Tag: rhode island
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#MorningMonarchy: July 20, 2016
Lead water, Veep Vilsack and cow butts + this day in history w/Man on the Moon and our song of the day by Deerhoof on your Morning Monarchy for July 20, 2016.
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States Consider Labels for GMO Genetically Modified Foods
from webmd.com: A number of states are considering laws requiring labels on food products that contain genetically modified ingredients. The states are weighing such action because there is no federal regulation. Currently, only Connecticut and Maine have such laws, but they won’t take effect until other states implement their own rules. Bills to require labels…
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usda targets stores in food stamp trafficking
from ap: The U.S. Department of Agriculture is upgrading technology used to combat a swindle of the nation’s $64.7 billion food stamp program that diverts as much as $330 million annually. The agency last month awarded a 10-year contract worth up to $25 million to a Fairfax, Va. company, SRA International Inc., to improve monitoring…
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11/17 binge & purge: standards & success
is pizza a vegetable? corporate congress says yes!* video: corps pushed congress to relax school lunch standards* video update: congress votes against healthy lunches for kids* sharp increase in food stamps program* uk food firms welcome waste reduction success* dippin’ dots, ice cream of the future, files for bankruptcy* rhode island says: raid your pantry…
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Police State Updates: Immigration, ID Cards & Unruly Flyers
National ID card included in Dem’s immigration bill // Minot airman killed during ‘Vigilant Shield’ nuke drill // Burning of mustard agents at Oregon’s Umatilla chemical depot resumes // Change you can bereave in: Wiretaps up 26% in 2009 // Device detonated near Pittsburgh Marathon finish line
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food safety news: reports, records & even more recalls
bpi sues to keep ammonia beef records private* flashback: beef products inc. injects your meat with ammonia*mainstream media focuses on food safety* chicken pot pies recalled*oregon hazelnut recalls make fda report* 38 state salmonella montevideo outbreak*pepper suspected in salmonella outbreak*water distributors in west virginia & rhode island get fda warnings* usda to lift 21yr ban…
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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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police state int’l: drills, desensitization & hoaxes
gun sales shoot up amid fear of rising crime & terrorism*illinois: the next gitmo?*schwarzenegger aims to transfer iraq military tactics to california*US military employs ‘counterinsurgency’ strategy in californian city*california teens help swat team practice*vigilant guard: national guard exercise begins in buffalo region*rhode island emergency workers train at mock terrorist strike*dna of uk protesters could be…
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2 More Suspicious Deaths Surrounding Banksters
James McDonald, chief executive officer of New York investment firm Rockefeller & Co., died Sunday from a single gunshot wound that was probably self- inflicted, officials in Massachusetts said.
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econocrash updates: the fed, failures & bailout bust
geithner says auditing the fed is a ‘line that we don’t want to cross’from corbett report: In an interview released today by Digg and the Wall Street Journal, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner was pressured about the growing popular movement to Audit the Fed spearheaded by Texas Congressman Ron Paul. A visibly uncomfortable Geithner attempts to…
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heiress von bulow dies after 28yrs in coma
from ap: Martha “Sunny” von Bulow, an heiress who spent the last 28 years of her life in oblivion after what prosecutors alleged in a pair of sensational trials were two murder attempts by her husband, died Saturday at age 76. She died at a nursing home in New York, her children said in a…
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fire fallon, dhs crimes, pandemic drills & hagee
bush may fire fallon for someone more ‘pliable’from thinkprogress: Defense Secretary Robert Gates has called CENTCOM commander Adm. William Fallon “one of the best strategic thinkers in uniform today.” Fallon opposed the “surge” in Iraq and has consistently battled the Bush administration to avoid a confrontation with Iran, calling officials’ war-mongering “not helpful.” Privately, he…


