Tag: corporatism
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Corporations Kidnap ‘Lorax’ to Greenwash Dangerous Products
Environmentalists and child advocates are raising warning flags this week over the consumer-driven, corporate-sponsored ad campaigns and product tie-ins surrounding the movie version of Dr. Suess’ ‘The Lorax’.
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AntiSec Dumps Monsanto Data On the Web
Anonymous continued its ongoing attack on agricultural biotech giant Monsanto today by publishing an outdated database of the company’s material. This is the newest in a barrage of strikes from hackers aligned with Anonymous who operate under the “AntiSec” banner.
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police state updates: contracts, stockpiles & predictions
company lobbied for ndaa, gets $23m contract for equipment* from the intel hub: According to reports from the Daily Kos and Russia Today, a company specializing in night raid equipment was awarded a 23 million dollar contract from the Department of Defense and subsequently went on to lobby for the NDAA which has given the…
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food & beverage companies hedge fund managers love
from seeking alpha: Food and beverage companies tend to be a somewhat safe bet. Many people will continue to buy their favorite soda or snack food no matter how tight money gets. This fact tends to translate into a beta that is around 0.50, give or take, meaning the companies in this industry tend to…
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#OccupyWallStreet movement marks one month anniversary
video: thom hartmann on #ows anniversary* from wamc: The “Occupy Wall Street” movement marked its one month anniversary Monday, as demonstrations spread to new places. But, questions remain about whether the protests can turn into political action… The various protests under the “Occupy Wall Street” theme are not centrally organized, but are unified by the…
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peace revolution: episode040 – consumer kindergarten
thanks to @tragedyandhope … subscribe to peace revolution! Episode040 notes/referenceslinks 1. Use the “Donate” buttons at the bottom of these notes, or on the side bar of this site, or the T&H Community, or the T&H dot com site, for “The Ultimate History Lesson: A Weekend with John Taylor Gatto” multi-DVD interview project, currently in…
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#OccupyWallStreet protestors begin descent on lower manhattan
from ibtimes: Protestors involved with the “Occupy Wall Street” demonstration have started their pilgrimage toward Wall Street, where they have started to set up camp for an indeterminable amount of time in order to curb the influence of big business over Washington lawmakers. As of noon, hundreds of protestors gathered at Bowling Green Park in…
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#SaveLandreth help america’s oldest, heirloom, non-gmo seed house
from treehugger: D. Landreth Seeds is America’s oldest seed company. It was founded in 1784 in Pennsylvania, and carries over 900 heirloom, non-GMO seed varieties. Many of the plants and vegetable varieties we now grow in our gardens are there thanks to Landreth introducing them to this country. For example, Landreth introduced the tomato (then…
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monsanto’s pesticide problems & corporate environmental responsibility
from forbes: Monsanto, the world’s largest agriculture seed producer, is under fire after scientists in the U.S. recently discovered what they believe to be a case of crop-eating bugs developing a resistance to the company’s genetically modified corn plants. Some researchers believe that the discovery validates concerns that biotech crops could spawn new species of…
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usda signs with rockefeller’s council of foundations to exploit rural US
from food freedom: On Friday, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that USDA has signed an agreement with the Council on Foundations “to provide new sources of capital, new job opportunities, workforce investment strategies,” and, last on the list but the heart of it: “identification of additional resources.” The group will work with Obama’s newly created…
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Whistleblower Alleges SEC Illegally Destroyed Documents
An enforcement lawyer at the Securities and Exchange Commission says that the agency illegally destroyed files and documents related to thousands of early-stage investigations over the last 20 years, according to information released Wednesday by Congressional investigators.
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google to buy motorola for $12.5b
ceo promises to ‘supercharge android ecosystem’* from dslreports: Google this morning made significant waves by announcing that the search giant would be buying Motorola’s mobile division for $12.5 billion. “Motorola Mobility’s total commitment to Android has created a natural fit for our two companies,” said Google CEO Larry Page in a prepared statement posted to…
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Monsanto Preys on Popularity of Omega-3s with Fake Fish Oil
According to a recent report in Forbes, the multinational biotechnology-slash-agriculture-manipulating monolith has developed a new genetically-modified (GM) soybean that artificially produces stearidonic acid, a type of omega-3 fatty acid — and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to approve the “frankenbean” sometime this year.
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Space Shuttle Atlantis Touches Down, Ending An Era of Adventure In Space
She roared into the heavens a fortnight ago atop a column of fire, enthralling a million spectators as she set off on her final voyage. But the space shuttle Atlantis slipped quietly back to port on Thursday at the end of her five-million-mile journey, gently lowering the curtain on three extraordinary decades of adventure in…
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econocrash updates: in dependence & the day after
celebrating independence yet enslaved to debt* assessing our independence this july 4th* a prepper’s view of independence day* why the first amendment is foremost* the tenth amendment & states’ rights* media attacks US on independence day* elite not even trying to hide how much they hate the constitution* ben franklin awarded knights of malta grand…