inc. injects your meat with ammonia
safety of beef processing method is questionedfrom nytimes: Eight years ago, federal officials were struggling to remove potentially deadly E. coli from hamburgers when an entrepreneurial company from South Dakota came up with a novel idea: injecting beef with ammonia. The company, Beef Products Inc., had been looking to expand into the hamburger business with…
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bottled water sales leaking, but tap water increasingly unsafe
from allgov: Whether it’s because of the economy or pressure from environmentalists, bottled water sales are declining after years of growth. Sales dropped 3.2% in 2008 and are expected to fall another 2% this year. Industry leaders are insisting the decline is temporary, and that sales will rebound once consumers begin to enjoy better times.…
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12/12 binge & purge: bayer, kroger, peet’s & vick’s
bayer admits gmo contamination is out of control* bayer gmo contamination bites back* the troubles at kroger: frugal consumers* peet’s coffee & tea bows out of bidding for diedrich coffee* coffee may fight prostate cancer* recalls: vick’s sinex nasal spray recalled due to bacterial contamination* give thanks, but not for toxic sewage sludge*
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fall of the republic: the presidency of barack h obama
from paul joseph watson: While the criminals who have hijacked the world financial system continue to pose as saviors and swallow up more power in the name of fixing the very problems that they created, Alex Jones latest documentary blockbuster Fall Of The Republic exposes the real agenda of the financial terrorists who have bankrupted…
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dole finally drops fatuous lawsuit against bananas!*
from ecoworldly: I am thrilled to report that the Dole Food Company has finally dropped their ridiculous lawsuit against the filmmakers of the powerful documentary Bananas!*. It appears that the courts have ruled that the fatuous defamation lawsuit of the criminally inclined Dole was proven to be nearly as lacking as the multi-national corporation’s integrity.…